When Abu Dhar received the news of the Advent of the Prophet ﷺ he said to his brother, "Ride to this valley (of Mecca) and try to find out the truth of the person who claims to be a prophet who is informed of the news of Heaven. Listen to what he says and come back to me." So his brother set out and came to the Prophet ﷺ and listened to some of his talks, and returned to Abu Dhar and said to him. "I have seen him enjoining virtuous behavior and saying something that is not poetry." Abu Dhar said, "You have not satisfied me as to what I wanted." He then took his journey-food and carried a waterskin of his, containing some water till be reached Mecca. He went to the Mosque and searched for the Prophet and though he did not know him, he hated to ask anybody about him. When a part of the night had passed away, ʿAli saw him and knew that he was a stranger. So when Abu Dhar saw ʿAli, he followed him, and none of them asked his companion about anything, and when it was dawn, Abu Dhar took his journey food and his water-skin to the Mosque and stayed there all the day long without being perceived by the Prophet, and when it was evening, he came back to his retiring place. ʿAli passed by him and said, "Has the man not known his dwelling place yet?" So ʿAli awakened him and took him with him and none of them spoke to the other about anything. When it was the third day. ʿAli did the same and Abu Dhar stayed with him. Then ʿAli said "Will you tell me what has brought you here?" Abu Dhar said, "If you give me a firm promise that you will guide me, then I will tell you." ʿAli promised him, and he informed ʿAli about the matter. ʿAli said, "It is true, and he is the Messenger of Allah. Next morning when you get up, accompany me, and if I see any danger for you, I will stop as if to pass water, but if I go on, follow me and enter the place which I will enter." Abu Dhar did so, and followed ʿAli till he entered the place of the Prophet, and Abu Dhar went in with him, Abu Dhar listened to some of the Prophet's talks and embraced Islam on the spot. The Prophet ﷺ said to him, "Go back to your people and inform them (about it) till you receive my order." Abu Dhar said, "By Him in Whose Hand my life is, I will proclaim my conversion loudly amongst them (i.e. the pagans)." So he went out, and when he reached the Mosque, he said as loudly as possible, "I bear witness that None has the right to be worshipped except Allah, and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah." The People got up and beat him painfully. Then Al-Abbas came and knelt over him ((to protect him) and said (to the people), "Woe to you! Don't you know that this man belongs to the tribe of Ghifar and your trade to Sha'm is through their way?" So he rescued him from them. Abu Dhar again did the same the next day. They beat him and took vengeance on him and again Al-Abbas knelt over him (to protect him).  

لَمَّا بَلَغَ أَبَا ذَرٍّ مَبْعَثُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لأَخِيهِ ارْكَبْ إِلَى هَذَا الْوَادِي فَاعْلَمْ لِي عِلْمَ هَذَا الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي يَزْعُمُ أَنَّهُ نَبِيٌّ يَأْتِيهِ الْخَبَرُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَاسْمَعْ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ ثُمَّ ائْتِنِي فَانْطَلَقَ الأَخُ حَتَّى قَدِمَهُ وَسَمِعَ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى أَبِي ذَرٍّ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَأَيْتُهُ يَأْمُرُ بِمَكَارِمِ الأَخْلاَقِ وَكَلاَمًا مَا هُوَ بِالشِّعْرِ فَقَالَ مَا شَفَيْتَنِي مِمَّا أَرَدْتُ فَتَزَوَّدَ وَحَمَلَ شَنَّةً لَهُ فِيهَا مَاءٌ حَتَّى قَدِمَ مَكَّةَ فَأَتَى الْمَسْجِدَ فَالْتَمَسَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَلاَ يَعْرِفُهُ وَكَرِهَ أَنْ يَسْأَلَ عَنْهُ حَتَّى أَدْرَكَهُ بَعْضُ اللَّيْلِ فَرَآهُ عَلِيٌّ فَعَرَفَ أَنَّهُ غَرِيبٌ فَلَمَّا رَآهُ تَبِعَهُ فَلَمْ يَسْأَلْ وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمَا صَاحِبَهُ عَنْ شَىْءٍ حَتَّى أَصْبَحَ ثُمَّ احْتَمَلَ قِرْبَتَهُ وَزَادَهُ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ وَظَلَّ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ وَلاَ يَرَاهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ حَتَّى أَمْسَى فَعَادَ إِلَى مَضْجَعِهِ فَمَرَّ بِهِ عَلِيٌّ فَقَالَ أَمَا نَالَ لِلرَّجُلِ أَنْ يَعْلَمَ مَنْزِلَهُ فَأَقَامَهُ فَذَهَبَ بِهِ مَعَهُ لاَ يَسْأَلُ وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمَا صَاحِبَهُ عَنْ شَىْءٍ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمَ الثَّالِثِ فَعَادَ عَلِيٌّ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ فَأَقَامَ مَعَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَلاَ تُحَدِّثُنِي مَا الَّذِي أَقْدَمَكَ قَالَ إِنْ أَعْطَيْتَنِي عَهْدًا وَمِيثَاقًا لَتُرْشِدَنَّنِي فَعَلْتُ فَفَعَلَ فَأَخْبَرَهُ قَالَ فَإِنَّهُ حَقٌّ وَهُوَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَإِذَا أَصْبَحْتَ فَاتْبَعْنِي فَإِنِّي إِنْ رَأَيْتُ شَيْئًا أَخَافُ عَلَيْكَ قُمْتُ كَأَنِّي أُرِيقُ الْمَاءَ فَإِنْ مَضَيْتُ فَاتْبَعْنِي حَتَّى تَدْخُلَ مَدْخَلِي فَفَعَلَ فَانْطَلَقَ يَقْفُوهُ حَتَّى دَخَلَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَدَخَلَ مَعَهُ فَسَمِعَ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ وَأَسْلَمَ مَكَانَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ارْجِعْ إِلَى قَوْمِكَ فَأَخْبِرْهُمْ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَكَ أَمْرِي قَالَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لأَصْرُخَنَّ بِهَا بَيْنَ ظَهْرَانَيْهِمْ فَخَرَجَ حَتَّى أَتَى الْمَسْجِدَ فَنَادَى بِأَعْلَى صَوْتِهِ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ قَامَ الْقَوْمُ فَضَرَبُوهُ حَتَّى أَضْجَعُوهُ وَأَتَى الْعَبَّاسُ فَأَكَبَّ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ وَيْلَكُمْ أَلَسْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ مِنْ غِفَارٍ وَأَنَّ طَرِيقَ تِجَارِكُمْ إِلَى الشَّأْمِ فَأَنْقَذَهُ مِنْهُمْ ثُمَّ عَادَ مِنَ الْغَدِ لِمِثْلِهَا فَضَرَبُوهُ وَثَارُوا إِلَيْهِ فَأَكَبَّ الْعَبَّاسُ عَلَيْهِ  

The Prophet ﷺ sent some cavalry towards Najd and they brought a man from the tribe of Banu Hanifa who was called Thumama bin Uthal. They fastened him to one of the pillars of the Mosque. The Prophet went to him and said, "What have you got, O Thumama?" He replied," I have got a good thought, O Muhammad! If you should kill me, you would kill a person who has already killed somebody, and if you should set me free, you would do a favor to one who is grateful, and if you want property, then ask me whatever wealth you want." He was left till the next day when the Prophet ﷺ said to him, "What have you got, Thumama? He said, "What I told you, i.e. if you set me free, you would do a favor to one who is grateful." The Prophet ﷺ left him till the day after, when he said, "What have you got, O Thumama?" He said, "I have got what I told you. "On that the Prophet ﷺ said, "Release Thumama." So he (i.e. Thumama) went to a garden of date-palm trees near to the Mosque, took a bath and then entered the Mosque and said, "I testify that None has the right to be worshipped except Allah, and also testify that Muhammad is His Apostle! By Allah, O Muhammad! There was no face on the surface of the earth most disliked by me than yours, but now your face has become the most beloved face to me. By Allah, there was no religion most disliked by me than yours, but now it is the most beloved religion to me. By Allah, there was no town most disliked by me than your town, but now it is the most beloved town to me. Your cavalry arrested me (at the time) when I was intending to perform the ʿUmra. And now what do you think?" The Prophet ﷺ gave him good tidings (congratulated him) and ordered him to perform the ʿUmra. So when he came to Mecca, someone said to him, "You have become a Sabian?" Thumama replied, "No! By Allah, I have embraced Islam with Muhammad, Apostle of Allah. No, by Allah! Not a single grain of wheat will come to you from Yamamah unless the Prophet gives his permission."  

بَعَثَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ خَيْلاً قِبَلَ نَجْدٍ فَجَاءَتْ بِرَجُلٍ مِنْ بَنِي حَنِيفَةَ يُقَالُ لَهُ ثُمَامَةُ بْنُ أُثَالٍ فَرَبَطُوهُ بِسَارِيَةٍ مِنْ سَوَارِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَا عِنْدَكَ يَا ثُمَامَةُ فَقَالَ عِنْدِي خَيْرٌ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنْ تَقْتُلْنِي تَقْتُلْ ذَا دَمٍ وَإِنْ تُنْعِمْ تُنْعِمْ عَلَى شَاكِرٍ وَإِنْ كُنْتَ تُرِيدُ الْمَالَ فَسَلْ مِنْهُ مَا شِئْتَ حَتَّى كَانَ الْغَدُ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ مَا عِنْدَكَ يَا ثُمَامَةُ قَالَ مَا قُلْتُ لَكَ إِنْ تُنْعِمْ تُنْعِمْ عَلَى شَاكِرٍ فَتَرَكَهُ حَتَّى كَانَ بَعْدَ الْغَدِ فَقَالَ مَا عِنْدَكَ يَا ثُمَامَةُ فَقَالَ عِنْدِي مَا قُلْتُ لَكَ فَقَالَ أَطْلِقُوا ثُمَامَةَ فَانْطَلَقَ إِلَى نَخْلٍ قَرِيبٍ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ فَاغْتَسَلَ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ فَقَالَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ يَا مُحَمَّدُ وَاللَّهِ مَا كَانَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ وَجْهٌ أَبْغَضَ إِلَىَّ مِنْ وَجْهِكَ فَقَدْ أَصْبَحَ وَجْهُكَ أَحَبَّ الْوُجُوهِ إِلَىَّ وَاللَّهِ مَا كَانَ مِنْ دِينٍ أَبْغَضَ إِلَىَّ مِنْ دِينِكَ فَأَصْبَحَ دِينُكَ أَحَبَّ الدِّينِ إِلَىَّ وَاللَّهِ مَا كَانَ مِنْ بَلَدٍ أَبْغَضُ إِلَىَّ مِنْ بَلَدِكَ فَأَصْبَحَ بَلَدُكَ أَحَبَّ الْبِلاَدِ إِلَىَّ وَإِنَّ خَيْلَكَ أَخَذَتْنِي وَأَنَا أُرِيدُ الْعُمْرَةَ فَمَاذَا تَرَى فَبَشَّرَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَعْتَمِرَ فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ مَكَّةَ قَالَ لَهُ قَائِلٌ صَبَوْتَ قَالَ لاَ وَلَكِنْ أَسْلَمْتُ مَعَ مُحَمَّدٍ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَلاَ وَاللَّهِ لاَ يَأْتِيكُمْ مِنَ الْيَمَامَةِ حَبَّةُ حِنْطَةٍ حَتَّى يَأْذَنَ فِيهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent some horsemen to Najd. They captured a man. He was from the tribe of Banu Hanifa and was called Thumama b. Uthal. He was the chief of the people of Yamama. People bound him with one of the pillars of the mosque. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to (see) him. He said: O Thumama, what do you think? He replied: Muhammad, I have good opinion of you. If you kill me, you will kill a person who has spilt blood. If you do me a favour, you will do a favour to a grateful person. If you want wealth, ask and you will get what you will demand. The Messenger of Allah (may peace be pon him) lefthim (in this condition) for two days, (and came to him again) and said: What do you think, O Thumama? He replied: What I have already told you. If you do a favour, you will do a favour to a grateful person. If you kill me, you will kill a person who has spilt blood. If you want wealth, ask and you will get what you will demand. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ left him until the next day when he (came to him again) and said: What do you think, O Thumama? He replied: What I have already told you. If you do me a favour, you will do a favour to a grateful person. If you kill me, you will kill a person who has spilt blood. If you want wealth ask and you will get what you will demand. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Set Thumama free. He went to a palm-grove near the mosque and took a bath. Then he entered the mosque and said: I bear testimony (to the truth) that there is no god but Allah and I testify that Muhammad is His bondman and His messenger. O Muhammad, by Allah, there was no face on the earth more hateful to me than your face, but (now) your face has become to me the dearest of all faces. By Allah, there was no religion more hateful to me than your religion, but (now) your religion has become the dearest of all religions to me. By Allah, there was no city more hateful to me than your city, but (now) your city has become the dearest of all cities to me. Your horsemen captured me when I intended going for Umra. Now what is your opinion (in the matter)? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ announced good tidings to him and told him to go on 'Umra. When he reached Mecca, somebody said to him: Have you changed your religion? He said: No! I have rather embraced Islam with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. By Allah, you will not get a single grain of wheat from Yamama until it is permitted by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.  

