WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.399 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:03.399 --> 00:00:06.889 Treasures of the Prophetic Biography. 00:00:06.889 --> 00:00:12.529 Truly, in eloquent speech there is magic. 00:00:12.529 --> 00:00:18.300 Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) narrated: 00:00:18.300 --> 00:00:22.300 There sat in the company of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) 00:00:22.300 --> 00:00:23.899 Qays ibn 'Asim, 00:00:23.899 --> 00:00:26.100 Al-Zibriqan ibn Badr, 00:00:26.100 --> 00:00:27.899 and 'Amr ibn al-Ahtam. 00:00:35.700 --> 00:00:38.700 [Al-Zibriqan praised himself, saying:] "I am obeyed among them, my requests are answered, 00:00:38.700 --> 00:00:40.700 I am the strongest in defending them against injustice, 00:00:40.700 --> 00:00:42.700 and I secure their rights for them." 00:00:42.700 --> 00:00:44.700 "And this man knows it," 00:00:44.700 --> 00:00:47.700 referring to 'Amr ibn al-Ahtam. 00:00:47.700 --> 00:00:49.700 Thereupon, 'Amr ibn al-Ahtam said: 00:00:49.700 --> 00:00:52.700 "He is indeed a man of sharp speech, 00:00:52.700 --> 00:00:54.700 fiercely protective of his side, 00:00:54.700 --> 00:00:56.700 and obeyed among his immediate kin." 00:00:56.700 --> 00:00:58.700 Al-Zibriqan remarked: 00:00:58.700 --> 00:01:00.700 "By Allah, O Messenger of Allah! 00:01:00.700 --> 00:01:03.700 He knows things about me other than what he has said, 00:01:03.700 --> 00:01:05.700 and nothing prevented him from speaking 00:01:05.700 --> 00:01:07.739 except sheer envy!" 00:01:07.739 --> 00:01:09.739 'Amr ibn al-Ahtam retorted: 00:01:09.739 --> 00:01:11.739 "I envy you?! 00:01:11.739 --> 00:01:13.739 By Allah, you are a man of ignoble maternal uncles, 00:01:13.739 --> 00:01:15.739 a paltry wealth, 00:01:15.739 --> 00:01:17.739 a foolish father, 00:01:17.739 --> 00:01:19.739 and a worthless outcast among your clan! 00:01:19.739 --> 00:01:21.769 By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, 00:01:21.769 --> 00:01:24.769 I spoke the truth in what I said first, 00:01:24.769 --> 00:01:27.769 and I did not lie in what I said last! 00:01:27.769 --> 00:01:29.769 But I am a man who, 00:01:29.769 --> 00:01:32.769 when pleased, says the best of what he knows, 00:01:32.769 --> 00:01:35.769 and when angered, says the worst of what he finds." 00:01:35.769 --> 00:01:39.769 "Yet I spoke the truth in both the former and the latter statement!" 00:01:39.769 --> 00:01:42.769 The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) then said: 00:01:42.769 --> 00:01:45.769 "Truly, in eloquent speech there is magic." 00:01:45.769 --> 00:01:48.769 Treasures of the Prophetic Biography. 00:01:48.769 --> 00:01:54.099 The Delegation of Banu 'Amir 00:01:54.099 --> 00:01:59.099 and their attempted assassination of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). 00:01:59.099 --> 00:02:04.310 Among them were 'Amir ibn al-Tufayl, 00:02:04.310 --> 00:02:06.310 Arbad ibn Qays, 00:02:06.310 --> 00:02:08.310 and Jabbar ibn Salama. 00:02:08.310 --> 00:02:11.310 These men were the leaders of the tribe 00:02:11.310 --> 00:02:13.310 and their evil ringleaders. 00:02:13.310 --> 00:02:16.310 The enemy of Allah, 'Amir ibn al-Tufayl, advanced 00:02:16.310 --> 00:02:19.310 toward the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) 00:02:19.310 --> 00:02:21.310 intending to act treacherously against him. 00:02:21.310 --> 00:02:23.310 His people had said to him: 00:02:23.310 --> 00:02:25.310 "O 'Amir! 00:02:25.310 --> 00:02:27.310 Indeed, the people have accepted Islam." 