Sirat Ibn Hisham 1537
The arrival of Ḍimām b. Thaʿlabah as a delegate from Banū Saʿd b. Bakr
[ قُدُومُ ضِمَامِ بْنِ ثَعْلَبَةَ وَافِدًا عَنْ بَنِي سَعْدِ بْنِ بَكْرٍ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَبَعَثَ بَنُو سَعْدِ بْنِ بَكْرٍ إلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَجُلًا مِنْهُمْ، يُقَالُ لَهُ ضِمَامُ بْنُ ثَعْلَبَةَ. [ سُؤَالُهُ الرَّسُولَ أَسْئِلَةً ثُمَّ إسْلَامُهُ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: فَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُبْنُ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ نُوَيْفِعٍ عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ، مَوْلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: بَعَثَتْ بَنُو سَعْدِ بْنِ بَكْرِ ضِمَامِ بْنِ ثَعْلَبَةَ وَافِدًا إلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَقَدِمَ عَلَيْهِ، وَأَنَاخَ بَعِيرَهُ عَلَى بَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ ثُمَّ عَقَلَهُ، ثُمَّ دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ جَالِسٌ فِي أَصْحَابِهِ؛ وَكَانَ ضِمَامٌ رَجُلًا جَلْدًا أَشْعَرَ ذَا غَدِيرَتَيْنِ، فَأَقْبَلَ حَتَّى وَقَفَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي أَصْحَابِهِ، فَقَالَ: أَيّكُمْ ابْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ ؟ قَالَ: فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: أَنَا ابْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ. قَالَ: أَمُحَمَّدٌ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ؛ قَالَ: يَا بْنَ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ، إنِّي سَائِلُكَ وَمُغَلَّظٌ عَلَيْكَ فِي الْمَسْأَلَةِ، فَلَا تَجِدَنَّ فِي نَفْسِكَ، قَالَ: لَا أَجِدُ فِي نَفْسِي، فَسَلْ عَمَّا بَدَا لَكَ. قَالَ: أَنْشُدُكَ اللَّهَ إلَهَكَ وَإِلَهَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكَ، وَإِلَهَ مَنْ هُوَ كَائِنٌ بَعْدَكَ، آللَّهُ بَعَثَكَ إلَيْنَا رَسُولًا ؟ قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ نَعَمْ؛ قَالَ: فَأَنْشُدُكَ اللَّهَ إلَهَكَ وَإِلَهَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكَ، وَإِلَهَ مَنْ هُوَ كَائِنٌ بَعْدَكَ، آللَّهُ أَمَرَكَ أَنْ تَأْمُرُنَا أَنْ نَعْبُدَهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا نُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئًا، وَأَنْ نَخْلَعَ هَذِهِ الْأَنْدَادَ الَّتِي كَانَ آبَاؤُنَا يَعْبُدُونَ مَعَهُ ؟ قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ نَعَمْ، قَالَ: فَأَنْشُدُكَ اللَّهَ إلَهَكَ وَإِلَهَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكَ، وَإِلَهَ مَنْ هُوَ كَائِنٌ بَعْدَكَ، آللَّهُ أَمَرَكَ أَنْ نُصَلِّيَ هَذِهِ الصَّلَوَاتِ الْخَمْسَ ؟ قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ نَعَمْ؛ قَالَ: ثُمَّ جَعَلَ يَذْكُرُ فَرَائِضَ الْإِسْلَامِ فَرِيضَةً فَرِيضَةً. الزَّكَاةَ وَالصِّيَامَ وَالْحَجَّ وَشَرَائِعَ الْإِسْلَامِ كُلَّهَا، يَنْشُدُهُ عِنْدَ كُلِّ فَرِيضَةٍ مِنْهَا كَمَا يَنْشُدُهُ فِي الَّتِي قَبْلَهَا، حَتَّى إذَا فَرَغَ قَالَ: فَإِنِّي أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إلَهَ إلَّا اللَّهُ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؛ وَسَأُؤَدِّي هَذِهِ الْفَرَائِضَ، وَأَجْتَنِبُ مَا نَهَيْتنِي عَنْهُ، ثُمَّ لَا أَزِيدُ وَلَا أَنْقُصُ. ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ إلَى بَعِيرِهِ رَاجِعًا. قَالَ: فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: إنْ صَدَقَ ذُو الْعَقِيصَتَيْنِ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ [ دَعْوَتُهُ قَوْمَهُ لِلْإِسْلَامِ ] قَالَ: فَأَتَى بَعِيرَهُ فَأَطْلَقَ عِقَالَهُ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ حَتَّى قَدِمَ عَلَى قَوْمِهِ، فَاجْتَمَعُوا إلَيْهِ، فَكَانَ أَوَّلُ مَا تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ أَنْ قَالَ: بِئْسَ اللَّاتُ وَالْعُزَّى قَالُوا: مَهْ يَا ضِمَامُ اتَّقِ الْبَرَصَ، اتَّقِ الْجُذَامَ، اتَّقِ الْجُنُونَ قَالَ: وَيْلَكُمْ إنَّهُمَا وَاَللَّهِ لَا يَضُرَّانِ وَلَا يَنْفَعَانِ، إنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ بَعَثَ رَسُولًا، وَأَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِ كِتَابًا أَسْتَنْقِذُكُمْ بِهِ مِمَّا كُنْتُمْ فِيهِ، وَإِنِّي أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إلَهَ إلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، وَقَدْ جِئْتُكُمْ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ بِمَا أَمَرَكُمْ بِهِ، وَمَا نَهَاكُمْ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: فَوَاَللَّهِ مَا أَمْسَى مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ فِي حَاضِرِهِ رَجُلٌ وَلَا امْرَأَةٌ إلَّا مُسْلِمًا. قَالَ: يَقُولُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: فَمَا سَمِعْنَا بِوَافِدِ قَوْمٍ كَانَ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ضِمَامِ بْنِ ثَعْلَبَةَ
