87. ✧ 'Amr b. 'Abasah al-Sulami

1. Musnad al-Tayalisi 1250No grade recorded

   " مَنْ شَابَ شَيْبَةً فِي الْإِسْلَامِ - أَوْ قَالَ: فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ - كَانَتْ لَهُ نُورًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مَا لَمْ يَخْضِبْهَا أَوْ يَنْتِفْهَا

   ✧ "Whoever grows a gray hair in Islam—or he said: in the path of God—it will be light for him on the Day of Resurrection, as long as he does not dye it or pluck it."

2. Musnad al-Tayalisi 1251No grade recorded

   لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي وَأَنَا رُبُعُ الْإِسْلَامِ، أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَنْ تَبِعَكَ عَلَى هَذَا الْأَمْرِ ؟ قَالَ: حُرٌّ وَعَبْدٌ

   ✧ I saw myself when I was a quarter of Islam. I came to the Messenger of God ﷺ and said: O Messenger of God, who has followed you upon this matter? He said: A free man and a slave.

3. Musnad al-Tayalisi 1252No grade recorded

   حَاصَرْنَا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ حِصْنَ الطَّائِفِ، فَسَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: مَنْ بَلَغَ بِسَهْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ فَهُوَ لَهُ عِدْلُ مُحَرَّرٍ، فَبَلَغْتُ يَوْمَئِذٍ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ سَهْمًا، فَسَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: " مَنْ رَمَى بِسَهْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَهُوَ لَهُ دَرَجَةٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ، وَمَنْ شَابَ شَيْبَةً فِي الْإِسْلَامِ كَانَتْ لَهُ نُورًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، وَأَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ مُسْلِمٍ أَعْتَقَ رَجُلًا مُسْلِمًا فَإِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَهُ جَاعِلٌ وِقَاءَ كُلِّ عَظْمٍ مِنْ عِظَامِهِ مُحَرَّرَةً مِنَ النَّارِ، وَأَيُّمَا امْرَأَةٍ مُسْلِمَةٍ أَعْتَقَتِ امْرَأَةً مُسْلِمَةً فَإِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ جَاعِلٌ وِقَاءَ كُلِّ عَظْمٍ مِنْ عِظَامِهَا عَظْمًا مِنْ عِظَامِهَا مُحَرَّرَةً مِنَ النَّارِ

   ✧ We besieged with the Prophet ﷺ the fortress of al-Ta'if, and I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: Whoever shoots an arrow in the path of God, it is for him equal to freeing a slave. That day I shot sixteen arrows. Then I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: Whoever shoots an arrow in the path of God, Mighty and Majestic, it is for him a degree in Paradise. Whoever grows a gray hair in Islam, it will be light for him on the Day of Resurrection. Any Muslim man who frees a Muslim man, God, Mighty and Majestic, will make for him, as a shield, every bone of his bones a freed slave from the Fire. And any Muslim woman who frees a Muslim woman, God, Mighty and Majestic, will make for her, as a shield, every bone of her bones a freed slave from the Fire.

4. Musnad al-Tayalisi 1253No grade recorded

   كَانَ بَيْنَ مُعَاوِيَةَ وَبَيْنَ الرُّومِ عَهْدٌ، فَكَانَ يَسِيرُ فِي بِلَادِهِمْ، حَتَّى إِذَا انْقَضَى الْعَهْدُ أَغَارَ عَلَيْهِمْ، وَإِذَا رَجُلٌ عَلَى دَابَّةٍ - أَوْ عَلَى فَرَسٍ - وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: اللهُ أَكْبَرُ، وَفَاءٌ لَا غَدْرٌ - مَرَّتَيْنِ - وَإِذَا هُوَ عَمْرُو بْنُ عَبَسَةَ السُّلَمِيُّ، فَقَالَ لَهُ مُعَاوِيَةُ: مَا تَقُولُ ؟ فَقَالَ عَمْرٌو: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: مَنْ كَانَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ قَوْمٍ عَهْدٌ فَلَا يَحُلَّنَّ عُقْدَةً وَلَا يَشُدَّهَا حَتَّى يَمْضِيَ أَمَدُهَا أَوْ يَنْبِذَ إِلَيْهِمْ عَلَى سَوَاءٍ "، فَرَجَعَ مُعَاوِيَةُ بِالنَّاسِ

   ✧ There was a treaty between Mu'awiya and the Byzantines. He was traveling in their lands, and when the treaty expired, he raided them. There was a man on a mount—or on a horse—saying: God is greatest. Loyalty, not treachery—twice—and it was 'Amr b. 'Abasa al-Sulami. Mu'awiya said to him: What are you saying? 'Amr said: I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: Whoever has a treaty between him and a people, let him not loosen a knot nor tighten it until its term has elapsed or he gives them notice on equal terms. So Mu'awiya returned with the people.