[Machine] The messenger of Allah ﷺ went out and was reciting verses to a group of idols. We then slaughtered a sheep for him and prepared it for him until it was cooked. Then the messenger of Allah ﷺ walked, while reciting verses, on a hot day in Mecca, until we reached the highest point of the valley. There, Zaid bin Amr bin Nufayl met him and greeted the other person with the greeting of the pre-Islamic era. The messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, "Why do I see your people mocking you?" He replied, "By Allah, it is not because they have heard anything from me, but because I see them being misguided. So I went out in search of this religion until I arrived in Yathrib where I found people worshiping Allah alone and associating partners with Him." I said, "What is this religion I'm seeking?" So I continued on until I reached the Jews of Khaybar and found them worshiping Allah and associating partners with Him. I said, "What is this religion I'm seeking?" Then I proceeded until I reached the Jews of Fadak and found them worshiping Allah and associating partners with Him. I said, "What is this religion I'm seeking?" Then a scholar from the scholars of Sham (Syria) said to me, "Are you asking about a religion that we don't know of anyone worshiping Allah alone with, except for a sheikh in the Arabian Peninsula? So I went to him and informed him of what I was searching for." He said to me, "Indeed, everyone who you see in misguidance, if he is calling to a religion, it is the religion of Allah and His angels. A prophet has emerged in your land or soon will emerge calling to it. So return and believe in him and follow him." I did not encounter another prophet after that, and I am the messenger of Allah ﷺ , riding on the camel that was beneath me. We then brought him the cooked meat, and he said, "What is this?" We said, "We slaughtered this sheep for such and such idol." He said, "I do not eat anything that has been sacrificed to anyone other than Allah." Then we dispersed, and there were two idols made of copper called Isaf and Na'ilah. The messenger of Allah ﷺ circumambulated them, and I followed him. When I passed by one of them, I touched it. The messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not touch it." We completed the circumambulation, and I said to myself, "I will touch it to see what he says." So I touched it and the messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not touch it. Did I not forbid you?" He said, "By the One who honored him and revealed the book to him, he did not accept a representative until he was honored with what he was honored with and the book was revealed to him." It was also said that Zaid bin Amr bin Nufayl died before the prophet ﷺ was sent, and the messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A nation will come on the Day of Judgment alone."
خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ مُرْدِفِي إِلَى نُصُبٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَابِ فَذَبَحْنَا لَهُ شَاةً ثُمَّ صَنَعْنَاهَا لَهُ حَتَّى إِذَا نَضِجَتْ جَعَلْنَاهَا فِي سُفْرَتِنَا ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَسِيرُ وَهُوَ مُرْدِفِي فِي يَوْمٍ حَارٍّ مِنْ أَيَّامِ مَكَّةَ حَتَّى إِذَا كُنَّا بِأَعْلَى الْوَادِي لَقِيَهُ زَيْدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ نُفَيْلٍ فَحَيَّا أَحَدُهُمَا الْآخَرَ بِتَحِيَّةِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَا لِي أَرَى قَوْمَكَ قَدْ شَنِفُوا لَكَ» فَقَالَ أَمَّا وَاللهِ إِنَّ ذَلِكَ لَبِغَيْرِ نَائِرَةٍ كَانَتْ مِنِّي إِلَيْهِمْ وَلَكِنِّي أَرَاهُمْ عَلَى ضَلَالَةٍ فَخَرَجْتُ أَبْتَغِي هَذَا الدِّينَ حَتَّى قَدِمْتُ عَلَى أَحْبَارِ يَثْرِبَ فَوَجَدْتُهُمْ يَعْبُدُونَ اللهَ وَيُشْرِكُونَ بِهِ قُلْتُ «مَا هَذَا بِالدَّيْنِ الَّذِي أَبْتَغِي فَخَرَجْتُ حَتَّى أَقْدَمَ عَلَى أَحْبَارِ خَيْبَرَ فَوَجَدْتُهُمْ يَعْبُدُونَ اللهَ وَيُشْرِكُونَ بِهِ» فَقُلْتُ مَا هَذَا بِالدَّيْنِ الَّذِي أَبْتَغِي فَخَرَجْتُ حَتَّى قَدِمْتُ عَلَى أَحْبَارِ فَدَكٍ فَوَجَدْتُهُمْ يَعْبُدُونَ اللهَ وَيُشْرِكُونَ بِهِ فَقُلْتُ «مَا هَذَا بِالدَّيْنِ الَّذِي أَبْتَغِي خَرَجْتُ حَتَّى أَقْدَمَ عَلَى أَحْبَارِ أَيْلَةَ فَوَجَدْتُهُمْ يَعْبُدُونَ اللهَ وَيُشْرِكُونَ بِهِ» فَقُلْتُ مَا هَذَا بِالدَّيْنِ الَّذِي أَبْتَغِي فَقَالَ لِي حَبْرٌ مِنْ أَحْبَارِ الشَّامِ «أَتَسْأَلَ عَنْ دِينٍ مَا نَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا يَعْبَدُ اللهَ بِهِ إِلَّا شَيْخًا بِالْجَزِيرَةِ؟ فَخَرَجْتُ فَقَدِمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِالَّذِي خَرَجْتُ لَهُ» فَقَالَ إِنَّ كُلَّ مَنْ رَأَيْتَ فِي ضَلَالٍ إِنَّكَ تَسْأَلُ عَنْ دِينٍ هُوَ دِينُ اللهِ وَدِينُ مَلَائِكَتِهِ وَقَدْ خَرَجَ فِي أَرْضِكَ نَبِيٌّ أَوْ هُوَ خَارِجٌ يَدْعُو إِلَيْهِ ارْجِعْ فَصَدِّقْهُ وَاتَّبِعْهُ وَآمِنْ بِمَا جَاءَ بِهِ فَلَمْ أُحِسَّ نَبِيًّا بَعْدُ وَأَنَاخَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْبَعِيرَ الَّذِي تَحْتَهُ ثُمَّ قَدَّمْنَا إِلَيْهِ السُّفْرَةَ الَّتِي كَانَ فِيهَا الشِّوَاءُ فَقَالَ «مَا هَذَا؟» قُلْنَا هَذِهِ الشَّاةُ ذَبَحْنَاهَا لِنَصْبِ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَقَالَ إِنِّي لَا آكِلُ شَيْئًا ذُبِحَ لِغَيْرِ اللهِ ثُمَّ تَفَرَّقْنَا وَكَانَ صَنَمَانِ مِنْ نُحَاسٍ يُقَالُ لَهُمَا إِسَافُ وَنَائِلَةُ فَطَافَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَطُفْتُ مَعَهُ فَلَمَّا مَرَرْتُ مَسَحْتُ بِهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا تَمَسَّهُ» وَطُفْنَا فَقُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي لَأَمَسَّنَّهُ أَنْظُرُ مَا يَقُولُ فَمَسَحْتُهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا تَمَسَّهُ أَلَمْ تُنْهَ» قَالَ فَوَالَّذِي أَكْرَمَهُ وَأَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِ الْكِتَابَ مَا اسْتَلَمَ صَنَمًا حَتَّى أَكْرَمَهُ بِالَّذِي أَكْرَمَهُ وَأَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِ الْكِتَابَ قَالَ وَمَاتَ زَيْدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ نُفَيْلٍ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُبْعَثَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يَأْتِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أُمَّةً وَحْدَهُ»