56. THE ARRIVAL OF ‘AMR IBN MA‘DEEKARIB AMONG A GROUP FROM ZUBAID
When the news of Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, reached him, ‘Amr Ibn Ma‘deekarib said to Qais Ibn Makshooh AlMuradi: “O Qais, you are the leader of your people. It has reached us that a man from Quraish named Muhammad from the Hejaz claims to be a Prophet, so take us to him in order to find out the truth. If he is truly a Prophet as he claims, you can know and then we will follow him. In case he is not, then we will know.” Qais declined his proposal and castigated his opinion. Thereupon, ‘Amr headed for the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and embraced Islam, acknowledged his truthfulness and believed in Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
When Qais Ibn Makshooh heard this, he got angry and threatened ‘Amr. He said: “You opposed me and went against my order and opinion!” Ibn Ishaq added that ‘Amr remained with his people from Banu Zubaid while Farwah Ibn Musaik ruled them. When Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, died, ‘Amr Ibn Ma‘deekarib apostatized along with others and lampooned Farwah Ibn Musaik saying:
We found the reign of Fawah a worse one (like) an ass whose nostril has been destroyed by perforation Whenever you saw Aba Umair You would have seen the placenta of slyness and treachery I say: He later returned to Islam and became a good Muslim. He participated in numerous conquests, many of them during the reigns of As-Siddiq (Abu Bakr) and ‘Umar Al-Farooq, may Allah be pleased with them both. He was one of those whose bravery was notable and one of the popular heroes and one of the most skillful poets. He died in 21 A.H. after he had witnessed the Battle of Nahawand. It is also claimed that he witnessed the Battle of Qadisiyyah in which he was killed.
Abu ‘Amr Ibn Abd Barr said: His deputation to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, took place in the 9th year (of Hijrah) and some said in the 10th year based on what was mentioned by Ibn Ishaq and AlWaqidi. There is an indication of that too in the statement of Ash-Shafi‘i. And Allah (SWT) knows best.
By: Ibn Katheer
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