13. ✧ Ja'far b. Abi Talib, ᴿᴬ

1. Musnad al-Bazzar 1340No grade recorded

   قَالَ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ائْذَنْ لِي أَنْ آتِيَ أَرْضًا أَعْبُدُ اللهَ بِهَا لَا أَخَافُ أَحَدًا حَتَّى أَمُوتَ قَالَ: فَأَذِنَ لَهُ فَأَتَى النَّجَاشِيَّ. فَقَالَ مُعَاذٌ، حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ عَوْنٍ قَالَ: فَحَدَّثَنِي عُمَيْرُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْعَاصِ قَالَ: لَمَّا رَأَيْتُ جَعْفَرًا وَأَصْحَابَهُ آمِنِينَ بِأَرْضِ الْحَبَشَةِ، قُلْتُ: لَأَقَعَنَّ بِهَذَا وَأَصْحَابِهِ، فَأَتَيْتُ النَّجَاشِيَّ، فَقُلْتُ: ائْذَنْ لِعَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ، فَأَذِنَ لِي فَدَخَلْتُ، فَقُلْتُ: إِنَّ بِأَرْضِنَا ابْنَ عَمٍّ لِهَذَا، يَزْعُمُ أَنْ لَيْسَ لِلنَّاسِ إِلَّا إِلَهٌ وَاحِدٌ، وَأَنَّا وَاللهِ إِنْ لَمْ تُرِحْنَا مِنْهُ، وَأَصْحَابِهِ لَا أَقْطَعُ إِلَيْكَ هَذِهِ النُّطْفَةَ أَبَدًا وَلَا أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِي، فَقَالَ: أَيْنَ هُوَ ؟ قَالَ: إِنَّهُ يَجِيءُ مَعَ رَسُولِكَ، إِنَّهُ لَا يَجِيءُ مَعِي فَأَرْسَلَ مَعِي رَسُولًا، فَوَجَدْنَاهُ قَاعِدًا بَيْنَ أَصْحَابِهِ، فَدَعَاهُ فَجَاءَ، فَلَمَّا أَتَيْنَا الْبَابَ نَادَيْتُ ائْذَنْ لِعَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ وَنَادَى خَلْفِي ائْذَنْ لِحِزْبِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، فَسَمِعَ صَوْتَهُ، فَأَذِنَ لَهُ فَدَخَلَ، وَدَخَلْتُ فَإِذَا النَّجَاشِيُّ عَلَى السَّرِيرِ، وَإِذَا جَعْفَرٌ قَاعِدٌ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ، وَحَوْلَهُ أَصْحَابُهُ عَلَى الْوَسَائِدِ، وَوَصَفَ عُمَيْرٌ السَّرِيرَ قَالَ عَمْرٌو: فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُ مَقْعَدَهُ جِئْتُ حَتَّى قَعَدْتُ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ السَّرِيرِ، وَجَعَلْتُهُ خَلْفَ ظَهْرِي، وَأَقْعَدْتُ بَيْنَ كُلِّ رَجُلَيْنِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِي قَالَ: فَسَكَتَ وَسَكَتْنَا، وَسَكَتَ وَسَكَتْنَا، حَتَّى قُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي: لُعِنَ هَذَا الْعَبْدُ الْحَبَشِيُّ، أَلَا يَتَكَلَّمُ، ثُمَّ تَكَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: نَخِّرُوا قَالَ عَمْرٌو: أَيْ تَكَلَّمُوا، فَقُلْتُ: إِنَّ ابْنَ عَمِّ هَذَا يَزْعُمُ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ لِلنَّاسِ إِلَّا إِلَهٌ وَاحِدٌ، وَأَنَّكَ وَاللهِ إِنْ لَمْ تَقْتُلْهُ لَا أَقْطَعُ إِلَيْكَ هَذِهِ النُّطْفَةَ أَبَدًا، أَنَا وَلَا أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِي، فَقَالَ: يَا أَصْحَابَ عَمْرٍو مَا تَقُولُونَ، قَالُوا نَحْنُ عَلَى مَا قَالَ عَمْرٌو، فَقَالَ: يَا حِزْبَ اللهِ نَخِّرْ قَالَ: فَتَشَهَّدَ جَعْفَرٌ، فَقَالَ عَمْرٌو: فَوَاللهِ إِنَّهُ لَأَوَّلُ يَوْمٍ سَمِعْتُ فِيهِ التَّشَهُّدَ لَيَوْمَئِذٍ، فَقَالَ: أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ قَالَ: فَأَنْتَ فَمَا تَقُولُ ؟ قَالَ: فَأَنَا عَلَى دِينِهِ قَالَ: فَرَفَعَ يَدَهُ فَوَضَعَهَا عَلَى جَبِينِهِ، فِيمَا وَصَفَ ابْنُ عَوْنٍ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَنَامُوسٌ كَنَامُوسِ مُوسَى ؟ مَا يَقُولُ فِي عِيسَى ؟ قَالَ: يَقُولُ: رُوحُ اللهِ وَكَلِمَتُهُ قَالَ: فَأَخَذَ شَيْئًا مِنَ الْأَرْضِ مَا أَخْطَأَ فِيهِ، مِثْلُ هَذِهِ، وَقَالَ: لَوْلَا مُلْكِي لَاتَّبَعْتُكُمُ، اذْهَبْ أَنْتَ يَا عَمْرُو، فَوَاللهِ مَا أُبَالِي أَلَّا تَأْتِيَنِي أَنْتَ، وَلَا أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِكَ أَبَدًا، وَاذْهَبْ أَنْتَ يَا حِزْبَ اللهِ فَأَنْتَ آمِنٌ مَنْ قَاتَلَكَ قَتَلْتُهُ، وَمَنْ سَلَبَكَ غَرَّمْتُهُ، وَقَالَ لِآذِنِهِ: انْظُرْ هَذَا فَلَا تَحْجُبْهُ عَنِّي إِلَّا أَنْ أَكُونَ مَعَ أَهْلِي، فَإِنْ كُنْتُ مَعَ أَهْلِي فَأَخْبِرْهُ، فَإِنْ أَبَى إِلَّا أَنْ تَأْذَنَ لَهُ فَأْذَنْ لَهُ قَالَ: فَلَمَّا كَانَ ذَاتَ عَشِيَّةٍ لَقِيتُهُ فِي السِّكَّةِ، فَنَظَرْتُ خَلْفَهُ فَلَمْ أَرَ خَلْفَهُ أَحَدًا، فَأَخَذْتُ بِيَدِهِ فَقُلْتُ: تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ: فَغَمَزَنِي وَقَالَ أَنْتَ عَلَى هَذَا، وَتَفَرَّقْنَا فَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا أَنْ أَتَيْتُ أَصْحَابِي، فَكَأَنَّمَا شَهِدُونِي وَإِيَّاهُ، فَمَا سَأَلُونِي عَنْ شَيْءٍ حَتَّى أَخَذُونِي