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al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4609

✧ The Testimony of the People of the Book to His ﷺ Truthfulness

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وَقَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ: حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ، ثَنَا مَهْدِيُّ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي يَعْقُوبَ، عَنْ بِشْرِ بْنِ شَغَافٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سَلَامٍ - ؓ قَالَ:

لَمَّا كَانَ حِينَ فُتِحَتْ نَهَاوَنْدُ أَصَابَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ سَبَايَا مِنَ الْيَهُودِ، فَأَقْبَلَ رَأْسُ الْجَالُوتِ، فَتَلَقَّى سَبَايَا الْيَهُودِ، فَأَصَابَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ جَارِيَةً وَضِيئَةً صَبِيحَةً، فَقَالَ لِي: هَلْ لَكَ أَنْ تَمْشِيَ مَعِي إِلَى هَذَا الْإِنْسَانِ، عَسَى أَنْ يُثَمِّنَ لِي فِي هَذِهِ الْجَارِيَةِ ؟ فَانْطَلَقْتُ مَعَهُ، فَدَخَلْنَا عَلَى شَيْخٍ مُسْتَكْبِرٍ، لَهُ تُرْجُمَانٌ، فَقَالَ لِرَجُلٍ مَعَهُ: سَلْ هَذِهِ الْجَارِيَةَ: وَقَعَ عَلَيْهَا هَذَا الْعَرَبِيُّ ؟ قَالَ: وَرَأَيْتُ أَنَّهُ غَارَ حِينَ رَأَى حُسْنَهَا، فَرَاطَنَهَا بِلِسَانِهِ، فَفَهِمْتُ الَّذِي قَالَ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: لَقَدْ أَثِمْتَ بِمَا تَجِدُ فِي كِتَابِكَ ; بِسُؤَالِكَ هَذِهِ الْجَارِيَةَ عَمَّا وَرَاءَ ثِيَابِهَا، فَقَالَ لِي: كَذَبْتَ، وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ مَا فِي كِتَابِي ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: أَنَا أَعْلَمُ بِكِتَابِكَ مِنْكَ، قَالَ: أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِكِتَابِي مِنِّي ؟ قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، أَنَا أَعْلَمُ بِكِتَابِكَ مِنْكَ، قَالَ: مَنْ هَذَا ؟ قَالُوا: عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ، قَالَ: فَانْصَرَفْتُ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ، فَأَرْسَلَ لِي رَسُولًا لَتَأْتِيَنِّي بِعَزْمَةٍ، وَبَعَثَ إِلَيَّ بِدَابَّةٍ، قَالَ: فَانْطَلَقْتُ إِلَيْهِ احْتِسَابًا ; رَجَاءَ أَنْ يُسْلِمَ، فَحَبَسَنِي عِنْدَهُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ، أَقْرَأُ عَلَيْهِ التَّوْرَاةَ وَيَبْكِي، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: إِنَّهُ وَاللهِ لَهُوَ النَّبِيُّ الَّذِي تَجِدُونَهُ فِي كِتَابِكُمْ، فَقَالَ لِي: فَكَيْفَ أَصْنَعُ بِالْيَهُودِ ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: إِنَّ الْيَهُودَ لَنْ يُغْنُوا عَنْكَ مِنَ اللهِ شَيْئًا، فَأَبَى أَنْ يُسْلِمَ، وَغَلَبَ عَلَيْهِ الشَّقَاءُ

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Chain of narrators
  1. Ibn Abū ʿUmar
  2. Bishr b. al-Sarī
  3. Mahdī b. Maymūn
  4. Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Yaʿqūb
  5. Bishr b. Shaghāf
  6. ʿAbdullāh b. Salām

✧ When Nahawand was conquered, the Muslims took captives from the Jews. The head of the exilarch came and received the Jewish captives. A man among the Muslims had obtained a beautiful, radiant slave girl. He said to me: 'Would you walk with me to this person? Perhaps he will set a price for me for this slave girl.' So I went with him, and we entered upon an arrogant old man who had an interpreter. He said to a man with him: 'Ask this slave girl: has this Arab had intercourse with her?' He said: 'I saw that he became jealous when he saw her beauty, so he spoke to her in his own language, and I understood what he said. I said to him: 'You have sinned by what you find in your Book, by asking this slave girl about what is behind her clothes.' He said to me: 'You lie. What do you know of what is in my Book?' He said: I said: 'I know your Book better than you.' He said: 'You know my Book better than me?' I said: 'Yes, I know your Book better than you.' He said: 'Who is this?' They said: 'Abd Allah b. Salam.' He said: 'So I left him that day, and he sent a messenger to me saying: 'You must come to me by an oath,' and he sent me a mount. He said: 'So I went to him seeking reward, hoping that he would embrace Islam. He detained me for three days, while I read the Torah to him and he wept. I said to him: 'By Allah, he is indeed the prophet whom you find in your Book.' He said to me: 'What should I do with the Jews?' He said: I said: 'The Jews will not avail you anything against Allah.' But he refused to embrace Islam, and wretchedness overcame him.'

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