Musnad Abi Ya'la 2618
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قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو سُفْيَانَ بْنُ حَرْبٍ
أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا بِالشَّامِ تُجَّارًا وَذَلِكَ فِي الْمُدَّةِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ بَيْنَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَبَيْنَ كُفَّارِ قُرَيْشٍ، قَالَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ فَأَتَانَا رَسُولُ قَيْصَرَ فَانْطَلَقَ بِي وَبِأَصْحَابِي حَتَّى قَدِمْنَا إِيلِيَاءَ فَأُدْخِلْنَا عَلَيْهِ، فَإِذَا هُوَ جَالِسٌ فِي مَجْلِسِ مُلْكِهِ عَلَيْهِ التَّاجُ، وَإِذَا عُظَمَاءُ الرُّومِ فَقَالَ لِتَرْجُمَانِهِ سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُمْ أَقْرَبُ إِلَى هَذَا الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي يَزْعُمُ أَنَّهُ نَبِيٌّ، قَالَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ أَنَا أَقْرَبُهُمْ، قَالَ: فَمَا قَرَابَتُكَ ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ هُوَ ابْنُ عَمِّي، وَلَيْسَ فِي الرَّكْبِ يَوْمَئِذٍ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي عَبْدِ مَنَافٍ غَيْرِي، قَالَ: فَقَالَ قَيْصَرُ: أَدْنُوهُ مِنِّي، فَأَمَرَ بِأَصْحَابِي فَجُعِلُوا خَلْفَ ظَهْرِي ثُمَّ قَالَ لِتَرْجُمَانِهِ إِنِّي سَائِلٌ هَذَا عَنْ هَذَا الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي يَزْعُمُ أَنَّهُ نَبِيٌّ، فَإِنْ كَذَبَ فَكَذِّبُوهُ. قَالَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ: لَوْلَا الِاسْتِحْيَاءُ يَوْمَئِذٍ مِنْ أَنْ يَأْثِرَ أَصْحَابِي عَنِّي الْكَذِبَ لَكَذَبْتُهُ حِينَ سَأَلَ، وَلَكِنِّي اسْتَحْيَيْتُ أَنْ يَأْثِرُوا عَنِّي الْكَذِبَ، فَصَدَقْتُ عَنْهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ لِتَرْجُمَانِهِ: قُلْ: كَيْفَ نَسَبُ هَذَا الرَّجُلِ فِيكُمْ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ هُوَ فِينَا ذُو نَسَبٍ، قَالَ: فَهَلْ قَالَ هَذَا الْقَوْلَ فِيكُمْ أَحَدٌ قَبْلَهُ قَطُّ ؟ قُلْتُ: لَا، قَالَ: فَهَلْ كُنْتُمْ تَتَّهِمُونَهُ بِالْكَذِبِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَقُولَ مَا قَالَ ؟ قُلْتُ: لَا، قَالَ: فَهَلْ كَانَ مِنْ آبَائِهِ مَلِكٌ ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: لَا، قَالَ: فَأَشْرَافُ النَّاسِ اتَّبَعُوهُ أَمْ ضُعَفَاؤُهُمْ ؟ قَالَ: بَلْ ضُعَفَاؤُهُمْ. قَالَ: فَيَزِيدُونَ أَمْ يَنْقُصُونَ ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ بَلْ يَزِيدُونَ، قَالَ: فَهَلْ يَغْدِرُ ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: لَا، وَنَحْنُ الْآنَ مِنْهُ فِي مُدَّةٍ، فَنَحْنُ نَخَافُ ذَلِكَ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ: فَلَمْ تُمْكِنِّي كَلِمَةٌ أَدْخُلُ فِيهَا بِشَيْءٍ أَنْتَقِصُهُ بِهِ لِأَنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ يُؤْثَرَ عَنِّي غَيْرُهَا. قَالَ: فَهَلْ قَاتَلْتُمُوهُ ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: كَيْفَ كَانَتْ حَرْبُكُمْ وَحَرْبُهُ ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: كَانَتْ سِجَالًا يُدَالُ عَلَيْنَا الْمَرَّةَ، وَيُدَالُ عَلَيْهِ الْأُخْرَى. قَالَ: فَبِمَاذَا يَأْمُرُكُمْ ؟ قُلْتُ: يَأْمُرُنَا أَنْ نَعْبُدَ اللهَ لَا نُشْرِكَ بِهِ شَيْئًا، وَيَنْهَانَا عَمَّا كَانَ يَعْبُدُ آبَاؤُنَا، وَيَأْمُرُنَا بِالصَّلَاةِ وَالصَّدَقَةِ، وَالْوَفَاءِ بِالْعَهْدِ، وَأَدَاءِ الْأَمَانَةِ. قَالَ: فَقَالَ لِتَرْجُمَانِهِ حِينَ قُلْتُ ذَلِكَ: سَأَلْتُكَ عَنْ نَسَبِهِ فِيكُمْ ؟ فَزَعَمْتَ أَنَّهُ فِيكُمْ ذُو نَسَبٍ، وَكَذَلِكَ الرُّسُلُ تُبْعَثُ بِأَنْسَابِ قَوْمِهَا، وَسَأَلْتُكَ هَلْ قَالَ هَذَا الْقَوْلَ مِنْكُمْ أَحَدٌ قَبْلَهُ ؟ فَزَعَمْتَ أَنْ لَا، فَقُلْتُ: لَوْ كَانَ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ قَالَ هَذَا الْقَوْلَ قَبْلَهُ، قُلْتُ رَجُلٌ يَأْتَمُّ بِقَوْلٍ قِيلَ قَبْلَهُ، وَسَأَلْتُكَ: هَلْ كُنْتُمْ تَتَّهِمُونَهُ بِالْكَذِبِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَقُولَ مَا قَالَ ؟ فَزَعَمْتَ أَنْ لَا، فَقُلْتُ: إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيَذَرَ الْكَذِبَ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَيَكْذِبَ عَلَى اللهِ، وَسَأَلْتُكَ: هَلْ كَانَ مِنْ آبَائِهِ مَلِكٌ ؟ فَزَعَمْتَ أَنْ لَا، فَقُلْتُ: لَوْ كَانَ مِنْ آبَائِهِ مَلِكٌ، قُلْتُ: رَجُلٌ يَطْلُبُ مُلْكَ أَبِيهِ، وَسَأَلْتُكَ: أَشْرَافُ النَّاسِ يَتَّبِعُونَهُ أَمْ ضُعَفَاؤُهُمْ ؟ فَزَعَمْتَ أَنَّ ضُعَفَاءَهُمُ اتَّبَعُوهُ، وَهُمْ أَتْبَاعُ الرُّسُلِ، وَسَأَلْتُكَ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Ibn ʿAbbās
- Abū Sufyān b. Ḥarb
✧ They were merchants in the Levant, and that was during the period of truce between the Messenger of God ﷺ and the disbelievers of Quraysh. Abu Sufyan said: "The messenger of Caesar came to us and took me and my companions until we arrived at Ilya'. We were admitted to him, and there he was sitting in his royal court, wearing the crown, with the nobles of Byzantium around him. He said to his interpreter: 'Ask them which of them is closest in kinship to this man who claims to be a prophet.' Abu Sufyan said: 'I am the closest of them.' He said: 'How are you related to him?' I replied: 'He is my cousin, and in the caravan that day there was no man from Banu Abd Manaf other than me.'" He said: "Caesar said: 'Bring him near me,' and he ordered my companions to be placed behind me. Then he said to his interpreter: 'I will ask this man about this man who claims to be a prophet. If he lies, then declare him a liar.'" Abu Sufyan said: "Had it not been for the shame that my companions would report me as lying, I would have lied about him when he asked. But I was too ashamed for them to report me as lying, so I told the truth about him. Then he said to his interpreter: 'Say: How is this man's lineage among you?' I said: 'He is of noble lineage among us.' He said: 'Has anyone among you ever said such a thing before him?' I said: 'No.' He said: 'Did you ever accuse him of lying before he said what he said?' I said: 'No.' He said: 'Was any of his forefathers a king?' I said: 'No.' He said: 'Do the nobles or the weak among the people follow him?' I said: 'Rather the weak.' He said: 'Are they increasing or decreasing?' I said: 'They are increasing.' He said: 'Does he ever betray?' I said: 'No, but we are currently in a truce with him, and we fear that he might.'" Abu Sufyan said: "No opportunity arose for me to say anything by which I could belittle him, because I was afraid that something else would be reported from me." He said: "So he said: 'Have you fought him?' I said: 'Yes.' He said: 'How was your war and his war?' I said: 'It was alternating: sometimes he gained the upper hand over us, and sometimes we over him.' He said: 'What does he command you?' I said: 'He commands us to worship God alone without associating anything with Him, and he forbids us from what our forefathers worshipped. He commands us to pray, give charity, fulfill covenants, and render trusts.'" He said: "Then he said to his interpreter after I had said that: 'I asked you about his lineage among you, and you claimed that he is of noble lineage among you. Thus are messengers sent: among the noblest lineages of their people. I asked you whether anyone among you had said this before him, and you claimed no. I said to myself: If anyone among them had said this before him, I would have said he is a man following a statement said before him. I asked you whether you used to accuse him of lying before he said what he said, and you claimed no. I said to myself: He would not refrain from lying about people and then lie about God. I asked you whether any of his forefathers was a king, and you claimed no. I said to myself: If any of his forefathers had been a king, I would have said he is a man seeking his father's kingdom. I asked you whether the nobles or the weak follow him, and you claimed that the weak follow him, and they are the followers of the messengers. I asked you'"
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Other narrations of this report
Sahih al-Bukhari 4553Sunan Abi Dawud 5136al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 7295al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 7297Musannaf 'Abd al-Razzaq 9826
Narrators
- well-known Companion, accepted Islam in the year of the Conquestd. Khalīfah b. Khayyāṭ and others said: 31 AH. Abū Ḥātim al-Rāzī and others said: 32 AH. Al-Zubayr b. Bakkār said: 33 AH. Abū al-Ḥasan al-Madāʾinī and others said: 34 AHصَخْر بْن حَرْب رَئِيس قُرَيْشصحابي شهير ، أسلم عام الفتحأخبرني
- One of the Companions who narrated most prolifically (mukthirūn).d. 65 AH, or 67 AH, or 68 AH, also said: 69 AH, also said: 70 AH; also said: 73 AHعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍأحد المكثرين من الصحابةقال
- trustworthy (thiqah), a jurist (faqīh), firmly reliable (thabt)d. al-Bukhārī said: died before ʿAlī b. al-Ḥusayn, 94 AH or 95 AH, and Ibn Numayr said, and others: died 98 AH, Ibn al-Madīnī said: 99 AH, Abū Nuʿaym said: that ʿAlī b. al-Ḥusayn died 92 AHعبيد الله بن عبد الله بن عتبة بن مسعودثقة فقيه ثبتعن
- The jurist and memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), whose eminence, precision and reliability are agreed upond. Ḍamrah b. Rabīʿah and others said: 123 AH. The nephew of al-Zuhrī and others said: 124 AH. Ibn Yūnus and others said: 125 AHالزهريالفقيه الحافظ ، متفق على جلالته وإتقانه وثبتهعن
- abandoned (matrūk)d. 181 AH, or 182 AHالوليد بن محمد الموقرىمتروكحدثنا
- Truthful in himself (ṣadūq), except that he went blind and would accept prompting of what was not from his hadith.d. 240 AH, or: 239 AHسويد بن سعيد الحدثانيصدوق في نفسه ، إلا أنه عمي فصار يتلقن ما ليس من حديثهحدثنا
- d. 307 AHأبو يعلى الموصلي
Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com
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