Chapter 29: (The troubles which) the Mushrikun caused - كتاب مناقب الأنصار
Narrated `Abdullah:
حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ بَيْنَا النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم سَاجِدٌ وَحَوْلَهُ نَاسٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ جَاءَ عُقْبَةُ بْنُ أَبِي مُعَيْطٍ بِسَلَى جَزُورٍ، فَقَذَفَهُ عَلَى ظَهْرِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم، فَلَمْ يَرْفَعْ رَأْسَهُ فَجَاءَتْ فَاطِمَةُ ـ عَلَيْهَا السَّلاَمُ ـ فَأَخَذَتْهُ مِنْ ظَهْرِهِ، وَدَعَتْ عَلَى مَنْ صَنَعَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" اللَّهُمَّ عَلَيْكَ الْمَلأَ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ أَبَا جَهْلِ بْنَ هِشَامٍ، وَعُتْبَةَ بْنَ رَبِيعَةَ، وَشَيْبَةَ بْنَ رَبِيعَةَ، وَأُمَيَّةَ بْنَ خَلَفٍ ـ أَوْ أُبَىَّ بْنَ خَلَفٍ ". شُعْبَةُ الشَّاكُّ ـ فَرَأَيْتُهُمْ قُتِلُوا يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ، فَأُلْقُوا فِي بِئْرٍ غَيْرَ أُمَيَّةَ أَوْ أُبَىٍّ تَقَطَّعَتْ أَوْصَالُهُ، فَلَمْ يُلْقَ فِي الْبِئْرِ.
While the Prophet (ﷺ) was prostrating, surrounded by some of Quraish, `Uqba bin Abi Mu'ait brought the
intestines (i.e. Abdominal contents) of a camel and put them over the back of the Prophet. The Prophet (ﷺ)
did not raise his head, (till) Fatima, came and took it off his back and cursed the one who had done the
harm. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "O Allah! Destroy the chiefs of Quraish, Abu Jahl bin Hisham, `Utba bin
Rabi`al, Shaba bin Rabi`a, Umaiya bin Khalaf or Ubai bin Khalaf." (The sub-narrator Shu`ba, is not
sure of the last name.) I saw these people killed on the day of Badr battle and thrown in the well
except Umaiya or Ubai whose body parts were mutilated but he was not thrown in the well.
`AbdurRahman bin Abza said, "Ask Ibn `Abbas about these two Qur'anic Verses: 'Nor kill such life as
Allah has made sacred, Except for just cause.' (25.168) "And whoever kills a believer intentionally,
his recompense is Hell. (4.93)
So I asked Ibn `Abbas who said, "When the Verse that is in Sura-al-Furqan was revealed, the pagans
of Mecca said, 'But we have slain such life as Allah has made sacred, and we have invoked other gods
along with Allah, and we have also committed fornication.' So Allah revealed:-- 'Except those who
repent, believe, and do good-- (25.70)
So this Verse was concerned with those people. As for the Verse in Surat-an-Nisa (4-93), it means that
if a man, after understanding Islam and its laws and obligations, murders somebody, then his
punishment is to dwell in the (Hell) Fire forever." Then I mentioned this to Mujahid who said,
"Except the one who regrets (one's crime) . "
I asked Ibn `Amr bin Al-As, "Tell me of the worst thing which the pagans did to the Prophet." He
said, "While the Prophet (ﷺ) was praying in the Hijr of the Ka`ba; `Uqba bin Abi Mu'ait came and put his
garment around the Prophet's neck and throttled him violently. Abu Bakr came and caught him by his
shoulder and pushed him away from the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "Do you want to kill a man just because he
says, 'My Lord is Allah?' "
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 5, Book 58, Hadith 198
Hadith 3859
Chapter 32: About jinns - كتاب مناقب الأنصار
Narrated `Abdur-Rahman:
حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا مِسْعَرٌ، عَنْ مَعْنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي قَالَ، سَأَلْتُ مَسْرُوقًا مَنْ آذَنَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِالْجِنِّ لَيْلَةَ اسْتَمَعُوا الْقُرْآنَ. فَقَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُوكَ ـ يَعْنِي عَبْدَ اللَّهِ ـ أَنَّهُ آذَنَتْ بِهِمْ شَجَرَةٌ.
