Azami 8592

Muslim narrated it in the Virtues (46:2413) from Abu Bakr bin Abu Shayba, who said, Muhammad bin Abdullah Asadi told us, from Israel, from Miqdam bin Shurayh, from his father, from Saad, and he mentioned it.Ibn Majah has it (4128) through the route of Qays bin Rabi, from Miqdam, "Concerning me, and concerning Ibn Masud, Suhayb, Ammar, Miqdad, and Bilal."On this topic there is also what was narrated from Khabab regarding the words of Allah Almighty, "And do not drive away those who call upon their Lord" up to His words "...and be among the wrongdoers" [Anam 6:52].He said, Aqra bin Habis Tamimi and Uyayna bin Hisn Fazari came and found the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sitting with Suhayb, Bilal, Ammar, and Khabab among a group of the weak believers. When they saw them gathered around the Prophet ﷺ, they looked down on them, so they came to him and got him alone, and said, "We want you to set aside a sitting with you for us, one through which the Arabs will recognize our standing with you. Delegations of the Arabs come to you, and we would be ashamed for the Arabs to see us with these slaves. So when we come to you, send them away from you, and when we finish, sit with them again if you wish." He said, "Yes." They said, "Then write us a document to this effect." He said, so he called for a sheet, and called Ali to write, while we sat off to one side. Then Jibril came down and said, "And do not drive away those who call upon their Lord morning and evening, seeking His face. You are not accountable for them in any way, nor are they accountable for you in any way, that you should drive them away and be among the wrongdoers" [Anam 6:52].Then He mentioned Aqra bin Habis and Uyayna bin Hisn, and said, "And thus We have tried some of them through others, that they might say, 'Is it these whom Allah has favored among us?' Does Allah not know best those who are grateful?'" [Anam 6:53].Then He said, "And when those who believe in Our verses come to you, say, 'Peace be upon you. Your Lord has decreed mercy upon Himself'" [Anam 6:54].He said, so we drew close to him until we placed our knees against his knee. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to sit with us, and when he wanted to get up, he would get up and leave us. So Allah revealed, "And be patient with those who call upon their Lord morning and evening, seeking His face, and do not let your eyes turn away from them" (meaning, do not sit instead with the nobles) "desiring the adornment of worldly life, and do not obey one whose heart We have made heedless of Our remembrance" (meaning Uyayna and Aqra) "and who follows his own desire, and whose affair is ever in neglect" [Kahf 18:28]. He said, meaning destruction. He said, this refers to the affair of Uyayna and Aqra. Then He gave them the parable of the two men and the parable of worldly life.Khabab said, so we used to sit with the Prophet ﷺ, and when the time came for him to get up, we would get up and leave him until he rose.Ibn Majah narrated it (4127) from Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Yahya bin Saeed Qattan, who said, Amr bin Muhammad Anqazi told us, who said, Asbat bin Nasr told us, from Suddi, from Abu Saeed Azdi, who was the reciter of the Azd, from Abu Kanud, from Khabab, and he mentioned it.Abu Saeed is also called Abu Saad. A number of people narrated from him, and Ibn Hibban alone deemed him trustworthy, which is why Hafiz said, "Acceptable," meaning when corroborated. He was not corroborated in some parts of his account, such as his statement about Aqra bin Habis Tamimi and Uyayna bin Hisn Fazari, since both of them accepted Islam after the Hijra, while the story took place in Makkah.On this topic there is also what was narrated from Ibn Masud, he said, the chiefs of Quraysh passed by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while Khabab, Suhayb, Bilal, and Ammar were with him, and they said, "Muhammad, are you satisfied with these?" So the Quran was revealed concerning them, "And warn with it those who fear that they will be gathered to their Lord" [Anam 6:51], up to His words "...and Allah knows best the wrongdoers" [Anam 6:58].Ahmad narrated it (3985) from Asbat, who said, Ashath told us, from Kurdus, from Ibn Masud, and he mentioned it. Ashath is Ibn Sawwar Kindi, daif by consensus of the scholars of knowledge.