al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 6475
✧ Suwaid bin Ghafalat, a veteran.
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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ التَّمَّارُ الْبَصْرِيُّ ثنا بِشْرُ بْنُ حُجْرٍ السَّامِيُّ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ الْأَنْبَارِيُّ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْوَقَّاصِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ الْقُرَظِيِّ قَالَ بَيْنَمَا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ قَاعِدًا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ مَرَّ رَجُلٌ فِي مُؤَخَّرِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَقَالَ
رَجُلٌ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَتَعْرِفُ هَذَا الْمَارَّ؟ قَالَ لَا فَمَنْ هُوَ؟ قَالَ هَذَا سَوَادُ بْنُ قَارِبٍ وَهُوَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ لَهُ فِيهِمْ شَرَفٌ وَمَوْضِعٌ وَهُوَ الَّذِي أَتَاهُ رِئِيُّهُ بِظُهُورِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ عَلَيَّ بِهِ فَدُعِيَ لَهُ بِهِ قَالَ أَنْتَ سَوَادُ بْنُ قَارِبٍ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ» قَالَ فَأَنْتَ الَّذِي أَتَاكَ رِئِيُّكَ بِظُهُورِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ» قَالَ فَأَنْتَ عَلَى مَا كُنْتَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ كِهَانَتِكَ؟ فَغَضِبَ غَضَبًا شَدِيدًا وَقَالَ «يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَا اسْتَقْبَلَنِي بِهَذَا أَحَدٌ مُنْذُ أَسْلَمْتُ» فَقَالَ عُمَرُ يَا سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَاللهِ مَا كُنَّا عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الشِّرْكِ أَعْظَمُ مِنَ كِهَانَتِكَ أَخْبِرْنِي بِإِتْيَانِكَ رِئِيَّكَ بِظُهُورِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ بَيْنَا أَنَا ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ بَيْنَ النَّائِمِ وَالْيَقْظَانِ إِذْ أَتَانِي رِئِيِّي فَضَرَبَنِي بِرِجْلِهِ وَقَالَ قُمْ يَا سَوَادُ بْنَ قَارِبٍ فافْهَمْ وَاعْقِلْ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْقِلُ إِنَّهُ قَدْ بُعِثَ رَسُولٌ مِنْ لُؤَيِّ بْنِ غَالِبٍ يَدْعُو إِلَى اللهِ ﷻ وَإِلَى عِبَادَتِهِ ثُمَّ أَنْشَأَ يَقُولُ
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Chain of narrators
- Muḥammad b. Muḥammad al-Tammār al-Baṣrī
- Bishr b. Ḥujr al-Sāmī
- ʿAlī b. Manṣūr al-Anbārī
- ʿUthmān b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Waqqāṣī
- Muḥammad b. Kaʿb al-Quraẓī
- Baynamā ʿUmar
✧ A man said, "O commander of the believers, do you know this passing man?" He said, "No. Who is he?" He said, "This is Sawad b. Qarib, a man from the people of Yemen who has honor and status among them, and he is the one whose companion from the jinn came to him with the appearance of the messenger of Allah ﷺ." So Umar ؓ said, "Call him to me." He was called to him. He said, "Are you Sawad b. Qarib?" He said, "Yes." He said, "So you are the one whose jinn companion came to you with the appearance of the messenger of Allah ﷺ?" He said, "Yes." He said, "So you are still upon what you were upon of your soothsaying?" He became extremely angry and said, "O commander of the believers, no one has confronted me with this since I became Muslim." Umar said, "Glory be to Allah! By Allah, what we were upon of idolatry is greater than your soothsaying. Tell me about your jinn companion coming to you with the appearance of the messenger of Allah ﷺ." He said, "Yes, O commander of the believers. While I was one night between sleeping and waking, my companion from the jinn came to me, struck me with his foot, and said: 'Rise, O Sawad b. Qarib, understand and comprehend, if you can comprehend, that a messenger has been sent from Lu'ayy b. Ghalib, calling to Allah, may He be exalted, and to His worship.' Then he began to recite."
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