Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 4-1102b
" عَنْ عَلِىٍّ: أَنَّ وَفْدَ نَهْدٍ قَدِمُوا عَلَى رَسُولِ الله ﷺ وَمِنْهُمْ طَهْفَةُ بْنُ زُهَيْر فَقالَ: أَتَيْنَاكَ يَا رَسُولَ الله عَلَى غَوْرى تِهَامَةَ عَلَى أَكوار الْمَيْسِ، تَرْتَمِى بِنا الْعِيسُ ونَسْتَخْلِبُ الصَّبِيرَ، وَنَسْتَخْلِبُ الْخَبِيرَ، وَنَسْتَخْيلُ الرِّهَامَ، وَنَسْتَجِيلُ الْجَهامَ، مِنْ أَرْضٍ بَعِيدَةِ النِّطَا غَلِيظة الْوَطَا، وَقَد نَشِفَ الْمُدْهِنُ، وَيَبِسَ الْجِعْثِنُ، وَسَقَطَ الأُمْلُوجُ، وَمَاتَ الْعُسلُوجُ، وَهَلَكَ الْهَدِىُّ، وَمَاتَ الْوَدِىُّ، بَرِئْنَا إِلَيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ الله مِنَ الْوثَنِ وَالْعَنَنِ، وَمَا يُحْدِثُ الزَّمنُ، وَلَنا نَعَمٌ هُمْلٌ أَغْفَالٌ وَوَقِيرٌ قَلِيلُ الرِّسْلِ، يَسِيرُ الرَّسْلِ، أَصَابتهَا سنَةٌ حَمْراءُ أَكْدَى فِيها الزَّرْعُ، وامْتَنَعَ فِيهَا الضَّرْعُ، لَيْسَ لَهَا عَلَلٌ وَلاَ نَهَلٌ؛ فَقَالَ ﷺ: اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَهُمْ فِى مَخْضِهَا، وَمَحْضِهَا، وَمَذْقِهَا، واحْبِسْ رَاعِيَهَا عَلَى الدَّثَرِ وَيَانِع الثَّمَرِ، وافْجُرْ لَهُمْ الثَّمَدَ، وَبارِكْ لَهُمْ فِى الْوَلدِ. ثُمَّ كَتَبَ مَعَهُ كتابًا فَنَسَخْتُهُ: (بِسْم الله الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم) مِنْ مُحمد رَسُولِ الله إِلَى بَنِى نَهْدٍ: السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ، مَنْ أَقَامَ الصَّلاَة كَانَ مُؤْمِنًا، وَمَنْ آتَى الزَّكَاةَ كَانَ مُسْلِمًا، ومَنْ شَهِدَ أَنْ لاَ إِلَه إِلَّا الله لَمْ يُكْتبْ غَافلًا، لَكُمْ فِى الْوَظِيفة الْفَرِيضةُ، وَلَكُمُ الفارض وَالفَرِيشُ، (وذو الْعِنَانِ، والرَّكُوبُ، والفَلُوُّ، وَالضَّبِيسُ لاَ يُمْنَعُ سَرْحُكُمْ، وَلاَ يُعضَدُ طَلْحُكُمْ وَلاَ يُحْبَسُ دَرُّكُمْ) () مَا لَمْ تُضْمِرُوا إِمَاقًا، وَلَمْ تَأكُلُوا رِبَاقًا ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿAli
- And Fd Nahd Qadimūā
- Rasūl Allāh ﷺ Waminhumṭahfah b. Zuhayr
- Ataynāk Yā Rasūl Allāh
- Ghawrá Tihāmah
- Akwār al-Mays Tartamiá Binā al-ʿĪs Wnastakhlib al-Ṣabīr Wanastakhlib al-Khabīr Wanastakhyl al-Rihām Wanastajīl al-Jahām from Arḍ Baʿīdah
Machine translation, not reviewed
" From 'Ali: the delegation of Nahd came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and among them was Tahfah ibn Zuhayr, who said: 'We came to you, O Messenger of Allah, over the valleys of Tihamah, upon saddles of palm-fiber, the camels bearing us swiftly, and we drew milk from the barren (camels), and we drew from the one with a shallow well, and we sought the rain-cloud and the dry cloud, from a land far in its expanse and rough in its tread, where the oil-bearing tree has dried up, the 'ju'thin' plant has withered, the 'amluj' plant has fallen, the 'usluj' has died, the guide has perished, and the friend has died. We have disavowed ourselves to you, O Messenger of Allah, from idolatry and the sin of the 'anan, and from whatever the times bring about. We have cattle, unherded and unattended, and a little of the load and easy of the going. A red year struck them, in which the crop failed and the udder withheld its milk, and they have neither ill-favoured nor refreshing pasture.' The Prophet ﷺ said: 'O Allah, bless them in their churned milk, their pure milk, and their mixed milk. Restrain their shepherd for the dry pasture and the ripening of the fruit. Cause the spring to gush for them, and bless their offspring.' Then he wrote a letter with him, and I copied it: 'In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. From Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, to the Banu Nahd: Peace be upon you. Whoever establishes the prayer is a believer, and whoever gives zakah is a Muslim, and whoever testifies that there is no god but Allah is not recorded as heedless. For you in the stipulated obligation is the prescribed portion, and for you are the pregnant she-camel and the milk-camel, the one with its reins, the mount, the young camel and the unmounted (animal). Your pasturage shall not be prevented, your acacia shall not be cut, and your milk-camels shall not be withheld, so long as you do not conceal treachery and do not consume usury.'"
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ابن الجوزى في الواهيات، وقال لا يصح، فيه مجهولون وضعفاء
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