67. THE ARRIVAL OF TARIQ IBN ‘ABDULLAH AND HIS COMPANIONS
Al-Hafiz Al-Baihaqi related on the authority of Tariq Ibn ‘Abdullah who narrated: “I was standing in the market of Dhul-Majaz when a man approached wearing a jubbah saying: ‘Say, none deserves to be worshipped (in truth) except Allah so that you may be successful.’ Another man was following him, hurling stones at him and saying: ‘People, he is a liar, don’t believe him.’ So I asked: ‘Who is that man?’ someone said: ‘That is the youth from Banu Hashim who claims to be the Messenger of Allah.’ I asked about the identity of the one trailing him and he said: ‘That is his uncle Abdul Uzza’.
“When the people became Muslim and had migrated we set out from Rabadhah heading for Madinah to seek some of its dates. When we approached its walls and its palm groves, I said: ‘It will be nice to alight (here) and change our clothes.’ Just then a man wearing two sets of old clothes met us, greeted us and asked: ‘Where did you come from?’ We said: ‘We are from Rabadhah.’ He asked: ‘Where is your destination?’ We replied: ‘We are heading to Madinah.’ He asked: ‘What business do you have there?’ We said: ‘To seek from its dates. We have our women with us and a red camel that is bridled.’ He said: ‘Is your camel for sale?’ We responded: ‘Yes, for such-and such measures (sa‘) of dates and we will not discount anything from what we have said.’ He took the bridle of the camel and went away. When he had been shielded by the walls of Madinah and its palm trees, we said: ‘What have we done, we never even sold our camel to someone we know without taking its price (and now we have done that to a stranger).’ One of the women with us said: ‘I saw a man whose face is like the radiance of the full moon. I am a guarantor for your camel.’
“Soon after, the man approached and said: ‘I am the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, to you. These are your dates, eat to your satisfaction and weigh a full measure.’ We ate to our fill and we weighed a full measure. Afterward, we entered Madinah and went into the Mosque and there was the same man standing on the pulpit addressing the people. We Caught him saying in his address: ‘Give alms for giving alms is better for you. The upper hand is better than the lower one. Your mother, your father, your sister, your brother and other relatives in descending order.’
“Then a man came in the midst of a group from Banu Yarboo’ (or he said, a man from the Ansar) and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, we have a murder case againt these (people) in the period of ignorance.’ He said: ‘The father is not punished over his son.’ He said this three times.
By: Ibn Katheer
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