CHAPTER 30: ARRIVAL OF THE DELEGATES OF THE ANSAR YEAR AFTER YEAR TILL THEY PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE ONE AFTER THE OTHER
ARRIVAL OF THE DELEGATES OF THE ANSAR YEAR AFTER YEAR TILL THEY PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE ONE AFTER THE OTHER
Muhammad Ibn Ishaq Ibn Yassar related that Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, continued in this way, each time the people gathered during the season of pilgrimage, he would come to them and invite them to Allah and Islam. He would also present himself and his message of guidance and mercy. He did not hear of the arrival in Makkah of any Arab of note and nobility except that he went to him and invited him to Allah and presented to him his message.
Ibn Ishaq related that ‘Asim Ibn Qatadah narrated from an elder of his people that Suwaid Ibn As-Samit, the brother of Banu Amr Ibn ‘Awf, arrived in Makkah on Haj or ‘Umrah (pilgrimage or lesser pilgrimage). Suwaid was known among his people as “the perfect” owing to the beauty of his skin and hair as well as his nobility and ancestry.
Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, went to him when he heard of his arrival. He invited him to Allah and Islam. Suwaid said: “Perhaps you have something similar to what I have.” “And what is with you?” the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, asked. He said: “The scroll of Luqman (i.e. the wisdom of Luqman).” Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: “Show it to me.” When he showed it, the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: “These are good words but what I have is better than this – the Qur’an revealed to me by Allah which is a Guidance and a Light.” The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, then recited the Qur’an to him and invited him to accepted Islam. The man did not refuse but said, “These are good words.” Then he went away. When he returned to his people in Madinah he was soon killed by the Khazraj. Some of his people said: “We think that he had been a Muslim when he was killed.” He was killed prior to the Battle of Bu’ath.
By Ibn Katheer
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