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Musnad Abu Ya'la al-Mawsili 240:4

Hadith of Zayd ibn Harithah (RA)

حديث زيد بن حارثة

Hadith 240:4

Muhammad ibn Bashar narrated to us, he said: Abd al-Wahhab ibn Abd al-Majid narrated to us—he dictated it to us from his book—he said: Muhammad ibn Amr narrated to us, from Abu Salamah and Yahya ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Hatib ibn Abi Balta'ah, from Usamah ibn Zayd, from Zayd ibn Harithah, who said: I went out with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, on a hot day of the days of Makkah, and he had me ride behind him toward one of the stone altars, and we had slaughtered a sheep for it and cooked it. He said: Then Zayd ibn Amr ibn Nufayl met him, and each of them greeted the other with the greeting of the Jahiliyyah. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "O Zayd, why do I see that your people have become hostile toward you?" He said: "By Allah, O Muhammad, that is not due to any harm I have caused them, but I went out seeking this religion until I arrived at the rabbis of Fadak, and I found them worshipping Allah and associating others with Him. I said: 'This is not the religion I am seeking.' So I went out until I arrived at the rabbis of Ash-Sham, and I found them worshipping Allah and associating others with Him. I said: 'This is not the religion I am seeking.' A sheikh among them said: 'You are asking about a religion that we do not know anyone who worships Allah with, except for a sheikh in Al-Hirah.'" He said: So I went out until I arrived at him. When he saw me, he said: "From whom are you?" I said: "From the people of the House of Allah, from the people of the thorns and the desert." He said: "The religion you are seeking has appeared in your land. A Prophet has been sent; his star has risen, and all those you have seen are in misguidance." I did not perceive anything after that, O Muhammad. He said: And the food mat was brought near to him. He said: He said: "What is this, O Muhammad?" He said: "A sheep we slaughtered for one of the stone altars." He said: He said: "I would not eat from that over which the name of Allah has not been mentioned." Zayd ibn Harithah said: So the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, went to the House (the Ka'bah), and we separated. He performed Tawaf around it, and I was with him, and at As-Safa and Al-Marwah. He said: And there were two idols of copper at As-Safa and Al-Marwah, one of them called Isaf and the other Na'ilah, and the polytheists, when they performed Tawaf, would touch them. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "Do not touch them, for they are filth." I said to myself: "I will touch them until I see what the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, says." So I touched them, and he said: "O Zayd, did I not forbid you?" He said: And Zayd ibn Amr died, and revelation came down to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to Zayd: "He will be resurrected as a nation by himself."

حدثنا محمد بن بشار قال حدثنا عبد الوهاب بن عبد المجيد أملاه علينا من كتابه حدثنا محمد بن عمرو عن أبي سلمة ويحيى بن عبد الرحمن بن حاطب بن أبي بلتعة عن أسامة بن زيد عن زيد بن حارثة قال * خرجت مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يوما حارا من أيام مكة وهو مردفي إلى نصب من الأنصاب وقد ذبحنا له شاة فأنضجناها قال فلقيه زيد بن عمرو بن نفيل فحيا كل واحد منهما صاحبه بتحية الجاهلية فقال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يا زيد ما لي أرى قومك قد شنفوا لك قال والله يا محمد إن ذلك لبغير نائلة لي منهم ولكني خرجت أبتغي هذا الدين حتى أقدم على أحبار فدك فوجدتهم يعبدون الله ويشركون به قال قلت ما هذا بالدين الذي أبتغي فخرجت حتى أقدم على أحبار الشام فوجدتهم يعبدون الله ويشركون به قلت ما هذا بالدين الذي أبتغي فقال شيخ منهم إنك لتسأل عن دين ما نعلم أحدا يعبد الله به إلا شيخ بالحيرة قال فخرجت حتى أقدم عليه فلما رآني قال ممن أنت قلت من أهل بيت الله من أهل الشوك والغرب فقال إن الدين الذي تطلب قد ظهر ببلادك قد بعث نبي قد طلع نجمه وجميع من رأيتهم في ضلال فلم أحس بشيء بعد يا محمد قال وقرب إليه السفرة قال فقال ما هذا يا محمد فقال شاة ذبحناها لنصب من الأنصاب قال فقال ما كنت لآكل مما لم يذكر اسم الله عليه قال زيد بن حارثة فأتى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم البيت قال وتفرقنا فطاف به وأنا معه وبالصفا والمروة قال وكان عند الصفا والمروة صنمان من نحاس أحدهما يقال له يساف والآخر يقال له نائلة وكان المشركون إذا طافوا تمسحوا بهما فقال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم لا تمسحهما فإنهما رجس فقلت في نفسي لأمسنهما حتى أنظر ما يقول النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فمسستهما فقال يا زيد ألم تنه قال ومات زيد بن عمرو وأنزل على النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم لزيد إنه يبعث أمة وحده