The Life of the Prophet Muhammad by Ibn Kathir - Volume 1 of 4

IMAM ABU AL-FIDA' ISMA'PL IBN KATHiR 271
'Well,' said the Prophet (SAAS), LNow your name is Rashid and your dog's
Zdii!' And the Prophet (SAAS) laughed.
"And so mshid pledged his allegiance to him and remained in Mecca with
him. He then made a request to the Messenger of God (SAAS) to receive the
land fees for Wahat, and he described it to him. The Messenger of God (SAAS)
gave hi the land fees right for the heights above Wahz, along with control over
shacma al-faras, the 'horse bridle', monument and over the rituals there of
throwing stones at it three times. He presented him with a waterskin filled with
water and spat in it. He told him, 'Empty it out at the top of the tract, and don't
deny people access to its overflow.' And so he did. He therefore channelled the
water into an open ditch which still flows to this day. Around it he planted palm
trees. It is said that all WahZc uses it for their water supply and that the people
there call it 'the water of the Messenger of God (SAAS).' The people of Wahat
also wash in it. Whid's stone-casting site was attended by many travelling parties,
called the 'caravans of the stone'. One morning bshid went to SuwaC and
demolished it."
Abii Nu'aym stated that Sulayman b. Ahmad related to him, quoting 'Ali b.
Ibrhim al-Khuzaci al-Ahwm, quoting Aba Muhammad 'Abd All& b. Dawiid
b. Dalhath b. Ismacil b. Musri' b. Yasir h. Suwayd, the Companion of the
Messenger of God (SAAS), from his father, from his father Dalhath from his
father IsmZcil, that the father of the last-mentioned, 'Abd Allah, related to him
from his father Musric b. Yasir that his father Ysir related to him, from CAmr h.
Murra al-Juhanni who used to tell the following, "Once, before Islam, I went on
pilgrimage with a party from my tribe. At Mecca, during my sleep, I saw a
blinding light emitting from the kacba, so strong that it lit up Mt. Yathrib and
the mountains overlooking the town. I heard a voice in the light that said, 'The
shadows have been dispelled, the light now shines bright, and the last of the
prophets has been sent.'
"Then another light shone forth by which I could see the castles of al-Hira
and Chosroe's palace. I also heard a voice in the light that called out, 'Islam has
appeared, the idols have been demolished and reconciliation has come.'
"I awoke with a start and said to my people, 'By God, in this Quraysh quarter
something tremendous is going to happen!' And I told them what I had seen.
When we got back home a man arrived who told us that someone named Ahmad
had received a mission. I went to that man, and told him what I had seen. He
told me, '0 CAmr b. Murra, I have been dispatched to all mankind to invite them
into Islam, to command them not to shed blood, to bring about reconciliation, to
worship God, to reject the idols, to make pilgrimage to the kacba, and to fast one
month in twelve, Ramad& that is. For those who respond there will be paradise.
Whoever disobeys will go to the lire. So you, CAmr b. Murra, you believe and
God will spare you from the fires of hell.'