Hadith 29:30
'Affan narrated to us, he said: Abu 'Awana narrated to us, he said: Husayn narrated to us, from Abu Wa'il, who said: Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas came when he descended upon al-Qadisiyyah, and the people were with him. He said: I do not know, perhaps we did not exceed seven thousand or eight thousand, between that, and the polytheists were thirty thousand or thereabouts, and they had elephants. He said: When they descended, they said to us: "Return, for we do not see that you have numbers, nor do we see that you have strength or weapons, so return." He said: We said: "We are not returning." He said: And they began to laugh at our arrows and say: "Dawk," comparing them to spindles. He said: When we refused them, they said: "Send to us a rational man who will inform us of what brought you from your lands, for we do not see that you have numbers or equipment." He said: Al-Mughirah ibn Shu'bah said: "I will." He said: So he crossed over to them. He said: He sat with Rustam on the throne. He said: He snorted, and they snorted when he sat with him on the throne. He said: Al-Mughirah said: "Your companion has neither increased me nor decreased me in this sitting of mine." He said: He said: "Inform me what brought you from your lands, for I do not see that you have numbers or equipment." He said: He said: "We were a people in misery and misguidance, so Allah sent our Prophet among us, and Allah guided us at his hands, and provided for us at his hands. Among what He provided for us was a grain, which they claim grows in this land. When we ate from it and fed our families from it, they said: 'There is no good for us until you descend upon these lands, so we may eat this grain.'" He said: Rustam said: "Then we will kill you." He said: "If you kill us, we enter Paradise, and if we kill you, you enter the Fire, or else you pay the Jizyah." He said: When he said "pay the Jizyah," they shouted and snorted and said: "There is no peace between us and you." He said: Al-Mughirah said: "Will you cross over to us, or shall we cross over to you?" He said: Rustam said: "Rather, we will cross over to you." He said: The Muslims moved back from him until those who crossed, crossed. He said: Then the Muslims charged at them, killed them, and defeated them. Husayn said: Their king, Rustam, was from the people of Azerbaijan. Husayn said: I heard an elder of ours called 'Ubayd ibn Jahsh, who said: "I saw us walking on the backs of men, crossing the trench on the backs of men; no weapon touched them, for they had killed one another." He said: We found a pouch containing camphor. He said: We thought it was salt; we had no doubt that it was salt. He said: We cooked meat and threw some of it into it. When we found no taste in it, an 'Ibadi passed by us with a shirt. He said: He said: "O company of Arabs, do not spoil your food, for the salt of this land has no good in it. Will you give it to me in exchange for this shirt?" He said: So he gave us a shirt for it, and we gave it to a companion of ours, and he wore it. He said: We began to circle around him and marvel at it. He said: The price of the shirt, when we came to know clothes, was two dirhams. He said: I saw myself pointing to a man who had two gold bracelets on him, and his weapon was underneath in a grave among those graves, and I pointed to