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Sirat Ibn Hisham

32. The Messenger of God ﷺ presenting himself to the tribes

  1. Sirat Ibn Hisham 499No grade recorded

    [ عَرْضُ الرَّسُولِ نَفْسَهُ عَلَى الْعَرَبِ فِي الْمَوَاسِمِ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: فَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى ذَلِكَ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ، كُلَّمَا اجْتَمَعَ لَهُ النَّاسُ بِالْمَوْسِمِ أَتَاهُمْ يَدْعُو الْقَبَائِلَ إلَى اللَّهِ وَإِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ، وَيَعْرِضُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَفْسَهُ، وَمَا جَاءَ بِهِ مِنْ اللَّهِ مِنْ الْهُدَى وَالرَّحْمَةِ، وَهُوَ لَا يَسْمَعُ بِقَادِمِ يَقْدَمُ مَكَّةَ مِنْ الْعَرَبِ، لَهُ اسْمٌ وَشَرَفٌ، إلَّا تَصَدَّى لَهُ، فَدَعَاهُ، إلَى اللَّهِ، وَعَرَضَ عَلَيْهِ مَا عِنْدَهُ

    ✧ [The Messenger's offering himself to the Arabs at the seasons] Ibn Ishāq said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was engaged in that matter of his: whenever the people gathered for him at the season, he would come to them and summon the tribes to Allah and to Islam, and offer himself to them, along with what he had brought from Allah of guidance and mercy. He did not hear of any newcomer arriving in Makkah from among the Arabs with a name and nobility but that he approached him, summoned him to Allah, and offered him what he had.

