[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stayed in Makkah for ten years, following the people in their homes in 'Ukaz and Majinah, and during the seasons in Mina. He would say, "Who will shelter and support me? Who will assist me until I deliver the message of my Lord, and he will be rewarded with Paradise?" So much so that a man would come from Yemen or Egypt, and his people would warn him, saying, "Beware of the young boy from Quraysh who will deceive you." But he would walk among them and they would point at him with their fingers. Until Allah sent someone from Yathrib (Medina) and we offered him shelter and believed in him. The man would return to his people, and they would embrace Islam because of him, to the point that there was not a house in Al-Ansar (the supporters) except there were some Muslims living in it. Then, they all came together and said, "Until when shall we leave the Messenger of Allah ﷺ being expelled in the mountains of Makkah and living in fear?" Seventy men of us left until we reached him in the season. We made an appointment with the tribes of Al-'Aqabah, and met him there, a group of men and a group of women. We said, "O Messenger of Allah! Why don't we give you our pledge?" He replied, "Give me your pledge based on hearing and obeying, in ease and hardship, in wealth and poverty, and to enjoin good and forbid evil. And that you will say in Allah's cause, fear no blame from anyone, and to help me rather than hinder me when I come to you. If you fulfill this, then it will be better for you before Allah." We said, "O Messenger of Allah! Rain on us your guidance." We swear by Allah, we will never abandon this pledge nor take it away. So we gave him our pledge, and he grasped the hand of As'ad bin Zurarah, who was one of the youngest among us, and said, "O people of Yathrib! We have not aimed against and attacked the backs of camels unless we knew that he is the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . And indeed his leaving today means the tribal fragmentation of the entire Arabs and the killing of your best people. And the swords will bite you, whether you are a people who can endure that or a people who fear from yourselves a decline, clarify it, and it will be more excuse for you before Allah." We said, "Remove from us, O As'ad!" By Allah! We will never abandon this pledge nor seize it away. So we gave him our pledge, and he made a condition and gave us Paradise in return.  

مَكَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِمَكَّةَ عَشْرَ سِنِينَ يَتْبَعُ النَّاسَ فِي مَنَازِلِهِمْ بعُكَاظٍ وَمَجَنَّةَ وَفِي الْمَوَاسِمِ بِمِنًى يَقُولُ مَنْ يُؤْوِينِي؟ مَنْ يَنْصُرُنِي حَتَّى أُبَلِّغَ رِسَالَةَ رَبِّي وَلَهُ الْجَنَّةُ؟ حَتَّى إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَخْرُجُ مِنَ الْيَمَنِ أَوْ مِنْ مِصْرَ كَذَا قَالَ فَيَأْتِيهِ قَوْمُهُ فَيَقُولُونَ احْذَرْ غُلَامَ قُرَيْشٍ لَا يَفْتِنُكَ وَيَمْشِي بَيْنَ رِجَالِهِمْ وَهُمْ يُشِيرُونَ إِلَيْهِ بِالْأَصَابِعِ حَتَّى بَعَثَنَا اللهُ لَهُ مِنْ يَثْرِبَ فَآوَيْنَاهُ وَصَدَّقْنَاهُ فَيَخْرُجُ الرَّجُلُ مِنَّا فَيُؤْمِنُ بِهِ وَيُقْرِئُهُ الْقُرْآنَ فَيَنْقَلِبُ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ فَيُسْلِمُونَ بِإِسْلَامِهِ حَتَّى لَمْ يَبْقَ دَارٌ مِنْ دُورِ الْأَنْصَارِ إِلَّا وَفِيهَا رَهْطٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ يُظْهِرُونَ الْإِسْلَامَ ثُمَّ ائْتَمَرُوا جَمِيعًا فَقُلْنَا حَتَّى مَتَى نَتْرُكُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُطْرَدُ فِي جِبَالِ مَكَّةَ وَيَخَافُ؟ فَرَحَلَ إِلَيْهِ مِنَّا سَبْعُونَ رَجُلًا حَتَّى قَدِمُوا عَلَيْهِ فِي الْمَوْسِمِ فَوَاعَدْنَاهُ شِعْبَ الْعَقَبَةِ فَاجْتَمَعْنَا عِنْدَهُ مِنْ رَجُلٍ وَرَجُلَيْنِ حَتَّى تَوَافَيْنَا فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ علَامَ نُبَايِعُكَ قَالَ تُبَايِعُونِي عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ فِي النَّشَاطِ وَالْكَسَلِ وَالنَّفَقَةِ فِي الْعُسْرِ وَالْيُسْرِ وَعَلَى الْأَمْرِ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَالنَّهْيِ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَأَنْ تَقُولُوا فِي اللهِ لَا تَخَافُونَ فِي اللهِ لَوْمَةَ لَائِمٍ وَعَلَى أَنْ تَنْصُرُونِي فَتَمْنَعُونِي إِذَا قَدِمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ مِمَّاتَمْنَعُونَ مِنْهُ أَنْفُسَكُمْ وَأَزْوَاجَكُمْ وَأَبْنَاءَكُمْ وَلَكُمُ الْجَنَّةُ قَالَ فَقُمْنَا إِلَيْهِ فَبَايَعْنَاهُ وَأَخَذَ بِيَدِهِ أَسْعَدُ بْنُ زُرَارَةَ وَهُوَ مِنْ أَصْغَرِهِمْ فَقَالَ رُوَيْدًا يَا أَهْلَ يَثْرِبَ فَإِنَّا لَمْ نَضْرِبْ أَكْبَادَ الْإِبِلِ إِلَّا وَنَحْنُ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَإِنَّ إِخْرَاجَهُ الْيَوْمَ مُفَارَقَةُ الْعَرَبِ كَافَّةً وَقَتْلُ خِيَارِكُمْ وَأَنَّ تَعَضَّكُمُ السُّيُوفُ فَإِمَّا أَنْتُمْ قَوْمٌ تَصْبِرُونَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ وَأَجْرُكُمْ عَلَى اللهِ وَإِمَّا أَنْتُمْ قَوْمٌ تَخَافُونَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ جَبِينَةً فَبَيِّنُوا ذَلِكَ فَهُوَ أَعْذَرَ لَكُمْ عِنْدَ اللهِ قَالُوا أَمِطْ عَنَّا يَا أَسْعَدُ فَوَاللهِ لَا نَدَعُ هَذِهِ الْبَيْعَةَ أَبَدًا وَلَا نَسْلُبُهَا أَبَدًا قَالَ فَقُمْنَا إِلَيْهِ فَبَايَعْنَاهُ فَأَخَذَ عَلَيْنَا وَشَرَطَ وَيُعْطِينَا عَلَى ذَلِكَ الْجَنَّةَ  

[Machine] "When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave what he gave from those gifts to the Quraysh and the Arab tribes, the Ansar did not have anything from them. This concern started to occupy the hearts of some of the Ansar until the saying spread among them until some of them said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ met his people and Sa'd ibn 'Ubadah entered upon him and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, this concern has troubled the hearts of the Ansar indefinitely due to what you distributed of this booty among your people and gave your tribes great gifts, while the Ansar did not receive anything from it." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked, "What about you, O Sa'd?" He replied, "O Messenger of Allah, I am just a man from my people. And who am I?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Gather your people for me in this courtyard." So Sa'd went out and gathered the Ansar in that courtyard. Then some of the Muhajireen entered and Sa'd left them, but when others came, he admitted them. When they had assembled, Sa'd came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "This concern has gathered the Ansar for you, O Messenger of Allah." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to them and praised Allah and lauded Him appropriately for what He had bestowed on them, then he said, "O Ansar, I was informed of your concern and I found it in your hearts and were you not misguided and then Allah guided you? Were you not destitute and then Allah enriched you? Were you not enemies and then Allah brought your hearts together?" They replied, "Indeed, by Allah and His Messenger!" He said, "Will you not then answer me, O Ansar?" They asked, "And what is it that we should say, O Messenger of Allah, when Allah and His Messenger spoke the truth?" He said, "I swear by Allah, if you had wished, you could have said so, and you would have told the truth and believed. You came to us as liars and we believed you, forsaken and we helped you, fugitive and we sheltered you, and poor and we enriched you. Did you not find in yourselves, O Ansar, a disposition towards this world that I made some people embrace Islam and entrusted you with it? Are you not pleased, O Ansar, that people take away livestock while you return with the Messenger of Allah in your camels? By the One in whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, if it were not for migration, I would surely be one of the Ansar. If the people were to take one path and the Ansar another, I would follow the path of the Ansar. O Allah, have mercy on the Ansar and the sons of the Ansar and the sons of the sons of the Ansar." The people began to cry until their tears wet their cheeks, and they said, "We are pleased with the Messenger of Allah's distribution and share." Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ departed and the people dispersed."  