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَيْلاً قِبَلَ نَجْدٍ فَجَاءَتْ بِرَجُلٍ مِنْ بَنِي حَنِيفَةَ يُقَالُ لَهُ ثُمَامَةُ بْنُ أُثَالٍ سَيِّدُ أَهْلِ الْيَمَامَةِ فَرَبَطُوهُ بِسَارِيَةٍ مِنْ سَوَارِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَاذَا عِنْدَكَ يَا ثُمَامَةُ فَقَالَ عِنْدِي يَا مُحَمَّدُ خَيْرٌ إِنْ تَقْتُلْ تَقْتُلْ ذَا دَمٍ وَإِنْ تُنْعِمْ تُنْعِمْ عَلَى شَاكِرٍ وَإِنْ كُنْتَ تُرِيدُ الْمَالَ فَسَلْ تُعْطَ مِنْهُ مَا شِئْتَ فَتَرَكَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى كَانَ بَعْدَ الْغَدِ فَقَالَ مَا عِنْدَكَ يَا ثُمَامَةُ قَالَ مَا قُلْتُ لَكَ إِنْ تُنْعِمْ تُنْعِمْ عَلَى شَاكِرٍ وَإِنْ تَقْتُلْ تَقْتُلْ ذَا دَمٍ وَإِنْ كُنْتَ تُرِيدُ الْمَالَ فَسَلْ تُعْطَ مِنْهُ مَا شِئْتَ فَتَرَكَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى كَانَ مِنَ الْغَدِ فَقَالَ مَاذَا عِنْدَكَ يَا ثُمَامَةُ فَقَالَ عِنْدِي مَا قُلْتُ لَكَ إِنْ تُنْعِمْ تُنْعِمْ عَلَى شَاكِرٍ وَإِنْ تَقْتُلْ تَقْتُلْ ذَا دَمٍ وَإِنْ كُنْتَ تُرِيدُ الْمَالَ فَسَلْ تُعْطَ مِنْهُ مَا شِئْتَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَطْلِقُوا ثُمَامَةَ فَانْطَلَقَ إِلَى نَخْلٍ قَرِيبٍ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ فَاغْتَسَلَ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ فَقَالَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ وَاللَّهِ مَا كَانَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ وَجْهٌ أَبْغَضَ إِلَىَّ مِنْ وَجْهِكَ فَقَدْ أَصْبَحَ وَجْهُكَ أَحَبَّ الْوُجُوهِ كُلِّهَا إِلَىَّ وَاللَّهِ مَا كَانَ مِنْ دِينٍ أَبْغَضَ إِلَىَّ مِنْ دِينِكَ فَأَصْبَحَ دِينُكَ أَحَبَّ الدِّينِ كُلِّهِ إِلَىَّ وَاللَّهِ مَا كَانَ مِنْ بَلَدٍ أَبْغَضَ إِلَىَّ مِنْ بَلَدِكَ فَأَصْبَحَ بَلَدُكَ أَحَبَّ الْبِلاَدِ كُلِّهَا إِلَىَّ وَإِنَّ خَيْلَكَ أَخَذَتْنِي وَأَنَا أُرِيدُ الْعُمْرَةَ فَمَاذَا تَرَى فَبَشَّرَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَعْتَمِرَ فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ مَكَّةَ قَالَ لَهُ قَائِلٌ أَصَبَوْتَ فَقَالَ لاَ وَلَكِنِّي أَسْلَمْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَلاَ وَاللَّهِ لاَ يَأْتِيكُمْ مِنَ الْيَمَامَةِ حَبَّةُ حِنْطَةٍ حَتَّى يَأْذَنَ فِيهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent some horsemen to Najd. They captured a man. He was from the tribe of Banu Hanifa and was called Thumama b. Uthal. He was the chief of the people of Yamama. People bound him with one of the pillars of the mosque. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to (see) him. He said: O Thumama, what do you think? He replied: Muhammad, I have good opinion of you. If you kill me, you will kill a person who has spilt blood. If you do me a favour, you will do a favour to a grateful person. If you want wealth, ask and you will get what you will demand. The Messenger of Allah (may peace be pon him) lefthim (in this condition) for two days, (and came to him again) and said: What do you think, O Thumama? He replied: What I have already told you. If you do a favour, you will do a favour to a grateful person. If you kill me, you will kill a person who has spilt blood. If you want wealth, ask and you will get what you will demand. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ left him until the next day when he (came to him again) and said: What do you think, O Thumama? He replied: What I have already told you. If you do me a favour, you will do a favour to a grateful person. If you kill me, you will kill a person who has spilt blood. If you want wealth ask and you will get what you will demand. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Set Thumama free. He went to a palm-grove near the mosque and took a bath. Then he entered the mosque and said: I bear testimony (to the truth) that there is no god but Allah and I testify that Muhammad is His bondman and His messenger. O Muhammad, by Allah, there was no face on the earth more hateful to me than your face, but (now) your face has become to me the dearest of all faces. By Allah, there was no religion more hateful to me than your religion, but (now) your religion has become the dearest of all religions to me. By Allah, there was no city more hateful to me than your city, but (now) your city has become the dearest of all cities to me. Your horsemen captured me when I intended going for Umra. Now what is your opinion (in the matter)? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ announced good tidings to him and told him to go on 'Umra. When he reached Mecca, somebody said to him: Have you changed your religion? He said: No! I have rather embraced Islam with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. By Allah, you will not get a single grain of wheat from Yamama until it is permitted by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. (Using translation from Muslim 1764a)  

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خَيْلًا قِبَلَ نَجْدٍفَجَاءَتْ بِرَجُلٍ مِنْ بَنِي حَنِيفَةَ ثُمَامَةُ بْنُ أُثَالٍ سَيِّدُ أَهْلِ الْيَمَامَةِ فَرَبَطُوهُ بِسَارِيَةٍ مِنْ سَوَارِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَهُ مَاذَا عِنْدَكَ يَا ثُمَامَةُ؟ قَالَ عِنْدِي يَا مُحَمَّدُ خَيْرٌ إِنْ تَقْتُلْ تَقْتُلْ ذَا دَمٍ وَإِنْ تُنْعِمْ تُنْعِمْ عَلَى شَاكِرٍ وَإِنْ كُنْتَ تُرِيدُ الْمَالَ فَسَلْ تُعْطَ مِنْهُ مَا شِئْتَ فَتَرَكَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ الْغَدُ قَالَ لَهُ مَا عِنْدَكَ يَا ثُمَامَةُ؟ قَالَ مَا قُلْتُ لَكَ إِنْ تُنْعِمْ تُنْعِمْ عَلَى شَاكِرٍ وَإِنْ تَقْتُلْ تَقْتُلْ ذَا دَمٍ وَإِنْ كُنْتَ تُرِيدُ الْمَالَ فَسَلْ تُعْطَ مِنْهُ مَا شِئْتَ فَتَرَكَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى كَانَ بَعْدَ الْغَدِ فَقَالَ مَا عِنْدَكَ يَا ثُمَامَةُ؟ فَقَالَ عِنْدِي مَا قُلْتُ لَكَ إِنْ تُنْعِمْ تُنْعِمْ عَلَى شَاكِرٍ وَإِنْ تَقْتُلْ تَقْتُلْ ذَا دَمٍ وَإِنْ كُنْتَ تُرِيدُ الْمَالَ فَسَلْ تُعْطَ مِنْهُ مَا شِئْتَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ انْطَلِقُوا بِثُمَامَةَ فَانْطَلَقُوا بِهِ إِلَى نَخْلٍ قَرِيبٍ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ فَاغْتَسَلَ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ فَقَالَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ يَا مُحَمَّدُ وَاللهِ مَا كَانَ عَلَى وَجْهٌ الْأَرْضِ أَبْغَضَ إِلَيَّ مِنْ وَجْهِكَ فَقَدْ أَصْبَحَ وَجْهُكَ أَحَبَّ الْوُجُوهِ كُلِّهَا إِلَيَّ وْوَاللهِ مَا كَانَ مِنْ دِينٍ أَبْغَضَ إِلَيَّمِنْ دِينِكَ فَأَصْبَحَ دِينُكَ أَحَبَّ الدِّينِ إِلَيَّ وَاللهِ مَا كَانَ مِنْ بَلَدٍ أَبْغَضَ إِلَيَّ مِنْ بَلَدِكَ فَأَصْبَحَ بَلَدُكَ أَحَبَّ الْبِلَادِ إِلَيَّ وَإِنَّ خَيْلَكَ أَخَذَتْنِي وَأَنَا أُرِيدُ الْعُمْرَةَ فَمَاذَا تَرَى؟ فَبَشَّرَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَعْتَمِرَ فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ مَكَّةَ قَالَ لَهُ قَائِلٌ صَبَأْتَ فَقَالَ لَا وَلَكِنْ أَسْلَمْتُ مَعَ مُحَمَّدٍ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَا وَاللهِ لَا يَأْتِيكُمْ مِنَ الْيَمَامَةِ حَبَّةُ حِنْطَةٍ حَتَّى يَأْذَنَ فِيهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ  