  2. Sirat Ibn Hisham 500No grade recorded

    [ سُوَيْدُ بْنُ صَامِتٍ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَحَدَّثَنِي عَاصِمُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ قَتَادَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ، ثُمَّ الظَّفَرِيُّ عَنْ أَشْيَاخٍ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ، قَالُوا: قَدِمَ سُوَيْدُ بْنُ صَامِتٍ، أَخُو بَنِي عَمْرِو بْنِ عَوْفٍ، مَكَّةَ حَاجًّا أَوْ مُعْتَمِرًا، وَكَانَ سُوَيْدُ إنَّمَا يُسَمِّيهِ قَوْمُهُ فِيهِمْ: الْكَامِلَ، لِجَلَدِهِ وَشِعْرِهِ وَشَرَفِهِ وَنَسَبِهِ، وَهُوَ الَّذِي يَقُولُ:: أَلَا رُبَّ مَنْ تَدْعُو صَدِيقًا وَلَوْ تَرَى مَقَالَتَهُ بِالْغَيْبِ سَاءَكَ مَا يَفْرِي مَقَالَتُهُ كَالشَّهْدِ مَا كَانَ شَاهِدًا وَبِالْغَيْبِ مَأْثُورٌ عَلَى ثُغْرَةِ النَّحْرِ يَسُرُّكَ بَادِيهِ وَتَحْتَ أَدِيَمِهِ نَمِيمَةُ غِشٍّ تَبْتَرِي عَقَبَ الظَّهْرِ تُبِينُ لَكَ الْعَيْنَانِ مَا هُوَ كَاتِمٌ مِنْ الْغِلِّ وَالْبَغْضَاءِ بِالنَّظَرِ الشَّزْرِ فَرِشْنِي بِخَيْرٍ طَالَمَا قَدْ بَرَيْتنِي فَخَيْرُ الْمَوَالِي مَنْ يَرِيشُ وَلَا يَبْرِي وَهُوَ الَّذِي يَقُولُ: وَنَافَرَ رَجُلًا مِنْ بَنِي سُلَيْمٍ، ثُمَّ أَحَدَ بَنِي زِعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ مِئَةَ نَاقَةٍ، إلَى كَاهِنَةٍ مِنْ كُهَّانِ الْعَرَبِ، فَقَضَتْ لَهُ. فَانْصَرَفَ عَنْهَا هُوَ وَالسُّلَمِيُّ، لَيْسَ مَعَهُمَا غَيْرُهَا، فَلَمَّا فَرَّقَتْ بَيْنَهُمَا الطَّرِيقُ، قَالَ: مَالِي، يَا أَخَا بَنِي سُلَيْمٍ قَالَ: أَبْعَثُ إلَيْكَ بِهِ؛ قَالَ: فَمَنْ لِي بِذَلِكَ إذَا فُتَّنِي بِهِ ؟ قَالَ: أَنَا؛ قَالَ: كَلَّا، وَاَلَّذِي نَفْسُ سُوَيْدٍ بِيَدِهِ، لَا تُفَارِقَنِّي حَتَّى أُوتَى بِمَالِي، فَاِتَّخَذَا فَضَرَبَ بِهِ الْأَرْضَ، ثُمَّ أَوْثَقَهُ رِبَاطًا، ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَ بِهِ إلَى دَارِ بَنِي عَمْرِو بْنِ عَوْفٍ، فَلَمْ يَزَلْ عِنْدَهُ حَتَّى بَعَثَتْ إلَيْهِ سُلَيْمٌ بِاَلَّذِي لَهُ، فَقَالَ فِي ذَلِكَ:: لَا تَحْسَبَنِّي يَا بْنَ زِعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ كَمَنْ كُنْتَ تُرْدِي بِالْغُيُوبِ وَتَخْتِلُ تَحَوَّلْتَ قِرْنًا إذْ صُرِعْتَ بِعِزَّةٍ كَذَلِكَ إِنَّ الْحَازِمَ الْمُتَحَوِّلُ ضَرَبْتُ بِهِ إِبْطَ الشَّمَالِ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ خَدُّهُ هُوَ أَسْفَلُ فِي أَشْعَارٍ كَثِيرَةٍ كَانَ يَقُولُهَا. فَتَصَدَّى لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حِينَ سَمِعَ بِهِ، فَدَعَاهُ إلَى اللَّهِ وَإِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ سُوَيْدٌ: فَلَعَلَّ الَّذِي مَعَكَ مِثْلُ الَّذِي مَعِي، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: وَمَا الَّذِي مَعَكَ ؟ قَالَ: مَجَلَّةُ لُقْمَانَ - يَعْنِي حِكْمَةَ لُقْمَانَ - فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: اعْرِضْهَا عَلَيَّ، فَعَرَضَهَا عَلَيْهِ ؟ فَقَالَ لَهُ: إنَّ هَذَا لَكَلَامٌ حَسَنٌ، وَاَلَّذِي مَعِي أَفَضْلُ مِنْ هَذَا، قُرْآنٌ أَنْزَلَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيَّ، هُوَ هُدًى وَنُورٌ. فَتَلَا عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْقُرْآنَ، وَدَعَاهُ إلَى الْإِسْلَامِ، فَلَمْ يَبْعُدْ مِنْهُ، وَقَالَ: إنَّ هَذَا لَقَوْلٌ حَسَنٌ. ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ عَنْهُ، فَقَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ عَلَى قَوْمِهِ، فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ أَنْ قَتَلَتْهُ الْخَزْرَجُ، فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ رِجَالٌ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ لَيَقُولُونَ: إنَّا لَنَرَاهُ قَدْ قُتِلَ وَهُوَ مُسْلِمٌ. وَكَانَ قَتْلُهُ قَبْلَ يَوْمِ بُعَاثٍ

