ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَنْ جَوَازِ اتِّخَاذِ الْمَسْجِدِ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ فِي مَوْضِعِ الْكَنَائِسِ وَالْبِيَعِ
[Machine] We sent six delegates to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . Five were from the Banu Hanifa tribe, and the sixth was a man from the Dhubiyya ibn Rabiah tribe. We reached the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , pledged allegiance to him, and prayed with him. We informed him that we had a pact in our land, and we brought him water to seek his blessing. He called for water, performed ablution with it, rinsed his mouth, and poured it into a container for us. Then he said, "Take this water, and when you reach your land, break your pact, pour the water in its place, and build a mosque in its location." We said, "O Messenger of Allah, the journey is long and the water will dry up." He replied, "Extend it with more water, as it will not increase it except in goodness." So we debated among ourselves regarding who would carry the container, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ appointed it to each of us for a day and a night. We carried it until we reached our land, and we did as we were commanded. A monk from Tayy called out to us to pray, and when we called him, he said it was a sincere prayer, then he ran away and was not seen again.
خَرَجْنَا سِتَّةُ وَفْدٍ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَمْسَةٌ مِنْ بَنِي حَنِيفَةَ وَالسَّادِسُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ ضُبَيْعَةَ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ حَتَّى قَدِمْنَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَبَايَعْنَاهُ وَصَلَّيْنَا مَعَهُ وَأَخْبَرْنَاهُ أَنَّ بِأَرْضِنَا بِيعَةً لَنَا وَاسْتَوْهَبْنَاهُ مِنْ فَضْلِ طَهُورِهِ فَدَعَا بِمَاءٍ فَتَوَضَّأَ مِنْهُ وَتَمَضْمَضَ ثُمَّ صَبَّهُ لَنَا فِي إِدَاوَةٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ «اذْهَبُوا بِهَذَا الْمَاءِ فَإِذَا قَدِمْتُمْ بَلَدَكُمْ فَاكْسِرُوا بِيعَتَكُمْ ثُمَّ انْضَحُوا مَكَانَهَا مِنْ هَذَا الْمَاءِ وَاتَّخِذُوا مَكَانَهَا مَسْجِدًا» فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ الْبَلَدُ بَعِيدٌ وَالْمَاءُ يَنْشَفُ قَالَ «فَأَمِدُّوهُ مِنَ الْمَاءِ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَزِيدُهُ إِلَّا طِيبًا» فَخَرَجْنَا فَتَشَاحَحْنَا عَلَى حَمْلِ الْإِدَاوَةِ أَيُّنَا يَحْمِلُهَا فَجَعَلَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ لِكُلِّ رَجُلٍ مِنَّا يَوْمًا وَلَيْلَةً فَخَرَجْنَا بِهَا حَتَّى قَدِمْنَا بَلَدَنَا فَعَمِلْنَا الَّذِي أَمَرَنَا وَرَاهِبُ ذَلِكَ الْقَوْمِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ طَيِّئٍ فَنَادَيْنَاهُ بِالصَّلَاةِ فَقَالَ الرَّاهِبُ دَعْوَةُ حَقٍّ ثُمَّ هَرَبَ فَلَمْ يُرَ بَعْدُ