Hadith / Musnad Ahmad / 408:1
Musnad Ahmad 408:1
Hadith of Ibn 'Abs, a sheikh who witnessed the Jahiliyyah
حديث ابن عبس شيخ أدرك الجاهلية
Hadith 408:1
Muhammad ibn Bakr al-Bursani narrated to us, he said: Ubayd Allah ibn Abi Ziyad informed us, he said: Abdullah ibn Kathir al-Dari narrated to me, from Mujahid, he said: A sheikh who lived through the Jahiliyyah narrated to us, while we were on the expedition of Rhodes, who was called Ibn 'Abs. He said: "I was driving a cow for some of our kin." He said: "Then I heard from its interior: 'O family of Dharih, a clear speech, a man crying out: There is no god but Allah.'" He said: "Then we arrived in Makkah, and we found that the Prophet had appeared in Makkah."
حدثنا محمد بن بكر البرساني، قال: أخبرنا عبيد الله بن أبي زياد، قال: حدثني عبد الله بن كثير الداري، عن مجاهد، قال: حدثنا شيخ أدرك الجاهلية، ونحن في غزوة رودس يقال له: ابن عبس، قال: " كنت أسوق لآل لنا بقرة "، قال: " فسمعت من جوفها: يا آل ذريح، قول فصيح، رجل يصيح لا إله إلا الله "، قال: " فقدمنا مكة، فوجدنا النبي قد خرج بمكة "