    ✧ [Suwayd b. Ṣāmit and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ] Ibn Isḥāq said: ʿĀṣim b. ʿUmar b. Qatādah al-Anṣārī, then al-Ẓafarī, narrated to me from elders of his people, who said: Suwayd b. Ṣāmit, brother of the Banū ʿAmr b. ʿAwf, came to Makkah as a pilgrim or performing ʿumrah. His people used to call him al-Kāmil (the Perfect) among themselves because of his toughness, his poetry, his nobility, and his lineage. He is the one who says: Alas, many a one you call a friend, and if you could see His speech in your absence, it would grieve you what he fabricates. His speech is like honey when he is present, But in absence it is a tale carried on the notch of the chest. His outward pleases you, but beneath his skin Is the slander of treachery that severs the sinews of the back. The eyes reveal to you what he conceals Of rancor and hatred with a sidelong glance. So feather me with good, for long have you plucked me; The best of patrons is one who feathers and does not pluck. He also says: He wagered with a man of the Banū Sulaym, then one of the Banū Ziʿb b. Mālik, a hundred she-camels before a priestess of the Arab soothsayers, and she ruled in his favor. He and the Sulamī departed from her, with no one else with them. When the road separated them, he said: “What about my due, O brother of the Banū Sulaym?” He said: “I will send it to you.” He said: “But who will guarantee me that if you are tempted by it?” He said: “I will.” He said: “No, by the One in whose hand is the soul of Suwayd, you shall not part from me until I receive my due.” So he seized him and threw him to the ground, then bound him with ropes, then took him to the abode of the Banū ʿAmr b. ʿAwf. He remained with him until Sulaym sent him what was owed to him. He said about that: Do not reckon me, O son of Ziʿb b. Mālik, Like one you used to destroy and beguile in secret. You turned into an opponent when you were thrown down in might; Thus the resolute one turns the tables. I struck him under the left armpit, and he remained In every state with his cheek down low. In many poems that he used to recite. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ approached him when he heard of him, and called him to Allah and to Islam. Suwayd said to him: “Perhaps what you have is like what I have.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him: “And what do you have?” He said: “The scroll of Luqmān” — meaning the wisdom of Luqmān. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him: “Present it to me.” So he presented it to him. He said to him: “This is indeed fine speech, but what I have is better than this: a Qur’ān that Allah Almighty sent down upon me, which is guidance and light.” Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited the Qur’ān to him and called him to Islam. He did not distance himself from it and said: “This is indeed fine speech.” Then he departed from him and came to Madinah to his people. He did not remain long before the Khazraj killed him. Some men of his people used to say: “We consider that he was killed while he was a Muslim.” His killing took place before the Day of Buʿāth.

  3. Sirat Ibn Hisham 501No grade recorded

    إسْلَامُ إيَاسِ بْنِ مُعَاذٍ وَقِصَّةُ أَبِي الْحَيْسَرِ قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَحَدَّثَنِي الْحُصَيْنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ مُعَاذٍ، عَنْ مَحْمُودِ بْنِ لَبِيدٍ، قَالَ: لَمَّا قَدِمَ أَبُو الْحَيْسَرِ، أَنَسُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ، مَكَّةَ وَمَعَهُ فِتْيَةٌ مِنْ بَنِي عَبْدِ الْأَشْهَلِ، فِيهِمْ إيَاسُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ، يَلْتَمِسُونَ الْحِلْفَ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ عَلَى قَوْمِهِمْ مِنْ الْخَزْرَجِ، سَمِعَ بِهِمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَأَتَاهُمْ فَجَلَسَ إلَيْهِمْ، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: هَلْ لَكُمْ فِي خَيْرٍ مِمَّا جِئْتُمْ لَهُ ؟ فَقَالُوا لَهُ: وَمَا ذَاكَ ؟ قَالَ: أَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ بَعَثَنِي إلَى الْعِبَادِ، أَدْعُوهُمْ إلَى أَنْ يَعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَلَا يُشْرِكُوا بِهِ شَيْئًا، وَأَنْزَلَ عَلَيَّ الْكِتَابَ قَالَ: ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ لَهُمْ الْإِسْلَامَ، وَتَلَا عَلَيْهِمْ الْقُرْآنَ. قَالَ: فَقَالَ إيَاسُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ، وَكَانَ غُلَامًا حَدَثًا: أَيْ قَوْمِ، هَذَا وَاَللَّهِ خَيْرٌ مِمَّا جِئْتُمْ لَهُ قَالَ: فَيَأْخُذُ أَبُو الْحَيْسَرِ، أَنَسُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ، حَفْنَةً مِنْ تُرَابِ الْبَطْحَاءِ، فَضَرَبَ بِهَا وَجْهَ إيَاسِ بْنِ مُعَاذٍ، وَقَالَ: دَعْنَا مِنْكَ، فَلَعَمْرِي لَقَدْ جِئْنَا لِغَيْرِ هَذَا. قَالَ: فَصَمَتَ إيَاسٌ، وَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْهُمْ، وَانْصَرَفُوا إلَى الْمَدِينَةِ، وَكَانَتْ وَقْعَةُ بُعَاثٍ بَيْنَ الْأَوْسِ وَالْخَزْرَجِ. قَالَ: ثُمَّ لَمْ يَلْبَثْ إيَاسُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ أَنْ هَلَكَ قَالَ مَحْمُودُ بْنُ لَبِيدٍ: فَأَخْبَرَنِي مَنْ حَضَرَهُ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ: أَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَزَالُوا يَسْمَعُونَهُ يُهَلِّلُ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى وَيُكَبِّرُهُ وَيَحْمَدُهُ وَيُسَبِّحُهُ حَتَّى مَاتَ، فَمَا كَانُوا يَشُكُّونَ أَنْ قَدْ مَاتَ مُسْلِمًا، لَقَدْ كَانَ اسْتَشْعَرَ الْإِسْلَامَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْمَجْلِسِ، حِينَ سَمِعَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا سَمِعَ.

