Abdul-Qays reported,

We came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and the people there were greatly delighted by our arrival. When we reached the gathering, they made room for us and we sat down. The Prophet ﷺ welcomed us and prayed for us, then looked at us and asked, "Who is your chief and leader?"We all pointed to Mundhir bin Aidh.The Prophet ﷺ asked, "Is this Ashajj?" That was the first day this name was given to him, owing to a blow to his face from a donkey's hoof.We said, "Yes, Messenger of Allah."He stayed behind after the others, hobbled their mounts, gathered their belongings, then took out his travel bag, removed his travel clothes, put on his finest garments, and came forward to the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ had stretched out his leg and was reclining. When Ashajj approached, the people made space for him and said, "Over here, Ashajj."The Prophet ﷺ sat up straight, drew in his leg, and said, "Here, Ashajj." So he sat at the right side of the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet welcomed him warmly, was gentle with him, and asked him about his homeland, naming village after village, Safa, Mushaqqar, and other villages of Hajar.Ashajj said, "May my father and mother be ransom for you, Messenger of Allah, you know the names of our villages better than we do."He replied, "I have walked through your lands, and they were spread out for me."Then he turned to the Ansar and said, "Company of Ansar, honor your brothers, for they resemble you in Islam, most like you in their hair and complexion. They embraced Islam willingly, neither under compulsion nor out of vengeance, when other peoples refused Islam until they were killed."The next morning he asked, "How did you find your brothers' hospitality and treatment of you?"They said, "The best of brothers. They softened our beds, gave us excellent food, and spent the night and morning teaching us the Book of our Lord and the Sunnah of our Prophet ﷺ."This pleased the Prophet ﷺ and made him glad. Then he turned to us one by one, and each of us presented to him what we had learned, and he taught us. Among us were those who learned the Tahiyyat, the Opening of the Book, a surah or two, and the Sunan.Then he turned his face toward us and asked, "Do you have any of your provisions with you?"The people were delighted by this and rushed to their saddles. Each man came with a bundle of dates, and they placed them on a leather mat before him. He pointed with a palm-frond stick in his hand, which he used as a pointer, longer than a forearm but shorter than two, and asked, "Do you call this Tadud?"We said, "Yes."Then he pointed to another bundle and asked, "Do you call this Sirfan?"We said, "Yes."Then he pointed to another bundle and asked, "Do you call this Barni?"We said, "Yes."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed it is the best of your dates and the most beneficial for you."So when we returned from that delegation, we planted much of it, and our desire for it grew until most of our palms and dates became Barni.Ashajj said, "Messenger of Allah, our land is heavy and unhealthy, and if we do not drink these beverages, our complexions become sickly and our bellies swell."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not drink from gourds, green-glazed jars, or hollowed stumps. Let one of you drink from a waterskin tied at its mouth."Ashajj said to him, "May my father and mother be ransom for you, Messenger of Allah, permit us something like this," gesturing with his palms.He said, "Ashajj, were I to permit you something like this," and he gestured with his hands likewise, "you would drink it from something like this," and he spread his hands wider, meaning something larger, "until when one of you became drunk from his drink, he would rise to his cousin and slash his shin with a sword."In the delegation was a man from Banu Adal called Harith whose shin had been slashed during one of their drinking sessions in a house, because he had recited verses about a woman of theirs, and one of the household had risen and slashed his shin with a sword.Harith said, "When I heard this from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I began to let my garment hang down to cover the wound on my shin, but Allah had already exposed it."

