I (Ibn Hudhayfah) was being told a report about ʿAdī b. Ḥātim, and I said: This is ʿAdī in the region of Kūfa; if only I would go to him so that I myself might hear it from him. So I went to him and said: I was being told a report about you, and I wanted to be the one to hear it from you.

He said: When Allah sent the Prophet ﷺ, I fled from him, until I was in the farthest land of the Muslims, on the side bordering the Romans. Then I came to dislike the place I was in, until it became more hateful to me than the place I had left. So I said: I will certainly go to this man; by Allah, if he is truthful I will surely listen to him, and if he is lying it will not harm me.

So I came to him, and the people craned their necks to look at me and said: ‘ʿAdī b. Ḥātim, ʿAdī b. Ḥātim,’ I think he said it three times. Then he said to me: "O ʿAdī b. Ḥātim, accept Islam and you will be safe." I said: I am a man of a religion. He said: "O ʿAdī b. Ḥātim, accept Islam and you will be safe." I said: "I am a man of a religion." He said it three times, then he said: "I know your religion better than you do." I said: "You know my religion better than I do?" He said: "Yes. Are you not the leader of your people?" I said: Indeed. Then he mentioned the Rakūsiyyah and said: "In your religion, the mirbāʿ is not lawful." When he said that, my soul humbled somewhat.

Then he said: "I think that what keeps you from Islam is the poverty you see among those around me, and that the people are united against us as one. Do you know the location of al-Ḥīrah?" I said: I have heard of it, but I have not come to it. He said: "Soon a woman in a howdah will set out from there without any protector until she she performs the tawaf of the Kabah; and soon the treasures of Kisrā b. Hurmuz will be opened." I said: Kisrā b. Hurmuz? He said: "Kisrā ibn Hurmuz" three times, "and soon a man will seek someone to accept his wealth as charity, and he will not find anyone."

ʿAdī said: I have indeed seen two: I saw the woman in a howdah set out from al-Ḥīrah without any protector until she performs the tawaf of the Kabah, and I was among the cavalry that raided al-Madā’in. And by Allah, the third will surely come to pass, for it is a report the Messenger of Allah ﷺ told me.

كُنْتُ أُحَدَّثُ حَدِيثًا عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ، فَقُلْتُ: هَذَا عَدِيٌّ فِي نَاحِيَةِ الْكُوفَةِ، فَلَوْ أَتَيْتُهُ فَكُنْتُ أَنَا الَّذِي أَسْمَعُهُ مِنْهُ. فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ: إِنِّي كُنْتُ أُحَدَّثُ عَنْكَ حَدِيثًا، فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ أَنَا الَّذِي أَسْمَعُهُ مِنْكَ. قَالَ: لَمَّا بَعَثَ اللَّهُ ﷻ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَرَرْتُ مِنْهُ، حَتَّى كُنْتُ فِي أَقْصَى أَرْضِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مِمَّا يَلِي الرُّومَ، فَكَرِهْتُ مَكَانِي الَّذِي أَنَا فِيهِ حَتَّى كَانَ أَشَدَّ كَرَاهِيَةً لِي مِنَ الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي خَرَجْتُ مِنْهُ. فَقُلْتُ: لَآتِيَنَّ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ، فَوَاللَّهِ لَئِنْ كَانَ صَادِقًا لَأَسْمَعَنَّ مِنْهُ، وَلَئِنْ كَانَ كَاذِبًا مَا هُوَ بِضَائِرِي.

قَالَ: فَأَتَيْتُهُ، وَاسْتَشْرَفَنِي النَّاسُ، وَقَالُوا: عَدِيُّ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ، عَدِيُّ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ، أَظُنُّهُ قَالَهَا ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ. فَقَالَ لِي: «يَا عَدِيُّ بْنَ حَاتِمٍ، أَسْلِمْ تَسْلَمْ». قُلْتُ: إِنِّي مِنْ أَهْلِ دِينٍ. فَقَالَ: «يَا عَدِيُّ بْنَ حَاتِمٍ، أَسْلِمْ تَسْلَمْ». قُلْتُ: إِنِّي مِنْ أَهْلِ دِينٍ. قَالَهَا ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: «أَنَا أَعْلَمُ بِدِينِكَ مِنْكَ». فَقُلْتُ: أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِدِينِي مِنِّي؟ قَالَ: «نَعَمْ، أَلَيْسَ تَرْأَسُ قَوْمَكَ؟». قُلْتُ: بَلَى. فَذَكَرَ الرَّكُوسِيَّةَ، وَقَالَ: «إِنَّهُ لَا يَحِلُّ فِي دِينِكَ الْمِرْبَاعُ». فَلَمَّا قَالَهَا تَوَاضَعَتْ نَفْسِي شَيْئًا.

