[Machine] While I was passing by in the mosque and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was with some of his companions, the people said, "O Abdullah bin Rawaha, O Abdullah bin Rawaha." I thought that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was calling me, so I came to him and he said, "Sit down, O Abdullah bin Rawaha, how do you say poetry when you want to speak?" I said, "I think and then I speak." He said, "You should curse the polytheists." I hadn't prepared anything, so I said:

[The Simple Ocean]

Tell me the price of the cloak, when ... you were like penguins or did shields harm you?

So I knew the hatred in the face of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ because I priced his people's cloaks, so I looked and then I said:

O Hashim of goodness, indeed Allah has favored you ... over all creation, and He has no equal.

I have thoroughly examined the goodness in you ... with a perception that they lacked in what they saw.

And if you were to ask or seek help from some of them ... in your entire affair, they would not have given refuge or help.

So may Allah make firm what He has granted you of good ... with the firmness of Musa and the help they had received.

He said, "And you may be firm as well, O Ibn Rawaha."  

بَيْنَمَا أَنَا أَجْتَازُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي نَاسٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ إِذْ قَالَ الْقَوْمُ يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ رَوَاحَةَ يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ رَوَاحَةَ فَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَدْعُونِي فَجِئْتُ فَقَالَ «اجْلِسْ يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ رَوَاحَةَ كَيْفَ تَقُولُ الشِّعْرَ إِذَا أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تَقُولَ؟» قُلْتُ أَنْظُرُ ثُمَّ أَقُولُ قَالَ «فَعَلَيْكَ بِالْمُشْرِكِينَ» وَلَمْ أَكُنْ أَعْدَدْتُ شَيْئًا فَقُلْتُ:

[البحر البسيط]

خَبِّرُونِي أثْمانَ العَباءِ مَتى … كُنْتُمْ بَطارِيقَ أوْ دانَتْ لَكُمْ مُضَرُ

فَعَرَفْتُ الكَراهِيَةَ فِي وجْهِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أنْ جَعَلْتُ قَوْمَهُ أثْمانَ العَباءِ، فَنَظَرْتُ ثُمَّ قُلْتُ:

يا هاشِمَ الخَيْرِ إنَّ اللهَ فَضَّلَكُمْ … عَلى البَرِيَّةِ فَضْلًا ما لَهُ غَيْرُ

إنِّي تَفَرَّسْتُ فِيكَ الخَيْرَ أعْرِفُهُ … فِراسَةً خالَفَتْهُمْ فِي الَّذِي نَظَرُوا

ولَوْ سَألْتَ أوِ اسْتَنْصَرْتَ بَعْضَهُمُ … فِي جُلِّ أمَرِكَ ما آوَوْا وما نَصَرُوا

فَثَبَّتَ اللهُ ما آتاكَ مِن حَسَنٍ … تَثْبِيتَ مُوسى ونَصْرًا كالَّذِي نُصِرُوا

قالَ: «وأنْتَ فَثَبَّتَ اللهُ يا ابْنَ رَواحَةَ»