Day: June 17, 2023

They said: A person of Banu Sulaym, who was called Qays Ibn
Nusaybah, waited on the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, heard his
speech, and asked him about some matters. He gave replies which he
memorized. Then the Apostle of Allah invited him to become Muslim.
Then he embraced Islam and returned to his people, the Banu Sulaym.
He said to them: I have heard the translation from Roman, berceuse of
Persians, verses of the Arabs, divination of sooth-sayers (kàhins) and
speeches of the Qayls (chiefs) of Himyar; None of them resembles the
speech of Muhammad, so follow me, take your share. When it was the
year of the victory (of Makkah), the Banu Sulaym set out (to meet) the
Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, and met him at Qudayd. They
were seven hundred and it has also been said that they were one
thousand. Among them were al-Abbas Ibn Mirdás, Anas IbnAbbas Ibn
Ri’l and Rashid Ibn Abd Rabbih. They embraced Islam and said: Make us your van-guard and make our banner red and our watch-word (maqaddam). He complied with their request. They were with him in the battles of Makkah, al-Ta'if and Hunayn. He bestowed Ruhat on Rashid IbnAbd Rabbih. In it there was a spring known as Ayn al-Rasul (the spring of the messenger). Rashid was an attendant (mujawir) of idol of the Banu Sulaym. One day he saw two foxes making water on it. He recited: Can he be the Lord on whose head two foxes urinate?
He is disgraceful on whom foxes urinate’.
He attàcked it and demolished it and then came to the Prophet, may
Allah bless him. He (Prophet) said: What is your name? He replied:
Gháwi Ibn `Abd al- Uzzá. He (Prophet) said: You are Rashid Ibn ‘Abd
Rabbih. Then he embraced Islam and excelled in it. He was present at [P.
50] the Victory (of Makkah) with the Prophet, may Allah bless him. The
Apostle of Allah said: The best of the Arabian villages is Khaybar and
the best of the Banu Sulaym is Rashid. He appointed him the flag-bearer
of his tribe.

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He (Ibn Sad) said: Hishám Ibn Muhammad informed us; he said: A member of the Banu Sulaym, a branch of Banu al-Sharid related to me; he said: A member of our tribe who was called Qidr IbnAmmar waited in a

deputation on the Prophet, may Allah bless him, at al-Madinah and
embraced Islam, and promised to bring to him a party of one thousand
persons of his tribe. He recited:
I tied my right hand, when I visited Muhammad,
I tied it with the best of hands.
He is the man to whom I offered half of my religion.
And I gave him one thousand men who are not paupers.
Then he came to his people and gave them this information.
Thereupon nine hundred men went out with him and one hundred
remained there with the tribe. He set out to visit the Prophet, may Allah
bless him. On the way he apprehended death so he made a will in favour
of three men of his tribe. He appointed Abbas Ibn Mirdas chief of three hundred persons, Jabbar Ibn al-Hakam who was al-Farrar al-Sharidi, chief of three hundred persons and Akhnas Ibn Yazid, chief of three hundred persons. He said: Go to this man (Prophet) till you absolve me of the covenant that is in my neck. Then he died. They proceeded, and they waited on the Prophet, may Allah bless him. He said: Where is the man with handsome face, long tongue and true faith. They said: O Apostle of Allah, Allah called him, and he responded. Then they gave him information about him. He said: Where are the remaining of one thousand that he had pledged to me. They said: one hundred persons have remained with the tribe because of the hostility between Kinanah and us. He said: Send for them, nothing undesirable will happen this year to you. They sent for them and they joined him at al-Haddah. They were one hundred persons under al-Munaqqa Ibn Malik Ibn Umayyah Ibn
Abd al-'Uzzà. IbnAmal Ibn Kab Ibn al-Hárith Ibn Buhthah Ibn Sulaym. When they heard the neighing of horses they said: O Apostle of Allah! we have been caught. He said: They are with you, not against you. This is the Sulaym Ibn Mansur. They were with the Prophet, may Allah bless him, at the time of the Victory (of Makkah) and Hunayn. Respecting al-Munaqqa', al-Abbas Ibn Mirdas recited:
`He is the chief of the hundred that completed the number.
Of nine hundred to make one thousand of powerful combatants.