وَطَرَحُونِي، فَجَعَلُوا عَلَى وَجْهِي قَطِيفَةً، وَجَعَلُوا يَغْمِزُونِي، وَجَعَلْتُ أُخْرِجُ رَأْسِي أَحْيَانَا حَتَّى انْفَلَتُّ عُرْيَانًا مَا عَلَيَّ قِشْرَةٌ، وَلَمْ يَدَعُوا لِي شَيْئًا إِلَّا ذَهَبُوا بِهِ، فَأَخَذْتُ قِنَاعَ امْرَأَةٍ، عَنْ رَأْسِهَا فَوَضَعْتُهُ عَلَى فَرْجِي، فَقَالَتْ لِي: كَذَا، وَقُلْتُ: كَذَا، كَأَنَّهَا تَعْجَبُ مِنِّي قَالَ: وَأَتَيْتُ جَعْفَرًا فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ بَيْتَهُ فَلَمَّا رَآنِي قَالَ: مَا شَأْنُكَ ؟ قُلْتُ: مَا هُوَ إِلَّا أَتَيْتُ أَصْحَابِي فَكَأَنَّمَا شَهِدُونِي وَإِيَّاكَ، فَمَا سَأَلُونِي عَنْ شَيْءٍ حَتَّى طَرَحُوا عَلَى وَجْهِي قَطِيفَةً غَمَّوْنِي بِهَا أَوْ غَمَرُونِي، وَذَهَبُوا بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا هُوَ لِي، وَمَا تَرَى عَلَيَّ إِلَّا قِنَاعَ حَبَشِيَّةٍ أَخَذْتُهُ مِنْ رَأْسِهَا، فَقَالَ: انْطَلِقْ فَمَا انْتَهَيْنَا إِلَى بَابِ النَّجَاشِيِّ نَادَى: ائْذَنْ بِحِزْبِ اللهِ وَجَاءَ آذِنُهُ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّهُ مَعَ أَهْلِهِ، فَقَالَ: اسْتَأْذِنْ لِي عَلَيْهِ، فَاسْتَأْذَنَ لَهُ عَلَيْهِ فَأَذِنَ لَهُ، فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ قَالَ: إِنَّ عَمْرًا قَدْ تَرَكَ دِينَهُ وَاتَّبَعَ دِينِي قَالَ: كَلَّا قَالَ: بَلَى، فَدَعَا آذِنَهُ، فَقَالَ: اذْهَبْ إِلَى عَمْرٍو، فَقُلْ لَهُ إِنَّ هَذَا يَزْعُمُ أَنَّكَ قَدْ تَرَكْتَ دِينَكَ، وَاتَّبَعْتَ دِينَهُ، فَقُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، فَجَاءَ إِلَيَّ أَصْحَابِي حَتَّى قُمْنَا عَلَى بَابِ الْبَيْتِ، وَكَتَبْتُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ حَتَّى كَتَبْتُ الْمِنْدِيلَ، فَلَمْ أَدَعْ شَيْئًا ذَهَبَ إِلَّا أَخَذْتُهُ، وَلَوْ أَشَاءُ أَنْ آخُذَ مِنْ مَالِهِمْ لَفَعَلْتُ قَالَ: ثُمَّ كُنْتُ بَعْدُ فِي الَّذِينَ أَقْبَلُوا فِي السُّفُنِ مُسْلِمِينَ. وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ لَا نَعْلَمُهُ يُرْوَى عَنْ جَعْفَرٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِهَذَا اللَّفْظِ إِلَّا مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ بِهَذَا السَّنَدِ.