ثُمَّ قَالَ: «إِنِّي قَدْ أَرَى أَنَّ مِمَّا يَمْنَعُكَ مِنَ الْإِسْلَامِ خَصَاصَةً تَرَاهَا بِمَنْ حَوْلِي، وَأَنَّ النَّاسَ عَلَيْنَا أَلْبٌ وَاحِدٌ. هَلْ تَعْلَمُ مَكَانَ الْحِيرَةِ؟». قُلْتُ: قَدْ سَمِعْتُ بِهَا وَلَمْ آتِهَا. قَالَ: «لَتُوشِكَنَّ الظَّعِينَةُ أَنْ تَخْرُجَ مِنْهَا بِغَيْرِ جِوَارٍ، حَتَّى تَطُوفَ بِالْكَعْبَةِ، وَلَتُوشِكَنَّ كُنُوزُ كِسْرَى بْنِ هُرْمُزَ أَنْ تُفْتَحَ». قُلْتُ: كِسْرَى بْنُ هُرْمُزَ؟ قَالَ: «كِسْرَى بْنُ هُرْمُزَ» ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، «وَلَيُوشِكَنَّ أَنْ يَبْتَغِيَ الرَّجُلُ مَنْ يَقْبَلُ مَالَهُ صَدَقَةً فَلَا يَجِدُ».

قَالَ عَدِيٌّ: فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ اثْنَتَيْنِ؛ رَأَيْتُ الظَّعِينَةَ تَخْرُجُ مِنَ الْحِيرَةِ بِغَيْرِ جِوَارٍ حَتَّى تَطُوفَ بِالْكَعْبَةِ، وَكُنْتُ فِي الْخَيْلِ الَّتِي أَغَارَتْ عَلَى الْمَدَائِنِ. وَايْمُ اللَّهِ، لَتَكُونَنَّ الثَّالِثَةُ، فَإِنَّهُ حَدِيثُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَدَّثَنِيهِ.

[Machine] I was being told a report about ʿAdī ibn Ḥātim, and I said: “This is ʿAdī in the region of Kūfah—if only I would go to him so that I might be the one to hear it from him.” So I went to him and said: “I was being told a report about you, and I wanted to be the one to hear it from you.” He said:

“When Allah, Exalted and Glorified, sent the Prophet ﷺ, I fled from him, until I was in the farthest land of the Muslims toward the Romans. Then I came to dislike the place where I was, until it became more hateful to me than the place I had left. So I said: ‘I will surely go to this man. By Allah, if he is truthful, I will surely listen to him; and if he is lying, it will not harm me.’”

He said: “So I came to him, and the people craned their necks to look at me and said: ‘ʿAdī ibn Ḥātim, ʿAdī ibn Ḥātim,’” and I think he said it three times. “He said to me: ‘O ʿAdī ibn Ḥātim, accept Islam and you will be safe.’ I said: ‘I follow a religion.’ He said: ‘O ʿAdī ibn Ḥātim, accept Islam and you will be safe.’ I said: ‘I follow a religion.’ He said it three times, then he said: ‘I know your religion better than you do.’ I said: ‘You know my religion better than I do?’ He said: ‘Yes. Are you not the leader of your people?’ I said: ‘Yes.’ Then he mentioned the Rukūsiyyah and said: ‘In your religion, the mirbāʿ is not lawful.’ When he said that, my soul humbled somewhat.