00:02:27.310 --> 00:02:29.310 He replied: 00:02:29.310 --> 00:02:31.310 "By Allah, I swore an oath 00:02:31.310 --> 00:02:34.310 that I would not stop until the Arabs follow in my footsteps; 00:02:34.310 --> 00:02:38.310 shall I then follow in the footsteps of this youth from Quraysh?!" 00:02:38.310 --> 00:02:40.310 Then he said to Arbad: 00:02:40.310 --> 00:02:42.310 "When we reach the man, 00:02:42.310 --> 00:02:45.310 I will distract his attention from you; 00:02:45.310 --> 00:02:47.310 so when I do that, 00:02:47.310 --> 00:02:49.310 strike him with your sword!" 00:02:49.310 --> 00:02:53.469 When they came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), 00:02:53.469 --> 00:02:55.469 'Amir said: 00:02:55.469 --> 00:02:56.469 "O Muhammad, 00:02:56.469 --> 00:02:57.469 grant me a private audience." 00:02:57.469 --> 00:03:00.469 Meaning: "I want to speak with you alone." 00:03:00.469 --> 00:03:03.469 The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) replied: 00:03:03.469 --> 00:03:05.469 "No, by Allah, 00:03:05.469 --> 00:03:07.469 not until you believe in Allah alone." 00:03:07.469 --> 00:03:09.599 He said: "O Muhammad, 00:03:09.599 --> 00:03:11.599 grant me a private audience!" 00:03:11.599 --> 00:03:12.599 He replied: 00:03:12.599 --> 00:03:15.599 "Not until you believe in Allah alone, without any partner." 00:03:15.599 --> 00:03:20.599 When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) refused his request, 00:03:20.599 --> 00:03:21.599 'Amir said to him: 00:03:21.599 --> 00:03:26.599 "By Allah, I will surely fill the land against you with horses and foot soldiers!" 00:03:26.599 --> 00:03:28.599 As 'Amir turned and walked away, 00:03:28.599 --> 00:03:32.599 the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) prayed: 00:03:32.599 --> 00:03:35.599 "O Allah, protect me against 'Amir ibn al-Tufayl as You will." 00:03:35.599 --> 00:03:40.599 When they left the presence of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), 00:03:40.599 --> 00:03:42.599 'Amir said to Arbad: 00:03:42.599 --> 00:03:44.599 "Woe to you, O Arbad! 00:03:44.599 --> 00:03:47.599 Where was that which I commanded you to do? 00:03:47.599 --> 00:03:52.599 By Allah, there was no one on the face of the earth whom I feared more for myself than you, 00:03:52.599 --> 00:03:53.599 but by Allah, 00:03:53.599 --> 00:03:56.599 I shall never fear you after today!" 00:03:56.599 --> 00:03:58.599 Arbad replied to him: 00:03:58.599 --> 00:04:00.599 "May you lose your father! 00:04:00.599 --> 00:04:02.599 Do not be hasty with me. 00:04:02.599 --> 00:04:05.599 By Allah, every time I attempted to carry out what you commanded me, 00:04:05.599 --> 00:04:08.599 you stepped between me and the man! 00:04:08.599 --> 00:04:10.599 Was I supposed to strike you with the sword?!" 00:04:10.599 --> 00:04:13.699 They then set out on their return journey to their homeland. 00:04:13.699 --> 00:04:16.699 While they were on the way, 00:04:16.699 --> 00:04:21.699 Allah afflicted 'Amir ibn al-Tufayl with a plague-bubonic swelling in his neck, 00:04:21.699 --> 00:04:26.699 and Allah Almighty caused him to die in the house of a woman from Banu Salul— 00:04:26.699 --> 00:04:29.699 who were among the most humiliated and weakest of the Arabs. 00:04:29.699 --> 00:04:31.699 'Amir ibn al-Tufayl lamented: 00:04:31.699 --> 00:04:34.699 "A plague-buboe like that of a camel, 00:04:34.699 --> 00:04:37.699 and a death in the house of a Saluli woman?!" 