CHAPTER 37: THE STORY OF UMM MA’BAD AL-KHUZAA’IYYAH
THE STORY OF UMM MA’BAD AL-KHUZAA’IYYAH
Yoonus related from Ibn Ishaq (that): Allah’s Messenger (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) alighted at the tent of Umm Ma’bad whose full name was Atikah Bint Khalaf Ibn Ma’bad Ibn Rabee’ah Ibn Asram, expecting a hospitable reception. However Umm Ma’bad said: “By Allah, we neither have food nor even anything to present to you. None of our goats is pregnant (so as to produce milk).” Then Allah’s Messenger (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) called for one of her goats and he rubbed its udder with his hands and supplicated to Allah. The goat produced such a large quantity of milk which filled a large container. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) said: “Drink O Umm Ma’bad.” She said: “No, you drink for you have more right to it.” Allah’s Messenger (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) insisted and she drank to her fill. Allah’s Messenger (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) called for another goat and did as before and it also produced milk and he drank from it. He called for another goat and repeated as the previous two and he gave its milk to his guide. For the fourth time, he called for another goat, rubbed its udder and supplicated and milk flowed and he gave that to Amir. Then he relaxed.
The Quraish trailed the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) till they reached Umm Ma’bad and they asked her concerning him: “Did you see Muhammad with such and such description?” They described his features to her. She said: “I do not know what you are talking about, but I have been visited by one who milk non-pregnant goat.” The Quraish said: “That is the same person we are looking for.”
At this juncture, Abu Nu‘aim mentioned the story of Abdullah Ibn Mas’ood: I was tending the sheep of ‘’Uqbah Ibn Abi Mu`ait when The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) and Abu Bakr met me after they had fled from the polytheists and they said, “O boy! Do you have any (any sheep with) milk?” I replied: “Yes, but I have been entrusted with it (i.e. it is not mine).” Then he said, “Do you have any young sheep that has not mate?” So I brought to him the sheep and he massaged its udders and milk flowed from it and he collected it into a bowl and drank it and Abu Bakr also quenched his thirst. Then he said to the udders of the sheep: “Cease!” and it ceased. Thereafter, I came to him and said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him), teach me these pure words (i.e. the Qur’an).” Allah’s Messenger (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) said: “You are a well-mannered boy.” I took directly from his mouth seventy chapters and no one can contend with me concerning them. However, his statement that ‘they had fled from the polytheists, ‘ is not about the time of hijrah, rather, it is about some incidents that had occurred before the hijrah. Another reason is that Ibn Mas’ood was among those who had accepted Islam long time earlier, made hijrah to Abyssinia and returned to Makkah as indicated earlier. Nevertheless, this story of his is saheeh and recorded in the Book of saheehs and others. And Allah knows best.
Imam Ahmad related from Faaid the freed slave of ‘Ubaadil: I went out with Ibrahim Ibn Abdur-Rahmaan Ibn Sa’d till we were at the stopover, then Ibn Sa’d came. Sa’d was the one who guided the mount of Allah’s Messenger (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) on the way. Ibrahim said: “(inform me) what your Father narrated to you?” Ibn Sa’d said: My Father narrated to me that Allah’s Messenger (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) came to them along with Abu Bakr and Abu Bakr had a daughter in fosterage with us. Allah’s Messenger (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) was seeking a short route to Madinah. Sa’d said to him: “Close by is Al-Ghair (a mountain in Madinah) by mount where there are two highway robbers from Aslam called Al-Muhaanaan (the two who are despised), if you wish, we will go through them.” Allah’s Messenger (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) said: “Take us along to them.”
Sa’d continued: then we set off until we came close to them. One of them said to the other: “Here are the Yemenis.” Allah’s Messenger (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) invited both of them and presented Islam to them and they became Muslims. Then he inquired about their names and they said: “We are Al-Muhaanaan.” The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) said: “Rather, you should bear Al-Mukaramaan (the two noble ones).” Then he asked them to lead the way to Madinah. We set out till we got to the outskirts of Quba and Banu Amr Ibn ‘Awf welcomed him. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) asked them: “Where is Abu Umamah As’ad Ibn Zurarah?” Sa’d Ibn Haythamah replied: “He is on his way, shouldn’t I inform him of that, O Allah’s Messenger?” Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) proceeded until he came by a palm groove with its cistern filled. He turned to Abu Bakr and said: “This is the destination. It was shown to me (in my dream) that I alighted at a cistern like that of Banu Mudlij.” Ahmad related this story exclusively.
By Ibn Katheer
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