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tabarani:15986Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad al-Firyābī > Abū Jaʿfar al-Nufaylī > ʿAbbād b. Kathīr al-Ramlī > Thawr b. Yazīd > al-Barāʾ b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Farwah b. Missīk

[Machine] He came to the Prophet (saw) and said, "O Messenger of Allah, we have a neighbor from Saba, people of honor, wealth, and power. Grant me permission to invite them to Islam, and if they refuse, grant me permission to fight them with my people, and whoever obeys me, grant him permission." Then the Messenger of Allah (saw) appeared to him and said, "You have mentioned some matters regarding the people of Saba that I have not mentioned. Invite them to Islam, and if they respond, accept them and refrain from harming them. And if they refuse, do not confront them until I give you further instructions." He then asked, "O Messenger of Allah, is Saba a land or a woman?" He replied, "It is neither a land nor a woman, but rather a man who had ten tribes, six from Tiyamah and four from Tashaam. The Yemenis, the Azd, the Kindah, the Himyar, and the Ashariyyun, and the Anmar." A man asked, "O Messenger of Allah, who are the Anmar?" He replied, "Abu Bajilah, Khotham, and four others from them, Lakhm, Judham, Ghassan, and 'Amila."  

الطبراني:١٥٩٨٦حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْفِرْيَابِيُّ ثَنَا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ النُّفَيْلِيُّ ثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ الرَّمْلِيُّ عَنْ ثَوْرِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ فَرْوَةَ بْنِ مِسِّيكٍ

أَنَّهُ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ لَنَا جِيرَةً مِنْ سَبَأٍ أَهْلَ عَزٍّ وَمُلْكٍ وَجَبَرُوتٍ فَائْذَنْ لِي أَنْ أَدْعُوَهُمْ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ فَإِنْ أَبَوْا فَائْذَنْ لِي أَنْ أُقَاتِلَهُمْ بِقَوْمِي وَمَنْ أَطَاعَنِي فَأَذِنَ لَهُ ثُمَّ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بَدَا لَهُ فَقَالَ «إِنَّكَ ذَكَرْتَ مِنْ أَمْرِ سَبَأٍ مَا ذَكَرْتَ فَادْعُهُمْ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ فَإِنْ أَجَابُوكَ فَاقْبَلْ مِنْهُمْ وَاكْفُفُ عَنْهُمْ وَإِنْ أَبَوْا فَلَا تَعْرَضْ لَهُمْ حَتَّى يَأْتِيكَ أَمْرِي» فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَرَأَيْتَ سَبَأً أَرْضٌ أَو امْرَأَةٌ؟ فَقَالَ لَيْسَ بِأَرْضٍ وَلَا امْرَأَةٍ وَلَكِنْ رَجُلٌ وَلَدَ عَشَرَةَ قَبَائِلَ تَيَامَنَ مِنْهُمْ سِتَّةٌ وَتَشَاءَمَ أَرْبَعَةٌ فَاليَمَانِيُّونَ مَذْحِجٌ وَالْأَزْدُ وَكِنْدَةُ وَحِمْيَرُ وَالْأَشْعَرِيُّونَ وَأنْمَارٌ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَمَا أَنْمَارٌ؟ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَجِيلَةَ وَخَثْعَمَ وَتَشَاءَمَ مِنْهُمْ أَرْبَعَةٌ لَخْمٌ وَجُذَامُ وَغَسَّانُ وَعَامِلَةُ  


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Collected by Tirmidhī, Suyūṭī
tirmidhi:3222Abū Kurayb And ʿAbd b. Ḥumayd > Abū Usāmah > al-Ḥasan b. al-Ḥakam al-Nakhaʿī > Abū Sabrah al-Nakhaʿī > Farwah b. Musayk al-Murādī > Atayt

"I went to the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'O Messenger of Allah! Shall I not fight those who turn away among my people, along with those who believe? So he permitted me to fight them and made me their commander.' When I left him, he asked me, saying: 'What has Al-Ghutaifi done?' He was informed that I set off on my journey." He said: "So he sent a message on my route that I should return. I went to him and he was with a group of his Companions. He said: 'Invite your people. Whoever accepts Islam among them then accept it from him. And whoever does not accept Islam, then do not be hasty until new news reaches you.'" He said: "And what was revealed about Saba was revealed, so a man said: 'O Messenger of Allah! What is Saba; is it a land or a woman?' He said: 'It is neither a land nor a woman, but it is a man who had ten sons among the Arabs. Six of them went south (in Yemen) and four of them went north (toward Ash-Sham). As for those who went north, they are Lakhm, Judham, Ghassan and 'Amilah. As for those who sent south, they are Azad, Al-'Ash'ariyyun, Himyar, Kindah, Madhhij, and Anmar.' A man said: 'O Messenger of Allah! Who are Anmar?' He said: 'Those among whom are Khath'am and Bajilah.'" [This Hadith has been related from Ibn 'Abbas from the Prophet ﷺ].  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Gharīb.
الترمذي:٣٢٢٢حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ وَعَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ وَغَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ قَالُوا أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ النَّخَعِيِّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَبْرَةَ النَّخَعِيُّ عَنْ فَرْوَةَ بْنِ مُسَيْكٍ الْمُرَادِيِّ قَالَ

أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَلاَ أُقَاتِلُ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ مِنْ قَوْمِي بِمَنْ أَقْبَلَ مِنْهُمْ فَأَذِنَ لِي فِي قِتَالِهِمْ وَأَمَّرَنِي فَلَمَّا خَرَجْتُ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ سَأَلَ عَنِّي مَا فَعَلَ الْغُطَيْفِيُّ فَأُخْبِرَ أَنِّي قَدْ سِرْتُ قَالَ فَأَرْسَلَ فِي أَثَرِي فَرَدَّنِي فَأَتَيْتُهُ وَهُوَ فِي نَفَرٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَالَ ادْعُ الْقَوْمَ فَمَنْ أَسْلَمَ مِنْهُمْ فَاقْبَلْ مِنْهُ وَمَنْ لَمْ يُسْلِمْ فَلاَ تَعْجَلْ حَتَّى أُحْدِثَ إِلَيْكَ قَالَ وَأُنْزِلَ فِي سَبَإٍ مَا أُنْزِلَ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا سَبَأٌ أَرْضٌ أَوِ امْرَأَةٌ قَالَ لَيْسَ بِأَرْضٍ وَلاَ امْرَأَةٍ وَلَكِنَّهُ رَجُلٌ وَلَدَ عَشَرَةً مِنَ الْعَرَبِ فَتَيَامَنَ مِنْهُمْ سِتَّةٌ وَتَشَاءَمَ مِنْهُمْ أَرْبَعَةٌ فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ تَشَاءَمُوا فَلَخْمٌ وَجُذَامٌ وَغَسَّانُ وَعَامِلَةٌ وَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ تَيَامَنُوا فَالأَزْدُ وَالأَشْعَرِيُّونَ وَحِمْيَرُ وَمَذْحِجٌ وَأَنْمَارُ وَكِنْدَةُ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا أَنْمَارُ قَالَ الَّذِينَ مِنْهُمْ خَثْعَمُ وَبَجِيلَةُ وَرُوِيَ هَذَا عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ
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السيوطي:٥١٥-١b

" أَتَيْتُ رسُولَ الله ﷺ فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ الله أَلا أُقَاتِلُ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ مِنْ قَوْمِى بِمَنْ أَقْبَلَ مِنْهُم؟ قَالَ: بَلَى، ثُمَّ بَدا لِى فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُول الله لَا بَلْ أَهْل سَبَأ هُم أَعَزُّ وَأَشَدُّ قُوَّة فَأَمَرنِى رَسُولُ الله ﷺ وَأَذِنَ لِى فِى قِتَالِ سَبَأ، فَلَمَّا خَرَجْتُ مِنْ عِنْدِه أَنْزَلَ الله فِى سَبَأ مَا أَنْزَلَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ مَا فَعَلَ الغُطَيْفِى؟ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلىَ مَنْزِلِى فَوَجَدَنِى قَدْ سِرْت فَردَّنِى، فَلَمَّا أَتَيتُ رَسُولَ الله ﷺ وَجَدْتُهُ قَاعِدًا وَأَصْحَابُهُ حَولَهُ فَقَالَ: ادْعُ الْقَومَ فَمَن أَجَابَكَ مِنْهَم فَأقبَل، وَمَنْ أَبَى فَلَا تَعْجَلْ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى يَحدثَ إِلىَّ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ القَوْمِ يَا رَسُول الله: ما سَبَأ؟ أَرْضٌ أَوِ امْرَأَة؟ قَالَ: لَيْسَتْ بِأَرضٍ وَلَا بِامْرَأَة، وَلَكنَّه رَجُلٌ وَلَد عَشَرَةً مِنَ الْعَرَبِ، فَأَمَّا سِتَّة فَتَيَامَنُوا، وَأمَّا أَرْبَعَةٌ فَتْشاءمُوا، فَأَمَّا الَّذِين تَشَاءمُوا فَلخْمٌ وَجُذَامٌ وغَسانٌ وَعَامِلة، وَأَمَّا الَّذِين تَيَامَنُوا فَالأُذْدُ وَكَنَدةُ وَحَمْيَرُ والأشْعَريون وَأَنْمارُ وَمذْحج، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ الله: وَمَا أَنْمَار؟ قَالَ الَّذِين مِنْهُم خَثْعم وبجلة".  

ابن سعد، [حم] أحمد [د] أبو داود [ت] الترمذي حسن غريب، [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك