Sirat Ibn Hisham 501
The conversion of Iyās b. Muʿādh and the story of Abū al-Ḥaysar
إسْلَامُ إيَاسِ بْنِ مُعَاذٍ وَقِصَّةُ أَبِي الْحَيْسَرِ قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَحَدَّثَنِي الْحُصَيْنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ مُعَاذٍ، عَنْ مَحْمُودِ بْنِ لَبِيدٍ، قَالَ: لَمَّا قَدِمَ أَبُو الْحَيْسَرِ، أَنَسُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ، مَكَّةَ وَمَعَهُ فِتْيَةٌ مِنْ بَنِي عَبْدِ الْأَشْهَلِ، فِيهِمْ إيَاسُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ، يَلْتَمِسُونَ الْحِلْفَ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ عَلَى قَوْمِهِمْ مِنْ الْخَزْرَجِ، سَمِعَ بِهِمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَأَتَاهُمْ فَجَلَسَ إلَيْهِمْ، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: هَلْ لَكُمْ فِي خَيْرٍ مِمَّا جِئْتُمْ لَهُ ؟ فَقَالُوا لَهُ: وَمَا ذَاكَ ؟ قَالَ: أَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ بَعَثَنِي إلَى الْعِبَادِ، أَدْعُوهُمْ إلَى أَنْ يَعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَلَا يُشْرِكُوا بِهِ شَيْئًا، وَأَنْزَلَ عَلَيَّ الْكِتَابَ قَالَ: ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ لَهُمْ الْإِسْلَامَ، وَتَلَا عَلَيْهِمْ الْقُرْآنَ. قَالَ: فَقَالَ إيَاسُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ، وَكَانَ غُلَامًا حَدَثًا: أَيْ قَوْمِ، هَذَا وَاَللَّهِ خَيْرٌ مِمَّا جِئْتُمْ لَهُ قَالَ: فَيَأْخُذُ أَبُو الْحَيْسَرِ، أَنَسُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ، حَفْنَةً مِنْ تُرَابِ الْبَطْحَاءِ، فَضَرَبَ بِهَا وَجْهَ إيَاسِ بْنِ مُعَاذٍ، وَقَالَ: دَعْنَا مِنْكَ، فَلَعَمْرِي لَقَدْ جِئْنَا لِغَيْرِ هَذَا. قَالَ: فَصَمَتَ إيَاسٌ، وَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْهُمْ، وَانْصَرَفُوا إلَى الْمَدِينَةِ، وَكَانَتْ وَقْعَةُ بُعَاثٍ بَيْنَ الْأَوْسِ وَالْخَزْرَجِ. قَالَ: ثُمَّ لَمْ يَلْبَثْ إيَاسُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ أَنْ هَلَكَ قَالَ مَحْمُودُ بْنُ لَبِيدٍ: فَأَخْبَرَنِي مَنْ حَضَرَهُ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ: أَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَزَالُوا يَسْمَعُونَهُ يُهَلِّلُ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى وَيُكَبِّرُهُ وَيَحْمَدُهُ وَيُسَبِّحُهُ حَتَّى مَاتَ، فَمَا كَانُوا يَشُكُّونَ أَنْ قَدْ مَاتَ مُسْلِمًا، لَقَدْ كَانَ اسْتَشْعَرَ الْإِسْلَامَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْمَجْلِسِ، حِينَ سَمِعَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا سَمِعَ.
Translation
✧ The conversion of Iyās b. Muʿādh and the story of Abū al-Ḥaysar Ibn Isḥāq said: Al-Ḥuṣayn b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿAmr b. Saʿd b. Muʿādh narrated to me, from Maḥmūd b. Labīd, who said: When Abū al-Ḥaysar Anas b. Rāfiʿ came to Makkah with a group of young men from Banū ʿAbd al-Ashhal, among them Iyās b. Muʿādh, seeking an alliance with Quraysh against their own people of the Khazraj, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ heard of them. He came to them and sat with them, and said: "Would you like something better than what you have come for?" They said: "And what is that?" He said: "I am the Messenger of Allah. He has sent me to His servants, calling them to worship Allah and not associate anything with Him, and He has sent down the Book to me." He said: Then he mentioned Islam to them and recited the Qurʾān to them. He said: Then Iyās b. Muʿādh, who was a young lad, said: "O my people, by Allah, this is better than what you have come for." He said: Then Abū al-Ḥaysar Anas b. Rāfiʿ took a handful of dust from the open ground and threw it in the face of Iyās b. Muʿādh, and said: "Leave us be. By my life, we have come for something other than this." He said: So Iyās fell silent, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ rose and left them. They returned to Madinah, and the battle of Buʿāth took place between the Aws and the Khazraj. He said: Then it was not long before Iyās b. Muʿādh died. Maḥmūd b. Labīd said: Someone from his people who was present at his death informed me that they kept hearing him declare the oneness of Allah, glorify Him, praise Him, and magnify Him until he died. They had no doubt that he died a Muslim, for he had taken Islam into his heart in that gathering when he heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ what he heard.
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