"I asked Masruq, 'Who informed the Prophet (ﷺ) about the Jinns at the night when they heard the Qur'an?'
He said, 'Your father `Abdullah informed me that a tree informed the Prophet (ﷺ) about them.' "
That once he was in the company of the Prophet (ﷺ) carrying a water pot for his ablution and for cleaning
his private parts. While he was following him carrying it (i.e. the pot), the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Who is this?"
He said, "I am Abu Huraira." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Bring me stones in order to clean my private parts,
and do not bring any bones or animal dung." Abu Huraira went on narrating: So I brought some
stones, carrying them in the corner of my robe till I put them by his side and went away. When he
finished, I walked with him and asked, "What about the bone and the animal dung?" He said, "They
are of the food of Jinns. The delegate of Jinns of (the city of) Nasibin came to me--and how nice those
Jinns were--and asked me for the remains of the human food. I invoked Allah for them that they
would never pass by a bone or animal dung but find food on them."
When Abu Dhar received the news of the Advent of the Prophet (ﷺ) he said to his brother, "Ride to this
valley (of Mecca) and try to find out the truth of the person who claims to be a prophet who is
informed of the news of Heaven. Listen to what he says and come back to me." So his brother set out
and came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and listened to some of his talks, and returned to Abu Dhar and said to him.
"I have seen him enjoining virtuous behavior and saying something that is not poetry." Abu Dhar said,
"You have not satisfied me as to what I wanted." He then took his journey-food and carried a waterskin
of his, containing some water till be reached Mecca. He went to the Mosque and searched for the
Prophet and though he did not know him, he hated to ask anybody about him. When a part of the night
had passed away, `Ali saw him and knew that he was a stranger.
So when Abu Dhar saw `Ali, he followed him, and none of them asked his companion about anything,
and when it was dawn, Abu Dhar took his journey food and his water-skin to the Mosque and stayed
there all the day long without being perceived by the Prophet, and when it was evening, he came back
to his retiring place. `Ali passed by him and said, "Has the man not known his dwelling place yet?" So
`Ali awakened him and took him with him and none of them spoke to the other about anything. When
it was the third day. `Ali did the same and Abu Dhar stayed with him. Then `Ali said "Will you tell me
what has brought you here?" Abu Dhar said, "If you give me a firm promise that you will guide me,
then I will tell you." `Ali promised him, and he informed `Ali about the matter.
`Ali said, "It is true, and he is the Messenger of Allah. Next morning when you get up, accompany me,
and if I see any danger for you, I will stop as if to pass water, but if I go on, follow me and enter the
place which I will enter." Abu Dhar did so, and followed `Ali till he entered the place of the Prophet,
and Abu Dhar went in with him, Abu Dhar listened to some of the Prophet's talks and embraced Islam
on the spot. The Prophet (ﷺ) said to him, "Go back to your people and inform them (about it) till you
receive my order." Abu Dhar said, "By Him in Whose Hand my life is, I will proclaim my conversion
loudly amongst them (i.e. the pagans)." So he went out, and when he reached the Mosque, he said as
loudly as possible, "I bear witness that None has the right to be worshipped except Allah, and
Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah." The People got up and beat him painfully.
Then Al-Abbas came and knelt over him ((to protect him) and said (to the people), "Woe to you!
Don't you know that this man belongs to the tribe of Ghifar and your trade to Sha'm is through their
way?" So he rescued him from them. Abu Dhar again did the same the next day. They beat him and
took vengeance on him and again Al-Abbas knelt over him (to protect him).
I heard Sa`id bin Zaid bin `Amr bin Nufail saying in the mosque of Al-Kufa. "By Allah, I have seen
myself tied and forced by `Umar to leave Islam before `Umar himself embraced Islam. And if the
mountain of Uhud could move from its place for the evil which you people have done to `Uthman,
then it would have the right to move from its place."
