I used to sit with Ibn Abbas, and he would seat me on his couch. He once said to me, "Stay with me, and I will assign you a share of my wealth." So I stayed with him for two months.Then he said, when the delegation of Abdul-Qays came to the Prophet ﷺ, he asked, "Who are these people?" or "Who is this delegation?"They replied, "We are from Rabia."He said, "Welcome to these people," or "to this delegation, neither disgraced nor regretful."They said, "Messenger of Allah, we cannot come to you except during the sacred month, and between us and you lies this tribe of disbelievers from Mudar. So instruct us with a decisive command that we may convey to those we left behind and by which we may enter Paradise." They also asked him about beverages.He commanded them with four things and forbade them from four. He commanded them to believe in Allah alone, then asked, "Do you know what belief in Allah alone is?"They said, "Allah and His Messenger know best."He said, "It is to bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, to establish the prayer, to pay the zakat, to fast Ramadan, and to give one-fifth of the spoils of war."He forbade them from four things, the hantam, the dubba, the Naqi, and the muzaffat, and sometimes he said the muqayyar.Then he said, "Memorize these things and inform those you left behind."
حدثنا علي بن الجعد قال أخبرنا شعبة
كنت أقعد مع ابن عباس يجلسني على سريره فقال أقم عندي حتى أجعل لك سهما من مالي فأقمت معه شهرين ثم قال إن وفد عبد القيس لما أتوا النبي ﷺ قال من القوم أو من الوفد قالوا ربيعة قال مرحبا بالقوم أو بالوفد غير خزايا ولا ندامى فقالوا يا رسول الله إنا لا نستطيع أن نأتيك إلا في الشهر الحرام وبيننا وبينك هذا الحي من كفار مضر فمرنا بأمر فصل نخبر به من وراءنا وندخل به الجنة وسألوه عن الأشربة فأمرهم بأربع ونهاهم عن أربع أمرهم بالإيمان بالله وحده قال أتدرون ما الإيمان بالله وحده قالوا الله ورسوله أعلم قال شهادة أن لا إله إلا الله وأن محمدا رسول الله وإقام الصلاة وإيتاء الزكاة وصيام رمضان وأن تعطوا من المغنم الخمس ونهاهم عن أربع عن الحنتم والدباء والنقير والمزفت وربما قال المقير وقال احفظوهن وأخبروا بهن من وراءكم