52. THE ARRIVAL OF AL-ASH‘ARIS AND THE PEOPLE OF YEMEN
On the authority of Abu Hurairah who narrated that the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: “There has come to you the people from Yemen; they have tender hearts and mild feelings, faith is Yemeni, wisdom is Yemeni. Pride and conceitedness is (found) among the uncivil owners of the camels. Tranquility and calmness is (found) among the owners of goats and sheep.” It is related by Muslim.
Al-Bukhari related on the authority of ‘Imran Ibn Husain who narrated: A delegation from Banu Tameem came to the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and he said (to them): “Accept the good tidings, Banu Tameem!” They said: “O Allah’s Messenger! You have given us good tidings, so give us (something else).” Signs of displeasure appeared on his face. Then another delegation from Yemen came and he said (to them): “Accept the good tidings; as Banu Tameem refuses to accept them.” They replied: “We have accepted them, O Allah’s Messenger!” At- Tirmidhi and An-Nasa’i have also related it.
All this points to the merit of the delegation of the people of Yemen and there is no contradiction concerning the time of their arrival and the arrival of Banu Tameem even though their arrival was later; it does not suppose that their arrival coincided with that of the Ash‘aris. Rather, the Ash‘aris preceded their delegation, for they came in the company of Abu Moosa Al-Ash‘ari, in the company of Ja‘afar Ibn Abi Talib, and his companions among the Emigrants who were in Abyssinia. All of that occurred at a time when Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was engaged in the Battle of Khaibar.
By: Ibn Katheer
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