The Deputation of Salaman
Volume 1, Parts II.74.54
He (Ibn Sa`d) said: Muhammad Ibn ‘Umar al-Aslami informed us; he
said: Muhammad Ibn Yahya Iba Sahl Ibn Abi Hathmah related to me;
he said: I discovered in the writings of my father that Habib Ibn ‘Amr alSalaman related; he said:
Our deputation of seven members of the Salaman waited on the Apostle
of Allah, may Allah bless him. We met the Apostle of Allah, may Allah
bless him, outside the mosque while he was going to a bier (janazah). We
said: Peace be on you! 0 Apostle of Allah! He said: And on you be peace!
who are you? We replied: We belong to the Salaman and have come to
offer bay’ah to you in Islam. We represent those of our people who are
behind us. He turned to his slave Thawban and said: Lodge them where
the members of the deputations are lodged. When he offered al-zuhr
(afternoon) prayers, we waited on him and asked him about prayers,
regulations of Islam and incantations. We embraced Islam and he gave
every one of us five ounces (of silver). We returned to our lands. It took
place in Shawwal of the tenth year.
Aal-e-Qutub Aal-e-Syed Abdullah Shah Ghazi 