[Machine] From Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: Sufyan, whom we heard from Ibn 'Ajlan, said: "I do not know who asked Sufyan about Thumamah bin Uthal." He said: "The Muslims captured him, and whenever he passed by them they would say: 'What do you have, O Thumamah?' He would say: 'If you kill, kill someone who has blood (i.e., deserves to be killed), and if you show kindness, show kindness to one who shows gratitude, and if you take (something), then give (something in return).'" He said: "Then, when he passed by them, they would say the same thing to him, and he would give the same answer. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ released him, and Allah instilled in his heart: 'O Muhammad, you became dearer to me than anything else, even though your face used to be the most hateful of all faces, and your religion used to be the most hateful of all religions to me, and your city (Makkah) used to be the most hateful of all cities to me. But now you have become the most beloved of all people and faces to me. No grain of barley comes to the people of Quraish until I no longer think of it, but for Thumamah bin Uthal.' 'Umar said: 'By Allah, I have never seen anyone who was dearer to me and at the same time less in my eyes than a pig, and I have never seen anyone who was dearer to me and at the same time greater in my eyes than a mountain.' Then he left and went to Yamamah. They detained him, and they were angry and upset. They wrote: 'Shall we decide what to do with him?' He (Thumamah) said: 'No decision should be made about me, until I have been to see the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ." Abdullah bin Ahmad said: "I heard him (Sufyan) say: 'I heard Ibn 'Ajlan narrating from Sa'id, from Abu Hurayrah, that Thumamah bin Uthal said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ .'"  

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ سُفْيَانُ الَّذِي سَمِعْنَاهُمِنْهُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ لَا أَدْرِي عَمَّنْ سُئِلَ سُفْيَانُ عَنْ ثُمَامَةَ بْنِ أُثَالٍ؟ فَقَالَ كَانَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ أَسَرُوهُ أَخَذُوهُ فَكَانَ إِذَا مَرَّ بِهِ قَالَ مَا عِنْدَكَ يَا ثُمَامَةُ؟ قَالَ إِنْ تَقْتُلْ تَقْتُلْ ذَا دَمٍ وَإِنْ تُنْعِمْ تُنْعِمْ عَلَى شَاكِرٍ وَإِنْ تُرِدْ مَالًا تُعْطَ مَالًا قَالَ فَكَانَ إِذَا مَرَّ بِهِ قَالَ مَا عِنْدَكَ يَا ثُمَامَةُ؟ قَالَ إِنْ تُنْعِمْ تُنْعِمْ عَلَى شَاكِرٍ وَإِنْ تَقْتُلْ تَقْتُلْ ذَا دَمٍ وَإِنْ تُرِدِ الْمَالَ تُعْطَ الْمَالَ قَالَ فَبَدَا لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَطْلَقَهُ وَقَذَفَ اللهُ ﷻ فِي قَلْبِهِ قَالَ فَذَهَبُوا بِهِ إِلَى بِئْرِ الْأَنْصَارِ فَغَسَلُوهُ فَأَسْلَمَ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَمْسَيْتَ وَإِنَّ وَجْهَكَ كَانَ أَبْغَضَ الْوُجُوهِ إِلَيَّ وَدِينَكَ أَبْغَضَ الدِّينِ إِلَيَّ وَبَلَدَكَ أَبْغَضَ الْبُلْدَانِ إِلَيَّ فَأَصْبَحْتَ وَإِنَّ دِينَكَ أَحَبُّ الْأَدْيَانِ إِلَيَّ وَوَجْهَكَ أَحَبُّ الْوُجُوهِ إِلَيَّ لَا يَأْتِي قُرَيشِاً حَبَّةٌ مِنَ الْيَمَامَةِ حَتَّى قَالَ عُمَرُ لَقَدْ كَانَ وَاللهِ فِي عَيْنِي أَصْغَرَ مِنَ الْخِنْزِيرِ وَإِنَّهُ فِي عَيْنِي أَعْظَمُ مِنَ الْجَبَلِ خَلَّى عَنْهُ فَأَتَى الْيَمَامَةَ حَبَسَ عَنْهُمْ فَضَجُّوا وَضَجِرُوا فَكَتَبُوا تَأْمُرُبِالصِّلَةِ ؟ قَالَ وَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ وَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ ثُمَامَةَ بْنَ أُثَالٍ قَالَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ  

[Machine] The Quraysh did not deny the prayer of Duha, but they denied its timing. "The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, would disperse to the valleys to pray in solitude or in pairs when the time of Asr prayer came." Tuleib bin Umair and Hataab bin Abd Shams went to pray in the Asjnad valley, some of them looking at others, when Ibn Al-Asaydee and Ibn Al-Qabtiyyah attacked them as they were committing immoral acts. They pelted them with stones for some time until they left. They then went to Abu Jahl, Abu Lahab, and Uqbah bin Abi Muayt and told them the news. They gathered and set out to attack them at dawn, while they were leaving in the darkness of the morning to perform ablution and pray. While they were in the valleys, Abu Jahl, Uqbah, Abu Lahab, and some of their foolish companions attacked and beat them. The companions of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, defended themselves, spoke about Islam, called out to them, and defended themselves. Tuleib bin Umair went to attack Abu Jahl, hitting him and injuring him. They took hold of him and bound him. Abu Lahab stood in front of him to protect him. He was his nephew. It was said to Arwa bint Abdul Muttalib, "Do you not see your son Tuleib following Muhammad, becoming a target for him?" Arwa had already converted to Islam. She said, "The best days for Tuleib are those when he is defending his cousin, who has brought the truth from Allah the Exalted." They said, "Have you followed Muhammad?" She said, "Yes." Some of them went to Abu Lahab and informed him. He approached her and said, "How amazing that you, along with your allegiance to Muhammad, have left the religion of Abdul Muttalib." She replied, "It was like that. So stand with your nephew and support him. Prevent him. If his situation becomes evident, then you will be in the best position, should you wish to join him or remain on your own religion. If you do not, then you would have excused your nephew." He said, "We have enough power among the Arabs altogether." Then they said, "He has come with a new religion." He said, "Then Abu Lahab left, saying, 'I have not found her Islam except in Al-Waqidi's account.'"  