   ✧ Ja'far b. Abi Talib said: 'O Messenger of God, permit me to go to a land where I worship God and fear no one until I die.' He said: 'So he permitted him, and he went to the Negus.' Mu'adh said: 'Ibn 'Awn narrated to me.' He said: 'Umayr b. Ishaq narrated to me.' He said: 'Amr b. al-As narrated to me.' He said: 'When I saw Ja'far and his companions safe in the land of Abyssinia, I said: I will certainly bring down this man and his companions. So I came to the Negus and said: Give permission for Amr b. al-As. He gave me permission, and I entered and said: In our land there is a paternal cousin of this man who claims that people have no god but one. By God, if you do not relieve us of him and his companions, I will never cross this sea to you again, nor will any of my companions. He said: Where is he? I said: He will come with your messenger, for he does not come with me. So he sent a messenger with me, and we found him sitting among his companions. He called him, and he came. When we reached the door, I called: Give permission for Amr b. al-As. And behind me he called: Give permission for the party of God, Mighty and Majestic. The Negus heard his voice, so he gave him permission, and he entered, and I entered. The Negus was on a throne, and Ja'far was sitting before him with his companions around him on cushions. Umayr described the throne. Amr said: When I saw his seat, I came and sat between him and the throne, and I put him behind my back. And I seated one of my companions between every two of his companions. He said: He was silent and we were silent, and he was silent and we were silent, until I said to myself: May this Abyssinian slave be cursed; will he not speak? Then he spoke and said: "Speak." Amr said: That means, "speak." I said: The paternal cousin of this man claims that people have no god but one, and by God, if you do not kill him, I will never cross this sea to you again, nor will any of my companions. He said: O companions of Amr, what do you say? They said: We are with what Amr said. He said: O party of God, speak. He said: Then Ja'far bore witness. Amr said: By God, that was the first day I ever heard the testimony of faith. He said: I bear witness that there is no god but God, and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger. He said: And you, what do you say? I said: I follow his religion. He said: Then he raised his hand and placed it on his forehead, as Ibn 'Awn described, then said: A law like the law of Moses? What does he say about Jesus? Ja'far said: He says: The spirit of God and His word. He said: Then he took something from the ground and did not miss, like this, and said: Were it not for my kingdom, I would follow you. Go, O Amr, for by God, I do not care if you never come to me again, nor anyone of your companions. And go, O party of God, for you are safe. Whoever fights you, I will kill him, and whoever robs you, I will compensate him. And he said to his doorkeeper: Look at this man; do not veil him from me unless I am with my family. If I am with my family, inform him. If he insists that you give him permission, then give him permission. He said: Then one evening I met him in the street, and I looked behind him and saw no one behind him. I took his hand and said: Do you know that I bear witness that there is no god but God and that Muhammad is the Messenger of God? He said: He squeezed my hand and said: You are upon this. And we parted. No sooner had I come to my companions than it was as if they had witnessed me and him, and they did not ask me about anything until they seized me and threw me down. They put a cloak over my face and began to squeeze me. I would sometimes get my head out until I slipped away naked, without a shred on me, and they left nothing of mine but took it. I took a woman's head covering from her head and put it over my private parts. She said to me: Like this? And I said: Like this, as if she was amazed at me. He said: And I came to Ja'far and entered his house. When he saw me, he said: What is the matter with you? I said: It is only that I came to my companions, and it was as if they had witnessed me and you, and they did not ask me about anything until they threw a cloak over my face and covered me with it, and they took everything of the world that belonged to me. You see nothing on me except the head covering of an Abyssinian woman that I took from her head. He said: Come with me. When we reached the door of the Negus, he called: Give permission for the party of God. His doorkeeper came and said: He is with his family. He said: Ask permission for me to enter upon him. So he asked permission for him, and he gave him permission. When he entered, he said: Amr has left his religion and followed my religion. The Negus said: No. He said: Yes. So he called his doorkeeper and said: Go to Amr and tell him that this man claims that you have left your religion and followed his religion. I said: Yes. My companions came to me until we stood at the door of the house, and I wrote down everything, even the towel. I did not leave anything that had gone but I took it. If I had wished to take from their wealth, I would have done so. He said: Then afterwards I was among those who came in the ships as Muslims. And we do not know that this hadith is narrated from Ja'far, from the Prophet ﷺ, with this wording except from this route with this chain.

