Hadith 97

lan of) Hashim-as, Ahmad-as, when he-as is the best of their lords’’. I said, ‘Enemy of Allah-azwj! Clarify! Where is he-as? ’ He said, ‘On the surface of Makkah calling the people to testify that there is no god except Allah-azwj and that Muhammad-as is Rasool-Allah-as’. I woke up in the morning and departed on my camel and diverted it in the direction of Makkah. The first of what I had entered it, I met Abu Sufyan, and he was an old man, lost. I greeted unto him and asked him about the tribes. He said, ‘By Allah-azwj, they are enriched, except that an orphan of Abu Talib-as has spoil our religion upon us! ’ I said, ‘And what is his name? ’ He said, ‘Muhammad-as, Ahmad-as’. I said, ‘And where is he-as? ’ he said, ‘He-as married (Syeda) Khadeeja-asws daughter-asws of Khuweylid, so he-as is lodging with her-asws’. So, I grabbed a rein of my she-camel, then ended to her-asws door. I tied my she-camel, then struck on the door. She-asws answered me: ‘Who is this? ’ I said, ‘I want Muhammad-as! ’ She-asws said: ‘Go to your work’. I said, ‘May Allah-azwj have Mercy on you-asws! I am a man who has come from Al-Yemen, and perhaps Allah-azwj would be Conferring upon me with (seeing) him-as’. She-asws did not deprive me the looking at him-as, and he-as was merciful. I heard him-as saying: ‘O Khadeeja-asws! Open the door’. She-asws opened the door. I entered, and I saw the Noor (light) in his-as face, a Noor inside a Noor. I rotated behind him-as, and behold, I was (looking at) a seal of the Prophet-hood, engraved upon his-as right shoulder. I kissed it, then stood up from in front of him-as, and I prosed (a poem) saying: –
‘Salvation came to be after slumber and lying down, and I am not a liar in what I am reciting. For three nights were his words, each night, ‘A Rasool-as has come to you from Luway Bin Ghalib’. So I rolled up the ends of my loincloth, and the strong solid camel took me between the wilderness. So, order us with what (Revelation) comes to you-as, O good, able, and even if there was among what has come, the forelocks would turn grey. And I testify that Allah-azwj, there is nothing apart from Him-azwj, and you-as are trusted upon every hidden matter. And you-asws are the closest of the Messengers-as as a means to Allah-azwj, O son-as of the honourable ones, the good ones, and be an intercessor for me on a Day there will be no one with (the right to) intercede to Allah-azwj availing from Sawad Bin Qarib’. And the name of the man was Sawad Bin Qarib (who said), ‘By Allah-azwj! I rejoiced being a believer in him-saww’. Then he went out to Siffeen and was martyred alongside Amir Al-Momineen-asws’’. [108]