him, and he came out to us. He said: We did not speak to him until we struck his neck. We defeated them until they reached the Euphrates. He said: We mounted and pursued them, and they were defeated until they ended up at al-Mada'in. He said: We descended upon Kuthah. There was a garrison for the polytheists at Dayr al-Maslakh, and the cavalry of the Muslims came to them to fight them, and the garrison of the polytheists was defeated until they reached al-Mada'in. The Muslims marched until they descended upon the bank of the Tigris. A group of Muslims crossed from Kalwadha, below al-Mada'in, and besieged them until they found no food except their dogs and their cats. He said: They departed in one night until they arrived at Jalula. He said: Sa'd marched to them with the people, and on his vanguard was Hashim ibn 'Utbah. He said: And it was the battle that took place. He said: Allah destroyed them, and their remnants fled to Nahavand. He said: Abu Wa'il said: When the polytheists were defeated at Jalula, they came to Nahavand. He said: 'Umar ibn al-Khattab appointed Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman over the people of Kufa, and Mujashi' ibn Mas'ud al-Sulami over the people of Basra. He said: 'Amr ibn Ma'dikarib came and said to him: "Give me my horse and the weapon of someone like me." He said: "Yes, I will give you from my wealth." He said: 'Amr ibn Ma'dikarib said to him: "By Allah, we have attacked you and fought you, and we did not answer you, and we asked you, and we did not retreat from you." Husayn said: Al-Nu'man ibn Muqarrin was over Kaskar. He said: He wrote to 'Umar: "O Commander of the Faithful, my likeness and the likeness of Kaskar is like a young man with a prostitute who adorns herself for him and perfumes herself. I adjure you by Allah to remove me from Kaskar and send me in an army of the armies of the Muslims." He said: He wrote to him: "March to the people at Nahavand, for you are over them." He said: So he marched to them, and they met, and he was the first to be killed. He said: Suwayd ibn Muqarrin took the banner, and Allah granted them victory, and Allah destroyed the polytheists, and no group stood for them after that day. He said: The people of every garrison would march to their enemy in their lands. Husayn said: When the polytheists were defeated from al-Mada'in, he followed them to Jalula, then returned and sent 'Ammar ibn Yasir, and he marched until he descended upon al-Mada'in. He said: He wanted to settle the people there, but the people found it unhealthy and disliked it. It reached 'Umar that the people disliked it, so he asked: "Is it suitable for camels there?" They said: "No, because there are mosquitoes there." He said: 'Umar said: "For the Arabs are not suitable in a land where camels are not suitable." He said: "So return." He said: Sa'd met an 'Ibadi, who said: "I will guide you to a land that is elevated from the lowlands, lowered from the salt flats, situated in the middle of the cultivated land, and thrust into the nose of the soil." He said: "A land between al-Hirah and the Euphrates."