Then he said: ‘I think that what keeps you from Islam is the poverty you see among those around me, and that the people are all united against us. Do you know where al-Ḥīrah is?’ I said: ‘I have heard of it, but I have not been there.’ He said: ‘Soon a woman in a litter will set out from it without needing anyone’s protection until she circumambulates the Kaʿbah. And soon the treasures of Kisrā ibn Hurmuz will be opened.’ I said: ‘Kisrā ibn Hurmuz?’ He said: ‘Kisrā ibn Hurmuz,’ three times. ‘And soon a man will seek someone to accept his wealth as charity, but he will not find anyone.’”

ʿAdī said: “I have indeed seen two of them: I saw the woman in a litter set out from al-Ḥīrah without protection until she circumambulated the Kaʿbah, and I was among the cavalry that raided al-Madāʾin. And by Allah, the third will surely come to pass, for it is a report the Messenger of Allah ﷺ told me.”

كُنْتُ أُحَدَّثُ حَدِيثًا عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ، فَقُلْتُ: هَذَا عَدِيٌّ فِي نَاحِيَةِ الْكُوفَةِ، فَلَوْ أَتَيْتُهُ فَكُنْتُ أَنَا الَّذِي أَسْمَعُهُ مِنْهُ. فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ: إِنِّي كُنْتُ أُحَدَّثُ عَنْكَ حَدِيثًا، فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ أَنَا الَّذِي أَسْمَعُهُ مِنْكَ. قَالَ: لَمَّا بَعَثَ اللَّهُ ﷻ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَرَرْتُ مِنْهُ، حَتَّى كُنْتُ فِي أَقْصَى أَرْضِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مِمَّا يَلِي الرُّومَ، فَكَرِهْتُ مَكَانِي الَّذِي أَنَا فِيهِ حَتَّى كَانَ أَشَدَّ كَرَاهِيَةً لِي مِنَ الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي خَرَجْتُ مِنْهُ. فَقُلْتُ: لَآتِيَنَّ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ، فَوَاللَّهِ لَئِنْ كَانَ صَادِقًا لَأَسْمَعَنَّ مِنْهُ، وَلَئِنْ كَانَ كَاذِبًا مَا هُوَ بِضَائِرِي.

قَالَ: فَأَتَيْتُهُ، وَاسْتَشْرَفَنِي النَّاسُ، وَقَالُوا: عَدِيُّ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ، عَدِيُّ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ، أَظُنُّهُ قَالَهَا ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ. فَقَالَ لِي: «يَا عَدِيُّ بْنَ حَاتِمٍ، أَسْلِمْ تَسْلَمْ». قُلْتُ: إِنِّي مِنْ أَهْلِ دِينٍ. فَقَالَ: «يَا عَدِيُّ بْنَ حَاتِمٍ، أَسْلِمْ تَسْلَمْ». قُلْتُ: إِنِّي مِنْ أَهْلِ دِينٍ. قَالَهَا ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: «أَنَا أَعْلَمُ بِدِينِكَ مِنْكَ». فَقُلْتُ: أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِدِينِي مِنِّي؟ قَالَ: «نَعَمْ، أَلَيْسَ تَرْأَسُ قَوْمَكَ؟». قُلْتُ: بَلَى. فَذَكَرَ الرَّكُوسِيَّةَ، وَقَالَ: «إِنَّهُ لَا يَحِلُّ فِي دِينِكَ الْمِرْبَاعُ». فَلَمَّا قَالَهَا تَوَاضَعَتْ نَفْسِي شَيْئًا.

ثُمَّ قَالَ: «إِنِّي قَدْ أَرَى أَنَّ مِمَّا يَمْنَعُكَ مِنَ الْإِسْلَامِ خَصَاصَةً تَرَاهَا بِمَنْ حَوْلِي، وَأَنَّ النَّاسَ عَلَيْنَا أَلْبٌ وَاحِدٌ. هَلْ تَعْلَمُ مَكَانَ الْحِيرَةِ؟». قُلْتُ: قَدْ سَمِعْتُ بِهَا وَلَمْ آتِهَا. قَالَ: «لَتُوشِكَنَّ الظَّعِينَةُ أَنْ تَخْرُجَ مِنْهَا بِغَيْرِ جِوَارٍ، حَتَّى تَطُوفَ بِالْكَعْبَةِ، وَلَتُوشِكَنَّ كُنُوزُ كِسْرَى بْنِ هُرْمُزَ أَنْ تُفْتَحَ». قُلْتُ: كِسْرَى بْنُ هُرْمُزَ؟ قَالَ: «كِسْرَى بْنُ هُرْمُزَ» ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، «وَلَيُوشِكَنَّ أَنْ يَبْتَغِيَ الرَّجُلُ مَنْ يَقْبَلُ مَالَهُ صَدَقَةً فَلَا يَجِدُ».