لَمَّا أَعْطَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا أَعْطَى مِنْ تِلْكَ الْعَطَايَا فِي قُرَيْشٍ وَقَبَائِلِ الْعَرَبِ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِي الْأَنْصَارِ مِنْهَا شَيْءٌ وَجَدَ هَذَا الْحَيُّ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ حَتَّى كَثُرَتْ فِيهِمُ الْقَالَةُ حَتَّى قَالَ قَائِلُهُمْ لَقِيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَوْمَهُ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ سَعْدُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ هَذَا الْحَيَّ قَدْوَجَدُوا عَلَيْكَ فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ لِمَا صَنَعْتَ فِي هَذَا الْفَيْءِ الَّذِي أَصَبْتَ قَسَمْتَ فِي قَوْمِكَ وَأَعْطَيْتَ عَطَايَا عِظَامًا فِي قَبَائِلِ الْعَرَبِ وَلَمْ يَكُ فِي هَذَا الْحَيِّ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ شَيْءٌ قَالَ فَأَيْنَ أَنْتَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ يَا سَعْدُ؟ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا أَنَا إِلَّا امْرُؤٌ مِنْ قَوْمِي وَمَا أَنَا؟ قَالَ فَاجْمَعْ لِي قَوْمَكَ فِي هَذِهِ الْحَظِيرَةِ قَالَ فَخَرَجَ سَعْدٌ فَجَمَعَ الْأَنْصَارَ فِي تِلْكَ الْحَظِيرَةِ قَالَ فَجَاءَ رِجَالٌ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ فَتَرَكَهُمْ فَدَخَلُوا وَجَاءَ آخَرُونَ فَرَدَّهُمْ فَلَمَّا اجْتَمَعُوا أَتَاهُ سَعْدٌ فَقَالَ قَدِ اجْتَمَعَ لَكَ هَذَا الْحَيُّ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ قَالَ فَأَتَاهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَحَمِدَ اللهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ بِالَّذِي هُوَ لَهُ أَهْلٌ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا مَعْشَرَ الْأَنْصَارِ مَا قَالَةٌ بَلَغَتْنِي عَنْكُمْ وَجِدَةٌ وَجَدْتُمُوهَا فِي أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَلَمْ آتِكُمْ ضُلَّالًا فَهَدَاكُمُ اللهُ؟ وَعَالَةً فَأَغْنَاكُمُ اللهُ؟ وَأَعْدَاءً فَأَلَّفَ اللهُ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِكُمْ؟ قَالُوا بَلِ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَمَنُّ وَأَفْضَلُ قَالَ أَلَا تُجِيبُونَنِي يَا مَعْشَرَ الْأَنْصَارِ قَالُوا وَبِمَاذَا نُجِيبُكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَلِلَّهِ وَلِرَسُولِهِ الْمَنُّ وَالْفَضْلُ قَالَ أَمَا وَاللهِ لَوْ شِئْتُمْ لَقُلْتُمْ فَلَصَدَقْتُمْ وَصُدِّقْتُمْ أَتَيْتَنَا مُكَذَّبًا فَصَدَّقْنَاكَ وَمَخْذُولًا فَنَصَرْنَاكَوَطَرِيدًا فَآوَيْنَاكَ وَعَائِلًا فَآسَيْنَاكَ أَوَجَدْتُمْ فِي أَنْفُسِكُمْ يَا مَعْشَرَ الْأَنْصَارِ فِي لُعَاعَةٍ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا تَأَلَّفْتُ بِهَا قَوْمًا لِيُسْلِمُوا وَوَكَلْتُكُمْ إِلَى إِسْلَامِكُمْ؟ أَفَلَا تَرْضَوْنَ يَا مَعْشَرَ الْأَنْصَارِ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ النَّاسُ بِالشَّاةِ وَالْبَعِيرِ وَتَرْجِعُونَ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ فِي رِحَالِكُمْ؟ فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ لَوْلَا الْهِجْرَةُ لَكُنْتُ امْرَأً مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَلَوْ سَلَكَ النَّاسُ شِعْبًا وَسَلَكَتِ الْأَنْصَارُ شِعْبًا لَسَلَكْتُ شِعْبَ الْأَنْصَارِ اللهُمَّ ارْحَمِ الْأَنْصَارَ وَأَبْنَاءَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَأَبْنَاءَ أَبْنَاءِ الْأَنْصَارِ قَالَ فَبَكَى الْقَوْمُ حَتَّى أَخْضَلُوا لِحَاهُمْ وَقَالُوا رَضِينَا بِرَسُولِ اللهِ قِسْمًا وَحَظًّا ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَتَفَرَّقُوا  

[Machine] The horses of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ arrived, or he said, the messengers of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ arrived, and I was near a scorpion, so they took my aunt and some people. They brought them to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he ordered them to line up for him. She said, "O Messenger of Allah, the newcomer went away and the baby is gone, and I am an old woman with no one to serve me. So who will show me kindness, as God has shown kindness to you?" He asked her, "Who is your neighbor?" She said, "Adi ibn Hatim." He said, "The one who has run away from God and His Messenger?" She said, "So who will show me kindness?" He said, "When he returned, a man came to him, and we could see that it was Ali. He said, 'Put her on a camel and he asked her.' So she went to him and said, 'You have done something that your father used to do.' He said, 'Did you visit him willingly or as a monastic?' She said, 'Such and such person came to him and got something from him, and such and such person came to him and got something from him.' He said, 'So I came to him, and there was a woman and children with him.' They mentioned their relationship to the Prophet ﷺ , so I knew that he did not have the dominion of Khusra or Caesar. He asked him, 'O Adi ibn Hatim, what has prevented you from saying there is no god but Allah? Is there any god but Allah? What has prevented you from saying Allah is the Greatest? Is there anything greater than Allah?' She said, 'So I have submitted and I saw his face light up, and he said, 'Indeed, the Jews are the ones who have earned wrath, and the Christians are the ones who have gone astray.' Then they asked him to praise Allah, and he praised Him and said, 'As for what follows, you people should submit yourself and lower yourselves from pride, as a person submits with a sa' of dates to another person with a handful of dates. Shu'bah said, 'My most knowledgeable opinion is that he said it is one date with a part of a date.' And verily, one of you will meet Allah, and yet he will say, 'What should I say?' Didn't I make you hearing and seeing? Didn't I give you wealth and children? What did you prepare?' So he will look in front of him, behind him, to his right and to his left, and he will not find anything. So the fire will not touch anyone except with his face. So fear the fire, even with a part of a date. And if you do not find that, then with a gentle word. Indeed, I do not fear poverty for you, for Allah will support you and give you victory, or He will open for you until the camels can walk between Al-Hirah and Yathrib. Indeed, what the thieving fears most is the loss of her property.' Muhammad ibn Ja'far said, 'I heard this from Shu'bah, and I recited it to him.'"  