00:04:37.699 --> 00:04:40.699 He then rode out and died along the road. 00:04:40.699 --> 00:04:42.699 It is recorded in Sahih al-Bukhari 00:04:42.699 --> 00:04:47.699 that 'Amir ibn al-Tufayl came to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) 00:04:47.699 --> 00:04:50.699 and said to him: 00:04:50.699 --> 00:04:53.699 "I give you three choices: 00:04:53.699 --> 00:04:56.699 you shall rule the nomads of the plains, 00:04:56.699 --> 00:04:58.699 while I rule the town-dwellers; 00:04:58.699 --> 00:05:01.699 or I shall be your successor after you; 00:05:01.699 --> 00:05:03.699 or else I will launch an invasion against you with the Ghatafan tribe, 00:05:03.699 --> 00:05:06.699 leading a thousand reddish-brown horses and a thousand mares." 00:05:06.699 --> 00:05:09.860 Later, he was afflicted with a plague-boil in the house of a woman, 00:05:09.860 --> 00:05:13.860 and he exclaimed: "A plague-boil like the buboe of a young camel, 00:05:13.860 --> 00:05:16.860 in the house of a woman from the tribe of Such-and-Such?! 00:05:16.860 --> 00:05:18.860 Bring me my horse!" 00:05:18.860 --> 00:05:21.860 So he mounted it and died on the back of his horse. 00:05:21.860 --> 00:05:25.560 Treasures of the Prophetic Biography. 00:05:25.560 --> 00:05:31.310 The Delegation of 'Abd al-Qays. 00:05:31.310 --> 00:05:37.259 In the Two Sahihs, it is narrated on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) 00:05:37.259 --> 00:05:42.259 that the delegation of 'Abd al-Qays came to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). 00:05:42.259 --> 00:05:45.259 He asked them: "Who are these people?" or "Which delegation is this?" 00:05:45.259 --> 00:05:47.259 They replied: "From the tribe of Rabi'ah." 00:05:47.259 --> 00:05:50.259 He said: "Welcome to the delegation, 00:05:50.259 --> 00:05:53.259 who come neither disgraced nor regretful." 00:05:53.259 --> 00:05:55.259 They said: "O Messenger of Allah, 00:05:55.259 --> 00:05:59.259 between us and you lies this tribe of the disbelievers of Mudar, 00:05:59.259 --> 00:06:03.259 and we cannot reach you except during the sacred month. 00:06:03.259 --> 00:06:05.259 So give us a decisive command 00:06:05.259 --> 00:06:08.259 that we may adhere to it, convey it to those we left behind, 00:06:08.259 --> 00:06:10.259 and by which we may enter Paradise." 00:06:10.259 --> 00:06:13.300 He (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: 00:06:13.300 --> 00:06:17.300 "I command you with four things and forbid you from four: 00:06:17.300 --> 00:06:20.300 I command you to believe in Allah alone. 00:06:20.300 --> 00:06:23.300 Do you know what belief in Allah alone entails? 00:06:23.300 --> 00:06:26.300 It is testifying that there is no god but Allah 00:06:26.300 --> 00:06:28.300 and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, 00:06:28.300 --> 00:06:30.300 establishing prayer, 00:06:30.300 --> 00:06:32.300 paying zakat, 00:06:32.300 --> 00:06:34.300 fasting Ramadan, 00:06:34.300 --> 00:06:36.300 and giving one-fifth of the war booty. 00:06:36.300 --> 00:06:38.300 And I forbid you from four things: 00:06:38.300 --> 00:06:41.300 [using vessels made of] gourds (ad-dubba'), green glazed jars (al-hantam), 00:06:41.300 --> 00:06:43.300 hollowed palm-stumps (an-naqir), and pitch-smeared vessels (al-muzaffat). 00:06:43.300 --> 00:06:47.300 Memorize these commands and convey them to those behind you." 00:06:47.300 --> 00:06:49.300 In a narration by Muslim, 00:06:49.300 --> 00:06:52.300 they said: "O Messenger of Allah, 00:06:52.300 --> 00:06:54.300 how do you know what an-naqir is?" 00:06:54.300 --> 00:06:56.300 He replied: "Indeed I do; 00:06:56.300 --> 00:06:58.300 it is a palm trunk that you hollow out, 00:06:58.300 --> 00:07:00.300 into which you throw dates, 00:07:00.300 --> 00:07:04.300 then you pour water over them until it ferments; 00:07:04.300 --> 00:07:06.300 when it settles, you drink it, 00:07:06.300 --> 00:07:10.300 to the extent that one of you might strike his cousin with a sword!" 