حدثنا عفان قال ثنا أبو عوانة قال ثنا حصين عن أبي وائل قال جاء سعد بن أبي وقاص حين نزل القادسية ومعه الناس قال فما أدري لعلنا أن لا نزيد على سبعة آلاف أو ثمانية آلاف بين ذلك والمشركون ثلاثون ألفا أو نحو ذلك معهم الفيول قال فلما نزلوا قالوا لنا ارجعوا وإنا لا نرى لكم عددا ولا نرى لكم قوة ولا سلاحا فارجعوا قال قلنا ما نحن براجعين قال وجعلوا يضحكون بنبلنا ويقولون دوك يشبهونها بالمغازل قال فلما أبينا عليهم قالوا ابعثوا إلينا رجلا عاقلا يخبرنا بالذي جاء بكم من بلادكم فانا لا نرى لكم عددا ولا عدة قال فقال المغيرة بن شعبة أنا قال فعبر إليهم قال فجلس مع رستم على السرير قال فنخر ونخروا حين جلس معه على السرير قال قال المغيرة ما زادني في مجلسي هذا ولا نقص صاحبكم قال فقال أخبروني ما جاء بكم من بلادكم فإني لا أرى لكم عددا ولا عدة قال فقال كنا قوما في شقاء وضلالة فبعث الله فينا نبينا فهدانا الله على يديه ورزقنا على يديه فكان فيما رزقنا حبة زعموا أنها تنبت بهذه الأرض فلما أكلنا منها وأطعمنا منها أهلينا قالوا لا خير لنا حتى تنزلوا هذه البلاد فنأكل هذه الحبة قال فقال رستم إذا نقتلكم قال فإن قتلتمونا دخلنا الجنة وإن قتلناكم دخلتم النار وإلا أعطيتم الجزية قال فلما قال أعطيتم الجزية قال صاحوا ونخروا وقالوا لا صلح بيننا وبينكم قال فقال المغيرة أتعبرون إلينا أو نعبر إليكم قال فقال رستم بل نعبر إليكم قال فاستأخر منه المسلمون حتى عبر منهم من عبر قال فحمل عليهم المسلمون فقتلوهم وهزموهم قال حصين كان ملكهم رستم من أهل آذربيجان قال حصين وسمعت شيخا منا يقال له عبيد بن جحش قال لقد رأيتنا نمشي على ظهور الرجال نعبر الخندق على ظهور الرجال ما مسهم سلاح قد قتل بعضهم بعضا قال ووجدنا جرابا فيه كافور قال فحسبناه ملحا لا نشك فيه أنه ملح قال فطبخنا لحما فطرحنا منه فيه فلما لم نجد له طعما فمر بنا عبادي معه قميص قال فقال يا معشر المعربين لا تفسدوا طعامكم فإن ملح هذه الأرض لا خير فيه هل لكم أن أعطيكم فيه هذا القميص قال فأعطانا به قميصا فأعطيناه صاحبا لنا فلبسه قال فجعلنا نطيف به ونعجب منه قال فإذا ثمن القميص حين عرفنا الثياب درهمان قال ولقد رأيتني أشرت إلى رجل وإن عليه لسوارين من ذهب وإن سلاحه تحت في قبر من تلك القبور وأشرت إليه فخرج إلينا قال فما كلمناه حتى ضربنا عنقه فهزمناهم حتى بلغوا الفرات قال فركبنا فطلبناهم فانهزموا حتى انتهوا إلى المدائن قال فنزلنا كوثا قال ومسلحة للمشركين بدير المسلاخ فأتتهم خيل المسلمين لتقاتلهم فانهزمت مسلحة المشركين حتى لحقوا بالمدائن وسار المسلمون حتى نزلوا على شاطئ دجلة وعبر طائفة من المسلمين من كلواذي من أسفل من المدائن فحصروهم حتى ما يجدون طعاما إلا كلابهم وسنانيرهم قال فتحملوا في ليلة حتى أتوا جلولاء قال فسار إليهم سعد بالناس وعلى مقدمته هاشم بن عتبة قال وهي الواقعة التي كانت قال فأهلكهم الله وانطلق فلهم إلى نهاوند قال وقال أبو وائل إن المشركين لما انهزموا من جلولاء أتوا نهاوند قال فاستعمل عمر بن الخطاب على أهل الكوفة حذيفة بن اليمان وعلى أهل البصرة مجاشع بن مسعود السلمي قال فأتى عمرو بن معدي كرب فقال له أعطني فرسي وسلاح مثلي قال نعم أعطيك من مالي قال فقال له عمرو بن معدي كرب والله لقد هاجمناكم وقاتلناكم فما أجبناكم وسألناكم فما أنجلناكم قال حصين وكان النعمان بن مقرن على كسكر قال فكتب إلى عمر يا أمير المؤمنين إن مثلي ومثل كسكر كمثل رجل شاب عند مومسة تلون له وتعطر وإني أنشدك بالله لما عزلتني عن كسكر وبعثتني في جيش من جيوش المسلمين قال فكتب إليه سر إلى الناس بنهاوند فأنت عليهم قال فسار إليهم فالتقوا فكان أول قتيل قال وأخذ سويد بن مقرن الراية ففتح الله لهم وأهلك الله المشركين فلم يقم لهم جماعة بعد يومئذ قال وكان أهل كل مصر يسيرون إلى عدوهم في بلادهم قال حصين لما هزم المشركون من المدائن لحقهم بجلولاء ثم رجع وبعث عمار بن ياسر فسار حتى نزل المدائن قال وأراد أن ينزلها بالناس فاجتواها الناس وكرهوها فبلغ عمر أن الناس كرهوها فسأل هل يصلح بها الابل قالوا لا لأن بها البعوض قال فقال عمر فإن العرب لا تصلح بأرض لا يصلح بها الإبل قال فارجعوا قال فلقي سعد عباديا قال فقال أنا أدلكم على أرض ارتفعت من البقعة وتطأطأت من السبخة وتوسطت الريف وطعنت في أنف التربة قال أرض بين الحيرة والفرات