Hadith 86

‘Al-Naghibat Al-Ja’day was from the ones who defied during the pre-Islamic period, and denied the wine and the intoxicants, and abandoned the idols and the (divining) arrows, and he said phrases during the pre-Islamic period among which were (poem), ‘The Praise is for Allah-azwj, there is no associate for Him-azwj. One who does not say it is being unjust to himself’. And he was mentioning the Religion of Ibrahim-as and the upright ones, and was Fasting and seeking Forgiveness and was staying away from things having vanities in it, and he came as a delegate to Rasool-Allah-saww and said (a poem), ‘I came to Rasool-Allah-saww when he-saww came with the Guidance and he-saww recited a Book like the galaxy being published, and I fought until I struggled of what I felt was easy and (so did) the ones with me, when there was no pressured, then they were jealous, and I came to the piety and did not fear any Kafir, and I was fearful from the Fire’. He (the narrator) said, ‘And Al-Nagiba was an Alawite of the opinion and after Rasool-Allah-saww he went out with Amir Al-Momineen Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws to Siffeen. One night he descended and continued with him-asws and he was saying (a poem), ‘The Egyptians and the Iraqis have known that Ali-asws has been hugged by hugs, white, honour being quick to him-asws, and his-asws mother-as, the dower was expensive with her-as. Honourable is the one who is attracted to him-asws by talk. The foremost of your neighbours are not waking up. For you is a race (competition) and for them is a race (competition), the friends have known that. You are being ushered to the peak of guidance and they are being ushered to that (sea) which there isn’t any coast for it, into a religion the hypocrisy returning to it’’. [88]