Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ - Shams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi - (2/532)

Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

Suwar ibn Musʿab reported—through Mujālid, from al-Shaʿbī, from ʿAdiyy ibn Ḥātim—who said:

“When Jarir entered upon the Prophet ﷺ, the Prophet cast a cushion before him, yet Jarir chose to sit on the ground.

The Prophet ﷺ said, ‘I testify that you do not seek superiority on earth nor corruption.’

Jarir then accepted Islam, after which the Prophet ﷺ declared, ‘When a noble man of his people comes to you, honour him.’ (1)

Al-Wāqidī said: ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd ibn Jaʿfar narrated to us, from his father, who reported:

“Jarir al-Bajalī arrived in Medina during Ramadan of the tenth year AH, accompanied by one hundred and fifty of his tribesmen.

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, ‘From that mountain pass there will soon appear a man from the best of those of Yemen.’

Jarir then emerged on his mount together with his people, and they embraced Islam. (2)”

Abu al-ʿAbbās al-Sarrāj said: Abu Bakr ibn Khalaf narrated to us; Yazīd ibn Naṣr— a reliable Basran—narrated to us; Ḥafṣ ibn Ghiyāth narrated to us, from Maʿbad ibn Khālid ibn Anas ibn Mālik, from his father, from his grandfather, who said:

“We were in the presence of the Prophet ﷺ when Jarir ibn ʿAbd Allah approached. The people were reluctant to yield their places, and no one made room for him.

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ threw him a cloak he had with him, granting it to him, and said, ‘Here it is, Abu ʿAmr; sit on it.’

Jarir received it against his chest and throat and said, ‘May Allah honour you, O Messenger of Allah, just as you have honoured me.’

The Prophet ﷺ then said:

Abd Allah said: “The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, never kept me away from him after I accepted Islam, and whenever he saw me he would smile.” The last part of this report is transmitted by al-Tabarani (no. 2258) through the chain Sufyan ibn Uyayna → Ismail ibn Abi Khalid, and by al-Tirmidhi (no. 3821) through the chain Zaidah → Ismail ibn Abi Khalid. (1) Suwar ibn Musab, the Kufan from the Hamdan tribe, was deemed unreliable: Ibn Main said, “He is nothing”; al-Bukhari labeled him “munkar al-hadith”; al-Nasa i and others ruled him “abandoned,” and Abu Dawud said, “He is not trustworthy.” Mujalid is also weak. Even so, the narration has several weak supporting chains that collectively raise it to the rank of hasan: from Ibn Umar (Ibn Majah, 3712); from Jarir (al-Bazzar; Ibn Khuzaymah; al-Tabarani, nos. 2266 and 2355; Ibn Adi); from Abu Hurayrah (al-Bazzar); from Muadh and Abu Qatadah (Ibn Adi); from Jabir (al-Hakim); and from Ibn Abbas (al-Tabarani). (2) The isnad is weak because of the weakness of al-Waqidi.

سِوَارُ بنُ مُصْعَبٍ: عَنْ مُجَالِدٍ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنْ عَدِيِّ بنِ حَاتِمٍ، قَالَ: لَمَّا دَخَلَ -يَعْنِي: جَرِيْراً- عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَلْقَى لَهُ وِسَادَةً، فَجَلَسَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ. فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: (أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ لاَ تَبْغِي عُلُوّاً فِي الأَرْضِ وَلاَ فَسَاداً) . فَأَسْلَمَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: (إِذَا أَتَاكُمْ كَرِيْمُ قَوْمٍ، فَأَكْرِمُوْهُ (١)) . الوَاقِدِيُّ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الحَمِيْدِ بنُ جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ أَبِيْهِ، قَالَ: قَدِمَ جَرِيْرٌ البَجَلِيُّ المَدِيْنَةَ فِي رَمَضَانَ، سَنَةَ عَشْرٍ، وَمَعَهُ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ خَمْسُوْنَ وَمائَةٌ. فَقَالَ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ ﷺ: (يَطْلُعُ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ هَذَا الفَجِّ مِنْ خَيْرِ ذِي يَمَنٍ) . فَطَلَعَ جَرِيْرٌ عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ، وَمَعَهُ قَوْمُهُ، فَأَسْلَمُوا (٢) . أَبُو العَبَّاسِ السَّرَّاجُ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ بنُ خَلَفٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيْدُ بنُ نَصْرٍ- بَصْرِيٌّ ثِقَةٌ - حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بنُ غِيَاثٍ، عَنْ مَعَبْدِ بنِ خَالِدِ بنِ أَنَسِ بنِ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أَبِيْهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ: كُنَّا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَقْبَلَ جَرِيْرُ بنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ، فَضَنَّ النَّاسُ بِمَجَالِسِهِمْ، فَلَمْ يُوَسِّعْ لَهُ أَحَدٌ. فَرَمَى إِلَيْهِ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ ﷺ بِبُرْدَةٍ كَانَتْ مَعَهُ، حَبَاهُ بِهَا، وَقَالَ: (دُوْنَكَهَا يَا أَبَا عَمْرٍو، فَاجْلِسْ عَلَيْهَا) . فَتَلَقَّاهَا بِصَدْرِهِ وَنَحْرِهِ، وَقَالَ: أَكْرَمَكَ اللهُ يَا رَسُوْلَ اللهِ كَمَا أَكْرَمْتَنِي. فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ:

= عبد الله قال: ما حجبني رسول الله ﷺ منذ أسلمت، وما رآني إلا ضحك. وأخرج القسم الأخير منه الطبراني (٢٢٥٨) من طريق سفيان بن عيينة، عن إسماعيل بن أبي خالد..وأخرجه الترمذي (٣٨٢١) من طريق زائدة، عن إسماعيل بن أبي خالد. (١) سوار بن مصعب - وهو الهمداني الكوفي - قال ابن معين: ليس بشيء، وقال البخاري: منكر الحديث، وقال النسائي وغيره: متروك، وقال أبو داود: ليس بثقة. ومجالد ليس بالقوي، لكن للحديث شواهد ضعيفة يرتقي بها إلى الحسن، منها عن ابن عمر عند ابن ماجه (٣٧١٢) وعن جرير عند البزار وابن خزيمة والطبراني (٢٢٦٦) و (٢٣٥٥) وابن عدي، وعن أبي هريرة عند البزار، وعن معاد وأبي قتادة عند ابن عدي، وعن جابر عند الحاكم، وعن ابن عباس عند الطبراني. (٢) إسناده ضعيف لضعف الواقدي.