Tarikh (al-Tabari) 696
The reports of the Jewish rabbis, Christian monks, and soothsayers and their glad tidings of the sending of the Beloved of the Most Merciful ﷺ
[ سَلْمَانُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ الرَّسُولِ ﷺ بِهَدِيَّتِهِ يَسْتَوْثِقُ ] ( قَالَ ): وَقَدْ كَانَ عِنْدِي شَيْءٌ قَدْ جَمَعْتُهُ فَلَمَّا أَمْسَيْتُ أَخَذْتُهُ، ثُمَّ ذَهَبْتُ بِهِ إلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ بِقُبَاءَ، فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: إنَّهُ قَدْ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّكَ رَجُلٌ صَالِحٌ، وَمَعَكَ أَصْحَابٌ لَكَ غُرَبَاءُ ذَوُو حَاجَةٍ، وَهَذَا شَيْءٌ قَدْ كَانَ عِنْدِي لِلصَّدَقَةِ، فَرَأَيْتُكُمْ أَحَقَّ بِهِ مِنْ غَيْرِكُمْ، قَالَ: فَقَرَّبْتُهُ إلَيْهِ؛ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِأَصْحَابِهِ: كُلُوا، وَأَمْسَكَ يَدَهُ فَلَمْ يَأْكُلْ. قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي: هَذِهِ وَاحِدَةٌ. قَالَ: ثُمَّ انْصَرَفْتُ عَنْهُ، فَجَمَعْتُ شَيْئًا، وَتَحَوَّلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إلَى الْمَدِينَةِ، ثُمَّ جِئْتُهُ بِهِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: إنِّي قَدْ رَأَيْتُكَ لَا تَأْكُلُ الصَّدَقَةَ، وَهَذِهِ هَدِيَّةٌ أَكْرَمْتُكَ بِهَا. قَالَ: فَأَكَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْهَا، وَأَمَرَ أَصْحَابَهُ فَأَكَلُوا مَعَهُ. قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي: هَاتَانِ ثِنْتَانِ، ثُمَّ جِئْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ بِبَقِيعِ الْغَرْقَدِ، قَدْ تَبِعَ جِنَازَةَ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ، ( وَ ) عَلَيَّ شَمْلَتَانِ لِي، وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فِي أَصْحَابِهِ، فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ اسْتَدَرْتُ أَنْظُرُ إلَى ظَهْرِهِ، هَلْ أَرَى الْخَاتَمَ الَّذِي وَصَفَ لِي صَاحِبِي؛ فَلَمَّا رَآنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ اسْتَدْبَرْتُهُ عَرَفَ أَنِّي أَسْتَثْبِتُ فِي شَيْءٍ وُصِفَ لِي، فَأَلْقَى رِدَاءَهُ عَنْ ظَهْرِهِ، فَنَظَرْتُ إلَى الْخَاتَمِ فَعَرَفْتُهُ، فَأَكْبَبْتُ عَلَيْهِ أُقَبِّلُهُ وَأَبْكِي؛ فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: تَحَوَّلْ، فَتَحَوَّلْتُ فَجَلَسْتُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ، فَقَصَصْتُ عَلَيْهِ حَدِيثِي كَمَا حَدَّثْتُكَ يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ، فَأَعْجَبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُسْمِعَ ذَلِكَ أَصْحَابَهُ. ثُمَّ شَغَلَ سَلْمَانَ الرِّقُّ حَتَّى فَاتَهُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَدْرٌ وَأُحُدٌ.
Translation
✧ (He said): I had something I had collected, and when evening came I took it and went with it to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was in Qubāʾ. I entered upon him and said to him: It has reached me that you are a righteous man, and with you are companions who are strangers and in need, and this is something I had for charity, and I saw you as more deserving of it than others. He said: So I brought it near to him, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to his companions: Eat, and he withheld his hand and did not eat. He said: So I said to myself: This is one. Then I left him and collected something, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ moved to Madinah. Then I came to him with it and said to him: I saw that you do not eat charity, and this is a gift with which I have honored you. He said: So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ate from it and ordered his companions, and they ate with him. He said: So I said to myself: These are two. Then I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was at Baqīʿ al-Gharqad, having followed the funeral of a man from his companions, and I had two cloaks on, and he was sitting among his companions. I greeted him, then turned around to look at his back to see if I could see the seal which my companion had described to me. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw me turning my back, he knew that I was seeking confirmation of something described to me, so he threw his mantle from his back, and I looked at the seal and recognized it. Then I fell upon him, kissing him and weeping. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: Turn around. So I turned and sat before him, and I related to him my story just as I have related it to you, O Ibn ʿAbbās. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was pleased that his companions should hear that. Then slavery occupied Salmān until he missed Badr and Uḥud with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
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