Sirat Ibn Hisham 245
The account of Salmān's ᴿᴬ conversion to Islam
[ سَلْمَانُ وَالْأُسْقُفُ الصَّالِحُ ] قَالَ: يَقُولُ سَلْمَانُ: فَمَا رَأَيْتُ رَجُلًا لَا يُصَلِّي الْخَمْسَ، أَرَى أَنَّهُ كَانَ أَفْضَلَ مِنْهُ ( وَ ) أَزْهَدَ فِي الدُّنْيَا، وَلَا أَرْغَبَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ، وَلَا أَدْأَبَ لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا مِنْهُ. قَالَ: فَأَحْبَبْتُهُ حُبًّا لَمْ أُحِبَّهُ شَيْئًا قَبْلَهُ. قَالَ: فَأَقَمْتُ مَعَهُ زَمَانًا طَوِيلًا، ثُمَّ حَضَرَتْهُ الْوَفَاةُ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: يَا فُلَانُ، إنِّي قَدْ كُنْتُ مَعَكَ وَأَحْبَبْتُكَ حُبًّا لَمْ أُحِبَّهُ شَيْئًا قَبْلَكَ، وَقَدْ حَضَرَكَ مَا تَرَى مِنْ أَمْرِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى، فَإِلَى مَنْ تُوصِي بِي ؟ وَبِمَ تَأْمُرُنِي ؟ قَالَ: أَيْ بُنَيَّ، وَاَللَّهِ مَا أَعْلَمُ الْيَوْمَ أَحَدًا عَلَى مَا كُنْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَدْ هَلَكَ النَّاسُ، وَبَدَّلُوا وَتَرَكُوا أَكْثَرَ مَا كَانُوا عَلَيْهِ، إلَّا رَجُلًا بِالْمَوْصِلِ، وَهُوَ فُلَانٌ، وَهُوَ عَلَى مَا كُنْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَالْحَقْ بِهِ. [ سَلْمَانُ وَصَاحِبُهُ بِالْمُوصِلِ ] قَالَ: فَلَمَّا مَاتَ وَغُيِّبَ لَحِقْتُ بِصَاحِبِ الْمَوْصِلِ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: يَا فُلَانُ، إنَّ فُلَانًا أَوْصَانِي عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ أَنْ أَلْحَقَ بِكَ، وَأَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّكَ عَلَى أَمْرِهِ؛ فَقَالَ لِي: أَقِمْ عِنْدِي، فَأَقَمْتُ عِنْدَهُ، فَوَجَدْتُهُ خَيْرَ رَجُلٍ عَلَى أَمْرِ صَاحِبِهِ، فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ أَنْ مَاتَ. فَلَمَّا حَضَرَتْهُ الْوَفَاةُ، قُلْتُ لَهُ: يَا فُلَانُ، إنَّ فُلَانًا أَوْصَى بِي إلَيْكَ، وَأَمَرَنِي بِاللُّحُوقِ بِكَ، وَقَدْ حَضَرَكَ مِنْ أَمْرِ اللَّهِ مَا تَرَى، فَإِلَى مِنْ تُوصِي بِي ؟ وَبِمَ تَأْمُرُنِي ؟ قَالَ: يَا بُنَيَّ، وَاَللَّهِ مَا أَعْلَمُ رَجُلًا عَلَى مِثْلِ مَا كُنَّا عَلَيْهِ، إلَّا رَجُلًا بِنَصِيبِينَ، وَهُوَ فُلَانٌ، فَالْحَقْ بِهِ
Translation
✧ [Salmān and the pious bishop] He said: Salmān said: I never saw a man who does not pray the five prayers whom I considered better than him, nor more abstinent in this world, nor more desirous of the Hereafter, nor more diligent night and day than him. He said: I loved him with a love I had not loved anything before him. He said: I stayed with him for a long time, then death came to him. I said to him: O so-and-so, I was with you and I loved you with a love I had not loved anything before you. The command of God Almighty has come to you as you see. To whom do you entrust me? And what do you command me? He said: My son, by God, I do not know today anyone on what I was upon. The people have perished, and they have changed and abandoned most of what they were upon, except a man in Mosul, and he is so-and-so, and he is on what I was upon, so join him. [Salmān and his companion in Mosul] He said: When he died and was buried, I joined the man of Mosul. I said to him: O so-and-so, so-and-so entrusted me at his death to join you, and he told me that you are upon his affair. He said to me: Stay with me. So I stayed with him, and I found him the best man upon the affair of his companion. It was not long before he died. When death came to him, I said to him: O so-and-so, so-and-so entrusted me to you, and commanded me to join you. The command of God has come to you as you see. To whom do you entrust me? And what do you command me? He said: My son, by God, I do not know a man upon the like of what we were upon, except a man in Nisibis, and he is so-and-so, so join him.
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