Tarikh (al-Tabari) 829
The Messenger of Allah's ﷺ presenting himself to the tribes
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.
Translation
✧ The Islam 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 related 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 from Quraysh on behalf of their people against the Khazraj, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ heard of them. He came to them and sat with them, and said to them: "Would you like something better than what you have come for?" They said to him: "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 upon me the Book." He said: Then he mentioned Islam to them and recited the Qur'an to them. He said: Iyās b. Muʿādh, who was a young boy, said: "O my people, by Allah, this is better than what you have come for." He said: Abū al-Ḥaysar, Anas b. Rāfiʿ, took a handful of dust from al-Baṭḥāʾ and struck the face of Iyās b. Muʿādh with it, and said: "Leave us alone. By my life, we have come for other than this." He said: Iyās fell silent, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ arose from them, and they departed to al-Madīnah. The Battle of Buʿāth occurred between al-Aws and al-Khazraj. He said: Then Iyās b. Muʿādh did not remain long before he perished. Maḥmūd b. Labīd said: One of his people who was present at his death informed me that they continued to hear him declaring the oneness of Allah, glorifying Him, praising Him, and extolling Him until he died. They had no doubt that he died a Muslim. He had indeed embraced Islam in that gathering, when he heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ what he heard.
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