[Machine] "We were in the presence of a man who was passing by people, so we would ask them about this matter. They would say, 'He is a man who claims to be a prophet and that Allah has sent him, and that Allah has revealed to him such and such.' I would not hear anything except that I would memorize it as if it were being engraved on my heart with glue. Until I gathered a lot of Qur'an from him. The Arabs would criticize Islam, saying, 'Look, if victory comes to him, then he is truthful and he is a prophet.' So when the Battle of Fath (conquest) came to us, every tribe rushed to embrace Islam. My father also became a Muslim. So he stayed with the Prophet ﷺ whatever Allah willed. Then he came to us, and when we saw him, he said, 'I have come to you, I swear by Allah, from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with the truth.' Then he said, 'He orders you to do such and such and prohibits you from doing such and such, and that you should pray such and such prayer at such and such time. So when the prayer time comes, one of you should give the call to prayer and lead you in prayer, the one with the most Qur'an among you.' So they looked at our people and found no one who had more Qur'an than me, so they brought me forward and I would lead them in prayer, even though I was only six years old.' He said, 'So I would wear a cloak, and when I prostrated, it would shrink from me.' He said, 'A woman from the neighborhood said, 'Shouldn't we cover you from the gaze of your readers?' So she gave me a shirt made of fine Bahraini fabric. I have never been happier with anything more than I was with that shirt.'"
كُنَّا بِحَضْرَةِ مَاءٍ مَمَرِّ النَّاسِ فَكُنَّا نَسْأَلُهُمْ مَا هَذَا الْأَمْرُ؟ فَيَقُولُونَ رَجُلٌ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّهُ نَبِيٌّ وَأَنَّ اللهَ أَرْسَلَهُ وَأَنَّ اللهَ أَوْحَى إِلَيْهِ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَجَعَلْتُ لَا أَسْمَعُ شَيْئًا مِنْ ذَلِكَ إِلَّا حَفِظْتُهُ كَأَنَّمَا يُغْرَى فِي صَدْرِي بِغِرَاءٍ حَتَّى جَمَعْتُ مِنْهُ قُرْآنًا كَثِيرًا قَالَ فَكَانَتِ الْعَرَبُ تُلَوَّمُ بِإِسْلَامِهَا الْفَتْحَ وَيَقُولُونَ انْظُرُوا فَإِنْ ظَهَرَهُ عَلَيْهِمْ فَهُوَ صَادِقٌ وَهُوَ نَبِيٌّ فَلَمَّا جَاءَتْنَا وَقْعَةُ الْفَتْحِ بَادَرَ كُلُّ قَوْمٍ بِإِسْلَامِ قَوْمِهِمْ فَانْطَلَقَ أَبِي بِإِسْلَامِ أَهْلِ حِوَائِنَا ذَلِكَ فَأَقَامَ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ أَنْ يُقِيمَ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ فَلَمَّا دَنَا مِنَّا تَلَقَّيْنَاهُ فَلَمَّا رَأَيْنَاهُ قَالَ جِئْتُكُمْ وَاللهِ مِنْ عِنْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَقًّا قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنَّهُ يَأْمُرُكُمْ بِكَذَا وَكَذَا وَيَنْهَاكُمْ عَنْ كَذَا وَكَذَا وَأَنْ تُصَلُّوا صَلَاةَ كَذَا فِي حِينِ كَذَا فَإِذَا حَضَرَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَلْيُؤَذِّنْ أَحَدُكُمْ وَلْيَؤُمَّكُمْ أَكْثَرُكُمْ قُرْآنًا» قَالَ فَنَظَرُوا إِلَى أَهْلِ حِوَائِنَا فَمَا وَجَدُوا أَحَدًا أَكْثَرَ مِنِّي قُرْآنًا لِلَّذِي كُنْتُ أَحْفَظُ مِنَ الرُّكْبَانِ فَقَدَّمُونِي بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ فَكُنْتُ أُصَلِّي بِهِمْ وَأَنَا ابْنُ سِتِّ سِنِينَ قَالَ فَكَانَتْ عَلَيَّ بُرْدَةٌ كُنْتُ إِذَا سَجَدْتُ تَقَلَّصَتْ عَنِّي قَالَ فَقَالَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنَ الْحَيِّ أَلَا تُغَطُّوا عَنَّا اسْتَ قَارِئِكُمْ قَالَ فَكَسَوْنِي قَمِيصًا مِنْ مَعْقِدِ الْبَحْرَيْنِ فَمَا فَرِحْتُ بِشَيْءٍ أَشَدَّ مِنْ فَرَحِي بِذَلِكَ الْقَمِيصِ