Tarikh (al-Tabari) 1607
Mention of Year Nine and Its Designation as the Year of Delegations
[ إشَارَةُ ابْنَةِ حَاتِمٍ عَلَى عَدِيٍّ بِالْإِسْلَامِ ] قَالَ عَدِيٌّ: فَوَاَللَّهِ إنِّي لَقَاعِدٌ فِي أَهْلِي، إذْ نَظَرْتُ إلَى ظَعِينَةٍ تَصُوبُ إلَيَّ تُؤْمِنَا، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ ابْنَةُ حَاتِمٍ، قَالَ: فَإِذَا هِيَ هِيَ، فَلَمَّا وَقَفَتْ عَلَيَّ انْسَحَلَتْ تَقُولُ: الْقَاطِعُ الظَّالِمُ، احْتَمَلْتَ بِأَهْلِكَ وَوَلَدِكَ، وَتَرَكْتُ بَقِيَّةَ وَالِدِكَ عَوْرَتَكَ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: أَيْ أُخَيَّةُ، لَا تَقُولِي إلَّا خَيْرًا، فَوَاَللَّهِ مَا لِي مِنْ عُذْرٍ، لَقَدْ صَنَعْتُ مَا ذَكَرْتُ. قَالَ: ثُمَّ نَزَلَتْ فَأَقَامَتْ عِنْدِي، فَقُلْتُ لَهَا: وَكَانَتْ امْرَأَةً حَازِمَةً، مَاذَا تَرَيْنَ فِي أَمْرِ هَذَا الرَّجُلِ ؟ قَالَتْ: أَرَى وَاَللَّهِ أَنْ تَلْحَقَ بِهِ سَرِيعًا، فَإِنْ يَكُنْ الرَّجُلُ نَبِيًّا فَلِلسَّابِقِ إلَيْهِ فَضْلُهُ، وَإِنْ يَكُنْ مَلِكًا فَلَنْ تَذِلَّ فِي عِزِّ الْيَمَنِ، وَأَنْتَ أَنْتَ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: وَاَللَّهِ إنَّ هَذَا الرَّأْيُ.
Translation
✧ [The indication of Ḥātim's daughter to ʿAdī to embrace Islam] ʿAdī said: By Allah, I was sitting among my family when I looked at a woman's litter descending toward me, making for us. He said: I said, 'The daughter of Ḥātim.' He said: And it was indeed she. When she stopped before me, she burst out saying: 'You severer of ties, you wrongdoer! You carried off your wife and children and left the remnant of your father, your weak spot.' He said: I said, 'My little sister, say only good. By Allah, I have no excuse; I did what you mentioned.' He said: Then she dismounted and stayed with me. I said to her—and she was a resolute woman—'What do you think about the affair of this man?' She said: 'By Allah, I think you should hasten to join him. If the man is a prophet, the one who gets to him first has his merit; and if he is a king, you will not be humbled in the might of Yemen, for you are you.' He said: I said, 'By Allah, this is sound judgment.'
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