While `Umar was at home in a state of fear, there came Al-`As bin Wail As-Sahmi Abu `Amr,
wearing an embroidered cloak and a shirt having silk hems. He was from the tribe of Bani Sahm who
were our allies during the pre-Islamic period of ignorance. Al-`As said to `Umar "What is wrong with
you?" He said, "Your people claim that they would kill me if I become a Muslim." Al-`As said,
"Nobody will harm you after I have given protection to you." So Al-`As went out and met the people
streaming in the whole valley. He said, "Where are you going?" They said, "We want Ibn Al-Khattab
who has embraced Islam." Al-`As said, "There is no way for anybody to touch him." So the people
retreated.
When `Umar embraced Islam, all The (disbelieving) people gathered around his home and said,
"`Umar has embraced Islam." At that time I was still a boy and was on the roof of my house. There
came a man wearing a cloak of Dibaj (i.e. a kind of silk), and said, "`Umar has embraced Islam.
Nobody can harm him for I am his protector." I then saw the people going away from `Umar and
asked who the man was, and they said, "Al-`As bin Wail."
I never heard `Umar saying about something that he thought it would be so-and-so, but he was quite
right. Once, while `Umar was sitting, a handsome man passed by him, `Umar said, "If I am not wrong,
this person is still on his religion of the pre-lslamic period of ignorance or he was their foreteller. Call
the man to me." When the man was called to him, he told him of his thought. The man said, "I have
never seen such a day on which a Muslim is faced with such an accusation." `Umar said, "I am
determined that you should tell me the truth." He said, "I was a foreteller in the pre-lslamic period of
ignorance." Then `Umar said, "Tell me the most astonishing thing your female Jinn has told you of."
He said, "One-day while I was in the market, she came to me scared and said, 'Haven't you seen the
Jinns and their despair and they were overthrown after their defeat (and prevented from listening to
the news of the heaven) so that they (stopped going to the sky and) kept following camel-riders (i.e.
'Arabs)?" `Umar said, "He is right." and added, "One day while I was near their idols, there came a
man with a calf and slaughtered it as a sacrifice (for the idols). An (unseen) creature shouted at him,
and I have never heard harsher than his voice. He was crying, 'O you bold evil-doer! A matter of
success! An eloquent man is saying: None has the right to be worshipped except you (O Allah).' On
that the people fled, but I said, 'I shall not go away till I know what is behind this.' Then the cry came
again: 'O you bold evil-doer! A matter of success! An eloquent man is saying: None has the right to be
worshipped except Allah.' I then went away and a few days later it was said, "A prophet has
appeared."
I heard Sa`id bin Zaid saying to the people, "If you but saw me and `Umar's sister tied and forced by
`Umar to leave Islam while he was not yet a Muslim. And if the mountain of Uhud could move from
its place for the evil which you people have done to `Uthman, it would have the right to do that."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 5, Book 58, Hadith 207
Hadith 3868
Chapter 36: The splitting of the moon (into two pieces) - كتاب مناقب الأنصار
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ، حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ـ رضى الله عنه أَنَّ أَهْلَ، مَكَّةَ سَأَلُوا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنْ يُرِيَهُمْ آيَةً، فَأَرَاهُمُ الْقَمَرَ شِقَّتَيْنِ، حَتَّى رَأَوْا حِرَاءً بَيْنَهُمَا.
The people of Mecca asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) to show them a miracle. So he showed them the moon
split in two halves between which they saw the Hira' mountain.
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 5, Book 58, Hadith 208
Hadith 3869
Chapter 36: The splitting of the moon (into two pieces) - كتاب مناقب الأنصار
Narrated `Abdullah:
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ، عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ أَبِي مَعْمَرٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ انْشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ وَنَحْنُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِمِنًى فَقَالَ
" اشْهَدُوا ". وَذَهَبَتْ فِرْقَةٌ نَحْوَ الْجَبَلِ وَقَالَ أَبُو الضُّحَى عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ انْشَقَّ بِمَكَّةَ. وَتَابَعَهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ.
