حَدَّثَنَا
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ الْعَبْدِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا
وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا
أَبِي، قَال : سَمِعْتُ
مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ إِسْحَاق يُحَدِّثُ ، عَنِ
الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ قَيْسِ بْنِ مَخْرَمَةَ، عَنْ
أَبِيهِ، عَنْ
جَدِّهِ، قَالَ : " وُلِدْتُ أَنَا وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَامَ الْفِيلِ ، وَسَأَلَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ قُبَاثَ بْنَ أَشْيَمَ أَخَا بَنِي يَعْمَرَ بْنِ لَيْثٍ : أَأَنْتَ أَكْبَرُ أَمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ؟ فَقَالَ : رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَكْبَرُ مِنِّي ، وَأَنَا أَقْدَمُ مِنْهُ فِي الْمِيلَادِ ، وُلِدَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَامَ الْفِيلِ ، وَرَفَعَتْ بِي أُمِّي عَلَى الْمَوْضِعِ ، قَالَ : وَرَأَيْتُ خَذْقَ الْفِيلِ أَخْضَرَ مُحِيلًا " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى : هَذَا حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ ، لَا نَعْرِفُهُ إِلَّا مِنْ حَدِيثِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاق .
´Narrated Al-Muttalib bin 'Abdullah bin Qais bin Makhramah:` from his father, from his grandfather, that he said: "I and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), were born in the Year of the Elephant" - he said: "And 'Uthman bin 'Affan asked Qubath bin Ashyam, the brother of Banu Ya'mar bin Laith - 'Are you greater (in age) or the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)?'" He said: "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) is greater than me, but I have an earlier birthday." He said: "And I saw the defecation of the birds turning green."
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:
1:
That is, the year when Abraha came with his elephants to demolish the Ka'bah.
2:
What a refined manner it is that not even a word of disrespect is used, yet the intended meaning is conveyed.
Note:
(In the chain of narration, Matlub bin al-Hadith is a narrator.)
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 3619