00:07:10.300 --> 00:07:14.300 Among the delegation was a man who bore a sword scar from just such an incident; 00:07:14.300 --> 00:07:20.300 he said: "I used to conceal my scar out of shyness before the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)." 00:07:20.300 --> 00:07:23.300 They asked: "In what vessels should we drink, O Messenger of Allah?" 00:07:23.300 --> 00:07:26.300 He said: "In leather waterskins 00:07:26.300 --> 00:07:29.300 whose mouths are tied shut." 00:07:29.300 --> 00:07:31.329 They said: "O Messenger of Allah, 00:07:31.329 --> 00:07:34.329 our land abounds in field rats, 00:07:34.329 --> 00:07:37.329 which leave no leather waterskin intact." 00:07:37.329 --> 00:07:40.329 He replied: "Even if the field rats gnaw them," 00:07:40.329 --> 00:07:43.329 repeating it two or three times. 00:07:43.329 --> 00:07:46.329 Then he said to Al-Ashajj, the chief of 'Abd al-Qays, 00:07:46.329 --> 00:07:48.329 who was one of the delegates: 00:07:48.329 --> 00:07:51.329 "You possess two qualities that Allah loves: 00:07:51.329 --> 00:07:53.329 forbearance and deliberate calmness." 00:07:53.329 --> 00:07:56.870 Treasures of the Prophetic Biography. 00:07:56.870 --> 00:08:02.300 The Delegation of Banu Hanifah. 00:08:02.300 --> 00:08:09.350 The delegation of Banu Hanifah came to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), 00:08:09.350 --> 00:08:12.350 and among them was Musaylimah the Liar. 00:08:12.350 --> 00:08:14.350 Musaylimah said: 00:08:14.350 --> 00:08:18.350 "If Muhammad grants me leadership after him, I will follow him." 00:08:18.350 --> 00:08:21.350 He arrived with a vast number of his people. 00:08:21.350 --> 00:08:24.350 The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) walked up to him, 00:08:24.350 --> 00:08:27.350 accompanied by Thabit ibn Qays ibn Shammas, 00:08:27.350 --> 00:08:30.350 and carrying in his hand 00:08:30.350 --> 00:08:32.350 a piece of a dry date-palm branch. 00:08:32.350 --> 00:08:35.350 He stood over Musaylimah 00:08:35.350 --> 00:08:37.350 and said to him: 00:08:37.350 --> 00:08:41.350 "Even if you were to ask me for this dry palm-twig, I would not give it to you. 00:08:41.350 --> 00:08:43.350 You cannot bypass the decree of Allah concerning you, 00:08:43.350 --> 00:08:45.350 and if you turn your back— 00:08:45.350 --> 00:08:46.350 meaning, away from Islam— 00:08:46.350 --> 00:08:48.350 Allah will surely destroy you! 00:08:48.350 --> 00:08:52.350 Indeed, I see that you are the very person regarding whom I was shown what I was shown in my vision. 00:08:52.350 --> 00:08:55.350 Here is Thabit, who will answer you on my behalf." 00:08:55.350 --> 00:08:58.450 He then turned away and left him. 00:08:58.450 --> 00:09:01.450 Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) said: 00:09:01.450 --> 00:09:05.450 "I asked about the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him): 00:09:05.450 --> 00:09:08.450 'You are the very person regarding whom I was shown what I was shown,' 00:09:08.450 --> 00:09:11.450 inquiring as to what he meant by this statement." 00:09:11.450 --> 00:09:14.450 "So Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) informed me 00:09:14.450 --> 00:09:18.450 that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: 00:09:18.450 --> 00:09:20.450 'While I was sleeping, 00:09:20.450 --> 00:09:23.450 I saw two golden bracelets placed on my hands, 00:09:23.450 --> 00:09:26.450 and their presence distressed me. 00:09:26.450 --> 00:09:29.450 It was inspired to me in the dream to blow upon them, 00:09:29.450 --> 00:09:32.450 so I blew upon them, and they flew away. 00:09:32.450 --> 00:09:36.450 I interpreted them as two impostors who would appear after me.'" 00:09:36.450 --> 00:09:39.450 On the authority of Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him), he said: 00:09:39.450 --> 00:09:43.450 The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: 00:09:43.450 --> 00:09:45.450 "While I was sleeping, 00:09:45.450 --> 00:09:48.450 I was brought the treasures of the earth, 00:09:48.450 --> 00:09:51.450 and two golden bracelets were placed in my hands. 