[Machine] "My father, Abu Qilabah, is still alive. Have you not met him to hear from him? So, I met Umar and he narrated to me. He said, we were in the gathering of the people, and the travelers used to pass by us. We would ask them about this matter and what it meant for the people. They would say, there is a prophet who claims that Allah has sent him and that Allah has revealed to him such and such. The Arabs blamed themselves for not embracing Islam earlier and they said, let us wait until he appears, and if he does, then he is a prophet, so believe in him. After the conquest of Mecca, every group quickly embraced Islam and rushed to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . They came to him and stayed with him. Then he came to us and we met him. He said, 'I have come to you from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with the truth, and indeed he "commands you to do such and such, and when the prayer is due, let one of you call the Adhan and lead you in prayer, the one among you who has the most knowledge of the Quran.' So, they looked and could not find anyone among them who had more knowledge of the Quran than me, so they made me their Imam, and I was seven or six years old. I used to perform Salah and when I would prostrate, my garment would become tight on me. A woman from our neighborhood would say, 'Cover your reciter for us.' He said, 'So I would scrunch up my garment, from the scrunching of the people of Yemen, for six or seven Dirhams, and nothing would make me happier than that, just as being happy with that.' Al-Bukhari has narrated this Hadith from Sulayman bin Harb in a shortened form, so I have mentioned it in its complete form."
لِي أَبُو قِلَابَةَ هُوَ حَيٌّ أَلَا تَلْقَاهُ فَتَسْمَعَ مِنْهُ؟ فَلَقِيتُ عَمْرًا فَحَدَّثَنِي بِالْحَدِيثِ قَالَ كُنَّا بِمَمَرِّ النَّاسِ فَتُحَدِّثُنَا الرُّكْبَانُ فَنَسْأَلُهُمْ مَا هَذَا الْأَمْرُ وَمَا لِلنَّاسِ فَيَقُولُونَ نَبِيٌّ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى أَرْسَلَهُ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ أَوْحَى إِلَيْهِ كَذَا وَكَذَا وَكَانَتِ الْعَرَبُ تَلُومُ بِإِسْلَامِهَا الْفَتْحَ وَيَقُولُونَ أَنْظِرُوهُ فَإِنْ ظَهَرَ فَهُوَ نَبِيٌّ فَصَدِّقُوهُ فَلَمَّا كَانَ بَعْدَ وَقْعَةِ الْفَتْحِ بَادَرَ كُلُّ قَوْمٍ بِإِسْلَامِهِمْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَدِمَ فَأَقَامَ عِنْدَهُ كَذَا وَكَذَا ثُمَّ جَاءَ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ فَتَلَقَّيْنَاهُ فَقَالَ جِئْتُكُمْ مِنْ عِنْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَقًّا وَإِنَّهُ «يَأْمُرُكُمْ بِكَذَا وَكَذَا فَإِذَا حَضَرَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَلْيُؤَذِّنْ أَحَدُكُمْ وَلْيَؤُمَّكُمْ أَكْثَرُكُمْ قُرْآنًا» فَنَظَرُوا فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا أَكْثَرَ قُرْآنًا مِنِّي فَقَدَّمُونِي وَأَنَا ابْنُ سَبْعِ سِنِينَ أَوْ سِتِّ سِنِينَ فَكُنْتُ أُصَلِّي فَإِذَا سَجَدْتُ تَقَلَّصَتْ بُرْدَتِي عَلَيَّ قَالَ تَقُولُ امْرَأَةٌ مِنَ الْحَيِّ غَطُّوا عَنَّا اسْتَ قَارِئِكُمْ قَالَ فَكُسِيتُ مُعَقَّدَةً مِنْ مُعَقَّدَاتِ الْيَمَنِ بِسِتَّةِ دَرَاهِمَ أَوْ سَبْعَةٍ فَمَا فَرِحْتُ بِشَيْءٍ كَفَرَحِي بِذَلِكَ «قَدْ رَوَى الْبُخَارِيُّ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ حَرْبٍ مُخْتَصَرًا فَأَخْرَجْتُهُ بِطُولِهِ» أخرج البخاري بعضه