كَانَتْ قُرَيْشٌ لَا تُنْكِرُ صَلَاةَ الضُّحَى إِنَّمَا تُنْكِرُ الْوَقْتَ «وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا جَاءَ وَقْتُ الْعَصْرِ تَفَرَّقُوا إِلَى الشِّعَابِ فَصَلَّوْا فُرَادَى وَمَثْنَى» فَمَشَى طُلَيْبُ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ وَحَاطِبُ بْنُ عَبْدِ شَمْسٍ يُصَلُّونَ بِشِعْبِ أَجْنَادٍ بَعْضُهُمْ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى الْبَعْضِ إِذْ هَجَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ ابْنُ الْأُصَيْدِيِّ وَابْنُ الْقِبْطِيَّةِ وَكَانَا فَاحِشَيْنِ فَرَمَوْهُمْ بِالْحِجَارَةِ سَاعَةً حَتَّى خَرَجَا وَانْصَرَفَا وَهُمَا يَشْتَدَّانِ وَأَتَيَا أَبَا جَهْلٍ وَأَبَا لَهَبٍ وَعُقْبَةَ بْنَ أَبِي مُعَيْطٍ فَذَكَرُوا لَهُمُ الْخَبَرَ فَانْطَلَقُوا لَهُمْ فِي الصُّبْحِ وَكَانُوا يَخْرُجُونَ فِي غَلَسِ الصُّبْحِ فَيَتَوَضَّئُونَ وَيُصَلُّونَ فَبَيْنَمَا هُمْ فِي شِعْبٍ إِذْ هَجَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَبُو جَهْلٍ وَعُقْبَةُ وَأَبُو لَهَبٍ وَعِدَّةٌ مِنْ سُفَهَائِهِمْ فَبَطَشُوا بِهِمْ فَنَالُوا مِنْهُمْ وَأَظْهَرَ أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْإِسْلَامَ وَتَكَلَّمُوا بِهِ وَنَادَوْهُمْ وَذَبُّوا عَنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَتَعَمَّدَ طُلَيْبُ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ إِلَى أَبِي جَهْلٍ فَضَرَبَهُ فَشَجَّهُ فَأَخَذُوهُ وَأَوْثَقُوهُ فَقَامَ دُونَهُ أَبُو لَهَبٍ حَتَّى حَلَّهُ وَكَانَ ابْنَ أَخِيهِ فَقِيلَ لِأَرْوَى بِنْتِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ أَلَا تَرَيْنَ إِلَى ابْنِكِ طُلَيْبٍ قَدِ اتَّبَعَ مُحَمَّدًا وَصَارَ عَرَضًا لَهُ وَكَانَتْ أَرْوَى قَدْ أَسْلَمَتْ فَقَالَتْ خَيْرُ أَيَّامِ طُلَيْبٍ يَوْمٌ يَذُبُّ عَنِ ابْنِ خَالِهِ وَقَدْ جَاءَ بِالْحَقِّ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى فَقَالُوا وَقَدِ اتَّبَعْتِ مُحَمَّدًا؟ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ فَخَرَجَ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى أَبِي لَهَبٍ فَأَخْبَرَهُ فَأَقْبَلَ حَتَّى دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَ عَجَبًا لَكِ وَلِاتِّبَاعِكِ مُحَمَّدًا وَتَرَكْتِ دِينَ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ قَالَتْ قَدْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ فَقُمْ دُونَ ابْنِ أَخِيكَ فَاعْضُدْهُ وَامْنَعْهُ فَإِنْ ظَهَرَ أَمْرُهُ فَأَنْتَ بِالْخِيَارِ إِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْ تَدْخُلَ مَعَهُ أَوْ تَكُونَ عَلَى دِينِكَ وَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ كُنْتَ قَدْ أَعْذَرْتَ ابْنَ أَخِيكَ قَالَ وَلَنَا طَاقَةٌ بِالْعَرَبِ قَاطِبَةً ثُمَّ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُ جَاءَ بِدِيِنٍ مُحْدَثٍ قَالَ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ أَبُو لَهَبٍلم أجد إسلامها إلا عند الواقدي  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent some horsemen to Najd. They captured a man. He was from the tribe of Banu Hanifa and was called Thumama b. Uthal. He was the chief of the people of Yamama. People bound him with one of the pillars of the mosque. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to (see) him. He said: O Thumama, what do you think? He replied: Muhammad, I have good opinion of you. If you kill me, you will kill a person who has spilt blood. If you do me a favour, you will do a favour to a grateful person. If you want wealth, ask and you will get what you will demand. The Messenger of Allah (may peace be pon him) lefthim (in this condition) for two days, (and came to him again) and said: What do you think, O Thumama? He replied: What I have already told you. If you do a favour, you will do a favour to a grateful person. If you kill me, you will kill a person who has spilt blood. If you want wealth, ask and you will get what you will demand. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ left him until the next day when he (came to him again) and said: What do you think, O Thumama? He replied: What I have already told you. If you do me a favour, you will do a favour to a grateful person. If you kill me, you will kill a person who has spilt blood. If you want wealth ask and you will get what you will demand. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Set Thumama free. He went to a palm-grove near the mosque and took a bath. Then he entered the mosque and said: I bear testimony (to the truth) that there is no god but Allah and I testify that Muhammad is His bondman and His messenger. O Muhammad, by Allah, there was no face on the earth more hateful to me than your face, but (now) your face has become to me the dearest of all faces. By Allah, there was no religion more hateful to me than your religion, but (now) your religion has become the dearest of all religions to me. By Allah, there was no city more hateful to me than your city, but (now) your city has become the dearest of all cities to me. Your horsemen captured me when I intended going for Umra. Now what is your opinion (in the matter)? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ announced good tidings to him and told him to go on 'Umra. When he reached Mecca, somebody said to him: Have you changed your religion? He said: No! I have rather embraced Islam with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. By Allah, you will not get a single grain of wheat from Yamama until it is permitted by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. (Using translation from Muslim 1764a)  

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَيْلًا قِبَلَ نَجْدٍ فَجَاءَتْ بِرَجُلٍ مِنْ بَنِي حَنِيفَةَ يُقَالُ لَهُ ثُمَامَةُ بْنُ أُثَالٍ سَيِّدُ أَهْلِ الْيَمَامَةِ فَرَبَطُوهُ بِسَارِيَةٍ مِنْ سَوَارِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «مَا عِنْدَكَ يَا ثُمَامَةُ»؟ قَالَ عِنْدِي يَا مُحَمَّدُ خَيْرٌ إِنْ تَقْتُلْنِي تَقْتُلْ ذَا دَمٍ وَإِنْ تُنْعِمْ تُنْعِمْ عَلَى شَاكِرٍ وَإِنْ كُنْتَ تُرِيدُ الْمَالَ فَسَلْ تُعْطَ مِنْهُ مَا شِئْتَ فَتَرَكَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى كَانَ الْغَدُ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ «مَا عِنْدَكَ يَا ثُمَامَةُ»؟ قَالَ مَا قُلْتُ لَكَ إِنْ تُنْعِمْ تُنْعِمْ عَلَى شَاكِرٍ وَإِنْ تَقْتُلْ تَقْتُلْ ذَا دَمٍ وَإِنْ كُنْتَ تُرِيدُ الْمَالَ فَسَلْ تُعْطَ مِنْهُ مَا شِئْتَ فَتَرَكَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى كَانَ بَعْدَ الْغَدِ فَقَالَ لَهُ «مَا عِنْدَكَ يَا ثُمَامَةُ»؟ فَقَالَ عِنْدِي مَا قُلْتُ لَكَ إِنْ تُنْعِمْ تُنْعِمْ عَلَى شَاكِرٍ وَإِنْ تَقْتُلْ تَقْتُلْ ذَا دَمٍ وَإِنْ كُنْتَ تُرِيدُ الْمَالَ فَسَلْ تُعْطَ مِنْهُ مَا شِئْتَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَطْلِقُوا ثُمَامَةَ» فَانْطَلَقَ إِلَى نَخْلٍ قَرِيبٍ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ فَاغْتَسَلَ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ فَقَالَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ يَا مُحَمَّدُ وَاللَّهِ مَا كَانَ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ وَجْهٌ أَبْغَضَ إِلَيَّ مِنْ وَجْهِكَ فَقَدْ أَصْبَحَ وَجْهُكَ أَحَبَّ الْوُجُوهِ كُلِّهَا إِلَيَّ وَاللَّهِ مَا كَانَ مِنْ دِينٍ أَبْغَضَ إِلَيَّ مِنْ دِينِكَ فَقَدْ أَصْبَحَ دِينَكَ أَحَبَّ الدِّينِ كُلِّهِ إِلَيَّ وَاللَّهِ مَا كَانَ بَلَدٌ أَبْغَضَ إِلَيَّ مِنْ بَلَدِكَ فَقَدَ أَصْبَحَ بَلَدُكَ أَحَبَّ الْبِلَادِ إِلَيَّ وَإِنَّ خَيْلَكَ أَخَذَتْنِي وَأَنَا أُرِيدُ الْعُمْرَةَ فَمَاذَا تَرَى؟ فَبَشَّرَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَعْتَمِرَ فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ مَكَّةَ قَالَ لَهُ قَائِلٌ صَبَوْتَ؟ قَالَ لَا وَلَكِنْ أَسْلَمْتُ مَعَ مُحَمَّدٍ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَا وَاللَّهِ لَا تَأْتِيكُمْ مِنَ الْيَمَامَةِ حَبَّةُ حِنْطَةٍ حَتَّى يَأْذَنَ فِيهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ  