قَالَ عَدِيٌّ: فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ اثْنَتَيْنِ؛ رَأَيْتُ الظَّعِينَةَ تَخْرُجُ مِنَ الْحِيرَةِ بِغَيْرِ جِوَارٍ حَتَّى تَطُوفَ بِالْكَعْبَةِ، وَكُنْتُ فِي الْخَيْلِ الَّتِي أَغَارَتْ عَلَى الْمَدَائِنِ. وَايْمُ اللَّهِ، لَتَكُونَنَّ الثَّالِثَةُ، فَإِنَّهُ حَدِيثُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَدَّثَنِيهِ.

[Machine] From the narration of Adi bin Hatim, who was next to me and I asked him about it. He said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was sent to the place where he was sent, and I hated him more than I ever hated anything before. So I set off until I was in the farthest part of the earth from Rome. I said to myself, 'If I see this man and he is lying, he will not be able to deceive me, and if he is truthful, I will follow him.' So I approached, and when I reached the city, the people looked at me and said, 'Adi bin Hatim has come, Adi bin Hatim has come.' The Prophet ﷺ said to me, 'O Adi bin Hatim, embrace Islam, you will be safe.' I said, 'I have a religion.' He said, 'I know more about your religion than you do. Haven’t you been a leader of your people?' I said, 'Yes.' He said, 'Do you eat from the Sadaqah (charity)?' I said, 'Yes.' He said, 'That is not permissible for you in your religion.' I was shaken by this, and then he said, 'O Adi bin Hatim, embrace Islam and you will be safe. I see, or as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, there is no reason for you not to embrace Islam when you see the signs around me. You are soon to leave the state of doubt without living in a state of confusion, to go around the Kaaba, and treasures from Kisra ibn Hurmuz will be opened for us." Adi bin Hatim said, "I saw the state of doubt leaving me, without living in a state of confusion, until I went around the Kaaba. I was among the first riders who rushed to the cities for the treasures of Kisra ibn Hurmuz. I swear by Allah, the third thing that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me will come true."