جَاءَتْ خَيْلُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَوْ قَالَ رُسُلُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا بِعَقْرَبٍ فَأَخَذُوا عَمَّتِي وَنَاسًا قَالَ فَلَمَّا أَتَوْا بِهِمْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَصَفُّوا لَهُ قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ نَأَى الْوَافِدُ وَانْقَطَعَ الْوَلَدُ وَأَنَا عَجُوزٌ كَبِيرَةٌ مَا بِي مِنْ خِدْمَةٍ فَمُنَّ عَلَيَّ مَنَّ اللهُ عَلَيْكَ قَالَ مَنْ وَافِدُكِ؟ قَالَتْ عَدِيُّ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ الَّذِي فَرَّ مِنَ اللهِ وَرَسُولِهِ؟ قَالَتْ فَمَنَّ عَلَيَّ قَالَتْ فَلَمَّا رَجَعَ وَرَجُلٌ إِلَى جَنْبِهِ نَرَى أَنَّهُ عَلِيٌّ قَالَ سَلِيهِ حِمْلَانًا قَالَ فَسَأَلَتْهُ فَأَمَرَ لَهَا قَالَتْ فَأَتَانِي فَقَالَتْ لَقَدْ فَعَلْتَ فَعْلَةً مَا كَانَ أَبُوكَ يَفْعَلُهَا قَالَتْائْتِهِ رَاغِبًا أَوْ رَاهِبًا فَقَدْ أَتَاهُ فُلَانٌ فَأَصَابَ مِنْهُ وَأَتَاهُ فُلَانٌ فَأَصَابَ مِنْهُ قَالَ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَإِذَا عِنْدَهُ امْرَأَةٌ وَصِبْيَانٌ أَوْ صَبِيٌّ فَذَكَرَ قُرْبَهُمْ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ مُلْكُ كِسْرَى وَلَا قَيْصَرَ فَقَالَ لَهُ يَا عَدِيُّ بْنَ حَاتِمٍ مَا أَفَرَّكَ أَنْ يُقَالَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ؟ فَهَلْ مِنْ إِلَهٍ إِلَّا اللهُ؟ مَا أَفَرَّكَ أَنْ يُقَالَ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ؟ فَهَلْ شَيْءٌ هُوَ أَكْبَرُ مِنَ اللهِ ﷻ؟ قَالَ فَأَسْلَمْتُ فَرَأَيْتُ وَجْهَهُ اسْتَبْشَرَ وَقَالَ إِنَّ الْمَغْضُوبَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْيَهُودُ وإنَّ الضَّالِّينَ النَّصَارَى ثُمَّ سَأَلُوهُ فَحَمِدَ اللهَ تَعَالَى وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَلَكُمْ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَنْ تَرْتَضِخُوا مِنَ الْفَضْلِ ارْتَضَخَ امْرُؤٌ بِصَاعٍ بِبَعْضِ صَاعٍ بِقَبْضَةٍ بِبَعْضِ قَبْضَةٍ قَالَ شُعْبَةُ وَأَكْثَرُ عِلْمِي أَنَّهُ قَالَ بِتَمْرَةٍ بِشِقِّ تَمْرَةٍ وَإِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ لَاقِي اللهَ ﷻ فَقَائِلٌ مَا أَقُولُ أَلَمْ أَجْعَلْكَ سَمِيعًا بَصِيرًا؟ أَلَمْ أَجْعَلْ لَكَ مَالًا وَوَلَدًا؟ فَمَاذَا قَدَّمْتَ؟ فَيَنْظُرُ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِ وَعَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَعَنْ شِمَالِهِ فَلَا يَجِدُ شَيْئًا فَمَا يَتَّقِي النَّارَ إِلَّا بِوَجْهِهِ فَاتَّقُوا النَّارَ وَلَوْ بِشِقِّ تَمْرَةٍ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَجِدُوهُ فَبِكَلِمَةٍ لَيِّنَةٍ إِنِّي لَا أَخْشَى عَلَيْكُمُ الْفَاقَةَ لَيَنْصُرَنَّكُمُ اللهُ تَعَالَى وَلَيُعْطِيَنَّكُمْ أَوْ لَيَفْتَحَنَّ لَكُمْ حَتَّى تَسِيرَ الظَّعِينَةُ بَيْنَ الْحِيرَةِ ويَثْرِبَ إِنَّ أَكْثَرَ مَا تَخَافُ السَّرَقَ عَلَى ظَعِينَتِهَا قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَاهُ شُعْبَةُ مَا لَا أُحْصِيهِ وَقَرَأْتُهُ عَلَيْهِ  

[Machine] He gathered them all that day, and it was nothing but existence until the Day of Resurrection. Then He made them souls, then formed them and gave them the power of speech. And He took from them the covenant and the pledge, and He made them testify upon themselves, "Am I not your Lord?" They said, "Yes, we testify." [This] lest you should say on the Day of Resurrection, "Indeed, we were unaware of this." Or [lest] you say, "It was only that our fathers associated [others in worship] before, and we were but descendants after them. Then would You destroy us for what the falsifiers have done?" [Allah] said, "I swear by Myself, and I bear witness on you all the heavens and the earths, and I bear witness upon your father Adam, 'Am I not your Lord?' They said, 'Yes, we testify.' [This] lest you should say on the Day of Resurrection, 'Indeed, we were unaware of this.' Or lest you should say, 'It was only that our fathers associated [others in worship] before, and we were but descendants after them. Then would You destroy us for what the falsifiers have done?' He said, "Indeed, I bear witness over all of you that I am free from whatever you associate with Me. Indeed, the Messengers will come to you with My reminders and My covenant, and they will present My Books to you." They