The Prophet ﷺ sent some cavalry towards Najd and they brought a man from the tribe of Banu Hanifa who was called Thumama bin Uthal. They fastened him to one of the pillars of the Mosque. The Prophet went to him and said, "What have you got, O Thumama?" He replied," I have got a good thought, O Muhammad! If you should kill me, you would kill a person who has already killed somebody, and if you should set me free, you would do a favor to one who is grateful, and if you want property, then ask me whatever wealth you want." He was left till the next day when the Prophet ﷺ said to him, "What have you got, Thumama? He said, "What I told you, i.e. if you set me free, you would do a favor to one who is grateful." The Prophet ﷺ left him till the day after, when he said, "What have you got, O Thumama?" He said, "I have got what I told you. "On that the Prophet ﷺ said, "Release Thumama." So he (i.e. Thumama) went to a garden of date-palm trees near to the Mosque, took a bath and then entered the Mosque and said, "I testify that None has the right to be worshipped except Allah, and also testify that Muhammad is His Apostle! By Allah, O Muhammad! There was no face on the surface of the earth most disliked by me than yours, but now your face has become the most beloved face to me. By Allah, there was no religion most disliked by me than yours, but now it is the most beloved religion to me. By Allah, there was no town most disliked by me than your town, but now it is the most beloved town to me. Your cavalry arrested me (at the time) when I was intending to perform the ʿUmra. And now what do you think?" The Prophet ﷺ gave him good tidings (congratulated him) and ordered him to perform the ʿUmra. So when he came to Mecca, someone said to him, "You have become a Sabian?" Thumama replied, "No! By Allah, I have embraced Islam with Muhammad, Apostle of Allah. No, by Allah! Not a single grain of wheat will come to you from Yamamah unless the Prophet gives his permission." (Using translation from Bukhārī 4372)   

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ يَقُولُ بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خَيْلًا نَحْوَ أَرْضِ نَجْدٍ فَجَاءَتْ بِرَجُلٍ يُقَالُ لَهُ ثُمَامَةُ بْنُ أُثَالٍ الْحَنَفِيُّ سَيِّدُ أَهْلِ الْيَمَامَةِ فَرَبَطُوهُ بِسَارِيَةٍ مِنْ سَوَارِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَخَرَجَ عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَا عِنْدَكَ يَا ثُمَامَةُ قَالَ عِنْدِي يَا مُحَمَّدُ خَيْرٌ إِنْ تَقْتُلْنِي تَقْتُلْ ذَا دَمٍ وَإِنْ تُنْعِمْ تُنْعِمْ عَلَى شَاكِرٍ وَإِنْ تُرِدِ الْمَالَ فَسَلْ تُعْطَ مِنْهُ مَا شِئْتَ فَتَرَكَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ مِنَ الْغَدِ ثُمَّ قَالَ مَا عِنْدَكَ يَا ثُمَامَةُ فَقَالَ عِنْدِي مَا قُلْتُ لَكَ فَرَدَّهَا عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ الْيَوْمَ الثَّالِثَ فَرَدَّهَا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَطْلِقُوا ثُمَامَةَ فَخَرَجَ ثُمَامَةُ إِلَى نَخْلٍ قَرِيبٍ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ فَاغْتَسَلَ مِنَ الْمَاءِ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ فَقَالَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ يَا مُحَمَّدُ وَاللهِ مَا كَانَ عَلَى وَجْهِ الْأَرْضِ وَجْهٌ أَبْغَضَ إِلِيَّ مِنْ وَجْهِكَ وَقَدْ أَصْبَحَ وَجْهُكَ أَحَبَّ الْوُجُوهِ إِلِيَّ وَاللهِ مَا كَانَ دِينٌ أَبْغَضَ إِلِيَّ مِنْ دِينِكَ وَقَدْ أَصْبَحَ دِينُكَ أَحَبَّ الْأَدْيَانِ إِلِيَّ وَوَاللهِ مَا كَانَ مِنْ بَلَدٍ أَبْغَضَ إِلِيَّ مِنْ بَلَدِكَ وَقَدْ أَصْبَحَ بَلَدُكَ أَحَبَّ الْبُلْدَانِ كُلِّهَا إِلِيَّ وَإِنَّ خَيْلَكَ أَخَذَتْنِي وَأَنَا أُرِيدُ الْعُمْرَةَ فَمَاذَا تَرَى؟ فَبَشَّرَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَعْتَمِرَ فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ قَالَ لَهُ رِجَالٌ بِمَكَّةَ أَصَبَوْتَ يَا ثُمَامَةُ؟ فَقَالَ لَا وَاللهِ مَا صَبَوْتُ وَلَكِنِّي أَسْلَمْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَاللهِ لَا يَأْتِيكُمْ حَبَّةُ حِنْطَةٍ مِنَ الْيَمَامَةِ حَتَّى يَأْذَنَ فِيهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ prayed to Allah when he saw what was being done to him, and asked Allah to enable him to have power over that person. This person was a polytheist and he intended to kill the Prophet ﷺ . Thumamah, a believer who was still practicing polytheism at the time, approached the Prophet ﷺ until they entered the city. Thumamah was confused about what to do in the city until he was captured and brought to the Prophet ﷺ . The Prophet ﷺ ordered him to be tied to one of the pillars of the mosque. The Prophet ﷺ came to him and asked him, "Thumamah, what do you think? Can Allah do whatever he wants with you?" Thumamah replied, "That is true, O Muhammad. If you kill, you will kill a man with blood, and if you forgive, you will forgive one who is grateful, and if you ask for wealth, you will give it to him." The Prophet ﷺ left him until the next day when he passed by him again and asked him what he thought. Thumamah replied with the same response, and the Prophet ﷺ said, "Release him, for I have forgiven you, O Thumamah." Thumamah left until he reached a wall of the city, where he performed ablution and purified himself and his clothes. Then he came to the Prophet ﷺ who was sitting in the mosque with his companions, and he said to him, "O Muhammad, by Allah, I have never seen a face more hated to me than yours, nor a religion more hated to me than yours, nor a city more hated to me than yours. But now, by Allah, I have never seen a face more beloved to me than yours, nor a religion more beloved to me than yours, nor a city more beloved to me than yours. And I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is His servant and His Messenger. O Messenger of Allah, I had set out for Umrah while still following the religion of my people, so give me glad tidings of a reward from Allah for my Umrah." The Prophet ﷺ gave him the glad tidings and taught him, and Thumamah left as a believer. When he reached Makkah, the Quraysh heard him speaking about the matter of Muhammad and Islam, so they became angry with him. He said, "By Allah, I have not come to you to speak about anything, but I have embraced Islam and believed in Muhammad." The Quraysh were angered by his words, but he said, "By Allah, I have not spoken falsely, but I have embraced Islam and believed in Muhammad. I swear by the One in whose hand is the soul of Thumamah, not even a grain of wheat from the land of Al-Yamamah will reach you until Muhammad ﷺ gives permission." And Thumamah remained in Makkah until the call to prayer was made by Muhammad ﷺ , and he left for his homeland. The Quraysh prevented him from taking any food with him until they sent a letter to the Prophet ﷺ asking him, by the ties of kinship, to order Thumamah to let them have some of the food. The Prophet ﷺ complied with their request.  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ دَعَا اللهَ حِينَ عَرَضَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِمَا عَرَضَ لَهُ أَنْ يُمَكِّنَهُ اللهُ مِنْهُ وَكَانَ عَرَضَ لَهُ وَهُوَ مُشْرِكٌ فَأَرَادَ قَتْلَهُ فَأَقْبَلَ ثُمَامَةُ مُعْتَمِرًا وَهُوَ عَلَى شِرْكِهِ حَتَّى دَخَلَ الْمَدِينَةَ فَتَحَيَّرَ فِيهَا حَتَّى أُخِذَ وَأُتِيَ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ فَرُبِطَ إِلَى عَمُودٍ مِنْ عُمُدِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَخَرَجَ عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَا لَكَ يَا ثُمَامَةُ هَلْ أَمْكَنَ اللهُ مِنْكَ؟ قَالَ وَقَدْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنْ تَقْتُلْ تَقْتُلْ ذَا دَمٍ وَإِنْ تَعْفُ تَعْفُ عَنْ شَاكِرٍ وَإِنْ تَسْأَلْ مَالًا تُعْطَهُ فَمَضَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَتَرَكَهُ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ الْغَدُ مَرَّ بِهِ فَقَالَ مَا لَكَ يَا ثُمَامَ؟ فَقَالَ خَيْرًا يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنْ تَقْتُلْ تَقْتُلْ ذَا دَمٍ وَإِنْ تَعْفُ تَعْفُ عَنْ شَاكِرٍ وَإِنْ تَسْأَلْ مَالًا تُعْطَهُ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ عَنْهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ فَجَعَلْنَا الْمَسَاكِينَ نَقُولُ بَيْنَنَا مَا نَصْنَعُ بِدَمِ ثُمَامَةَ؟ وَاللهِ لَأَكْلَةٌ مِنْ جَزُورٍ سَمِينَةٍ مِنْ فِدَائِهِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْنَا مِنْ دَمِ ثُمَامَةَ فَلَمَّا كَانَ الْغَدُ مَرَّ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَا لَكَ يَا ثُمَامَ؟ فَقَالَ خَيْرًا يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنْ تَقْتُلْ تَقْتُلْ ذَا دَمٍ وَإِنْ تَعْفُ تَعْفُ عَنْ شَاكِرٍ وَإِنْ تَسَألْ مَالًا تُعْطَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَطْلِقُوهُ فَقَدْ عَفَوْتُ عَنْكَ يَا ثُمَامَ فَخَرَجَ ثُمَامَةُ حَتَّى أَتَى حَائِطًا مِنْ حِيطَانِ الْمَدِينَةِ فَاغْتَسَلَ فِيهِ وَتَطَهَّرَ وَطَهَّرَ ثِيَابَهُ ثُمَّ جَاءَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فِي أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ وَاللهِ لَقَدْ كُنْتَ وَمَا وَجْهٌ أَبْغَضَ إِلِيَّ مِنْ وَجْهِكَ وَلَا دِينَ أَبْغَضُ إِلِيَّ مِنْ دِينِكَ وَلَا بَلَدَ أَبْغَضُ إِلِيَّ مِنْ بَلَدِكَ ثُمَّ لَقَدْ أَصْبَحْتَ وَمَا وَجْهٌ أَحَبَّ إِلِيَّ مِنْ وَجْهِكَ وَلَا دِينَ أَحَبُّ إِلِيَّ مِنْ دِينِكَ وَلَا بَلَدَ أَحَبُّ إِلِيَّ مِنْ بَلَدِكَ وَإِنِّي أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي كُنْتُ قَدْ خَرَجْتُ مُعْتَمِرًا وَأَنَا عَلَى دِينِ قَوْمِي فَبَشِّرْنِي صَلَّى الله عَلَيْكَ فِي عُمْرَتِي فَبَشَّرَهُ وَعَلَّمَهُ فَخَرَجَ مُعْتَمِرًا فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ مَكَّةَ وَسَمِعَتْهُ قُرَيْشٌ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِأَمْرِ مُحَمَّدٍ مِنَ الْإِسْلَامِ قَالُوا صَبَأَ ثُمَامَةُ فَأَغْضَبُوهُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي وَاللهِ مَا صَبَوْتُ وَلَكِنِّي أَسْلَمْتُ وَصَدَّقْتُ مُحَمَّدًا وَآمَنْتُ بِهِ وَايْمُ الَّذِي نَفْسُ ثُمَامَةَ بِيَدِهِ لَا يَأْتِيكُمْ حَبَّةٌ مِنَ الْيَمَامَةِ وَكَانَتْ رِيفَ مَكَّةَ مَا بَقِيتُ حَتَّى يَأْذَنَ فِيهَا مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ وَانْصَرَفَ إِلَى بَلَدِهِ وَمَنَعَ الْحَمْلَ إِلَى مَكَّةَ حَتَّى جَهَدَتْ قُرَيْشٌ فَكَتَبُوا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَسْأَلُونَهُ بِأَرْحَامِهِمْ أَنْ يَكْتُبَ إِلَى ثُمَامَةَ يُخَلِّي إِلَيْهِمْ حَمْلَ الطَّعَامِ فَفَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ  