    ✧ The conversion of Iyās b. Muʿādh and the story of Abū al-Ḥaysar Ibn Isḥāq said: Al-Ḥuṣayn b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿAmr b. Saʿd b. Muʿādh narrated to me, from Maḥmūd b. Labīd, who said: When Abū al-Ḥaysar Anas b. Rāfiʿ came to Makkah with a group of young men from Banū ʿAbd al-Ashhal, among them Iyās b. Muʿādh, seeking an alliance with Quraysh against their own people of the Khazraj, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ heard of them. He came to them and sat with them, and said: "Would you like something better than what you have come for?" They said: "And what is that?" He said: "I am the Messenger of Allah. He has sent me to His servants, calling them to worship Allah and not associate anything with Him, and He has sent down the Book to me." He said: Then he mentioned Islam to them and recited the Qurʾān to them. He said: Then Iyās b. Muʿādh, who was a young lad, said: "O my people, by Allah, this is better than what you have come for." He said: Then Abū al-Ḥaysar Anas b. Rāfiʿ took a handful of dust from the open ground and threw it in the face of Iyās b. Muʿādh, and said: "Leave us be. By my life, we have come for something other than this." He said: So Iyās fell silent, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ rose and left them. They returned to Madinah, and the battle of Buʿāth took place between the Aws and the Khazraj. He said: Then it was not long before Iyās b. Muʿādh died. Maḥmūd b. Labīd said: Someone from his people who was present at his death informed me that they kept hearing him declare the oneness of Allah, glorify Him, praise Him, and magnify Him until he died. They had no doubt that he died a Muslim, for he had taken Islam into his heart in that gathering when he heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ what he heard.

