CHAPTER 7: REGARDING THE COMMUNICATIONS OF THE JINNS
REGARDING THE COMMUNICATIONS OF THE JINNS: BEING THE WORDS THEY PLACED ON THE LIPS OF THE SOOTHSAYERS AND WHICH THEY CAUSED TO BE HEARD FROM WITHIN THE IDOLS
Al-Bukhari narrated on the authority of ‘Abdullah Ibn ‘Umar that he said, “I never heard ‘Umar say something, ‘I believe it is like this, ‘ except that it turned out that he was right. Once, while Umar was sitting, a handsome man passed by him. ‘Umar said, ‘If I am not wrong, this person is still following the religion that he followed in
the Jahiliyyah or he was their foreteller. Call the man to me.’ When the man was called to him, he told him of his thought. The man said, ‘I have never seen such a day on which a Muslim is faced with such an accusation.’ ‘Umar said, ‘I am determined that you should tell me the truth.’ He said, ‘I was a foreteller in the Jahiliyyah.’ Then ‘Umar said, ‘Tell me the most astonishing thing that your female jinni has told you.’ He said, ‘One day while I was in the market, she came to me scared and said,
Haven’t you seen the jinn and their despair,
And they were overthrown after their defeat (and prevented from
listening to the news of the heaven),
So that they (stopped going to the sky),
And kept following camel-riders (i.e. ‘Arabs)?
‘Umar said, ‘He is right, ‘ and added, ‘One day while I was near their idols, there came a man with a calf and slaughtered it as a sacrifice (for the idols). An (unseen) creature shouted at him, and I have never heard a harsher voice than his. He was crying, ‘O, you bold evildoer! A matter of success! An eloquent man is saying, ‘None has the right to be worshipped except You (O, Allah).’ On that, the people fled, but I said, ‘I shall not go away till I know what is behind this.’ Then the cry came again: ‘O, you bold evildoer! A matter of success! An eloquent man is saying, ‘None has the right to be worshipped except Allah.’ I then went away and a few days later it was said that a Prophet had appeared.” Al-Bukhari was alone in narrating this.
This man (with whom ‘Umar spoke) was Sawad Ibn Qarib Al-Azdi, or it was said, As-Sadusi, from the people of As-Sarat, from the mountains of Al-Balqa’. He met the Prophet, Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him, and was treated with respect. Abu Hatim and Ibn Mandah said that Sa‘eed Ibn Jubair and Abu Ja‘afar Ibn ‘Ali narrated from him and Al-Bukhari said, “He is regarded as a Companion (having met the Prophet, Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him).”
And Al-Khara’iti said, “It was reported on the authority of Al-‘Abbas Ibn Mirdas that he said that he saw a white ostrich ridden by a man in white garments, the color of milk and he said,
‘O, ‘Abbas Ibn Mirdas! Do you not see that the heaven’s guardians
have prevented the jinn from approaching it?
That war has gulped in its breath,
That the saddles have been placed on the horses,
That he who brought piety and fear of Allah has arrived,
On Monday/Tuesday night, the owner of the she-camel named Al-Qaswa?’
On hearing this, I returned in a state of fear, for what I had seen and heard had frightened me. On arriving home, I went to an idol named Ad-Dimar, which we used to worship, and to which we used to speak and I swept around it, then I stroked it and kissed it, but as I did so, a cry came from within it, saying (Al-Bahr ul-Kamil),
‘Say to the all of the tribes of Sulaim that,
‘Say to the all of the tribes of Sulaim that,
Ad-Dimar is dead and the people of the Mosque have triumphed,
Ad-Dimar is dead and it used to be worshipped,
Before prayer with Prophet Muhammad came,
Verily, he who has inherited Prophethood and guidance,
After the son of Maryam, is from Quraish and he is rightly-guided’
On hearing this, I departed in fear and went on until I came to my people and I told them the story of what I had seen and heard. Then I set out at the head of three hundred men of my tribe, Banu Harithah, and went to the Messenger of Allah, Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him, who was in Madinah, and we entered the Mosque. When the Messenger of Allah, Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him, saw me, he said to me, ‘O, ‘Abbas! How did you come to embrace Islam?’ So I told him the story and it pleased him, and I and my people embraced Islam.”
Al-Hafiz Abul Qasim Ibn ‘Asakir narrated in his Tareekh, in the biography Al-Harith Ibn Hani’ Ibn Al-Mudlij Ibn Al-Miqdad Ibn Zamil Ibn ‘Amr Al-‘Udhri, who reported on the authority of his father, who in turn reported on the authority of his grandfather, who likewise reported on the authority of his father, who reported on the authority of Zamil Ibn ‘Amr Al-‘Udhri that he said, “Banu ‘Udhrah had an idol which they called Hamam and they used to venerate it. It was with Banu Hind Ibn Haram Ibn Dinnah Ibn ‘Abd Ibn Katheer Ibn ‘Udhrah and its custodian was a man named Tariq. They used to remove their clothes in its presence; then, when the Messenger of Allah, Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him, appeared, we heard a voice saying, ‘O Banu Hind Ibn Haram! The Truth has prevailed and Islam has repelled idolatry.’ He said, ‘We were terrified when we heard this and we remained there for a number of days. Then we heard a voice saying, ‘O Tariq! O, Tariq! The truthful Prophet has been sent and he speaks Words of Revelation. A conqueror has conquered the land of Tihamah for the supporters of Islam, while those who turn away from it will have cause to regret. This is farewell from me until the Day of Resurrection.’
Zamil said, ‘Then the idol fell on its face. So I saddled my camel and rode with some of my people until I reached the Prophet, Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him, and when I met him, I recited these poetic verses to him (Al-Bahr At-Taweel):
‘To you, Messenger of Allah, I composed it,
And I crossed valleys and sandy declivities,
In order to support the best of mankind,
And to make common cause with you,
And I bear witness that there is nothing except Allah,
To Whom I pledge allegiance as long as I live.’
He said, ‘Then I embraced Islam and pledged my allegiance to him and we informed him of what we had heard, on which he said: ‘That was the speech of the Jinn.’ Then he said: ‘O assembly of Arabs! I am the Messenger of Allah, sent to you and to all mankind. I call upon you to the worship of Allah, Alone, and to acknowledge that I am His Messenger and His Slave; to perform Hajj to the House (of Allah); to fast one of the twelve months (in a year), that is, Ramadan. Whoever accepts my call will have Paradise as his abode, while those who disobey me, the Fire will be his end.’
Zamil said, ‘So we embraced Islam and he formed us into a brigade (in case of war) and wrote a document for us, the text of which was: In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful, from Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, to Zamil Ibn ‘Amr and those who have embraced Islam with him only.
I have sent him to all of his people, so whoever embraces Islam, he is in the Party of Allah and His Messenger. But if anyone refuses, he will be granted safety for two months.
‘Ali Ibn Abi Talib and Muhammad Ibn Maslamah Al-Ansari bear witness to what I say’.” Ibn ‘Asakir commented that this is extremely ghareeb.
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