2. Musnad al-Bazzar 1341No grade recorded

   بَلَغَنَا مَخْرَجُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَخَرَجْنَا مُهَاجِرِينَ، حَتَّى أَلْقَتْنَا سَفِينَتُنَا إِلَى النَّجَاشِيِّ بِالْحَبَشَةِ، فَوَافَقْنَا جَعْفَرَ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَأَصْحَابَهُ عِنْدَ النَّجَاشِيِّ، فَقَالَ جَعْفَرٌ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بَعَثَنَا هَاهُنَا، وَأَمَرَنَا بِالْإِقَامَةِ فَأَقَمْنَا مَعَهُ حَتَّى قَدِمْنَا جَمِيعًا

   ✧ News of the departure of the Messenger of God ﷺ reached us, so we went out as emigrants until our ship cast us to the Negus in Abyssinia. We found Ja'far b. Abi Talib and his companions with the Negus. Ja'far said: 'The Messenger of God ﷺ sent us here and commanded us to stay, so we stayed with him until we all arrived.'

3. Musnad al-Bazzar 1342No grade recorded

   " أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَمَرَهُ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ فِي السَّفِينَةِ قَائِمًا مَا لَمْ يَخْشَ الْغَرَقَ

   ✧ The Prophet ﷺ commanded him to pray in the ship standing as long as he did not fear drowning.

4. Musnad al-Bazzar 1343No grade recorded

   لَمَّا أَتَيْنَا النَّجَاشِيَّ، فَأَرَدْنَا الْخُرُوجَ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ حَمَّلَنَا وَزَوَّدَنَا وَأَعْطَانَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَخْبِرُوا صَاحِبَكُمْ بِمَا صَنَعْتُ بِكُمْ، وَهَذِهِ رُسُلِي مَعَكُمْ، وَأَنَا أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَنَّهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقُلْ لَهُ: اسْتَغْفِرْ لِي قَالَ جَعْفَرٌ: فَخَرَجْنَا مِنْ عِنْدِهِ إِذَا أَتَيْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ، فَتَلَقَّانِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَاعْتَنَقَنِي، وَقَالَ: مَا أَدْرِي أَنَا بِفَتْحِ خَيْبَرَ أَفْرَحُ أَمْ بِقُدُومِ جَعْفَرٍ ؟ ثُمَّ جَلَسَ، فَقَامَ رَسُولُ النَّجَاشِيِّ، فَقَالَ: هَذَا جَعْفَرٌ فَسَلْهُ عَمَّا صَنَعَ بِهِ صَاحِبُنَا، فَقَالَ جَعْفَرٌ: قَدْ فَعَلَ بِنَا، وَحَمَّلَنَا وَزَوَّدَنَا، وَشَهِدَ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، وَأَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ، وَقَالَ: قُلْ لَهُ يَسْتَغْفِرْ لِي، فَدَعَا ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، فَقَالَ: " اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلنَّجَاشِيِّ "، فَقَالَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ: آمِينَ، فَقَالَ جَعْفَرٌ: فَقُلْتُ لِلرَّسُولِ انْطَلِقْ، فَأَبْلِغْ صَاحِبَكَ مَا رَأَيْتَ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ

   ✧ When we came to the Negus and wanted to leave him, he gave us mounts, provision, and gifts. Then he said: 'Tell your companion what I have done for you. Here are my messengers with you. I bear witness that there is no god but God and that he is the Messenger of God ﷺ. So tell him to ask forgiveness for me.' Ja'far said: 'We left him, and when we reached al-Madinah, the Prophet ﷺ met me and embraced me, and said: "I do not know whether I am happier with the conquest of Khaybar or with the arrival of Ja'far." Then he sat down, and the messenger of the Negus stood up and said: "This is Ja'far; ask him what our companion did for him." Ja'far said: 'He did such and such for us, gave us mounts and provision, and bore witness that there is no god but God and that you are the Messenger of God, and he said: Tell him to ask forgiveness for me.' He made supplication three times and said: "O God, forgive the Negus." The Muslims said: Amin. Ja'far said: 'I said to the messenger: Go ahead and convey to your companion what you saw from the Prophet.'

5. Musnad al-Bazzar 1344No grade recorded

   نَا خَالِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ، عَنْ أَجْلَحَ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ.:

   ✧ n/a Khalid b. Abdullah narrated to us, from Ajlah, from al-Sha'bi.

6. Musnad al-Bazzar 1345No grade recorded

   حَدَّثَنَا أَجْلَحُ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنْ جَعْفَرٍ، فَذَكَرَ قِصَّةَ جَعْفَرٍ، وَأَسْنَدَهُ

   ✧ Ajlah narrated to us, from al-Sha'bi, from Ja'far, and he mentioned the story of Ja'far and attributed it.