حدثنا يونس بن محمد قال حدثني يحيى بن عبد الرحمن العصري حدثنا شهاب بن عباد أنه سمع

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قدمنا على رسول الله ﷺ فاشتد فرحهم بنا فلما انتهينا إلى القوم أوسعوا لنا فقعدنا فرحب بنا النبي ﷺ ودعا لنا ثم نظر إلينا فقال من سيدكم وزعيمكم فأشرنا بأجمعنا إلى المنذر بن عائذ فقال النبي ﷺ أهذا الأشج وكان أول يوم وضع عليه هذا الاسم بضربة لوجهه بحافر حمار قلنا نعم يا رسول الله فتخلف بعد القوم فعقل رواحلهم وضم متاعهم ثم أخرج عيبته فألقى عنه ثياب السفر ولبس من صالح ثيابه ثم أقبل إلى النبي ﷺ وقد بسط النبي ﷺ رجله واتكأ فلما دنا منه الأشج أوسع القوم له وقالوا هاهنا يا أشج فقال النبي ﷺ واستوى قاعدا وقبض رجله هاهنا يا أشج فقعد عن يمين النبي ﷺ فرحب به وألطفه وسأله عن بلاده وسمى له قرية قرية الصفا والمشقر وغير ذلك من قرى هجر فقال بأبي وأمي يا رسول الله لأنت أعلم بأسماء قرانا منا فقال إني قد وطئت بلادكم وفسح لي فيها قال ثم أقبل على الأنصار فقال يا معشر الأنصار أكرموا إخوانكم فإنهم أشباهكم في الإسلام أشبه شيئا بكم أشعارا وأبشارا أسلموا طائعين غير مكرهين ولا موتورين إذ أبى قوم أن يسلموا حتى قتلوا قال فلما أن أصبحوا قال كيف رأيتم كرامة إخوانكم لكم وضيافتهم إياكم قالوا خير إخوان ألانوا فراشنا وأطابوا مطعمنا وباتوا وأصبحوا يعلمونا كتاب ربنا تبارك وتعالى وسنة نبينا ﷺ فأعجبت النبي ﷺ وفرح بها ثم أقبل علينا رجلا رجلا فعرضنا عليه ما تعلمنا وعلمنا فمنا من علم التحيات وأم الكتاب والسورة والسورتين والسنن ثم أقبل علينا بوجهه فقال هل معكم من أزوادكم شيء ففرح القوم بذلك وابتدروا رحالهم فأقبل كل رجل منهم معه صرة من تمر فوضعوها على نطع بين يديه فأومأ بجريدة في يده كان يختصر بها فوق الذراع ودون الذراعين فقال أتسمون هذا التعضوض قلنا نعم ثم أومأ إلى صرة أخرى فقال أتسمون هذا الصرفان قلنا نعم ثم أومأ إلى صرة فقال أتسمون هذا البرني قلنا نعم فقال رسول الله ﷺ أما إنه خير تمركم وأنفعه لكم قال فرجعنا من وفادتنا تلك فأكثرنا الغرز منه وعظمت رغبتنا فيه حتى صار معظم نخلنا وتمرنا البرني فقال الأشج يا رسول الله إن أرضنا أرض ثقيلة وخمة وإنا إذا لم نشرب هذه الأشربة هيجت ألواننا وعظمت بطوننا فقال رسول الله ﷺ لا تشربوا في الدباء والحنتم والنقير وليشرب أحدكم في سقاء يلاث على فيه فقال له الأشج بأبي وأمي يا رسول الله رخص لنا في مثل هذه وأومأ بكفيه فقال يا أشج إني إن رخصت لك في مثل هذه وقال بكفيه هكذا شربته في مثل هذه وفرج يديه وبسطها يعني أعظم منها حتى إذا ثمل أحدكم من شرابه قام إلى ابن عمه فهزر ساقه بالسيف وكان في الوفد رجل من بني عضل يقال له الحارث قد هزرت ساقه في شراب لهم في بيت تمثله من الشعر في امرأة منهم فقام بعض أهل ذلك البيت فهزر ساقه بالسيف فقال الحارث لما سمعتها من رسول الله ﷺ جعلت أسدل ثوبي فأغطي الضربة بساقي وقد أبداها الله تبارك وتعالى