عَنْ حَدِيثِ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ وَهُوَ إِلَى جَنْبِي لَا آتِيهِ فَأَسْأَلَهُ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ بُعِثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَيْثُ بُعِثَ فَكَرِهْتُهُ أَشَدَّ مَا كَرِهْتُ شَيْئًا قَطُّ فَانْطَلَقْتُ حَتَّى كُنْتُ فِي أَقْصَى الْأَرْضِ مِمَّا يَلِيَ الرُّومَ فَقُلْتُ لَوْ أَتَيْتُ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ فَإِنْ كَانَ كَاذِبًا لَمْ يَخْفَ عَلَيَّ وَإِنْ كَانَ صَادِقًا اتَّبَعْتُهُ فَأَقْبَلْتُ فَلَمَّا قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ اسْتَشْرَفَ لِي النَّاسُ وَقَالُوا جَاءَ عَدِيُّ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ جَاءَ عَدِيُّ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لِي «يَا عَدِيَّ بْنَ حَاتِمٍ أَسْلِمْ تَسْلَمْ» قَالَ قُلْتُ إِنَّ لِي دِينًا قَالَ «أَنَا أَعْلَمُ بِدِينِكَ مِنْكَ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا أَلَسْتَ تَرْأَسُ قَوْمَكَ»؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ «أَلَسْتَ تَأْكُلُ الْمِرْبَاعَ»؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ «فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ لَا يَحِلُّ لَكَ فِي دِينِكَ» قَالَ فَتَضَعْضَعْتُ لِذَلِكَ ثُمَّ قَالَ «يَا عَدِيَّ بْنَ حَاتِمٍ أَسْلِمْ تَسْلَمْ فَإِنِّي قَدْ أَظُنُّ أَوْ قَدْ أَرَى أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ مَا يَمْنَعُكَ أَنْ تُسْلِمَ خَصَاصَةٌ تَرَاهَا مِنْ حَوْلِي * وَتُوشِكُ الظَّعِينَةُ أَنْ تَرْحَلَ مِنَ الْحِيرَةِ بِغَيْرِ جِوَارٍ حَتَّى تَطُوفَ بِالْبَيْتِ وَلَتُفْتَحَنَّ عَلَيْنَا كُنُوزُ كِسْرَى بْنِ هُرْمُزَ * وَلَيَفِيضَنَّ الْمَالُ أَوْ لَيَفِيضُ حَتَّى يُهِمَّ الرَّجُلَ مَنْ يَقْبَلُ مِنْهُ مَالَهُ صَدَقَةً» قَالَ عَدِيُّ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ الظَّعِينَةَ تَرْحَلُ مِنَ الْحِيرَةِ بِغَيْرِ جِوَارٍ حَتَّى تَطُوفَ بِالْبَيْتِ وَكُنْتُ فِي أَوَّلِ خَيْلٍ أَغَارَتْ عَلَى الْمَدَائِنِ عَلَى كُنُوزِ كِسْرَى بْنِ هُرْمُزَ وَأَحْلِفُ بِاللَّهِ لَتَجِيئَنَّ الثَّالِثَةُ إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِي

[Machine] I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the marketplace of Dhi Al-Majaz wearing a red robe, and he was saying, "O people, say there is no deity but Allah, and you will be successful." A man was following him, throwing stones at him, causing his back and heels to bleed, while saying, "O people, do not obey him, for he is a liar." I asked, "Who is this?" It was said, "He is the son of Abd Al-Muttalib." I then asked, "Who is the one who follows him and throws stones at him?" It was said, "He is Abd Al-Uzza, the father of Lahab." When Islam emerged, we left until we reached a place near Madinah, and we had with us a container of dates. While we were sitting, a man approached us wearing two white garments and greeted us, asking, "Where are the people coming from?" We said, "From Rabdah." He asked, "Do you sell this camel?" We said, "Yes." He asked, "For how much?" We replied, "For such and such amount of dates." He said, "I will take it." He took the camel and did not haggle with us. Then, he disappeared within the walls of Madinah, and we whispered to each other, wondering if he knew the value of our camel. The man with the container said, "Do not whisper among yourselves, for I saw the face of a man whom none of you could belittle. I have never seen anything resembling the moon on the night of a full moon as his face." Later that evening, a man approached us and greeted us, saying, "I am the Messenger of the Messenger of Allah, and he says, 'You may eat until you are satiated, and trade until you are content.'" We ate until we were full and traded until we were content. The next morning, we arrived at Madinah, and there stood the Messenger of Allah, delivering a sermon from the pulpit, saying, "The hand that gives is higher than the one that receives, and start with those you are responsible for, your mother and father, then your sister and brother, and then the closest ones." A man stood up and said, "O Messenger of Allah, these are the sons of Tha'laba ibn Yarbua who killed so and so in the age of ignorance. Take our revenge from him." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ raised his hands up, and I saw the whiteness of his armpits as he said, "No, a mother cannot seek revenge for her child, no, a mother cannot seek revenge for her child."