said, "We bear witness that You are our Lord and our God. You have no Lord besides You, and we have no god besides You." And their father Adam raised them, so He looked at them, and He saw richness and poverty, beauty and otherwise. He said, "My Lord, if You had balanced Your servants." He said, "I love to return the gratitude." And among them were seen prophets like bright lamps. They were given a separate covenant in regards to Prophet-hood and Messengership. This is the saying of Allah, the Exalted, "[And mention] when We took from the prophets their covenant and from you and from Noah." (33:7) And His saying, "So direct your face toward the religion, inclining to truth. [Adhere to] the fitrah of Allah upon which He has created [all] people. No change should there be in the creation of Allah." (30:30) And His saying, "This is a warner of the warners of old." (53:56) And His saying, "And We had not found for most of them any covenant, but indeed, We found most of them defiantly disobedient." (7:102) And His saying, "Then We sent following their footsteps Our messengers and followed [them] with Jesus, the son of Mary, and gave him the Gospel. And We placed in the hearts of those who followed him compassion and mercy and monasticism, which they innovated; We did not prescribe it for them except that they did so seeking the approval of Allah." So they did not observe it with due observance. (57:27) He knew in His knowledge those who would deny what He would affirm and those who would affirm what He would deny. So the soul of 'Isa was among those souls to which the covenant was taken in the time of Adam. And that soul was then sent to Maryam when He said, "Settle in a place of worship wherein the sun does not rise, and you take a veil from them." So We sent to her Our soul, and it manifested to her in the form of a well-built man. (19:17) Until His saying, "A determined appointment." (19:21) She conceived. He, who spoke to her, was the soul of 'Isa, peace be upon him. Abu Ja'far narrated to me that Ar-Rabi' bin Anas narrated to him from Abu Al-'Aliyah from Ubayy bin Ka'b who said, "He entered it."  

فِي قَوْلِهِ ﷻ {وَإِذْ أَخَذَ رَبُّكَ مِنْ بَنِي آدَمَ مِنْ ظُهُورِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّاتِهِمْ وَأَشْهَدَهُمْ عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ} إِلَى قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى {أَفَتُهْلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ الْمُبْطِلُونَ} [الأعراف 173] قَالَ جَمَعَهُمْ لَهُ يَوْمَئِذٍ جَمِيعًا مَا هُوَ كَائِنٌ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ فَجَعَلَهُمْ أَرْوَاحًا ثُمَّ صَوَّرَهُمْ وَاسْتَنْطَقَهُمْ فَتَكَلَّمُوا وَأَخَذَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْعَهْدَ وَالْمِيثَاقَ وَأَشْهَدَهُمْ عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ أَلَسْتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ؟ قَالُوا بَلَى شَهِدْنَا أَنْ تَقُولُوا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِنَّا كُنَّا عَنْ هَذَا غَافِلِينَ أَوْ تَقُولُوا إِنَّمَا أَشْرَكَ آبَاؤُنَا مِنْ قَبْلُ وَكُنَّا ذُرِّيَّةً مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ أَفَتُهْلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ الْمُبْطِلُونَ قَالَ فَإِنِّي أُشْهِدُ عَلَيْكُمُ السَّمَاوَاتِ السَّبْعَ وَالْأَرَضِينَ السَّبْعَ وَأُشْهِدُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَبَاكُمْ آدَمَ أَنْ تَقُولُوا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ لَمْ نَعْلَمْ أَوْ تَقُولُوا إِنَّا كُنَّا عَنْ هَذَا غَافِلِينَ فَلَا تُشْرِكُوا بِي شَيْئًا فَإِنِّي أُرْسِلُ إِلَيْكُمْ رُسُلِي يُذَكِّرُونَكُمْ عَهْدِي وَمِيثَاقِي وَأُنْزِلُ عَلَيْكُمْ كُتُبِي فَقَالُوا نَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ رَبُّنَا وَإِلَهُنَا لَا رَبَّ لَنَا غَيْرُكَ وَلَا إِلَهَ لَنَا غَيْرُكَ وَرَفَعَ لَهُمْ أَبُوهُمْ آدَمَ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِمْ فَرَأَى فِيهِمُ الْغَنِيَّ وَالْفَقِيرَ وَحَسَنَ الصُّورَةِ وَغَيْرَ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ رَبِّ لَوْ سَوَّيْتَ بَيْنَ عِبَادِكَ فَقَالَ إِنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ أُشْكَرَ وَرَأَى فِيهِمُ الْأَنْبِيَاءَ مِثْلَ السُّرُجِ وَخُصُّوا بِمِيثَاقٍ آخَرَ بِالرِّسَالَةِ وَالنُّبُوَّةِ فَذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ ﷻ {وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِنَ النَّبِيِّينَ مِيثَاقَهُمْ وَمِنْكَ وَمِنْ نُوحٍ} [الأحزاب 7] الْآيَةُ وَهُوَ قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى {فَأَقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدِّينِ حَنِيفًا فِطْرَةَ اللَّهِ الَّتِي فَطَرَ النَّاسَ عَلَيْهَا لَا تَبْدِيلَ لِخَلْقِ اللَّهِ} [الروم 30] وَذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ {هَذَا نَذِيرٌ مِنَ النُّذُرِ الْأُولَى} [النجم 56] وَقَوْلُهُ {وَمَا وَجَدْنَا لِأَكْثَرِهِمْ مِنْ عَهْدٍ وَإِنْ وَجَدْنَا أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَفَاسِقِينَ} [الأعراف 102] وَهُوَ قَوْلُهُ {ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَا مِنْ بَعْدِهِ رُسُلًا إِلَى قَوْمِهِمْ فَجَاءُوهُمْ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ فَمَا كَانُوا لِيُؤْمِنُوا بِمَا كَذَّبُوا بِهِ مِنْ قَبْلُ} كَانَ فِي عِلْمِهِ بِمَا أَقَرُّوا بِهِ مَنْ يُكَذِّبُ بِهِ وَمَنْ يُصَدِّقُ بِهِ فَكَانَ رُوحُ عِيسَى مِنْ تِلْكَ الْأَرْوَاحِ الَّتِي أُخِذَ عَلَيْهَا الْمِيثَاقُ فِي زَمَنِ آدَمَ فَأَرْسَلَ ذَلِكَ الرُّوحَ إِلَى مَرْيَمَ حِينَ {انْتَبَذَتْ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا مَكَانًا شَرْقِيًّا فَاتَّخَذَتْ مِنْ دُونِهِمْ حِجَابًا فَأَرْسَلْنَا إِلَيْهَا رُوحَنَا فَتَمَثَّلَ لَهَا بَشَرًا سَوِيًّا} [مريم 17] إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {مَقْضِيًّا} [مريم 21] فَحَمَلَتْهُ قَالَ حَمَلَتِ الَّذِي خَاطَبَهَا وَهُوَ رُوحُ عِيسَى عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ فَحَدَّثَنِي الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَالِيَةِ عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ قَالَ دَخَلَ مِنْ فِيهَا  

[Machine] I went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was sitting in the mosque. The people said, "This is Adi bin Hatim, and he used to be a Christian." I came to him without any security or script, and when I was given the opportunity, he held my hand and said, "I hope that Allah will unite his hand with mine." He then walked with me until we met a woman and a child with her. They said, "We have a need from you." So he went with her and fulfilled her need, then he took me by the hand until we reached his house. I was given a cushion to sit on, and I sat in front of him. He praised and glorified Allah, and then said, "What led you to think that no one is worthy of being worshiped except Allah?" Then he spoke for a while and said, "Does it surprise you or does it harm you that Allah is said to be greater? Do you know anything greater than Allah?" I said, "No." He said, "Verily, the Jews are despised, and the Christians are astray." I said, "I am a Hanif (upright) Muslim." I saw his face light up with joy. Then he ordered me to go to a man from the Ansar, and I went to him in the middle of the day. While I was with him in the evening, some people came to him wearing woolen clothes from this Nimar. He prayed, and then he stood and advised them. He said, "A bushel or half a bushel, even if it is with a handful, should be used to protect one's face from the heat of Hellfire. Even if it is with half a date, one of you should meet Allah with something to say. Did I not make for you hearing and sight?" They said, "Yes." He said, "Did I not make for you wealth and children?" They said, "Yes." He said, "Then where are those things that you have prepared for yourselves?" He looked in front of him, behind him, to his right, and to his left, and he did not find anything that would protect his face. So let one of you protect his face from the Fire, even if it is with half a date. If he cannot find that, then with a good word. Indeed, I do not fear poverty for you, for Allah is your Helper and Provider until the Day of Resurrection. The distance between Al-Tharib and Al-Hira is not far, and what is feared most for its livestock is theft. So I started to say to myself, "Where are the thieves of Thay?"  

أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَقَالَ الْقَوْمُ هَذَا عَدِيُّ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ وَكُنْتُ نَصْرَانِيًّا وَجِئْتُ بِغَيْرِ أَمَانٍ وَلَا كِتَابٍ فَلَمَّا دُفِعْتُ إِلَيْهِ أَخَذَ بِيَدِي وَقَدْ كَانَ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ «إنِِّي لَأَرْجُو أَنْ يَجْعَلَ اللهُ يَدَهُ فِي يَدِي» فَقَامَ بِي فَلَقِيتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ وَصَبِيٌّ مَعَهَا فَقَالَا إِنَّ لَنَا إِلَيْكَ حَاجَةً فَقَامَ مَعَهَا حَتَّى قَضَى حَاجَتَهَا ثُمَّ أَخَذَ بِيَدِي حَتَّى أَتَى دَارَهُ فَأُلْقِيَتْ لَهُ وِسَادَةً فَجَلَسَ عَلَيْهَا وَجَلَسْتُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَحَمِدَ اللهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَمْ يَغُرَّكَ إلَّا أَنْ يُقَالَ إِلَّا اللهُ فَهَلْ تَعْلَمُ منْ إِلَهٍ إِلَّا اللهَ؟ ثُمَّ تَكَلَّمَ سَاعَةً ثُمَّ قَالَ أَمَا يَغُرُّكَ أَوْ يَضُرُّكَ إِلَّا أَنْ يُقَالَ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ فَهَلْ تَعْلَمُ شَيْئًا أَكْبَرَ مِنَ اللهِ؟ قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ «إِنَّ الْيَهُودَ مَغْضُوبٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَإِنَّ النَّصَارَى ضُلَّالٌ» قُلْتُ فَإِنِّي حَنِيفٌ مُسْلِمٌ فَرَأَيْتُ وَجْهَهُ يَنْبَسِطُ فَرَحًا ثُمَّ أَمَرَنِي فَنَزَلَتْ عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَجَعَلْتُ آتِيهِ طَرَفَيِ النَّهَارِ فَبَيْنَا أَنَا عِنْدَهُ عَشِيَّةً إِذْ أَتَاهُ قَوْمٌ فِي ثِيَابٍ مِنْ صُوفٍ مِنْ هَذِهِ النِّمَارِ فَصَلَّى ثُمَّ قَامَ فَحَثَّ عَلَيْهِمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ بِصَاعٍ أَوْ نِصْفِ صَاعٍ أَوْ نَصِيفِهِ وَلَوْ بِبَعْضِ قَبْضَةٍ يَقِي أَحَدُكُمْ وَجْهَهُ مِنْ حَرِّ جَهَنَّمَ أَوِ النَّارِ وَلَوْ بِشِقِّ التَّمْرَةِ فَإِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ لَاقِي اللهَ فَقَائِلٌ لَهُ مَا أَقُولُ لَكُمْ أَلَمْ أَجْعَلْ لَكَ سَمْعًا وَبَصَرًا فَيَقُولُ بَلَى فَيَقُولُ أَلَمْ أَجْعَلْ لَكَ مَالًا وَوَلَدًا؟ فَيَقُولُ بَلَى فَيَقُولُ أَيْنَ مَا قَدَّمْتَ لِنَفْسِكَ فَيَنْظُرُ أَمَامَهُ وَخَلْفَهُ وَعَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَعَنْ شِمَالِهِ فَلَا يَجِدُ شَيْئًا يَقِي بِهِ وَجْهَهُ فليَوقِّي أَحَدُكُمْ وَجْهَهُ النَّارَ وَلَوْ بِشِقِّ تَمْرَةٍ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ فَبِكَلِمَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ فَإِنِّي لَا أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمُ الْفَاقَةَ فَإِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ نَاصِرُكُمْ وَمُعْطِيكُمْ حَتَّى تَسِيرَ الظَّعِينَةُ فِيمَا بَيْنَ يَثْرِبَ وَالْحِيرَةِ وَأَكْثَرَ مَا يُخَافُ عَلَى مَطِيَّتِهَا السَّرَقُ فَجَعَلْتُ أَقُولُ فِي نَفْسِي فَأَيْنَ لُصُوصُ طَيِّئٍ  

[Machine] That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ divided the booty that Allah had bestowed upon him from the spoils of Hunayn among the people of Makkah, from the Quraysh and others. This angered the Ansar, so when the Prophet ﷺ heard about it, he came to them in their homes and said, "Whoever is not from the Ansar, let him leave to his caravan." Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ made the declaration of faith and praised Allah, then he said, "O people of the Ansar, I have been informed about your conversation regarding these spoils that I have given to certain people to strengthen their faith and become witnesses for Islam. Allah has instilled Islam in their hearts." Then he said, "O people of the Ansar, has not Allah bestowed upon you His guidance and honored you with nobility? He has given you the best of names, Ansar Allah (the helpers of Allah) and Ansar Rasulullah (the helpers of the Messenger of Allah). If it were not for the migration, I would have been one of the Ansar. If the people take a valley, and you take a valley, would you not be satisfied that the people take the sheep, camels, and cattle, while you take the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?" When the Ansar heard the words of the Prophet ﷺ, they said, "We are satisfied." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Answer me regarding what I have said." The Ansar said, "O Messenger of Allah, when we were in darkness, Allah brought us to light through you. When we were on the brink of the Fire, Allah saved us through you. When we were astray, Allah guided us through you. So we are pleased with Allah as our Lord, Islam as our religion, and Muhammad as our Prophet. Do as you wish, O Messenger of Allah, in the widest scope." The Prophet ﷺ said, "By Allah, if you had responded to me with anything other than what you have said, I would have said you spoke the truth. Did we not shelter you when you were a fugitive? Did we not believe in you when others denied you? Did we not support you when others abandoned you? And did we not accept what no one else accepted? If you had said this, you would have spoken the truth." The Ansar said, "Rather, to Allah and His Messenger belongs the favor and the generosity, on us and on others." Then they wept, and the Prophet ﷺ wept with them, and he was pleased with them, for what he said to them caused them the greatest joy and was more beloved to them than any material wealth.  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَسَّمَ الْفَيْءَ الَّذِي أَفَاءَ اللهُ بِحُنَيْنٍ مِنْ غَنَائِمِ هَوَازِنَ فَأَفْشَى الْقَسْمَ فِي أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ وَغَيْرِهِمْ فَغَضِبَ الْأَنْصَارُ فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَتَاهُمْ فِي مَنَازِلِهِمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ «مَنْ كَانَ هَهُنَا لَيْسَ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَلْيَخْرُجْ إِلَى رَحْلِهِ» ثُمَّ تَشَهَّدَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَحَمِدَ اللهَ ﷻ ثُمَّ قَالَ «يَا مَعْشَرَ الْأَنْصَارِ قَدْ بَلَغَنِي مِنْ حَدِيثِكُمْ فِي هَذِهِ الْمَغَانِمِ الَّتِي آثَرْتُ بِهَا أُنَاسًا أَتَأَلَّفُهُمْ عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ لَعَلَّهُمْ أَنْ يَشْهَدُوا بَعْدَ الْيَوْمِ وَقَدْ أَدْخَلَ اللهُ قُلُوبَهُمُ الْإِسْلَامَ» ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا مَعْشَرَ الْأَنْصَارِ أَلَمْ يَمُنَّ اللهُ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْإِيمَانِ وَخَصَّكُمْ بِالْكَرَامَةِ وَسَمَّاكُمْ بِأَحْسَنِ الْأَسْمَاءِ أَنْصَارَ اللهِ وَأَنْصَارَ رَسُولِهِ؟ وَلَوْلَا الْهِجْرَةُ لَكُنْتُ امْرَأً مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَلَوْ سَلَكَ النَّاسُ وَادِيًا وَسَلَكْتُمْ وَادِيًا لَسَلَكْتُ وَادِيَكُمْ أَفَلَا تَرْضَوْنَ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ النَّاسُ بِهَذِهِ الْغَنَائِمِ الشَّاةِ وَالنِّعَمِ وَالْبَعِيرِ وَتَذْهَبُونَ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ فَلَمَّا سَمِعَتِ الْأَنْصَارُ قَوْلَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالُوا رَضِينَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَجِيبُونِي فِيمَا قُلْتُ؟» فَقَالَتِ الْأَنْصَارُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَجَدْتَنَا فِي ظُلْمَةٍ فَأَخْرَجَنَا اللهُ بِكَ إِلَى النُّورِ وَوَجَدْتَنَا عَلَى شَفَا حُفْرَةٍ مِنَ النَّارِ فَأَنْقَذَنَا اللهُ بِكَ وَوَجَدْتَنَا ضُلَّالًا فَهَدَانَا اللهُ بِكَ فَرَضِينَا بِاللهِ رَبًّا وَبِالْإِسْلَامِ دِينًا وَبِمُحَمَّدٍ نَبِيًّا فَاصْنَعْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا شِئْتَ فِي أَوْسَعِ الْحِلِّ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَمَا وَاللهِ لَوْ أَجَبْتُمُونِي بِغَيْرِ هَذَا الْقَوْلِ لَقُلْتُ صَدَقْتُمْ لَوْ قُلْتُمْ أَلَمْ تَأْتِنَا طَرِيدًا فَآوَيْنَاكَ وَمُكَذَّبًا فَصَدَّقْنَاكَ وَمَخْذُولًا فَنَصَرْنَاكَ وَقَبِلْنَا مَا رَدَّ النَّاسُ عَلَيْكَ؟ لَوْ قُلْتُمْ هَذَا لَصَدَقْتُمْ فَقَالَتِ الْأَنْصَارُ بَلْ للَّهِ وَلِرَسُولِهِ الْمَنُّ وَالْفَضْلُ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى غَيْرِنَا ثُمَّ بَكَوْا فَكَثُرَ بُكَاؤُهُمْ فَبَكَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَعَهُمْ وَرَضِيَ عَنْهُمْ فَكَانُوا بِالَّذِي قَالَ لَهُمْ أَشَدَّ اغْتِبَاطًا وَأَفْضَلَ عِنْدَهُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ مَالٍ