CHAPTER 22: THE STORY OF ‘A’SHA BANU QAIS IBN THA‘LABAH
THE STORY OF ‘A’SHA BANU QAIS IBN THA‘LABAH
Ibn Hisham said: ‘A’sha Banu Qais Ibn Tha‘labah Ibn ‘Ukabah Ibn Sa’b Ibn Ali Ibn Bakr Ibn Wa’il went to Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, with the intention of accepting Islam.
Ibn Hisham said: When he got to Makkah or nearby, some of the pagans of Quraish accosted him and they asked him about his affairs and he informed them that he came to Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, to accept Islam. They said to him: “O Abu Baseer, he forbids adultery” Al-‘A’sha responded: “By Allah, that
is exactly the issue I desire from him.” Again they said: “O Abu Baseer, he also forbids intoxicants.” Al-‘A’sha replied: “Concerning that, by Allah, I have never considered intoxicants a necessity. I am abandoning it this year.” Then he came to Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and accepted Islam. He went away and died the same year and he never returned to the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. This is how Ibn Hisham has related the story here and he criticizes Muhammad Ibn Ishaq a lot, may Allah be pleased with him. This is one of the places where Ibn Hisham, may Allah have Mercy on him, has criticized him because intoxication was prohibited in Madinah after the incident of Banu Nadeer as shall be explained shortly. The decision of Al-‘A’sha to proceed to accept Islam occurred after the Hijrah and his poem is indicative of that when he said:
O you asking me to where I am headed
With the people of Yathrib I have a date
The proper flow according to Ibn Hisham is to delay the mentioning of the story till after the Hijrah rather than mentioning it here now. And Allah (SWT) knows best.
By Ibn Katheer
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