Sirat Ibn Hisham 248
Salmān before the Messenger ﷺ with his gift, seeking certainty
[ سَلْمَانُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ الرَّسُولِ ﷺ بِهَدِيَّتِهِ يَسْتَوْثِقُ ] ( قَالَ ): وَقَدْ كَانَ عِنْدِي شَيْءٌ قَدْ جَمَعْتُهُ فَلَمَّا أَمْسَيْتُ أَخَذْتُهُ، ثُمَّ ذَهَبْتُ بِهِ إلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ بِقُبَاءَ، فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: إنَّهُ قَدْ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّكَ رَجُلٌ صَالِحٌ، وَمَعَكَ أَصْحَابٌ لَكَ غُرَبَاءُ ذَوُو حَاجَةٍ، وَهَذَا شَيْءٌ قَدْ كَانَ عِنْدِي لِلصَّدَقَةِ، فَرَأَيْتُكُمْ أَحَقَّ بِهِ مِنْ غَيْرِكُمْ، قَالَ: فَقَرَّبْتُهُ إلَيْهِ؛ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِأَصْحَابِهِ: كُلُوا، وَأَمْسَكَ يَدَهُ فَلَمْ يَأْكُلْ. قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي: هَذِهِ وَاحِدَةٌ. قَالَ: ثُمَّ انْصَرَفْتُ عَنْهُ، فَجَمَعْتُ شَيْئًا، وَتَحَوَّلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إلَى الْمَدِينَةِ، ثُمَّ جِئْتُهُ بِهِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: إنِّي قَدْ رَأَيْتُكَ لَا تَأْكُلُ الصَّدَقَةَ، وَهَذِهِ هَدِيَّةٌ أَكْرَمْتُكَ بِهَا. قَالَ: فَأَكَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْهَا، وَأَمَرَ أَصْحَابَهُ فَأَكَلُوا مَعَهُ. قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي: هَاتَانِ ثِنْتَانِ، ثُمَّ جِئْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ بِبَقِيعِ الْغَرْقَدِ، قَدْ تَبِعَ جِنَازَةَ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ، ( وَ ) عَلَيَّ شَمْلَتَانِ لِي، وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فِي أَصْحَابِهِ، فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ اسْتَدَرْتُ أَنْظُرُ إلَى ظَهْرِهِ، هَلْ أَرَى الْخَاتَمَ الَّذِي وَصَفَ لِي صَاحِبِي؛ فَلَمَّا رَآنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ اسْتَدْبَرْتُهُ عَرَفَ أَنِّي أَسْتَثْبِتُ فِي شَيْءٍ وُصِفَ لِي، فَأَلْقَى رِدَاءَهُ عَنْ ظَهْرِهِ، فَنَظَرْتُ إلَى الْخَاتَمِ فَعَرَفْتُهُ، فَأَكْبَبْتُ عَلَيْهِ أُقَبِّلُهُ وَأَبْكِي؛ فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: تَحَوَّلْ، فَتَحَوَّلْتُ فَجَلَسْتُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ، فَقَصَصْتُ عَلَيْهِ حَدِيثِي كَمَا حَدَّثْتُكَ يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ، فَأَعْجَبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُسْمِعَ ذَلِكَ أَصْحَابَهُ. ثُمَّ شَغَلَ سَلْمَانَ الرِّقُّ حَتَّى فَاتَهُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَدْرٌ وَأُحُدٌ
Translation
✧ Salmān before the Messenger ﷺ with his gift, seeking certainty He said: I had something I had gathered, so when evening came I took it and went with it to the Messenger of God ﷺ while he was in Qubāʾ. I entered upon him and said to him: It has reached me that you are a righteous man, and with you are companions of yours who are strangers and in need. This is something I had for charity, and I saw you as more deserving of it than others. He said: I brought it near to him, and the Messenger of God ﷺ said to his companions: Eat. But he held back his hand and did not eat. He said: I said to myself: This is one. He said: Then I turned away from him and gathered something. The Messenger of God ﷺ had moved to Madinah, so I came to him with it and said to him: I have seen that you do not eat charity, and this is a gift with which I honor you. He said: The Messenger of God ﷺ ate from it and ordered his companions, and they ate with him. He said: I said to myself: These are two. Then I came to the Messenger of God ﷺ while he was at Baqīʿ al-Gharqad, having followed the funeral of a man from among his companions. I was wearing two cloaks of mine, and he was sitting among his companions. I greeted him, then I turned around to look at his back, to see if I could see the seal that my companion had described to me. When the Messenger of God ﷺ saw me turning my back to him, he knew that I was seeking confirmation of something described to me, so he threw his cloak off his back, and I looked at the seal and recognized it. I fell upon him, kissing it and weeping. The Messenger of God ﷺ said to me: Turn around. So I turned and sat before him, and I related to him my story as I have related it to you, O Ibn ʿAbbās. The Messenger of God ﷺ was pleased that his companions should hear that. Then slavery kept Salmān occupied until he missed Badr and Uḥud with the Messenger of God ﷺ.
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