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي سُوقِ ذِي الْمَجَازِ وَعَلَيْهِ حُلَّةٌ حَمْرَاءُ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ «يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ قُولُوا لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ تُفْلِحُوا» وَرَجُلٌ يَتْبَعُهُ يَرْمِيهِ بِالْحِجَارَةِ وَقَدْ أَدْمَى عُرْقُوبَيْهِ وَكَعْبَيْهِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ لَا تُطِيعُوهُ فَإِنَّهُ كَذَّابٌ فَقُلْتُ مَنْ هَذَا؟ قِيلَ هَذَا غُلَامُ بَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ قُلْتُ فَمَنْ هَذَا الَّذِي يَتْبَعُهُ يَرْمِيهِ بِالْحِجَارَةِ؟ قَالَ هَذَا عَبْدُ الْعُزَّى أَبُو لَهَبٍ قَالَ فَلَمَّا ظَهَرَ الْإِسْلَامُ خَرَجْنَا فِي ذَلِكَ حَتَّى نَزَلْنَا قَرِيبًا مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ وَمَعَنَا ظَعِينَةٌ لَنَا فَبَيْنَا نَحْنُ قُعُودٌ إِذْ أَتَانَا رَجُلٌ عَلَيْهِ ثَوْبَانِ أَبْيَضَانِ فَسَلَّمَ وَقَالَ مِنْ أَيْنَ أَقْبَلَ الْقَوْمُ؟ قُلْنَا مِنَ الرَّبَذَةِ قَالَ وَمَعَنَا جَمَلٌ قَالَ أَتَبِيعُونَ هَذَا الْجَمَلَ؟ قُلْنَا نَعَمْ قَالَ بِكَمْ؟ قُلْنَا بِكَذَا وَكَذَا صَاعًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ قَالَ فَأَخَذَهُ وَلَمْ يَسْتَنْقِصْنَا قَالَ قَدْ أَخَذْتُهُ ثُمَّ تَوَارَى بِحِيطَانِ الْمَدِينَةِ فَتَلَاوَمْنَا فِيمَا بَيْنَنَا فَقُلْنَا أَعْطَيْتُمْ جَمَلَكُمْ رَجُلًا لَا تَعْرِفُونَهُ؟ قَالَ فَقَالَتِ الظَّعِينَةُ لَا تَلَاوَمُوا فَإِنِّي رَأَيْتُ وَجْهَ رَجُلٍ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيَحْقِرَكُمْ * مَا رَأَيْتُ شَيْئًا أَشْبَهَ بِالْقَمَرِ لَيْلَةَ الْبَدْرِ مِنْ وَجْهِهِ قَالَ فَلَمَّا كَانَ مِنَ الْعَشِيِّ أَتَانَا رَجُلٌ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْنَا وَقَالَ أَنَا رَسُولُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ لَكُمْ أَنْ تَأْكُلُوا حَتَّى تَشْبَعُوا وَتَكْتَالُوا حَتَّى تَسْتَوْفُوا» قَالَ فَأَكَلْنَا حَتَّى شَبِعْنَا وَاكْتَلْنَا حَتَّى اسْتَوْفَيْنَا قَالَ ثُمَّ قَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ مِنَ الْغَدِ فَإِذَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَائِمٌ يَخْطُبُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ «يَدُ الْمُعْطِي يَدُ الْعُلْيَا وَابْدَأْ بِمَنْ تَعُولُ أُمَّكَ وَأَبَاكَ أُخْتَكَ وَأَخَاكَ ثُمَّ أَدْنَاكَ أَدْنَاكَ» فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَؤُلَاءِ بَنُو ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ يَرْبُوعٍ قَتَلُوا فُلَانًا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَخُذْ لَنَا بِثَأْرِنَا مِنْهُ فَرَفَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى رَأَيْتُ بَيَاضَ إِبْطَيْهِ وَقَالَ «أَلَا لَا تَجْنِي أُمٌّ عَلَى وَلَدٍ أَلَا لَا تَجْنِي أُمٌّ عَلَى وَلَدٍ»