[Machine] That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say when he started the obligatory prayer, "I have directed my face towards the one who originated the heavens and the earth, inclining towards faith, and I am not of those who associate partners with Allah. Indeed, my prayer, my sacrifice, my living and my dying are for Allah, the Lord of the worlds, with no partner. And by this I am commanded, and I am one of the Muslims. O Allah, You are the King, there is no god but You. Exalted are You, and to You is all praise. You are my Lord, and I am Your servant. I have wronged myself, and I confess my sins, so forgive me all my sins. None forgives sins except You. Guide me to the best of manners, as none can guide to good manners except You. Turn away from me all evil manners, as none can turn away from me all evil manners except You. Here I am at Your service, and my pleasure and my good deeds are in Your hands. The one guided by You is the guided one, and to You is all blessings and exaltation. I seek Your forgiveness and repent to You." He said, "And when he performed the bowing during the obligatory prayer, he said, 'O Allah, for You I have bowed, and in You I have believed, and to You I have submitted. You are my Lord. My hearing, my sight, my mind, my bones, and any strength I possess, all are for Allah, the Lord of the worlds.' And when he raised his head from the bowing position in the obligatory prayer, he said, 'O Allah, our Lord, to You is all praise, filling the heavens, filling the earth, filling whatever You will. And he mentioned the remaining portion of the hadith like the narration of Abd al-Aziz and the narration of Abd al-Aziz is complete."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا ابْتَدَأَ الصَّلَاةَ الْمَكْتُوبَةَ قَالَ وَجَّهْتُ وَجْهِيَ لِلَّذِي فَطَرَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ حَنِيفًا مُسْلِمًا وَمَا أَنَا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ إِنَّ صَلَاتِي وَنُسُكِي وَمَحْيَايَ وَمَمَاتِي لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَبِذَلِكَ أُمِرْتُ وَأَنَا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ اللهُمَّ أَنْتَ الْمَلِكُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ وَبِحَمْدِكَ أَنْتَ رَبِّي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي وَاعْتَرَفْتُ بِذَنْبِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي ذُنُوبِي جَمِيعًا لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ وَاهْدِنِي لِأَحْسَنِ الْأَخْلَاقِ لَا يَهْدِي لِأَحْسَنِهَا إِلَّا أَنْتَ وَاصْرِفْ عَنِّي سَيِّئَهَا لَا يَصْرِفُ سَيِّئَهَا إِلَّا أَنْتَ لَبَّيْكَ وَسَعْدَيْكَ وَالْخَيْرُ كُلُّهُ بِيَدَيْكَ وَالْمَهْدِيُّ مَنْ هَدَيْتَ أَنَا بِكَ وَإِلَيْكَ تَبَارَكْتَ وَتَعَالَيْتَ أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ قَالَ وَكَانَ إِذَا رَكَعَ قَالَ اللهُمَّ لَكَ رَكَعْتُ وَبِكَ آمَنْتُ وَلَكَ أَسْلَمْتُ أَنْتَ رَبِّي خَشَعَ لَكَ سَمْعِي وَبَصَرِي وَمُخِّي وَعِظَامِي وَمَا اسْتَقَلَّتْ بِهِ مِنْ قَدَمِي لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ وَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ قَالَ اللهُمَّ رَبَّنَا وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ مِلْءَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمِلْءَ الْأَرْضِ وَمِلْءَ مَا شِئْتَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ بَعْدُ 2345 وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا بَحْرُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ الْهَاشِمِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ كَانَ إِذَا قَامَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ كَبَّرَ وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَذْوَ مَنْكِبَيْهِ وَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ قَالَ يَقُولُ حِينَ يَفْتَتِحُ الصَّلَاةَ بَعْدَ التَّكْبِيرِ وَجَّهْتُ وَجْهِيَ لِلَّذِي فَذَكَرَهُ وَقَالَ وَأَنَا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ اللهُمَّ أَنْتَ الْمَلِكُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ أَنْتَ رَبِّي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ فَذَكَرَهُ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ قَوْلَهُ وَاهْدِنِي إِلَى قَوْلِهِ لَبَّيْكَ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَبَّيْكَ وَسَعْدَيْكَ أَنَا بِكَ وَإِلَيْكَ وَلَا مَنْجَا مِنْكَ إِلَّا إِلَيْكَ أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ ثُمَّ أَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ الْبَاقِي بِمَعْنَى حَدِيثِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ وَحَدِيثُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ أَتَمُّ  

