al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 5901
✧ The mentioning of the virtues of al-Mughirah b. Shu'bah
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حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَمْشَاذٍ وَيَحْيَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ قَالَا ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْعَبْدِيُّ ثَنَا أُمَيَّةُ بْنُ بِسْطَامٍ ثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ ثَنَا حَجَّاجُ الصَّوَّافُ حَدَّثَنِي إِيَاسُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ قُرَّةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ
لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقَادِسِيَّةِ بُعِثَ بِالْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ إِلَى صَاحِبِ فَارِسَ فَقَالَ «بَعَثُوا مَعِي عَشْرَةً فَبُعِثُوا فَشَدَّ عَلَيْهِ ثِيَابَهُ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ حَجَفَةً ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَ حَتَّى أَتَوْهُ» فَقَالَ «أَلْقُوا لِي تُرْسًا» فَجَلَسَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ الْعِلْجُ إِنَّكُمْ مَعَاشِرَ الْعَرَبِ قَدْ عَرَفْتُمُ الَّذِي حَمَلَكُمْ عَلَى الْمَجِيءِ إِلَيْنَا أَنْتُمْ قَوْمٌ لَا تَجِدُونَ فِي بِلَادِكُمْ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ مَا تَشْبَعُونَ مِنْهُ فَخُذُوا نُعْطِيكُمْ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ حَاجَتِكُمْ فَإِنَّا قَوْمٌ مَجُوسٌ وَإِنَّا نَكْرَهُ قَتْلَكُمْ إِنَّكُمْ تُنَجِّسُونَ عَلَيْنَا أَرْضَنَا فَقَالَ الْمُغِيرَةُ «وَاللَّهِ مَا ذَاكَ جَاءَ بِنَا وَلَكِنَّا كُنَّا قَوْمًا نَعْبُدُ الْحِجَارَةَ وَالْأَوْثَانَ فَإِذَا رَأَيْنَا حَجَرًا أَحْسَنَ مِنْ حَجَرٍ أَلْقَيْنَاهُ وَأَخَذْنَا غَيْرَهُ وَلَا نَعْرِفُ رَبًّا حَتَّى بَعَثَ اللَّهُ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولًا مِنْ أَنْفُسِنَا فَدَعَانَا إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ فَاتَّبَعْنَاهُ وَلَمْ نَجِئْ لِلطَّعَامِ إِنَّا أُمِرْنَا بِقِتَالِ عَدُوِّنَا مِمَّنْ تَرَكَ الْإِسْلَامَ وَلَمْ نَجِئْ لِلطَّعَامِ وَلَكِنَّا جِئْنَا لِنَقْتُلَ مُقَاتِلَتَكُمْ وَنَسْبِيَ ذَرَارِيَّكُمْ وَأَمَّا مَا ذَكَرْتَ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ فَإِنَّا لَعَمْرِي مَا نَجْدُ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ مَا نَشْبَعُ مِنْهُ وَرُبَّمَا لَمْ نَجْدْ رِيًّا مِنَ الْمَاءِ أَحْيَانًا فَجِئْنَا إِلَى أَرْضِكُمْ هَذِهِ فَوَجَدْنَا فِيهَا طَعَامًا كَثِيرًا وَمَاءً كَثِيرًا فَوَاللَّهِ لَا نَبْرَحُهَا حَتَّى تَكُونَ لَنَا أَوْ لَكُمْ» فَقَالَ الْعِلْجُ بِالْفَارِسِيَّةِ صَدَقَ قَالَ «وَأَنْتَ تُفْقَأُ عَيْنُكَ» فَفُقِئَتْ عَيْنُهُ مِنَ الْغَدِ أَصَابَتْهُ نُشَّابَةٌ «غَرِيبٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ» صحيح
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Chain of narrators
- ʿAlī b. Ḥamshādh and Yaḥyá b. Muḥammad al-ʿAnbarī
- Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-ʿAbdī
- Umayyah b. Bisṭām
- Yazīd b. Zurayʿ
- Ḥajjāj al-Ṣawwāf
- Iyās b. Muʿāwiyah b. Qurrah
- his father
✧ On the day of al-Qadisiyyah, al-Mughirah b. Shu'bah was sent to the ruler of Persia. He said, "They sent ten men with me, and they were sent. He tightened his garments, took a shield, and set off until they reached him." He said, "Throw me a shield," and he sat on it. The 'ilj said, "You Arabs, we know what has brought you to us. You are a people who cannot find enough food in your lands to satisfy yourselves, so take, for we will give you the food you need. We are Magians, and we dislike killing you, for you defile our land for us." Al-Mughirah said, "By Allah, that is not what brought us. We were a people who worshiped stones and idols; when we saw a stone better than another, we threw it away and took another, and we did not know a Lord until Allah sent to us a messenger from among ourselves. He called us to Islam, and we followed him. We did not come for food. We have been commanded to fight our enemy among those who have abandoned Islam. We did not come for food, but we came to kill your warriors and take your offspring captive. As for what you mentioned about food, by my life, we do not find food to satisfy ourselves, and sometimes we do not even find enough water to quench our thirst. So we came to this land of yours and found abundant food and abundant water. By Allah, we will not leave it until it is ours or yours." The 'ilj said in Persian, "He has spoken the truth." He said, "And your eye will be gouged out." His eye was gouged out the next day; an arrow struck him. "Gharib, sahih al-isnad, but they did not record it." Sahih.
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What scholars said about it
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- Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥākim
غريب صحيح الإسناد ولم يخرجاه
in المستدرك على الصحيحين, p. 5955
Narrators
- Companion (ṣaḥābī)d. 49 AHالمُغِيرَة بن شُعْبَةصحابيعن
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 113 AHأَبِيهِثقةعن
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 121 AHإِيَاسُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ قُرَّةَثقةحدثني
- حدثناtrustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 135 AH
- حدثناtrustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 182 AH
- حدثناtruthful (ṣadūq)d. 228 AH
- حدثنا
- حدثنا
- d. 403 AH
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