The moon was split ( into two pieces ) while we were with the Prophet (ﷺ) in Mina. He said, "Be
witnesses." Then a Piece of the moon went towards the mountain.
That Al-Miswar bin Makhrama and `Abdur-Rahman bin Al-Aswad bin 'Abu Yaghuth had said to him,
"What prevents you from speaking to your uncle `Uthman regarding his brother Al-Walid bin `Uqba?"
The people were speaking against the latter for what he had done. 'Ubaidullah said, "So I kept waiting
for `Uthman, and when he went out for the prayer, I said to him, 'I have got something to say to you as
a piece of advice.' `Uthman said, 'O man! I seek Refuge with Allah from you. So I went away. When I
finished my prayer, I sat with Al-Miswar and Ibn 'Abu Yaghutb and talked to both of them of what I
had said to `Uthman and what he had said to me. They said, 'You have done your duty.' So while I
was sitting with them. `Uthman's Messenger came to me. They said, 'Allah has put you to trial."
I set out and when I reached `Uthman, he said, 'What is your advice which you mentioned a while
ago?' I recited Tashahhud and added, 'Allah has sent Muhammad and has revealed the Holy Book (i.e.
Qur'an) to him. You (O `Uthman!) were amongst those who responded to the call of Allah and His
Apostle and had faith in him. And you took part in the first two migrations (to Ethiopia and to
Medina), and you enjoyed the company of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and learned his traditions and advice. Now
the people are talking much about Al-Walid bin `Uqba and so it is your duty to impose on him the
legal punishment.' `Uthman then said to me, 'O my nephew! Did you ever meet Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ?' I
said, 'No, but his knowledge has reached me as it has reached the virgin in her seclusion.'
`Uthman then recited Tashahhud and said, 'No doubt, Allah has sent Muhammad with the Truth and
has revealed to him His Holy Book (i.e. Qur'an) and I was amongst those who responded to the call of
Allah and His Apostle and I had faith in Muhammad's Mission, and I had performed the first two
migrations as you have said, and I enjoyed the company of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and gave the pledge of
allegiance to him. By Allah, I never disobeyed him and never cheated him till Allah caused him to die.
Then Allah made Abu Bakr Caliph, and by Allah, I was never disobedient to him, nor did I cheat him.
Then `Umar became Caliph, and by Allah, I was never disobedient to him, nor did I cheat him. Then I
became Caliph. Have I not then the same rights over you as they had over me?' I replied in the
affirmative. `Uthman further said, 'The what are these talks which are reaching me from you? As for
what you ha mentioned about Al-Walid bin 'Uqb; Allah willing, I shall give him the leg; punishment
justly. Then `Uthman ordered that Al-Walid be flogged fort lashes. He ordered `Ali to flog him an he
himself flogged him as well."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 5, Book 58, Hadith 212
Hadith 3873
Chapter 37: The emigration to Ethiopia - كتاب مناقب الأنصار
Narrated `Aisha:
حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها أَنَّ أُمَّ، حَبِيبَةَ وَأُمَّ سَلَمَةَ ذَكَرَتَا كَنِيسَةً رَأَيْنَهَا بِالْحَبَشَةِ، فِيهَا تَصَاوِيرُ، فَذَكَرَتَا لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ
" إِنَّ أُولَئِكَ إِذَا كَانَ فِيهِمُ الرَّجُلُ الصَّالِحُ فَمَاتَ بَنَوْا عَلَى قَبْرِهِ مَسْجِدًا، وَصَوَّرُوا فِيهِ تِيكَ الصُّوَرَ، أُولَئِكَ شِرَارُ الْخَلْقِ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ".