[Machine] "Allah's Messenger ﷺ forbade the polytheistic Quraish from the agreement that He made with them on the day of Hudaybiyah, wherein Allah revealed what He decided between them. Urwah bin Zubair informed me that he heard Marwan bin Al-Hakam and Miswar bin Makhrama narrating about the Companions of Allah's Messenger ﷺ. They said that when the Messenger ﷺ appointed Suhail bin Amr to act as a scribe, Suhail bin Amr stipulated a condition to the Messenger ﷺ that none of us should come to you, even if they were upon your religion, except that you send them back to us. So the believers disliked this and they protested against it or used other words. Imam Ahmad, may Allah have mercy on him, said that our sheikh did not mention this statement and its narration is in a different version. They persisted, and so the Messenger ﷺ wrote to Abu Jandal that day and returned him to his father, Suhail bin Amr, and no one else among the men was returned during that time, even if they were Muslims. The believing women came and Umm Kulthum, the daughter of Uqbah bin Abu Mu'ayt, who had come out to the Messenger ﷺ that day while she was in bondage, (her family) came to ask the Messenger ﷺ to return her to them, but he did not return her to them due to what Allah revealed about them (the believing women) in the Qur'an: 'When believing women come to you, giving you a pledge (concerning their behavior and conduct under Islam), that they will not associate anything with Allah, nor steal, nor commit unlawful sexual intercourse, nor kill their children' (Al-Mumtahinah 10). Urwah said that 'Aishah informed me that Allah's Messenger ﷺ used to test them (the believing women) through this Ayah: 'O Prophet, when believing women come to you giving you a pledge…' (Al-Mumtahinah 12). Urwah said that 'Aishah said: whoever accepted this condition among them, the Messenger ﷺ would say to her, 'I have pledged allegiance to you with a word that I speak to you with, and by Allah, never has the hand of a woman been shaken in allegiance by mine.' He would only accept their pledge of allegiance by verbal agreement."  

اللهِ ﷺ مُشْرِكِي قُرَيْشٍ عَلَى الْمُدَّةِ الَّتِي جَعَلَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ أَنْزَلَ اللهُ فِيمَا قَضَى بِهِ بَيْنَهُمْ فَأَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ مَرْوَانَ بْنَ الْحَكَمِ وَالْمِسْوَرَ بْنَ مَخْرَمَةَ يُخْبِرَانِ عَنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَمَّا كَاتَبَ سُهَيْلَ بْنَ عَمْرٍو يَوْمَئِذٍ كَانَ فِيمَا اشْتَرَطَ سُهَيْلُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ لَا يَأْتِيكَ مِنَّا أَحَدٌ وَإِنْ كَانَ عَلَى دِينِكَ إِلَّا رَدَدْتَهُ إِلَيْنَا فَخَلَّيْتَ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُ فَكَرِهَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ ذَلِكَ وَأَلْغَطُوا بِهِ أَوْ قَالَ كَلِمَةً أُخْرَى قَالَ الْإِمَامُ أَحْمَدُ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ لَمْ يَقُلْ شَيْخُنَا هَذِهِ الْكَلِمَةَ وَرِوَايَتُهُ فِي نُسْخَةٍ وَامْتَعَظُوا وَأَبَى سُهَيْلٌ إِلَّا ذَلِكَ فَكَاتَبَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَرَدَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَبَا جَنْدَلٍ إِلَى أَبِيهِ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو وَلَمْ يَأْتِهِ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ إِلَّا رَدَّهُ فِي تِلْكَ الْمُدَّةِ وَإِنْ كَانَ مُسْلِمًا وَجَاءَتِ الْمُؤْمِنَاتُ وَكَانَتْ أُمُّ كُلْثُومٍ بِنْتُ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ أَبِي مُعَيْطٍ مِمَّنْ خَرَجَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَهِيَ عَاتِقٌ فَجَاءَ أَهْلُهَا يَسْأَلُونَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُرْجِعَهَا إِلَيْهِمْ فَلَمْ يُرْجِعْهَا إِلَيْهِمْ لِمَا أَنْزَلَ اللهُ فِيهِنَّ {إِذَا جَاءَكُمُ الْمُؤْمِنَاتُ مُهَاجِرَاتٍ فَامْتَحِنُوهُنَّ اللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِإِيمَانِهِنَّ فَإِنْ عَلِمْتُمُوهُنَّ مُؤْمِنَاتٍ فَلَا تَرْجِعُوهُنَّ إِلَى الْكُفَّارِ لَا هُنَّ حِلٌّ لَهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحِلُّونَ لَهُنَّ} [الممتحنة 10] قَالَ عُرْوَةُ فَأَخْبَرَتْنِي عَائِشَةُ ؓ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَمْتَحِنُهُنَّ بِهَذِهِ الْآيَةِ {يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ إِذَا جَاءَكَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتُ يُبَايِعْنَكَ عَلَى أَنْ لَا يُشْرِكْنَ بِاللهِ شَيْئًا وَلَا يَسْرِقْنَ وَلَا يَزْنِينَ وَلَا يَقْتُلْنَ أَوْلَادَهُنَّ} [الممتحنة 12] الْآيَةَ قَالَ عُرْوَةُ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ ؓ فَمَنْ أَقَرَّ بِهَذَا الشَّرْطِ مِنْهُنَّ قَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ بَايَعْتُكِ كَلَامًا يُكَلِّمُهَا بِهِ وَاللهِ مَا مَسَّتْ يَدُهُ يَدَ امْرَأَةٍ قَطُّ فِي الْمُبَايَعَةِ مَا بَايَعَهُنَّ إِلَّا بِقَوْلِهِ