00:09:51.450 --> 00:09:54.450 That distressed me and made me anxious, 00:09:54.450 --> 00:09:57.450 but it was revealed to me that I should blow on them, 00:09:57.450 --> 00:09:59.450 so I blew on them and they flew away. 00:09:59.450 --> 00:10:03.450 I interpreted them as the two liars between whom I am placed: 00:10:03.450 --> 00:10:07.450 the ruler of Sanaa and the ruler of Al-Yamamah, 00:10:07.450 --> 00:10:09.450 namely Al-Aswad al-Ansi 00:10:09.450 --> 00:10:11.450 and Musaylimah the Liar." 00:10:11.450 --> 00:10:16.450 Despite what Musaylimah said to the Prophet (peace be upon him), 00:10:16.450 --> 00:10:18.450 and despite what 'Amir ibn al-Tufayl said, 00:10:18.450 --> 00:10:21.450 nevertheless, the Prophet (peace be upon him) 00:10:21.450 --> 00:10:23.450 did not execute either of them, 00:10:23.450 --> 00:10:26.450 because they were part of the visiting delegations and emissaries, 00:10:26.450 --> 00:10:28.450 and emissaries are not to be killed, 00:10:28.450 --> 00:10:31.450 just as the Prophet (peace be upon him) 00:10:31.450 --> 00:10:33.960 never acts treacherously. 00:10:43.179 --> 00:10:46.179 There came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) 00:10:46.179 --> 00:10:47.179 the delegation of Tayy, 00:10:47.179 --> 00:10:49.179 among whom was Zayd al-Khayl, 00:10:49.179 --> 00:10:51.179 who was their chieftain. 00:10:51.179 --> 00:10:55.269 When they reached the Prophet (peace be upon him), 00:10:55.269 --> 00:10:58.269 he spoke to them and presented Islam to them, 00:10:58.269 --> 00:11:01.269 so they embraced Islam and became excellent Muslims. 00:11:01.269 --> 00:11:04.269 Then the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: 00:11:04.269 --> 00:11:07.269 "No Arab man has ever been described to me as possessing virtue, 00:11:07.269 --> 00:11:11.269 and then came to me, except that I found him to be less than what was said about him— 00:11:11.269 --> 00:11:13.269 except Zayd al-Khayl; 00:11:13.269 --> 00:11:16.269 for indeed, what was said of him did not even reach the full measure of what he truly possessed." 00:11:16.269 --> 00:11:20.269 Then the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) renamed him 00:11:20.269 --> 00:11:22.269 "Zayd al-Khayr" (Zayd the Good). 00:11:22.269 --> 00:11:25.269 He granted him Fayd and lands alongside it, 00:11:25.269 --> 00:11:27.269 and wrote a decree for him to that effect. 00:11:27.269 --> 00:11:31.269 He then departed from the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), 00:11:31.269 --> 00:11:33.269 returning to his people. 00:11:33.269 --> 00:11:36.340 The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: 00:11:36.340 --> 00:11:39.340 "If Zayd escapes the fever of Medina..."— 00:11:39.340 --> 00:11:42.340 and "if" here carries a negative sense, 00:11:42.340 --> 00:11:44.340 meaning he would not survive it. 00:11:44.340 --> 00:11:47.340 When he reached a body of water in Najd 00:11:47.340 --> 00:11:49.340 called Fardah, 00:11:49.340 --> 00:11:52.340 he was struck by the fever and passed away. 00:11:52.340 --> 00:11:55.340 As he felt death approaching, he recited: 00:11:55.340 --> 00:11:58.340 "Will the people of the East depart in the morning, 00:11:58.340 --> 00:12:02.340 leaving me behind in a house at Fardah, seeking a savior? 