al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 16285c
✧ Abdullah bin Isa bin Abdul Rahman bin Abu Layla, from b. Ka'b bin Malik
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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ ثنا يُونُسُ بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ حَدَّثَنِي مَعْبَدُ بْنُ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْقَيْنِ أَخُو بَنِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَخِيهِ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ
خَرَجْنَا فِي الْحِجَّةِ الَّتِي بَايَعْنَا بِهَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ الْعَقَبَةَ مَعَ مُشْرِكِي قَوْمِنَا وَمَعَنَا الْبَرَاءُ بْنُ مَعْرُورٍ كَبِيرُنَا وَسَيِّدُنَا حَتَّى إِذَا كُنَّا بِظَاهِرِ الْبَيْدَاءِ قَالَ يَا هَؤُلَاءِ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنِّي قَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَأَيًا مَا أَدْرِي أَتُوَافِقُونِي عَلَيْهِ أَمْ لَا؟ قُلْنَا مَا هُوَ يَا أَبَا الْبَشَرِ؟ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ أَنِّي أُصَلِّي إِلَى هَذِهِ الْبَنِيَّةِ وَلَا أَجْعَلُهَا مِنِّي بِظَهْرٍ قُلْنَا لَا وَاللهِ لَا تَفْعَلُ مَا بَلَغَنَا أَنَّ نَبِيَّنَا ﷺ لَا يُصَلِّي إِلَّا إِلَى الشَّامِ قَالَ فَإِنِّي وَاللهِ لِمُصَلٍّ إِلَيْهَا وَكَانَ إِذَا حَضَرَتِ الصَّلَاةُ تَوَجَّهَ إِلَى الْكَعْبَةِ وَتَوَجَّهْنَا إِلَى الشَّامِ حَتَّى قَدِمْنَا مَكَّةَ فَقَالَ لِي الْبَرَاءُ بْنُ مَعْرُورٍ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي انْطَلَقْ بِنَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ حَتَّى نَسْأَلَهُ عَمَّا صَنَعْنَا فِي سَفَرِنَا هَذَا فَلَقَدْ وَجَدْتُ فِي نَفْسِي مِنْهُ بِخِلَافِكُمْ إِيَّايَ فَخَرَجْنَا نَسْأَلُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَقِيَنَا رَجُلٌ بِالْأَبْطَحِ فَقُلْنَا لَهُ تَدُلُّنَا عَلَى مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ قَالَ وَهَلْ تَعْرِفَانِهِ إِذَا رَأْيُتَمَاهُ؟ قُلْنَا لَا وَاللهِ مَا نَعْرِفُهُ وَلَمْ نَكُنْ رَأَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَهَلْ تَعْرَفَانِ الْعَبَّاسَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ؟ قُلْنَا نَعَمْ وَقَدْ كُنَّا نَعْرِفُهُ كَانَ يَخْتَلِفُ إِلَيْنَا بِالتِّجَارَةِ قَالَ فَإِذَا دَخَلْتُمَا الْمَسْجِدَ فَانْظُرَا الْعَبَّاسَ فَهُوَ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي مَعَهُ فَدَخَلْنَا الْمَسْجِدَ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَالْعَبَّاسُ فِي نَاحِيَةِ الْمَسْجِدِ جَالِسَانِ فَسَلَّمْنَا وَجَلَسْنَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «هَلْ تَعْرِفُ هَذَيْنِ الرَّجُلَيْنِ؟» فَلَمَّا انْفَتَلَ قَالَ نَعَمْ هَذَا الْبَرَاءُ بْنُ مَعْرُورٍ سَيِّدُ قَوْمِهِ وَهَذَا كَعْبُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ فَوَاللهِ مَا أَنْسَى قَوْلَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ «الشَّاعِرَ؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ فَقَالَ لَهُ الْبَرَاءُ بْنُ مَعْرُورٍ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي قَدْ كُنْتُ رَأَيْتُ فِي سَفَرِي هَذَا رَأَيًا قَدْ أَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَكَ عَنْهُ لَتُخْبِرَنِّي عَمَّا صَنَعْتُ فِيهِ قَالَ «وَمَا ذَلِكَ؟» قَالَ رَأَيْتُ أَنْ لَا أَجْعَلَ هَذِهِ الْبَنِيَّةَ مِنِّي بِظَهْرٍ فَصَلَّيْتُ إِلَيْهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «قَدْ كُنْتَ عَلَى قِبْلَةٍ لَوْ صَبَرْتَ إِلَيْهَا» فَرَجَعَ إِلَى قِبْلَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَهْلُهُ يَقُولُونَ قَدْ مَاتَ عَلَيْهَا وَنَحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ قَدْ رَجَعَ إِلَى قِبْلَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ فَصَلَّى مَعَنَا إِلَى الشَّامِ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī
- Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr
- Yūnus b. Bukayr
- Muḥammad b. Isḥāq
- Maʿbad b. Kaʿb b. Mālik b. al-Qayn Akhū Banī Salamah
- Akhīh ʿUbaydullāh b. Kaʿb
- Abīh Kaʿb b. Mālik
✧ We set out for the pilgrimage in which we pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at al-‘Aqabah, along with the polytheists of our people. With us was al-Bara’ b. Ma‘rur, our elder and our leader. When we reached the outskirts of al-Bayda’, he said, “O people, do you know that I have formed an opinion, and I do not know whether you will agree with me?” We said, “What is it, O Abu al-Bashar?” He said, “I think I should pray toward this structure and not turn my back to it.” We said, “No, by Allah, do not do that. We have heard that our Prophet ﷺ prays only toward Syria.” He said, “By Allah, I will pray toward it.” Whenever prayer time came, he faced the Ka‘bah, and we faced Syria, until we arrived in Makkah. Al-Bara’ b. Ma‘rur said to me, “O son of my brother, come with me to the Messenger of Allah so that we may ask him about what we did during this journey, for I have felt uneasy about your opposing me.” We went out to ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and we met a man in al-Abtah. We said to him, “Can you direct us to Muhammad b. ‘Abd Allah b. ‘Abd al-Muttalib?” He said, “Do you know him if you see him?” We said, “No, by Allah, we do not know him, and we have never seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.” He said, “Do you know al-‘Abbas b. ‘Abd al-Muttalib?” We said, “Yes, we know him. He used to come to us for trade.” He said, “When you enter the mosque, look for al-‘Abbas, for he is the man who is with him.” We entered the mosque, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and al-‘Abbas were sitting in a corner of the mosque. We greeted and sat down. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Do you know these two men?” When he turned, he said, “Yes, this is al-Bara’ b. Ma‘rur, the leader of his people, and this is Ka‘b b. Malik.” By Allah, I will never forget the words of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: “The poet?” He said, “Yes.” Al-Bara’ b. Ma‘rur said to him, “O Messenger of Allah, I formed an opinion during this journey of mine, and I wanted to ask you about it so that you may inform me about what I did.” He said, “And what is that?” He said, “I decided not to turn my back to this structure, so I prayed toward it.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “You were upon a qiblah; if only you had remained patient upon it.” So he returned to the qiblah of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. His family said, “He died upon that,” but we know better: he returned to the qiblah of the Messenger of Allah and prayed with us toward Syria.
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