Sirat Ibn Hisham 246
The account of Salmān's ᴿᴬ conversion to Islam
[ سَلْمَانُ وَصَاحِبُهُ بِنَصِيبِينَ ] فَلَمَّا مَاتَ وَغُيِّبَ لَحِقْتُ بِصَاحِبِ نَصِيبِينَ، فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ خَبَرِي، وَمَا أَمَرَنِي بِهِ صَاحِبُهُ، فَقَالَ: أَقِمْ عِنْدِي، فَأَقَمْتُ عِنْدَهُ، فَوَجَدْتُهُ عَلَى أَمْرِ صَاحِبِيهِ. فَأَقَمْتُ مَعَ خَيْرِ رَجُلٍ، فَوَاَللَّهِ مَا لَبِثَ أَنْ نَزَلَ بِهِ الْمَوْتُ، فَلَمَّا حُضِرَ قُلْتُ لَهُ: يَا فُلَانُ، إنَّ فُلَانًا كَانَ أَوْصَى بِي إلَى فُلَانٍ، ثُمَّ أَوْصَى بِي فُلَانٌ إلَيْكَ؛ قَالَ: فَإِلَى مَنْ تُوصِي بِي ؟ وَبِمَ تَأْمُرُنِي ؟ قَالَ: يَا بُنَيَّ، وَاَللَّهِ مَا أَعْلَمُهُ بَقِيَ أَحَدٌ عَلَى أَمْرِنَا آمُرُكَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَهُ إلَّا رَجُلًا بِعَمُورِيَّةَ مِنْ أَرْضِ الرُّومِ، فَإِنَّهُ عَلَى مِثْلِ مَا نَحْنُ عَلَيْهِ، فَإِنْ أَحْبَبْتَ فَأْتِهِ، فَإِنَّهُ عَلَى أَمْرِنَا. [ سَلْمَانُ وَصَاحِبُهُ بِعَمُورِيَّةَ ] فَلَمَّا مَاتَ وَغُيِّبَ لَحِقْتُ بِصَاحِبِ عَمُورِيَّةَ، فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ خَبَرِي؛ فَقَالَ: أَقِمْ عِنْدِي، فَأَقَمْتُ عِنْدَ خَيْرِ رَجُلٍ، عَلَى هُدَى أَصْحَابِهِ وَأَمْرِهِمْ. قَالَ: وَاكْتَسَبْتُ حَتَّى كَانَتْ لِي بَقَرَاتٌ وَغُنَيْمَةٌ. قَالَ: ثُمَّ نَزَلَ بِهِ أَمْرُ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى، فَلَمَّا حُضِرَ قُلْتُ لَهُ: يَا فُلَانُ، إنِّي كُنْتُ مَعَ فُلَانٍ، فَأَوْصَى بِي إلَى فُلَانٍ، ثُمَّ أَوْصَى بِي فُلَانٌ إلَى فُلَانٍ، ثُمَّ أَوْصَى بِي فُلَانٌ إلَيْكَ، فَإِلَى مَنْ تُوصِي بِي ؟ وَبِمَ تَأْمُرُنِي ؟ قَالَ: أَيْ بُنَيَّ، وَاَللَّهِ مَا أَعْلَمُهُ أَصْبَحَ الْيَوْمَ أَحَدٌ عَلَى مِثْلِ مَا كُنَّا عَلَيْهِ مِنْ النَّاسِ آمُرُكَ بِهِ أَنْ تَأْتِيَهُ، وَلَكِنَّهُ قَدْ أَظَلَّ زَمَانُ نَبِيٍّ، وَهُوَ مَبْعُوثٌ بِدِينِ إبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، يَخْرُجُ بِأَرْضِ الْعَرَبِ، مُهَاجَرُهُ إلَى أَرْضٍ بَيْنَ حَرَّتَيْنِ، بَيْنَهُمَا نَخْلٌ بِهِ عَلَامَاتٌ لَا تَخْفَى، يَأْكُلُ الْهَدِيَّةَ، وَلَا يَأْكُلُ الصَّدَقَةَ، وَبَيْنَ كَتِفَيْهِ خَاتَمُ النُّبُوَّةِ، فَإِنْ اسْتَطَعْتُ أَنْ تَلْحَقَ بِتِلْكَ الْبِلَادِ فَافْعَلْ
Translation
✧ [Salmān and his companion in Naṣībīn] When he died and was buried, I joined the companion of Naṣībīn, and told him my story and what his companion had commanded me. He said: 'Stay with me,' so I stayed with him. I found him following the same affair as his two companions. I stayed with the best of men. By God, it was not long before death came to him. When he was on his deathbed, I said to him: 'O so-and-so, so-and-so had entrusted me to so-and-so, then so-and-so entrusted me to you; so to whom do you entrust me, and what do you command me?' He said: 'O my son, by God I do not know that anyone remains upon our affair whom I may command you to go to, except a man in ʿAmūriyyah in the land of the Romans, for he is upon the like of what we are upon. If you wish, go to him, for he is upon our affair.' [Salmān and his companion in ʿAmūriyyah] When he died and was buried, I joined the companion of ʿAmūriyyah, and told him my story. He said: 'Stay with me,' so I stayed with the best of men, upon the guidance of his companions and their affair. He said: 'And I earned until I had cows and a small flock of sheep.' He said: 'Then God Almighty's decree came to him. When he was on his deathbed, I said to him: 'O so-and-so, I was with so-and-so, and he entrusted me to so-and-so, then so-and-so entrusted me to so-and-so, then so-and-so entrusted me to you; so to whom do you entrust me, and what do you command me?' He said: 'O my son, by God I do not know that anyone today has become upon the like of what we were upon among the people, whom I may command you to go to. But the time of a prophet has drawn near, and he will be sent with the religion of Abraham ﷺ. He will come forth in the land of the Arabs, and will migrate to a land between two black stony tracts, between which there are palm trees. He has signs that are not hidden: he eats the gift, but does not eat the alms, and between his shoulders is the seal of prophethood. If you can reach those lands, then do so.'
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