Sirat Ibn Hisham 210
The story of Baḥīrā
[ رُجُوعُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَمَا كَانَ مِنْ زُرَيْرٍ وَصَاحِبِيهِ ] فَخَرَجَ بِهِ عَمُّهُ أَبُو طَالِبٍ سَرِيعًا حَتَّى أَقْدَمَهُ مَكَّةَ حَيْنَ فَرَغَ مِنْ تِجَارَتِهِ بِالشَّامِ؛ فَزَعَمُوا فِيمَا رَوَى النَّاسُ: أَنَّ زُرَيْرًا وَتَمَّامًا وَدَرِيسًا، وَهُمْ نَفَرٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ، قَدْ كَانُوا رَأَوْا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِثْلَ مَا رَآهُ بَحِيرَى فِي ذَلِكَ السَّفَرِ، الَّذِي كَانَ فِيهِ مَعَ عَمِّهِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، فَأَرَادُوهُ فَرَدَّهُمْ عَنْهُ بَحِيرَى، وَذَكَّرَهُمْ اللَّهَ وَمَا يَجِدُونَ فِي الْكِتَابِ مِنْ ذِكْرِهِ وَصِفَتِهِ، وَأَنَّهُمْ إنْ أَجْمَعُوا لِمَا أَرَادُوا بِهِ لَمْ يَخْلُصُوا إلَيْهِ وَلَمْ يَزَلْ بِهِمْ حَتَّى عَرَفُوا مَا قَالَ لَهُمْ، وَصَدَّقُوهُ بِمَا قَالَ، فَتَرَكُوهُ وَانْصَرَفُوا عَنْهُ: فَشَبَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ، وَاَللَّهُ تَعَالَى يَكْلَؤُهُ وَيَحْفَظُهُ وَيَحُوطُهُ مِنْ أَقْذَارِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ، لِمَا يُرِيدُ بِهِ مِنْ كَرَامَتِهِ وَرِسَالَتِهِ، حَتَّى بَلَغَ أَنْ كَانَ رَجُلًا، وَأَفْضَلَ قَوْمِهِ مُرُوءَةً، وَأَحْسَنَهُمْ خُلُقًا، وَأَكْرَمَهُمْ حَسَبًا، وَأَحْسَنَهُمْ جِوَارًا، وَأَعْظَمَهُمْ حِلْمًا، وَأَصْدَقَهُمْ حَدِيثًا، وَأَعْظَمَهُمْ أَمَانَةً، وَأَبْعَدَهُمْ مِنْ الْفُحْشِ وَالْأَخْلَاقِ الَّتِي تُدَنِّسُ الرِّجَالَ، تَنَزُّهًا وَتَكَرُّمًا، حَتَّى مَا اسْمُهُ فِي قَوْمِهِ إلَّا الْأَمِينُ، لِمَا جَمَعَ اللَّهُ فِيهِ مِنْ الْأُمُورِ الصَّالِحَةِ
Translation
✧ His uncle Abū Ṭālib departed with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ quickly, bringing him back to Makkah as soon as he had finished his trade in Syria. They claim, according to what people have narrated, that Zurayr, Tammām, and Darīs, who were a group from the People of the Book, had seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ the same as Baḥīrā had seen him on that journey, which he took with his uncle Abū Ṭālib. They wanted him, but Baḥīrā turned them away from him, reminding them of Allah and of what they find in the Book concerning his mention and his description, and that if they agreed upon what they intended for him, they would not reach him. He did not cease with them until they recognized what he said to them and believed him in what he said, so they left him and turned away from him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ grew up, and Allah Almighty protected him, guarded him, and shielded him from the filth of the Age of Ignorance, for the honor and messengership He intended for him, until he became a man, the best of his people in manly virtue, the finest of them in character, the noblest of them in lineage, the best of them in neighborliness, the greatest of them in forbearance, the most truthful of them in speech, the greatest of them in trustworthiness, and the farthest of them from obscenity and the morals that defile men, out of purity and nobility, until his name among his people was none other than al-Amīn, because of the good qualities Allah had gathered in him.
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