00:12:02.340 --> 00:12:06.340 Ah, how many a day, were I sick, would I be visited 00:12:06.340 --> 00:12:10.340 by women whose visits bring no relief to one who suffers!" 00:12:10.340 --> 00:12:13.909 Treasures of the Prophetic Biography. 00:12:13.909 --> 00:12:18.440 The Delegation of Kindah. 00:12:18.440 --> 00:12:22.460 Al-Ash'ath ibn Qays came 00:12:22.460 --> 00:12:27.460 in the delegation of Kindah to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), 00:12:27.460 --> 00:12:30.460 among eighty—or sixty—mounted men. 00:12:30.460 --> 00:12:35.460 They entered upon the Prophet of Allah (peace be upon him) in his mosque, 00:12:35.460 --> 00:12:38.460 having combed their long hair and armed themselves. 00:12:38.460 --> 00:12:40.460 When they entered before him, 00:12:40.460 --> 00:12:44.460 the Prophet (peace be upon him) asked them: 00:12:44.460 --> 00:12:46.460 "Have you not embraced Islam?" 00:12:46.460 --> 00:12:48.460 They replied, "Yes, indeed." 00:12:48.460 --> 00:12:52.460 He said, "Then why is this silk around your necks?" 00:12:52.460 --> 00:12:54.460 So they tore it off; 00:12:54.460 --> 00:12:57.519 they tore it off, stripped it away, and discarded it. 00:12:57.519 --> 00:12:59.519 Al-Ash'ath said: 00:12:59.519 --> 00:13:03.519 "We came to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) as the delegation of Kindah, 00:13:03.519 --> 00:13:07.519 and they regarded me as the most noble among them. 00:13:07.519 --> 00:13:09.519 So I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, 00:13:09.519 --> 00:13:11.519 are you not from us?' 00:13:11.519 --> 00:13:15.519 He replied, 'No, we are the descendants of Al-Nadr ibn Kinanah; 00:13:15.519 --> 00:13:17.519 we do not trace our mother's lineage falsely, 00:13:17.519 --> 00:13:19.519 nor do we disown our father.'" 00:13:19.519 --> 00:13:26.580 That was because the Prophet (peace be upon him) had a grandmother from Kindah. 00:13:26.580 --> 00:13:28.580 Treasures of the Prophetic Biography. 00:13:28.580 --> 00:13:36.480 The Delegation of the Ash'arites, 00:13:36.480 --> 00:13:38.480 who were the people of Yemen. 00:13:38.480 --> 00:13:42.480 The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: 00:13:42.480 --> 00:13:44.480 "There shall come to you a people 00:13:44.480 --> 00:13:47.480 who have softer hearts than yours." 00:13:47.480 --> 00:13:49.480 When the Ash'arites arrived, 00:13:49.480 --> 00:13:51.480 they began chanting war poetry, saying: 00:13:51.480 --> 00:13:53.480 "Tomorrow we shall meet our beloved ones, 00:13:53.480 --> 00:13:55.480 Muhammad and his companions!" 00:13:55.480 --> 00:13:58.700 On the authority of Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him), he said: 00:13:58.700 --> 00:14:03.700 I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) say: 00:14:03.700 --> 00:14:05.700 "The people of Yemen have come to you; 00:14:05.700 --> 00:14:08.700 they are gentler in spirit and softer at heart. 00:14:08.700 --> 00:14:12.700 Faith is Yemeni, and wisdom is Yemeni. 00:14:12.700 --> 00:14:15.700 Tranquility is among the owners of sheep, 00:14:15.700 --> 00:14:19.700 while pride and arrogance are among the rude, loud owners of camels from the desert folk 00:14:19.700 --> 00:14:21.700 towards the rising of the sun." 00:14:21.700 --> 00:14:23.700 In Sahih al-Bukhari, it is recorded that 00:14:23.700 --> 00:14:29.700 a group of people from Banu Tamim came to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him). 00:14:29.700 --> 00:14:31.700 He said to them: 00:14:31.700 --> 00:14:33.700 "Glad tidings, O Banu Tamim!" 00:14:33.700 --> 00:14:35.700 They said: 00:14:35.700 --> 00:14:37.700 "You have given us glad tidings, so now give us wealth!" 