Sirat Ibn Hisham 253
Zayd b. ʿAmr, what he attained, and something about him
[ زَيْدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو وَمَا وَصَلَ إلَيْهِ، وَشَيْءٌ عَنْهُ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَأَمَّا زَيْدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ نُفَيْلٍ فَوَقَفَ فَلَمْ يَدْخُلْ فِي يَهُودِيَّةٍ وَلَا نَصْرَانِيَّةٍ، وَفَارَقَ دِينَ قَوْمِهِ، فَاعْتَزَلَ الْأَوْثَانَ وَالْمَيْتَةَ وَالدَّمَ وَالذَّبَائِحَ الَّتِي تُذْبَحُ عَلَى الْأَوْثَانِ وَنَهَى عَنْ قَتْلِ الْمَوْءُودَةِ، وَقَالَ: أَعْبُدُ رَبَّ إبْرَاهِيمَ؛ وَبَادَى قَوْمَهُ بِعَيْبِ مَا هُمْ عَلَيْهِ. قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَحَدَّثَنِي هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أُمِّهِ أَسَمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ، قَالَتْ: لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ زَيْدَ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ نُفَيْلٍ شَيْخًا كَبِيرًا مُسْنِدًا ظَهْرَهُ إلَى الْكَعْبَةِ، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: يَا مَعْشَرَ قُرَيْشٍ، وَاَلَّذِي نَفْسُ زَيْدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو بِيَدِهِ، مَا أَصْبَحَ مِنْكُمْ أَحَدٌ عَلَى دِينِ إبْرَاهِيمَ غَيْرِي، ثُمَّ يَقُولُ: اللَّهُمَّ لَوْ أَنِّي أَعْلَمُ أَيَّ الْوُجُوهِ أَحَبُّ إلَيْكَ عَبَدَتْكَ بِهِ، وَلَكِنِّي لَا أَعْلَمُهُ، ثُمَّ يَسْجُدُ عَلَى رَاحَتِهِ. قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَحُدِّثْتُ أَنَّ ابْنَهُ، سَعِيدَ بْنَ زَيْدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ نُفَيْلٍ، وَعُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، وَهُوَ ابْنُ عَمِّهِ، قَالَا لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ: أَتَسْتَغْفِرُ لِزَيْدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، فَإِنَّهُ يُبْعَثُ أُمَّةً وَحْدَهُ
Translation
✧ [Zayd b. ʿAmr and what he attained, and something about him] Ibn Isḥāq said: As for Zayd b. ʿAmr b. Nufayl, he stood firm and did not enter into Judaism or Christianity, and he separated from the religion of his people and withdrew from idols, carrion, blood, and sacrificial animals that were slaughtered on behalf of idols, and he forbade the killing of buried alive daughters. He said: I worship the Lord of Abraham. He proclaimed to his people the faults of what they were upon. Ibn Isḥāq said: Hishām b. ʿUrwah narrated to me from his father, from his mother Asmāʾ bt. Abī Bakr ؓ, she said: I saw Zayd b. ʿAmr b. Nufayl as an old man, leaning his back against the Kaʿbah, saying: O company of Quraysh, by the One in Whose hand is the soul of Zayd b. ʿAmr, not one of you has remained upon the religion of Abraham except me. Then he would say: O God, if I knew which of the ways is most beloved to You, I would worship You by it, but I do not know it. Then he would prostrate on the palm of his hand. Ibn Isḥāq said: I was told that his son, Saʿīd b. Zayd b. ʿAmr b. Nufayl, and ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb, who was his cousin, said to the Messenger of God ﷺ: Will you seek forgiveness for Zayd b. ʿAmr? He said: Yes, for he will be raised as a nation unto himself.
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