While I was in the city of the Prophet, a man came and complained to him (the Prophet, ) of destitution and poverty. Then another man came and complained of robbery (by highwaymen). The Prophet said, "Adi! Have you been to Al-Hira?" I said, "I haven't been to it, but I was informed about it." He said, "If you should live for a long time, you will certainly see that a lady in a Howdah traveling from Al-Hira will (safely reach Mecca and) perform the Tawaf of the Kaʿba, fearing none but Allah." I said to myself, "What will happen to the robbers of the tribe of Tai who have spread evil through out the country?" The Prophet ﷺ further said. "If you should live long, the treasures of Khosrau will be opened (and taken as spoils)." I asked, "You mean Khosrau, son of Hurmuz?" He said, "Khosrau, son of Hurmuz; and if you should live long, you will see that one will carry a handful of gold or silver and go out looking for a person to accept it from him, but will find none to accept it from him. And any of you, when meeting Allah, will meet Him without needing an interpreter between him and Allah to interpret for him, and Allah will say to him: 'Didn't I send a messenger to teach you?' He will say: 'Yes.' Allah will say: 'Didn't I give you wealth and do you favors?' He will say: 'Yes.' Then he will look to his right and see nothing but Hell, and look to his left and see nothing but Hell." ʿAdi further said: I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, "Save yourself from the (Hell) Fire even with half a date (to be given in charity) and if you do not find a half date, then with a good pleasant word." ʿAdi added: (later on) I saw a lady in a Howdah traveling from Al-Hira till she performed the Tawaf of the Kaʿba, fearing none but Allah. And I was one of those who opened (conquered) the treasures of Khosrau, son of Hurmuz. If you should live long, you will see what the Prophet ﷺ Abu-l-Qasim had said: 'A person will come out with a handful. of gold...etc. (Using translation from Bukhārī 3595)

بَيْنَا أَنَا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَأَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ فَشَكَا إِلَيْهِ الْفَاقَةَ وَأَتَاهُ آخَرُ فَشَكَا قَطْعَ السَّبِيلِ قَالَ يَا عَدِيُّ بْنَ حَاتِمٍ هَلْ رَأَيْتَ الْحِيرَةَ؟ قُلْتُ لَمْ أَرَهَا وَقَدْ أُنْبِئْتُ عَنْهَا قَالَ فَإِنْ طَالَتْ بِكَ حَيَاةٌ لَتَرَيَنَّ الظَّعِينَةَ تَرْتَحِلُ مِنَ الْحِيرَةِ حَتَّى تَطُوفَ بِالْكَعْبَةِ لَا تَخَافُ أَحَدًا إِلَّا اللهَ قُلْتُ فِيمَا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ نَفْسِي فَأَيْنَ دُعَّارُ طَيِّئٍ الَّذِينَ قَدْ سَعَّرُوا الْبِلَادَ وَلَئِنْ طَالَتْ بِكَ حَيَاةٌ لَتُفْتَحَنَّ كُنُوزُ كِسْرَى قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كِسْرَى بْنُ هُرْمُزَ قَالَ كِسْرَى بْنُ هُرْمُزَ وَلَئِنْ طَالَتْ بِكَ حَيَاةٌ لَتَرَيَنَّ الرَّجُلَ يُخْرِجُ مِلْءَ كَفَّيْهِ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ أَوْ فِضَّةٍ يَطْلُبُ مَنْ يَقْبَلُهُ مِنْهُ فَلَا يَجِدُ أَحَدًا يَقْبَلُهُ مِنْهُ وَلَيَلْقَيَنَّ اللهَ أَحَدُكُمْ يَوْمَ يَلْقَاهُ لَيْسَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهُ تُرْجُمَانٌ يُتَرْجِمُ لَهُ فَيَقُولُ أَلَمْ أَبْعَثْ إِلَيْكَ رَسُولًا يُبَلِّغُكَ؟ فَيَقُولُ بَلَى فَيَنْظُرُ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ فَلَا يَرَى إِلَّا جَهَنَّمَ وَيَنْظُرُ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ فَلَا يَرَى إِلَّا جَهَنَّمَ قَالَ عَدِيٌّ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ اتَّقُوا النَّارَ وَلَوْ بِشِقِّ تَمْرَةٍ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ شِقَّ تَمْرَةٍ فَبِكَلِمَةٍ طَيْبَةٍ قَالَ عَدِيٌّ قَدْ رَأَيْتُ الظَّعِينَةَ تَرْتَحِلُ مِنَ الْكُوفَةِ حَتَّى تَطُوفَ بِالْبَيْتِ لَا تَخَافُ إِلَّا اللهَ وَكُنْتُ فِيمَنِ افْتَتَحَ كُنُوزَ كِسْرَى بْنِ هُرْمُزَ وَلَئِنْ طَالَتْ بِكُمْ حَيَاةٌ سَتَرَوْنَ مَا قَالَ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ ﷺ يُخْرِجُ الرَّجُلُ مِلْءَ كَفِّهِ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ أَوْ فِضَّةٍ فَلَا يَجِدُ مَنْ يَقْبَلُهُ مِنْهُ