00:14:37.700 --> 00:14:41.700 Upon hearing this, the expression of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) changed. 00:14:41.700 --> 00:14:44.700 Then a group of people from Yemen arrived, 00:14:44.700 --> 00:14:46.700 so he said to them: 00:14:46.700 --> 00:14:49.700 "Accept the glad tidings, O people of Yemen, 00:14:49.700 --> 00:14:52.700 since Banu Tamim have rejected them." 00:14:52.700 --> 00:14:54.700 They replied, "We accept!" 00:14:54.700 --> 00:14:56.700 Then they said, "O Messenger of Allah, 00:14:56.700 --> 00:14:59.700 we have come to gain understanding in the religion 00:14:59.700 --> 00:15:02.700 and to ask you about the beginning of this creation." 00:15:02.700 --> 00:15:03.700 He said: 00:15:03.700 --> 00:15:07.700 "Allah existed when there was nothing other than Him, 00:15:07.700 --> 00:15:09.700 “And He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days - and His Throne was upon the water - that He might try you, which of you is best in conduct. Yet if thou (O Muhammad) sayest: Lo! ye will be raised again after death! those who disbelieve will surely say: This is naught but mere magic.” (11:7) 00:15:09.700 --> 00:15:13.250 and He recorded everything in the Preserved Tablet." 00:15:13.250 --> 00:15:15.250 Treasures of the Prophetic Biography. 00:15:15.250 --> 00:15:19.870 The Delegation of Hamdan. 00:15:19.870 --> 00:15:24.980 Al-Bayhaqi narrated with an authentic chain of transmission— 00:15:24.980 --> 00:15:27.980 as Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) stated— 00:15:27.980 --> 00:15:29.980 from the hadith of Abu Ishaq, 00:15:29.980 --> 00:15:32.980 on the authority of Al-Bara' (may Allah be pleased with him): 00:15:32.980 --> 00:15:34.980 The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) 00:15:34.980 --> 00:15:38.980 sent Khalid ibn al-Walid to the people of Yemen 00:15:38.980 --> 00:15:40.980 to invite them to Islam. 00:15:40.980 --> 00:15:42.980 Al-Bara' said: 00:15:42.980 --> 00:15:45.980 "I was among those who went out with Khalid ibn al-Walid. 00:15:45.980 --> 00:15:49.980 We stayed for six months calling them to Islam, 00:15:49.980 --> 00:15:52.049 but they did not respond to him. 00:15:52.049 --> 00:15:55.049 Then the Prophet (peace be upon him) 00:15:55.049 --> 00:15:58.049 sent 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him), 00:15:58.049 --> 00:16:01.049 ordering him to send Khalid back, 00:16:01.049 --> 00:16:04.049 except for any man who was with Khalid 00:16:04.049 --> 00:16:06.049 and preferred to remain behind with 'Ali— 00:16:06.049 --> 00:16:08.049 meaning that Khalid should return 00:16:08.049 --> 00:16:10.049 along with whoever wished to return, 00:16:10.049 --> 00:16:13.049 while whoever wished to stay with 'Ali could do so." 00:16:13.049 --> 00:16:15.110 Al-Bara' said: 00:16:15.110 --> 00:16:18.110 "So I was among those who stayed behind with 'Ali. 00:16:18.110 --> 00:16:20.110 When we drew near the people, 00:16:20.110 --> 00:16:22.110 they came out to meet us. 00:16:22.110 --> 00:16:25.110 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) led us in prayer, 00:16:25.110 --> 00:16:28.110 then aligned us in a single rank, 00:16:28.110 --> 00:16:30.110 stepped forward in front of us, 00:16:30.110 --> 00:16:35.110 and read to them the letter of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him). 00:16:35.110 --> 00:16:38.110 Thereupon, the entire tribe of Hamdan embraced Islam. 00:16:38.110 --> 00:16:43.110 So 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) 00:16:43.110 --> 00:16:45.110 informing him of their conversion. 