al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 17997
✧ Mazen Bin Al Ghadoubah Al Azdi
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حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ جُمْهُورٍ التِّنِّيسِيُّ السِّمْسَارُ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَرْبٍ الْمَوْصِلِيُّ ثنا هِشَامُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ الْكَلْبِيُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْعُمَانِيِّ عَنْ مَازِنِ بْنِ الْغَضُوبَةِ قَالَ كُنْتُ أَسْدِنُ صَنَمًا
يُقَالُ لَهُ بَاحِرٌ بِسَمَائِلَ قَرْيَةٌ بِعُمَانَ فَعَتَرْنَا ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ عِنْدَهُ عَتِيرَةً وَهِيَ الذَّبِيحَةُ فَسَمِعْتُ صَوْتًا مِنَ الصَّنَمِ يَقُولُ يَا مَازِنُ اسْمَعْ تُسَرَّ ظَهَرَ خَيْرٌ وَبَطُنَ شَرٌّ بُعِثَ نَبِيٌّ مِنْ مُضَرَ بِدَيْنِ اللهِ الْكَبِرِ الْكَبِرْ فَدَعْ نُحَيْتًا مِنْ حَجَرٍ تَسْلَمْ مِنْ سَقَرَ قَالَ فَفَزِعْتُ لِذَلِكَ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ هَذَا لَعَجَبٌ ثُمَّ عَتَرْتُ بَعْدَ أَيَّامٍ عَتِيرَةً فَسَمِعْتُ صَوْتًا مِنَ الصَّنَمِ يَقُولُ أَقْبِلْ إِلَيَّ أَقْبِلْ تَسْمَعْ مَا لَا تَجْهَلْ هَذَا نَبِيٌّ مُرْسَلْ جَاءَ بِحَقٍّ مُنْزَلْ فَآمِنْ بِهِ كَيْ تَعْدِلَ عَنْ حَرِّ نَارٍ تُشْعَلْ وَقُودُهَا بِالْجَنْدَلْ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ هَذَا لَعَجَبٌ وَإِنَّهُ لَخَيْرٌ يُرَادُ بِي فَبَيْنَا نَحْنُ كَذَلِكَ إِذْ قَدِمَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْحِجَازِ قُلْنَا مَا الْخَبَرُ وَرَاءَكَ؟ قَالَ ظَهَرَ رَجُلٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ أَحْمَدُ يَقُولُ لِمَنْ أَتَاهُ «أَجِيبُوا دَاعِيَ اللهِ» قُلْتُ هَذَا نَبَأُ مَا قَدْ سَمِعْتُ فَسِرْتُ إِلَى الصَّنَمِ فَكَسَّرْتُهُ أَجْذَاذًا وَرَكِبْتُ رَاحِلَتِي فَقَدِمْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَشَرَحَ لِيَ الْإِسْلَامَ فَأَسْلَمْتُ وَقُلْتُ
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Chain of narrators
- Mūsá b. Jumhūr al-Tinnīsī al-Simsār
- ʿAlī b. Ḥarb al-Mawṣilī
- Hishām b. Muḥammad b. al-Sāʾib al-Kalbī from his father
- ʿAbdullāh al-ʿUmānī
- Māzin b. al-Ghaḍūbah
✧ He was called Bahir, from Sama'il, a village in Oman. One day we sacrificed an atira—that is, a slaughtered animal—before him, and I heard a voice from the idol saying, "O Mazin, listen and be glad! Good has appeared and evil is concealed. A prophet has been sent from Mudar with the great religion of God. So abandon carved stones and you will be safe from Saqar." I was startled by that and said, "This is indeed strange." Then after some days I sacrificed another atira and heard a voice from the idol saying, "Come to me, come! Hear what you do not know. This is a sent prophet who has come with truth sent down. Believe in him so that you may turn away from the heat of a fire that blazes, whose fuel is rocks." I said, "This is indeed strange, and it is good intended for me." While we were in that state, a man arrived from the Hijaz. We said, "What news is behind you?" He said, "A man has appeared called Ahmad, who says to those who come to him, 'Answer the caller of God.'" I said, "This is the news of what I have heard." So I went to the idol and smashed it to pieces, mounted my riding camel, and came to the Messenger of God ﷺ. He explained Islam to me and I embraced it, and I said...
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