I said to ʿAdī b. Ḥātim: A report has reached me about you, and I would like to hear it from you. He (ʿAdī) said: Yes. When I heard of the appearance of the Messenger of God ﷺ, I disliked his emergence with an intense dislike, so I set out until I reached the land of the Byzantines, until I came to Caesar. He said: But I hated that place even more than I hated his appearance, so I said: By God, I will certainly go to this man: if he is lying, it will not harm me, and if he is truthful, I will know. 

He said: So I arrived and went to him, and when I entered upon him the people said: ʿAdī b. Ḥātim! ʿAdī b. Ḥātim! He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: “O ʿAdī b. Ḥātim, accept Islam and you will be safe,” three times. I said: I am upon a religion. 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 from the Rakūsiyyah, and do you not consume the mirbāʿ of your people?” I said: Yes. He said: “That is not lawful for you in your religion.” He said: No sooner had he said it than I humbled myself to it.

Then he said: “Indeed I know what keeps you from Islam: you say, ‘Only the weak among people and those with no power have followed him, and the Arabs have cast them aside.’ Do you know al-Ḥīrah?” I said: I have not seen it, though I have heard of it. He said: “By the One in whose hand is my soul, God will surely bring this matter to completion, until a woman in a howdah sets out from al-Ḥīrah and goes around the House ˹of Allah˺, fearing none but Allah; and the treasures of Kisrā b. Hurmuz will surely be opened.” I said: Kisrā b. Hurmuz? He said: “Yes, Kisrā ibn Hurmuz; and wealth will surely become so abundant that no one will accept it.”

ʿAdī said: I have seen the woman in a howdah set out from al-Ḥīrah and go around the House without any protection; and I was among those who opened the treasures of Kisrā ibn Hurmuz; and by the One in whose hand is my soul, the third will surely come to pass, because the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said it.

قُلْتُ لِعَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ حَدِيثٌ بَلَغَنِي عَنْكَ أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَسْمَعَهُ مِنْكَ. قَالَ: نَعَمْ. لَمَّا بَلَغَنِي خُرُوجُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَرِهْتُ خُرُوجَهُ كَرَاهَةً شَدِيدَةً، فَخَرَجْتُ حَتَّى وَقَعْتُ نَاحِيَةَ الرُّومِ، حَتَّى قَدِمْتُ عَلَى قَيْصَرَ. قَالَ: فَكَرِهْتُ مَكَانِي ذَلِكَ أَشَدَّ مِنْ كَرَاهِيَتِي لِخُرُوجِهِ، فَقُلْتُ: وَاللَّهِ لَأَتِيَنَّ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ، فَإِنْ كَانَ كَاذِبًا لَمْ يَضُرَّنِي، وَإِنْ كَانَ صَادِقًا عَلِمْتُ. قَالَ: فَقَدِمْتُ فَأَتَيْتُهُ، 

فَلَمَّا دَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ النَّاسُ: عَدِيُّ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ، عَدِيُّ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ. قَالَ: فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «يَا عَدِيُّ بْنَ حَاتِمٍ، أَسْلِمْ تَسْلَمْ» ثَلَاثًا. قُلْتُ: إِنِّي عَلَى دِينٍ. قَالَ: «أَنَا أَعْلَمُ بِدِينِكَ مِنْكَ». قُلْتُ: أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِدِينِي مِنِّي؟ قَالَ: «نَعَمْ، أَلَسْتَ مِنَ الرَّكُوسِيَّةِ، وَأَنْتَ تَأْكُلُ مِرْبَاعَ قَوْمِكَ؟» قُلْتُ: بَلَى. قَالَ: «فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ لَا يَحِلُّ لَكَ فِي دِينِكَ». قَالَ: فَمَا عَدَا أَنْ قَالَهَا حَتَّى تَوَاضَعْتُ لَهَا.

ثُمَّ قَالَ: «أَمَا إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ مَا يَمْنَعُكَ مِنَ الْإِسْلَامِ، تَقُولُ: إِنَّمَا اتَّبَعَهُ ضُعَفَةُ النَّاسِ وَمَنْ لَا قُوَّةَ لَهُ، وَقَدْ رَمَتْهُمُ الْعَرَبُ. أَتَعْرِفُ الْحِيرَةَ؟» قُلْتُ: لَمْ أَرَهَا وَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ بِهَا. قَالَ: «فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ، لَيُتِمَّنَّ اللَّهُ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ، حَتَّى تَخْرُجَ الظَّعِينَةُ مِنَ الْحِيرَةِ، حَتَّى تَطُوفَ بِالْبَيْتِ لَا تَخَافُ إِلَّا اللَّهَ، وَلَيُفْتَحَنَّ كُنُوزُ كِسْرَى بْنِ هُرْمُزَ». قُلْتُ: كِسْرَى بْنُ هُرْمُزَ؟ قَالَ: «نَعَمْ، كِسْرَى بْنُ هُرْمُزَ، وَلَيُبْذَلَنَّ الْمَالُ حَتَّى لَا يَقْبَلَهُ أَحَدٌ».

قَالَ عَدِيٌّ: فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ الظَّعِينَةَ تَخْرُجُ مِنَ الْحِيرَةِ فَتَطُوفُ بِالْبَيْتِ فِي غَيْرِ جِوَارٍ، وَلَقَدْ كُنْتُ فِيمَنْ فَتَحَ كُنُوزَ كِسْرَى بْنِ هُرْمُزَ، وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَتَكُونَنَّ الثَّالِثَةُ، لِأَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَدْ قَالَهَا.

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.

"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".