Sirat Ibn Hisham 243
The account of Salmān's ᴿᴬ conversion to Islam
حَدِيثُ إسْلَامِ سَلْمَانَ ؓ [ كَانَ سَلْمَانُ مَجُوسِيًّا، فَمَرَّ بِكَنِيسَةٍ فَتَطَلَّعَ إلَى النَّصْرَانِيَّةِ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَحَدَّثَنِي عَاصِمُ بْنُ عُمْرَ بْنِ قَتَادَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ، عَنْ مَحْمُودِ بْنِ لَبِيدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي سَلْمَانُ الْفَارِسِيُّ، وَأَنَا أَسْمَعُ مِنْ فِيهِ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ رَجُلًا فَارِسِيًّا مِنْ أَهْلِ أَصْبَهَانَ مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ يُقَالُ لَهَا جَيُّ، وَكَانَ أَبِي دِهْقَانَ قَرْيَتِهِ، وَكُنْتُ أَحَبَّ خَلْقِ اللَّهِ إلَيْهِ، لَمْ يَزَلْ بِهِ حُبُّهُ إيَّايَ حَتَّى حَبَسَنِي فِي بَيْتِهِ كَمَا تُحْبَسُ الْجَارِيَةُ، وَاجْتَهَدْتُ فِي الْمَجُوسِيَّةِ حَتَّى كُنْتُ قَطْنَ النَّارِ الَّذِي يُوقِدُهَا، لَا يَتْرُكُهَا تَخْبُو سَاعَةً. قَالَ: وَكَانَتْ لِأَبِي ضَيْعَةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ، فَشُغِلَ فِي بُنْيَانٍ لَهُ يَوْمًا، فَقَالَ لِي: يَا بُنَيَّ، إنِّي قَدْ شُغِلْتُ فِي بُنْيَانِي هَذَا الْيَوْمَ عَنْ ضَيْعَتِي، فَاذْهَبْ إلَيْهَا فَاطَّلَعَهَا. وَأَمَرَنِي فِيهَا بِبَعْضِ مَا يُرِيدُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي: وَلَا تَحْتَبِسُ عَنِّي فَإِنَّكَ إنْ احْتَبَسْتَ عَنِّي كُنْتُ أَهَمَّ إلَيَّ مِنْ ضَيْعَتِي، وَشَغَلَتْنِي عَنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مِنْ أَمْرِي. قَالَ: فَخَرَجْتُ أُرِيدُ ضَيْعَتَهُ الَّتِي بَعَثَنِي إلَيْهَا، فَمَرَرْتُ بِكَنِيسَةٍ مِنْ كَنَائِسِ النَّصَارَى، فَسَمِعْتُ أَصْوَاتَهُمْ فِيهَا وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ، وَكُنْتُ لَا أَدْرِي مَا أَمْرُ النَّاسِ، لِحَبْسِ أَبِي إيَّايَ فِي بَيْتِهِ، فَلَمَّا سَمِعْتُ أَصْوَاتَهُمْ دَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَنْظُرُ مَا يَصْنَعُونَ، فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُهُمْ أَعْجَبَتْنِي صَلَاتُهُمْ وَرَغِبْتُ فِي أَمْرِهِمْ وَقُلْتُ: هَذَا وَاَللَّهِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ الدِّينِ الَّذِي نَحْنُ عَلَيْهِ، فَوَاَللَّهِ مَا بَرِحْتُهُمْ حَتَّى غَرَبَتْ الشَّمْسُ، وَتَرَكْتُ ضَيْعَةَ أَبِي فَلَمْ آتِهَا؛ ثُمَّ قُلْتُ لَهُمْ: أَيْنَ أَصْلُ هَذَا الدِّينِ ؟ قَالُوا: بِالشَّامِ. فَرَجَعْتُ إلَى أَبِي، وَقَدْ بَعَثَ فِي طَلَبِي، وَشَغَلْتُهُ عَنْ عَمَلِهِ كُلِّهِ، فَلَمَّا جِئْتُهُ قَالَ: أَيْ بُنَيَّ أَيْنَ كُنْتَ ؟ أَوَلَمْ أَكُنْ عَهِدْتُ إلَيْكَ مَا عَهِدْتُ ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ: يَا أَبَتِ، مَرَرْتُ بِأُنَاسٍ يُصَلُّونَ فِي كَنِيسَةٍ لَهُمْ، فَأَعْجَبَنِي مَا رَأَيْتُ مِنْ دِينِهِمْ، فَوَاَللَّهِ مَا زِلْتُ عِنْدَهُمْ حَتَّى غَرَبَتْ الشَّمْسُ؛ قَالَ: أَيْ بُنَيَّ، لَيْسَ فِي ذَلِكَ الدِّينِ خَيْرٌ، دِينُكَ وَدِينُ آبَائِكَ خَيْرٌ مِنْهُ؛ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ: كَلَّا وَاَللَّهِ، إنَّهُ لَخَيْرٌ مِنْ دِينِنَا. قَالَ: فَخَافَنِي، فَجَعَلَ فِي رِجْلِي قَيْدًا، ثُمَّ حَبَسَنِي فِي بَيْتِهِ
Translation
✧ The account of Salmān's Islam ؓ [Salmān was a Zoroastrian. He passed by a church and looked into Christianity]. Ibn Isḥāq said: ʿĀṣim b. ʿUmar b. Qatādah al-Anṣārī narrated to me, from Maḥmūd b. Labīd, from ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbbās, who said: Salmān al-Fārisī narrated to me while I was listening from his own mouth: I was a Persian man from the people of Iṣbahān, from a village called Jayy. My father was the dihqān of his village, and I was the most beloved of God's creation to him. His love for me never ceased until he confined me in his house as a slave-girl is confined. I strove in Zoroastrianism until I became the qaṭn of the fire, the one who kindles it, not letting it die down for an hour. He said: My father had a large estate. One day he was occupied with a building of his, and he said to me: "O my son, I am occupied today with this building of mine and away from my estate, so go and inspect it." He ordered me concerning some of what he wanted, then said to me: "Do not delay from me, for if you delay from me, you will be more important to me than my estate and will distract me from everything in my affairs." He said: I went out intending his estate to which he had sent me, and I passed by one of the churches of the Christians and heard their voices inside while they were praying. I did not know what the people's affair was because of my father's confining me in his house. When I heard their voices, I entered upon them to see what they were doing. When I saw them, their prayer pleased me, and I desired their affair. I said: "This, by God, is better than the religion we follow." By God, I did not leave them until the sun set, and I abandoned my father's estate and did not go to it. Then I said to them: "Where is the origin of this religion?" They said: "In al-Shām." I returned to my father, and he had already sent someone to look for me, and I had distracted him from all his work. When I came to him, he said: "O my son, where were you? Did I not entrust you with what I entrusted?" He said: I said to him: "O my father, I passed by people praying in a church of theirs, and what I saw of their religion pleased me. By God, I remained with them until the sun set." He said: "O my son, there is no good in that religion. Your religion and the religion of your forefathers is better than it." He said: I said to him: "No, by God, it is better than our religion." He said: He feared me, so he placed a fetter on my leg and confined me in his house.
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