  4. Sirat Ibn Hisham 495No grade recorded

    عَرْضُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَفْسَهُ عَلَى الْقَبَائِلِ [ عَرْضُ الرَّسُولِ نَفْسَهُ عَلَى الْعَرَبِ فِي مَوَاسِمِهِمْ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: ثُمَّ قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَكَّةَ، وَقَوْمُهُ أَشَدُّ مَا كَانُوا عَلَيْهِ مِنْ خِلَافِهِ وَفِرَاقِ دِينِهِ، إلَّا قَلِيلًا مُسْتَضْعَفِينَ، مِمَّنْ آمَنَ فَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَعْرِضُ نَفْسَهُ فِي الْمَوَاسِمِ، إذَا كَانَتْ، عَلَى قَبَائِلِ الْعَرَبِ يَدْعُوهُمْ إلَى اللَّهِ، وَيُخْبِرُهُمْ أَنَّهُ نَبِيٌّ مُرْسَلٌ، وَيَسْأَلُهُمْ أَنْ يُصَدِّقُوهُ وَيَمْنَعُوهُ حَتَّى يُبَيِّنَ ( لَهُمْ ) اللَّهُ مَا بَعَثَهُ بِهِ. قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: فَحَدَّثَنِي مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا، مَنْ لَا أَتَّهِمُ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ عَبَّادٍ الدِّيلِيِّ، أَوْ مَنْ حَدَّثَهُ أَبُو الزِّنَادِ عَنْهُ - قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: رَبِيعَةُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ. قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَحَدَّثَنِي حُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَبِيعَةَ بْنَ عَبَّادٍ، يُحَدِّثُهُ أَبِي، قَالَ: إنِّي لَغُلَامٌ شَابٌّ مَعَ أَبِي بِمِنًى، وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقِفُ عَلَى مَنَازِلِ الْقَبَائِلِ مِنْ الْعَرَبِ، فَيَقُولُ: يَا بَنِي فُلَانٍ، إنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ إلَيْكُمْ، يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَنْ تَعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَلَا تُشْرِكُوا بِهِ شَيْئًا، وَأَنْ تَخْلَعُوا مَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِنْ دُونِهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأَنْدَادِ، وَأَنْ تُؤْمِنُوا بِي، وَتُصَدِّقُوا بِي، وَتَمْنَعُونِي، حَتَّى أُبَيِّنَ عَنْ اللَّهِ مَا بَعَثَنِي بِهِ. قَالَ: وَخَلْفَهُ رَجُلٌ أَحْوَلُ وَضِيءٌ، لَهُ غَدِيرَتَانِ عَلَيْهِ حُلَّةٌ عَدَنِيَّةٌ. فَإِذَا فَرَغَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ وَمَا دَعَا إلَيْهِ، قَالَ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلُ: يَا بَنِي فُلَانٍ، إنَّ هَذَا إنَّمَا يَدْعُوكُمْ أَنْ تَسْلُخُوا اللَّاتَ وَالْعُزَّى مِنْ أَعْنَاقِكُمْ، وَحَلْفَاءَكُمْ مِنْ الْجِنِّ مِنْ بَنِي مَالِكِ بْنِ أُقَيْشٍ، إلَى مَا جَاءَ بِهِ مِنْ الْبِدْعَةِ وَالضَّلَالَةِ، فَلَا تُطِيعُوهُ، وَلَا تَسْمَعُوا مِنْهُ. قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ لِأَبِي: يَا أَبَتِ، مَنْ هَذَا الَّذِي يَتْبَعُهُ وَيَرُدُّ عَلَيْهِ مَا يَقُولُ ؟ قَالَ: هَذَا عَمُّهُ عَبْدُ الْعُزَّى بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ، أَبُو لَهَبٍ قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: قَالَ النَّابِغَةُ:: كَأَنَّكَ مِنْ جِمَالِ بَنِي أُقَيْشٍ يُقَعْقَعُ خَلْفَ رِجْلَيْهِ بِشَنِّ قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ شِهَابٍ الزُّهْرِيُّ: أَنَّهُ أَتَى كِنْدَةَ فِي مَنَازِلِهِمْ، وَفِيهِمْ سَيِّدٌ لَهُمْ يُقَالُ لَهُ: مُلَيْحٌ، فَدَعَاهُمْ إلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، وَعَرَضَ عَلَيْهِمْ نَفْسَهُ، فَأَبَوْا عَلَيْهِ.

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ offering himself to the tribes [The Messenger offering himself to the Arabs at their gatherings] Ibn Isḥāq said: Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ returned to Makkah, while his people were more severe against him than they had ever been in opposing him and separating from his religion, except a few who were deemed weak among those who had believed. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to offer himself at the gatherings, when they occurred, to the tribes of the Arabs, calling them to Allah and informing them that he was a prophet sent [by Allah], and asking them to believe him and protect him until Allah made clear to them what He had sent him with. Ibn Isḥāq said: One of our companions, whom I do not suspect, related to me from Zayd b. Aslam, from Rabīʿah b. ʿAbbād al-Dīlī – or someone who related to him Abū al-Zinād from him – Ibn Hishām said: Rabīʿah b. ʿAbbād. Ibn Isḥāq said: Ḥusayn b. ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿUbayd Allāh b. ʿAbbās related to me, saying: I heard Rabīʿah b. ʿAbbād relating to my father, saying: I was a young boy with my father at Minā, while the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was standing at the encampments of the tribes of the Arabs, saying: "O Banī so-and-so, I am the Messenger of Allah to you, commanding you to worship Allah and not to associate anything with Him, and to cast off these rivals that you worship besides Him, and to believe in me, and trust me, and protect me until I make clear from Allah what He has sent me with." He said: And behind him was a cross-eyed, handsome man with two locks of hair, wearing an Adanite robe. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished his words and what he called them to, that man said: "O Banī so-and-so, this man only calls you to strip al-Lāt and al-ʿUzzā from your necks, and your allies from the jinn of Banī Mālik b. Uqaysh, to what he has brought of innovation and error; so do not obey him, and do not listen to him." He said: I said to my father: "O my father, who is this who follows him and contradicts what he says?" He said: "This is his uncle ʿAbd al-ʿUzzā b. ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib, Abū Lahab." Ibn Hishām said: Al-Nābighah said: "It is as though you are one of the camels of Banī Uqaysh – a worn waterskin rattles behind his legs." Ibn Isḥāq said: Ibn Shihāb al-Zuhrī related to us that he came to Kindah at their encampments, among whom was a chief of theirs called Mulayḥ. He called them to Allah, mighty and glorious, and offered himself to them, but they refused him.