Translation
✧ [The arrival of Ḍimām b. Thaʿlabah as envoy on behalf of Banū Saʿd b. Bakr] Ibn Isḥāq said: Banū Saʿd b. Bakr sent to the Messenger of God ﷺ a man from among them called Ḍimām b. Thaʿlabah. [His questions to the Messenger and then his conversion] Ibn Isḥāq said: Muḥammad b. al-Walīd b. Nuwayfiʿ related to me from Kurayb, the client of ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbbās, from Ibn ʿAbbās, who said: Banū Saʿd b. Bakr sent Ḍimām b. Thaʿlabah as an envoy to the Messenger of God ﷺ. He came to him, made his camel kneel at the gate of the mosque, then hobbled it, then entered the mosque while the Messenger of God ﷺ was sitting among his companions. Ḍimām was a hardy, hairy man with two locks of hair. He came forward until he stood over the Messenger of God ﷺ among his companions and said: Which of you is the son of ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib? He said: The Messenger of God ﷺ said: I am the son of ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib. He said: Muḥammad? He said: Yes. He said: O son of ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib, I will ask you and be severe in questioning, so do not take anything against me in yourself. He said: I will not take anything in myself; ask about whatever appears to you. He said: I adjure you by God, your God and the God of those before you and the God of those after you, did God send you to us as a messenger? He said: O God, yes. He said: Then I adjure you by God, your God and the God of those before you and the God of those after you, did God command you to command us to worship Him alone, not associating anything with Him, and to cast off these rivals that our fathers used to worship along with Him? He said: O God, yes. He said: Then I adjure you by God, your God and the God of those before you and the God of those after you, did God command you that we perform these five prayers? He said: O God, yes. He said: Then he proceeded to mention the obligatory duties of Islam, one by one: the alms, the fasting, the pilgrimage, and all the laws of Islam, adjuring him at each obligation as he had adjured him at the one before it, until when he had finished he said: I bear witness that there is no god but God, and I bear witness that Muḥammad is the Messenger of God; and I will perform these obligations and avoid what you have forbidden me; then I will not add or subtract. Then he turned away returning to his camel. He said: The Messenger of God ﷺ said: If the man with the two locks speaks true, he will enter Paradise. [His summoning of his people to Islam] He said: He came to his camel and untied its hobble, then went out until he came to his people. They gathered around him, and the first thing he said was: Evil are al-Lāt and al-ʿUzzā. They said: Enough, O Ḍimām; fear leprosy, fear elephantiasis, fear madness. He said: Woe to you! By God, they can neither harm nor benefit. God has sent a Messenger and sent down to him a Book by which I may rescue you from what you are in. I bear witness that there is no god but God alone with no partner, and that Muḥammad is His servant and Messenger. I have come to you from him with what he commands you and what he forbids you. He said: By God, not a man or a woman in his settlement remained by the evening of that day but had become a Muslim. He said: ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbbās used to say: We have never heard of an envoy of a people who was better than Ḍimām b. Thaʿlabah.
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