Sirat Ibn Hisham 250
The Messenger's ﷺ instruction to Salmān to enter into a manumission contract to gain his freedom
[ سَلْمَانُ وَالرَّجُلُ الَّذِي كَانَ يَخْرُجُ بَيْنَ غَيْضَتَيْنِ بِعَمُورِيَّةَ ] حُدِّثْتُ عَنْ سَلْمَانَ الْفَارِسِيِّ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، حِينَ أَخْبَرَهُ خَبَرَهُ: إنَّ صَاحِبَ عَمُورِيَّةَ قَالَ لَهُ: ائْتِ كَذَا وَكَذَا مِنْ أَرْضِ الشَّامِ، فَإِنَّ بِهَا رَجُلًا بَيْنَ غَيْضَتَيْنِ. يَخْرُجُ فِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْغَيْضَةِ إلَى هَذِهِ الْغَيْضَةِ مُسْتَجِيزًا، يَعْتَرِضُهُ ذَوُو الْأَسْقَامِ، فَلَا يَدْعُو لِأَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ إلَّا شُفِيَ، فَاسْأَلْهُ عَنْ هَذَا الدِّينِ الَّذِي تَبْتَغِي، فَهُوَ يُخْبِرُكَ عَنْهُ. قَالَ سَلْمَانُ: فَخَرَجْتُ حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ حَيْثُ وُصِفَ لِي، فَوَجَدْتُ النَّاسَ قَدْ اجْتَمَعُوا بِمَرْضَاهُمْ هُنَالِكَ، حَتَّى خَرَجَ لَهُمْ تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ، مُسْتَجِيزًا مِنْ إحْدَى الْغَيْضَتَيْنِ إلَى أُخْرَى، فَغَشِيَهُ النَّاسُ بِمَرْضَاهُمْ، لَا يَدْعُو لِمَرِيضٍ إلَّا شُفِيَ، وَغَلَبُونِي عَلَيْهِ، فَلَمْ أَخْلُصْ إلَيْهِ حَتَّى دَخَلَ الْغَيْضَةَ الَّتِي يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ، إلَّا مَنْكِبِهِ. قَالَ: فَتَنَاوَلْتُهُ: فَقَالَ: مَنْ هَذَا ؟ وَالْتَفَتَ إلَيَّ، فَقُلْتُ: يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ، أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ الْحَنِيفِيَّةِ دِينِ إبْرَاهِيمَ. قَالَ: إنَّكَ لَتَسْأَلُ عَنْ شَيْءٍ مَا يَسْأَلُ عَنْهُ النَّاسُ الْيَوْمَ، قَدْ أَظَلَّكَ زَمَانُ نَبِيٍّ يُبْعَثُ بِهَذَا الدِّينِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْحَرَمِ، فَأْتِهِ فَهُوَ يَحْمِلُكَ عَلَيْهِ. قَالَ: ثُمَّ دَخَلَ. قَالَ: فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِسَلْمَانَ: لَئِنْ كُنْتَ صَدَّقْتَنِي يَا سَلْمَانُ، لَقَدْ لَقِيتُ عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ، عَلَى نَبِيِّنَا وَعَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ
Translation
✧ [Salmān and the man who used to come out between two thickets in ʿAmūriyyah] I was told on the authority of Salmān al-Fārisī that he said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, when he related his story to him: The man of ʿAmūriyyah said to him: “Go to such-and-such a place in the land of Syria, for there is a man there between two thickets. He comes out every year from this thicket to that thicket, crossing over; those with illnesses present themselves to him, and he does not pray for any one of them but that he is healed. Ask him about this religion which you seek, for he will inform you about it.” Salmān said: I set out until I came to where it had been described to me, and I found that the people had gathered there with their sick, until he came out to them that night, crossing from one of the two thickets to the other. The people surrounded him with their sick; he did not pray for any sick person but that he was healed. They overwhelmed me, so I could not reach him until he entered the thicket which he intended to enter, except for his shoulder. He said: I grasped it, and he said: “Who is this?” and turned to me. I said: “May Allah have mercy on you; inform me about the Ḥanīfiyyah, the religion of Abraham.” He said: “You are asking about something about which no one asks today. The time of a prophet has overshadowed you, who will be sent with this religion from the people of the Sanctuary. Go to him, for he will carry you upon it.” He said: Then he entered. He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Salmān: “If you have spoken truthfully to me, O Salmān, you have indeed met Jesus son of Mary, upon our Prophet and upon him be peace.”
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