61. THE ARRIVAL OF JAREER IBN ‘ABDULLAH AL- BAJALI AND HIS ACCEPTANCE OF ISLAM
Imam Ahmad related from Al-Mugheerah Ibn Shibl who narrated that Jareer said: “When I came near Madinah, I tethered my camel and made it kneel down, unpacked my leather bag and I put on my clothes. Afterward, I entered the Mosque where the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was addressing the people. The people cast their gaze upon me, so I asked the person next to me: “Did Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, mention anything about me?” The man said: “Yes, he mentioned about you in the best form of description; while he was delivering his sermon, he said: ‘Verily, the best of the people of Yemen will enter upon you through this opening and on his face will be the radiance of an angel’.” Thereupon, I praised Allah. Abu Qatan said: Then I said to him: “Did you hear this from him or from Mugheerah Ibn Shibl?” He said: “Yes.”
When he accepted Islam the Prophet dispatched him to Dhul-Khalasah (the idol-house) which was venerated by Khath’am and Bajeelah. They referred to it as the Ka‘bah of Yemen. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said to him: “Will you not relieve me of Dhul-Khalasah?” Thereupon, he complained to the Prophet of his inability to sit firmly on a horse. Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, stroked him on the chest with his noble hand in such a way that it left a mark, and he supplicated: “O Allah! Make him firm and make him a guiding and rightly guided man.”
Subsequently, he never fell from the back of a horse. He proceeded with one hundred and fifty cavalry men from his tribe, Ahmas, and they demolished and razed that idol-house in such a way that it remained like a mangy camel. Then he sent a bearer for the good news, who was known as Abu Artat. He gave the Prophet the news of their accomplishment. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, prayed for Allah’s blessings on the horses and men of Ahmas five times. The Hadith is related extensively in the Saheehain and other places.
Apparently, Jareer’s acceptance of Islam occurred much later after the Conquest. On the authority of Jareer Ibn ‘Abdullah Al-Bajali who narrated: “I accepted Islam after Soorah Al-Ma’idah had been revealed. I saw Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, wipe (his feet) after I had accepted Islam.” Ahmad is related exclusively with a good chain albeit it is broken between Mujahid and himself.
By: Ibn Katheer
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