"عَنْ عَدِىِّ بنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ: بُعِثَ النَّبِىُّ ﷺ فَكَرِهْتُهُ أَشَدَّ مَا كَرِهْتُ شَيْئًا قَطُّ، فَانْطَلَقْتُ حَتَّى أَنْزِلَ أَقْصَى الْعَرَبِ مِمَّا يَلِى الرُّومَ، فَكَرِهْتُ مَكَانِى أَشَدَّ مَا كَرِهْتُ مَكَانِى الأَوَّلَ فَقُلْتُ لآتِيَنَّ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ، فَإِنْ كَانَ كَاذِبًا لَا يَضُرّنِى، وَإِنْ كَانَ صَادِقًا لَا يَخفَ عَلَىَّ، فَقَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ (فَاسْتَشْرفنى) النَّاسُ فَقَالُوا: جَاءَ عَدِىُّ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ، فَقَالَ النَّبِىُّ ﷺ يَا عَدِىُّ بْنَ حَاتِمٍ: أَنْتَ الْهَارِبُ مِنَ الله وَرَسُولِهِ؟ يَا عَدِىُّ بْنَ حَاتِمٍ: أَسْلِمْ تَسْلَمْ، قُلْتُ: إِنِّى مِنْ أَهْلِ دِينٍ، قَالَ: أَنَا أَعْلَمُ بِدِينِكَ مِنْكَ، قُلْتُ: أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِدينِى

مِنِّى؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: أَلَسْتَ رَكُوسِيّا؟ قُلْتُ: بَلَى، قَالَ: أَوَلَسْتَ تَرْأَسُ قَوْمَكَ؟ قُلْتُ: بَلَى، قَالَ: أَوَلَسْتَ تَأخُذُ الْمِرْبَاعَ؟ قُلْتُ: بَلَى، قَالَ: فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ لَا يَحِلُّ لَكَ فِى دِينِكَ، فَتَوَاضَعْتُ في نَفْسِى، قَالَ: يَا عَدِىُّ بْنَ حَاتِم أَسْلِمْ تَسْلَمْ فَإنِّى مَا أظنُّ أَوْ أَحْسبُ أَنَّهُ يَمْنَعُكَ مِنْ أَنْ تُسْلِمَ إِلَّا خَصَاصَةٌ مَنْ تَرَى حَوْلِى، وَأَنَّكَ تَرَى الَنَّاسَ عَلَيْنَا إِلْبًا وَاحدًا وَيَدًا وَاحِدَةً، فَهَلْ أَتَيْتَ الْحِيرةَ؟ قُلْتُ: لَا وَقَدْ عَلِمْتُ مَكَانَهَا، قَالَ: يُوشِكُ الظَّعِينَةُ أَنْ تَرْحَلَ مِنَ الْحِيرَةِ حَتَّى تَطُوفَ بِالْبَيْتِ بِغَيْرِ جِوارٍ، وَلَتُفْتَحَنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ كُنُوزُ كِسْرَى بْنِ هُرْمُزَ، قُلْتُ: كِسْرَى بْنُ هُرْمُزَ؟ قَالَهَا ثَلاثًا، يُوشِكُ أَنْ يُهِمَّ الرَّجُل مَنْ يَقْبَلُ صَدَقَةً، فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ الظَّعِينَةَ تَخْرُجُ مِنَ الْحِيرَةِ حَتَّى تَطُوفَ بِالْبَيْتِ بِغَيْرِ جِوَارٍ، وَلَقَدْ كُنْتُ فِى أَوَّلِ خَيْلٍ غَارَتْ عَلَى الْمَدَائِنِ، وَلَتَحَقَّقُ الثَّالِثَةُ إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولِ الله ﷺ قَالَهُ".