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tabarani:18247Abū Zurʿah ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAmr al-Dimashqī > Ādam b. Abū Iyās > Mubārak b. Faḍālah > Ziyād b. Jubayr b. Ḥayyah from my father > Arsal Ilayhim Bandādqān al-ʿIlj > Arsilūā Yā Maʿshar al-ʿArab Birajul Minkum Nukallimh Fākhtār al-Nās al-Mughīrah b. Shuʿbah

[Machine] My father appeared in front of me with long hair and one eye, so I approached him. When he returned to us, we asked him, "What did he say to you?" He replied, "When I praised and thanked Allah, I said, 'We used to be the farthest people from any settlement, the hungriest people, the most miserable people, and the farthest people from any goodness, until Allah sent us a messenger. He promised us victory in this world and Paradise in the Hereafter, and we knew no prosperity or victory from our Lord until the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to us.'"  

الطبراني:١٨٢٤٧حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو زُرْعَةَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الدِّمَشْقِيُّ ثَنَا آدَمُ بْنُ أَبِي إِيَاسٍ ثَنَا مُبَارَكُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ ثَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ حَيَّةَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ أَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِمْ بَنْدَادْقَانِ الْعِلْجُ أَنْ أَرْسِلُوا يَا مَعْشَرَ الْعَرَبِ بِرَجُلٍ مِنْكُمْ نُكَلِّمْهُ فَاخْتَارَ النَّاسُ الْمُغِيرَةَ بْنَ شُعْبَةَ قَالَ

أَبِي فَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ طَوِيلَ الشَّعْرِ أَعْوَرَ فَأَتَاهُ فَلَمَّا رَجَعَ إِلَيْنَا سَأَلْنَاهُ مَا قَالَ لَهُ؟ فَقَالَ لَمَّا حَمِدْتُ اللهَ وَأَثْنَيْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَقُلْتُ «إِنْ كُنَّا لَأَبْعَدَ النَّاسِ دَارًا وَأَشَدَّ النَّاسِ جُوعًا وَأَعْظَمَ النَّاسِ شَقَاءً وَأَبْعَدَ النَّاسِ مِنْ كُلِّ خَيْرٍ حَتَّى بَعَثَ اللهُ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولًا فَوَعَدَنَا النَّصْرَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْجَنَّةَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ فَلَمْ نَزَلْ نَعْرِفُ مِنْ رَبِّنَا مُنْذُ جَاءَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْفَلَاحَ وَالنَّصْرَ حَتَّى أَتَيْنَاكُمْ»