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

12 THE LIFE OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD
The king: "Is it really true what you predict?"
Shiqq: "Yes, by the Lord of the heavens and the earth and of all high and low
between them both, what I have informed you is all true and doubt-free."
Ibn Ish~q stated that the soothsayers' prediction had great impact on Rabi'a b.
Nqr and so he provisioned all his family and relatives for departure to Iraq. He
wrote for them to a Persian king called Sabiir b. Khurzadh who settled them in
d-Hira. According to Ibn Ishaq, the progeny of Rabi'a b. Na~r included
d-Nu'mzn b. al-Mundhir, son of al-Nuka b. al-Mundhii b. 'Amr b. 'Adi b.
Rabi'a b. Nasr. This al-Nu'miin was viceroy over al-Hira for the Persian kings;
and the Arabs used to send delegations to him and gave him praise. This, then,
is what Muhammad b. Ishaq said about al-Nu'ma b. al-Mundhir being of the
line of Rabi'a b. Na~r, according to most people. Ibn Ishaq related that when the
sword of al-Nucm%n b. al-Mundhir was brought to the Commander of the
Faithful, 'Umar b. al-Khatpb, he asked Jubayr b. Mu~m from whom it had
come. He replied, "From the remains of Qan~ b. Ma'ad b. ‘Adrian." Ibn Ishq
commented that it was unclear who that person was.
The Story of Tnbbac Abii Karib Tubb~in As'ad, king of Yemen, with the
people of Medina; how he wished to raid the Holy Sanctuary at Mecca.
Then he dignified and venerated it and covered it with cloth; thus he
was the first to do so.
Ibn Ishaq stated that when Rabi'a b. Nqr died all kingship in Yemen reverted to
Hassan b. Tubban As'ad Abii Karib. Tubbzn As'ad was the last tubba'; he was
the son of Kulki Karib b. Zayd. Zayd, the first tubba: was the son of 'Amr Dhii
d-Adh'zr b. Abraha Dhn al-Manar b. al-b'ish h. 'Adi b. Sayfi b. Saha'
al-Asghar b. Ka'b Kahf al-Zulum b. Zayd h. Sahl b. 'Amr b. Qays b. Muswiya
b. Jusham b. 'Abd Shams b. Walil h. d-Ghawth b. Qatan b. 'Arib b. Zuhayr b.
Ayman b. al-Hamaysac b. alLcAranjaj. The latter was Himyar b. Sabal al-Akbar
b. Ya'rub b. Yashjub b. Q&@n. 'Abd d-Mali b. Hishm gave Sahal's line as
being son of Yashjub h. Yacrub b. Qah-.
According to Ibn Ishaq, Tubbzn As'ad Abii Karib was he who went to
Medina and led two Jewish rabbis to Yemen and refurbished and covered with
cloth the holy sanctuary. His reign preceded that of Rabi'a b. Navr. He had
routed his return journey from a campaign in the east through Medina. First he
had passed there without bothering its inhabitants and left among them a son of
his who was treacherously killed. He advanced against it, determined to destroy
it, wipe out its people, and cut down its date-palms. So this clan of the an&
8. The Medinan followers of the Prophet Muhammad who gclnted him refuge after his emigration
from Mecca.