00:16:45.110 --> 00:16:49.110 When the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) read the letter, 00:16:49.110 --> 00:16:51.110 he fell prostrate in gratitude, 00:16:51.110 --> 00:16:54.110 then raised his head and said: 00:16:54.110 --> 00:16:56.110 'Peace be upon Hamdan! 00:16:56.110 --> 00:16:59.110 Peace be upon Hamdan!' 00:16:59.110 --> 00:17:04.180 And in this incident is the precedent for prostrating upon hearing good news." 00:17:04.180 --> 00:17:07.240 Treasures of the Prophetic Biography. 00:17:07.240 --> 00:17:11.859 The Delegation of Najran. 00:17:11.859 --> 00:17:16.910 There came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) 00:17:16.910 --> 00:17:18.910 the delegation of the Christians of Najran, 00:17:18.910 --> 00:17:20.910 consisting of sixty mounted men, 00:17:20.910 --> 00:17:24.910 among whom were twenty-four of their noblemen. 00:17:24.910 --> 00:17:26.910 Among them was Al-'Aqib, 00:17:26.910 --> 00:17:27.910 the leader of the group, 00:17:27.910 --> 00:17:29.910 their man of judgment, 00:17:29.910 --> 00:17:31.910 their chief counselor, 00:17:31.910 --> 00:17:35.910 and the one without whose opinion and order they would make no decision; 00:17:35.910 --> 00:17:37.910 his name was 'Abd al-Masih. 00:17:37.910 --> 00:17:39.910 With him was another leader, 00:17:39.910 --> 00:17:42.910 who was in charge of their baggage and administrative affairs, 00:17:42.910 --> 00:17:44.910 named Al-Ayham. 00:17:44.910 --> 00:17:47.910 There was also Abu Harithah ibn 'Alqamah, 00:17:47.910 --> 00:17:49.910 a man of Banu Bakr ibn Wa'il, 00:17:49.910 --> 00:17:51.910 who was their bishop, scholar, 00:17:51.910 --> 00:17:54.910 religious leader, and head of their seminaries. 00:17:54.910 --> 00:17:56.910 Abu Harithah 00:17:56.910 --> 00:17:59.910 held a position of high honor among them and had studied their scriptures 00:17:59.910 --> 00:18:02.910 until his knowledge of their religion became profound. 00:18:02.910 --> 00:18:05.910 The Christian kings of the Byzantine Empire 00:18:05.910 --> 00:18:08.910 had honored him, funded him, 00:18:08.910 --> 00:18:10.940 and built churches for him. 00:18:10.940 --> 00:18:12.940 When he set out to go to the Messenger of Allah, 00:18:13.940 --> 00:18:15.940 Abu Harithah sat 00:18:15.940 --> 00:18:17.940 upon his mule, 00:18:17.940 --> 00:18:19.940 heading towards the Messenger of Allah 00:18:19.940 --> 00:18:21.940 (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). 00:18:21.940 --> 00:18:23.940 Riding beside him was a brother of his 00:18:23.940 --> 00:18:25.940 named Kurz ibn 'Alqamah, 00:18:25.940 --> 00:18:27.940 traveling along with him. 00:18:27.940 --> 00:18:29.940 Suddenly, Abu Harithah's mule stumbled, 00:18:29.940 --> 00:18:31.940 whereupon Kurz said to him: 00:18:31.940 --> 00:18:33.940 "May that wretched man perish!"— 00:18:33.940 --> 00:18:35.940 referring to the Messenger of Allah 00:18:35.940 --> 00:18:37.940 (peace be upon him). 00:18:37.940 --> 00:18:39.940 Abu Harithah said to him: 00:18:39.940 --> 00:18:41.940 "Nay, it is you who should perish!" 00:18:42.940 --> 00:18:43.940 Kurz asked him: 00:18:43.940 --> 00:18:45.940 "Why, my brother?" 00:18:45.940 --> 00:18:47.940 Abu Harithah replied: 00:18:47.940 --> 00:18:49.940 "By Allah, he is indeed the Prophet 00:18:49.940 --> 00:18:51.940 whom we have been awaiting!" 00:18:51.940 --> 00:18:53.940 Kurz said to him: 00:18:53.940 --> 00:18:56.940 "Then what prevents you from following him, knowing this?" 00:18:56.940 --> 00:18:58.940 He answered: 00:18:58.940 --> 00:19:00.940 "It is what these kings have done for us; 00:19:00.940 --> 00:19:02.940 if I were to do so, 00:19:02.940 --> 00:19:04.940 they would strip away from us everything you see."