  5. Sirat Ibn Hisham 496No grade recorded

    [ عَرْضُ الرَّسُولِ نَفْسَهُ عَلَى بَنِي كَلْبٍ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ: أَنَّهُ أَتَى كَلْبًا فِي مَنَازِلِهِمْ، إلَى بَطْنٍ مِنْهُمْ يُقَالُ لَهُمْ: بَنُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، فَدَعَاهُمْ إلَى اللَّهِ وَعَرَضَ عَلَيْهِمْ نَفْسَهُ، حَتَّى إنَّهُ لَيَقُولُ لَهُمْ: يَا بَنِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، إنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قَدْ أَحْسَنَ اسْمَ أَبِيكُمْ، فَلَمْ يَقْبَلُوا مِنْهُ مَا عَرَضَ عَلَيْهِمْ

    ✧ He came to Kalb in their encampments, to a clan of theirs called Banū ʿAbd Allāh, and called them to God and offered himself to them, so much so that he said to them, “O Banū ʿAbd Allāh, God, mighty and glorious, has made your father’s name excellent”; but they would not accept from him what he offered them.

  6. Sirat Ibn Hisham 497No grade recorded

    [ عَرْضُ الرَّسُولِ نَفْسَهُ عَلَى بَنِي حَنِيفَةَ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَحَدَّثَنِي بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ: أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَتَى بَنِي حَنِيفَةَ فِي مَنَازِلِهِمْ، فَدَعَاهُمْ إلَى اللَّهِ وَعَرَضَ عَلَيْهِمْ نَفْسَهُ، فَلَمْ يَكُنْ أَحَدٌ مِنْ الْعَرَبِ أَقْبَحَ عَلَيْهِ رَدًّا مِنْهُمْ

    ✧ [The Messenger of Allah ﷺ offering himself to Banū Ḥanīfah] Ibn Isḥāq said: Some of our companions narrated to me from ʿAbd Allāh b. Kaʿb b. Mālik that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to Banū Ḥanīfah in their dwellings and called them to Allah and offered himself to them, and there was no one among the Arabs who gave him a more repulsive rejection than they did.