Um Habiba and Um Salama mentioned a church they had seen in Ethiopia and in the church there
were pictures. When they told the Prophet (ﷺ) of this, he said, "Those people are such that if a pious man
amongst them died, they build a place of worship over his grave and paint these pictures in it. Those
people will be Allah's worst creatures on the Day of Resurrection . "
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 5, Book 58, Hadith 213
Hadith 3874
Chapter 37: The emigration to Ethiopia - كتاب مناقب الأنصار
Narrated Um Khalid bint Khalid:
حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ السَّعِيدِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أُمِّ خَالِدٍ بِنْتِ خَالِدٍ، قَالَتْ قَدِمْتُ مِنْ أَرْضِ الْحَبَشَةِ وَأَنَا جُوَيْرِيَةٌ، فَكَسَانِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم خَمِيصَةً لَهَا أَعْلاَمٌ، فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَمْسَحُ الأَعْلاَمَ بِيَدِهِ وَيَقُولُ
" سَنَاهْ، سَنَاهْ ". قَالَ الْحُمَيْدِيُّ يَعْنِي حَسَنٌ حَسَنٌ.
When I came from Ethiopia (to Medina), I was a young girl. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) made me wear a sheet
having marks on it. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was rubbing those marks with his hands saying, "Sanah! Sanah!"
(i.e. good, good).
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 5, Book 58, Hadith 214
Hadith 3875
Chapter 37: The emigration to Ethiopia - كتاب مناقب الأنصار
Narrated `Abdullah:
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ كُنَّا نُسَلِّمُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَهْوَ يُصَلِّي فَيَرُدُّ عَلَيْنَا، فَلَمَّا رَجَعْنَا مِنْ عِنْدِ النَّجَاشِيِّ سَلَّمْنَا عَلَيْهِ فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيْنَا، فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا كُنَّا نُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْكَ فَتَرُدُّ عَلَيْنَا قَالَ
" إِنَّ فِي الصَّلاَةِ شُغْلاً ". فَقُلْتُ لإِبْرَاهِيمَ كَيْفَ تَصْنَعُ أَنْتَ قَالَ أَرُدُّ فِي نَفْسِي.
We used to greet the Prophet (ﷺ) while he used to be in prayers, and he used to reply to our greetings. But
when we came back from Najashi (the King of Ethiopia) we greeted him (while he was praying) and
he did not reply to us. We said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! We used to greet you in the past and you used to
reply to us." He said, "Verily The Mind is occupied and busy with more important matter during the
prayer." (So one cannot return One's greetings.)
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 5, Book 58, Hadith 215
Hadith 3876
Chapter 37: The emigration to Ethiopia - كتاب مناقب الأنصار
Narrated Abu Musa:
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا بُرَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى ـ رضى الله عنه ـ بَلَغَنَا مَخْرَجُ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَنَحْنُ بِالْيَمَنِ فَرَكِبْنَا سَفِينَةً فَأَلْقَتْنَا سَفِينَتُنَا إِلَى النَّجَاشِيِّ بِالْحَبَشَةِ، فَوَافَقْنَا جَعْفَرَ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، فَأَقَمْنَا مَعَهُ حَتَّى قَدِمْنَا، فَوَافَقْنَا النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم حِينَ افْتَتَحَ خَيْبَرَ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" لَكُمْ أَنْتُمْ يَا أَهْلَ السَّفِينَةِ هِجْرَتَانِ ".
We received the news of the departure of the Prophet (to Medina) while we were in Yemen. So we
went on board a ship but our ship took us away to An-Najashi (the Negus) in Ethiopia. There we met
Ja`far bin Abi Talib and stayed with him till we came (to Medina) by the time when the Prophet (ﷺ) had
conquered Khaibar. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "O you people of the ship! You will have (the reward of) two
migrations."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 5, Book 58, Hadith 216
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Chapter 38: The death of An-Najashi (the Negus) - كتاب مناقب الأنصار
Narrated Jabir:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم حِينَ مَاتَ النَّجَاشِيُّ
" مَاتَ الْيَوْمَ رَجُلٌ صَالِحٌ، فَقُومُوا فَصَلُّوا عَلَى أَخِيكُمْ أَصْحَمَةَ ".
When Negus died, the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Today a pious man has died. So get up and offer the funeral
prayer for your brother Ashama."