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

IMAM ABO AL-FIDA' ISMA4L IBN KATHiR 273
"To that 'Amr b. Murra responded, 'Whoever is the liar, may God embitter
his life, silence his tongue, and blind his sight!'
"'Amr b. Mum went on: 'And by God, by the time he died his mouth had
dropped, he had lost all taste for food, and he was blind and dumb.'
"'Amr b. Murra and those others of his people who had accepted Islam then
went to the Prophet (SAAS). He welcomed and honoured them and wrote for
them a document, the text of which was as follows, 'In the name of God, the
most Merciful, the most Beneficent, this document is from God through the
tongue of the Messenger of God and is a trustworthy document, a spoken truth,
(sent) with 'Amr b. Murra al-Juhani to Juhayna b. Zayd: "You shall have the
low-lying flat and fertile lands and the sides and backs of the valleys, and all their
vegetation and their pure water to drink. Provided that you forsake one fifth (of
the harvest), and perform the five daily prayers. Your rich shall pay alms (to the
poor): one ewe for each forty sheep, and one ewe for each five camels, or two
ewes for any combination thereof. The rich shall not be eligible to receive charity.
The Muslims present here witness this document (written by) Qays h.
Shammzs, may God bless them all.""'
That was when 'Amr b. Murra spoke the following verses,
"Did you not see that God has made his religion apparent and made plain the proof
of the Qur'm to 'Amir,
A document from the Merciful one, a light for our community and our descendants
in desert and town alike.
To the best of all walking on the earth, its very best when troubles loom thick.
We obeyed the Messenger of God when the enemy trihes were tom apart by sharp
swords and valiant knights.
We are a tribe walled about by our glory, when during warfare the heads of great
men are brought in.
We are the warriors, entertain the battle with strong arms and shining swords in the
hands of our valiant raiders;
Around him you see the anrar, his followers, protecting their prince with their
spearpoints and the flats of their swords;
When warfare goes on at every great event, grinding with its mill the strongest of
lions,
His complexion remains serene, his face gleaming like the light of the full moon
amidst the stars."
Abn 'Uthman Sa'id b. Yahyz al-Umawi stated in his Maghazi collection that
'Abd Allzh related to him, quoting Abii 'Abd All&, quoting al-Mujalid h. Sa'id,
and al-Ajlah, from al-Shi'bi, quoting a sheikh of Juhayna, who said, "One of our
men became extremely sick, so ill that we dug his grave and prepared to bury
him. He passed out, then opened his eyes and came to again and asked, 'Have
you dug my grave?' 'Yes,' we told him. He then asked, 'What did al-Fusal do?'