  7. Sirat Ibn Hisham 498No grade recorded

    [ عَرْضُ الرَّسُولِ نَفْسَهُ عَلَى بَنِي عَامِرٍ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَحَدَّثَنِي الزُّهْرِيُّ أَنَّهُ أَتَى بَنِي عَامِرِ بْنِ صَعْصَعَةَ، فَدَعَاهُمْ إلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، وَعَرَضَ عَلَيْهِمْ نَفْسَهُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ - يُقَالُ لَهُ: بَيْحَرَةُ بْنُ فِرَاسٍ، قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: فِرَاسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ ( الْخَيْرِ ) بْنِ قُشَيْرِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ عَامِرِ بْنِ صَعْصَعَةَ -: وَاَللَّهِ، لَوْ أَنِّي أَخَذْتُ هَذَا الْفَتَى مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ، لَأَكَلْتُ بِهِ الْعَرَبَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَرَأَيْتَ إنْ نَحْنُ بَايَعْنَاكَ عَلَى أَمْرِكَ، ثُمَّ أَظْهَرَكَ اللَّهُ عَلَى مَنْ خَالَفَكَ، أَيَكُونُ لَنَا الْأَمْرُ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ ؟ قَالَ: الْأَمْرُ إلَى اللَّهِ يَضَعُهُ حَيْثُ يَشَاءُ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ لَهُ: أَفَتُهْدَفُ نَحُورُنَا لِلْعَرَبِ دُونَكَ، فَإِذَا أَظْهَرَكَ اللَّهُ كَانَ الْأَمْرُ لِغَيْرِنَا لَا حَاجَةَ لَنَا بِأَمْرِكَ، فَأَبَوْا عَلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا صَدَرَ النَّاسُ رَجَعَتْ بَنُو عَامِرٍ إلَى شَيْخٍ لَهُمْ، قَدْ كَانَتْ أَدْرَكَتْهُ السِّنُّ، حَتَّى لَا يَقْدِرَ أَنْ يُوَافِيَ مَعَهُمْ الْمَوَاسِمَ، فَكَانُوا إذَا رَجَعُوا إلَيْهِ حَدَّثُوهُ بِمَا يَكُونُ فِي ذَلِكَ الْمَوْسِمِ، فَلَمَّا قَدِمُوا عَلَيْهِ ذَلِكَ الْعَامَ سَأَلَهُمْ عَمَّا كَانَ فِي مَوْسِمِهِمْ، فَقَالُوا: جَاءَنَا فَتًى مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ، ثُمَّ أَحَدُ بَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ، يَزْعُمُ أَنَّهُ نَبِيٌّ، يَدْعُونَا إلَى أَنْ نَمْنَعَهُ وَنَقُومَ مَعَهُ، وَنَخْرُجَ بِهِ إلَى بِلَادِنَا قَالَ: فَوَضَعَ الشَّيْخُ يَدَيْهِ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَا بَنِي عَامِرٍ، هَلْ لَهَا مِنْ تَلَافٍ، هَلْ لِذُنَابَاهَا مِنْ مَطْلَبٍ وَاَلَّذِي نَفْسُ فُلَانٍ بِيَدِهِ، مَا تَقَوَّلَهَا إسْمَاعِيلِيٌّ قَطُّ، وَإِنَّهَا لَحَقٌّ، فَأَيْنَ رَأْيُكُمْ كَانَ عَنْكُمْ

    ✧ [The Messenger of Allah ﷺ offering himself to Banū ʿĀmir] Ibn Isḥāq said: Al-Zuhrī narrated to me that he came to Banū ʿĀmir b. Ṣaʿṣaʿah and called them to God, Mighty and Majestic, and offered himself to them. A man from among them—called Bayḥarah b. Firās; Ibn Hishām said: Firās b. ʿAbd Allāh b. Salamah (al-Khayr) b. Qushayr b. Kaʿb b. Rabīʿah b. ʿĀmir b. Ṣaʿṣaʿah—said to him: "By God, if I could take this youth from Quraysh, I would devour the Arabs through him." Then he said: "Do you think that if we pledge allegiance to you for your cause, and then God makes you victorious over those who oppose you, will authority belong to us after you?" He said: "Authority belongs to God; He places it wherever He wills." He said: "So should we expose our throats to the Arabs for your sake, and then when God makes you victorious, authority will be for others? We have no need of your cause." So they refused him. When the people departed, Banū ʿĀmir returned to an old man of theirs who had become so advanced in age that he was unable to attend the fairs with them. Whenever they returned to him, they would tell him what had happened at the fair. When they came to him that year, he asked them about what had occurred at their fair. They said: "A youth from Quraysh came to us, then one of Banū ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib, claiming he is a prophet, calling us to protect him, stand with him, and bring him to our lands." He said: The old man placed his hands on his head and then said: "O Banū ʿĀmir, is there any way to undo this? Is there any means to catch its tail? By Him in whose hand the soul of so-and-so is, no descendant of Ishmael ever fabricated it, and it is certainly true. Where was your judgment?"