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136 THE LIFE OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD "'- . ASI~ b. Wmar b. Qatada related to us that when this group met to pledge allegiance to the Messenger of God (SAAS), d-'Abbss b. Wb~da b. Nadla al-Ansari, of the Banii Saim b. 'Awf, said, '0 Khazraj, do you know what it is you are pledging this man?' 'Yes,' they replied. "He continued, 'You are pledging to go to war against all kinds of people. If you think that if you suffered great losses to your wealth and had your leaders killed, you would give him up, then do it now or suffer the punishment of this life and the next. If you think you will keep faith with hi in what he has called upon you to do, despite loss of wealth and your leaders being killed, then do accept him. For he is, by God, the best in this world and the next.' "They replied, 'We will take him regardless of loss of wealth or the death of our leaders. But what will we receive in return for this, 0 Messenger of God, if we keep faith with you?' "'Paradise,' he replied. "'Then hold out your hand,' they asked. "He did so and they pledged allegiance to him. "
IMAM ABU AL-FIDA' ISMA?L IBN KATH~R 137 tree. He told them, 'Let your spokesman speak, but not talk too long. For there are polytheists watching you and if they have knowledge of you they will expose you.' "Abn Umana, their spokesman, said, 'Ask, Muhammad, for your Lord whatever it is you want. Then after that ask for yourself what it is you want. Then tell us what reward we will have from God and from you if we do that.' "He replied, 'For my Lord I ask you to worship Him and to associate no other god with Him. For myself, and my Companions, I ask you to give me refuge and to help me and protect me from what it is you protect yourselves.' "They asked, 'What will we receive if we do that?' "'You shall have paradise: he replied. "'Shall you have that?' they asked." Hanbal also related this from Imam Ahmad, from Yahya b. Zakariyya', from Mujsid, from d-Sha'bi, from Abn Mas'nd al-Ansizri who, having recounted it, stated, "Abn Mascud was the youngest man there." Ahmad stated, from Yahya, from Isma'll b. Abn Khalid, from al-Sha'bi, who said, "No one, old or young, ever heard such an address." Al-Bayhaqi stated, "Abo Tahir Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Muhmish narrated to us from Muhammad b. Ibrahim b. al-Fad1 al-Fahhan from Muhammad b. Yahya al-Dhuhli from 'Amr b. Wthman d-Raqqi, as follows: 'Zuhayr related to us, from 'Abd Allah b. Wthmzn b. Khuthaym, from Isma'il b. Wbayd Allah b. Rifa'a, from his father, who said, "Skins of wine were brought out, but Whada b. d-S~it went up to them and pierced them open, saying, 'We have pledged to the Messenger of God (SAAS) that we will listen and obey, in action and at rest, expend our wealth in good times and bad, enjoin good and forbid evil, express our faith in God without fear of reproach, and assist the Messenger of God (SAAS) if he comes to Yathrib with the same protection we give ourselves and our children in body and soul. And we shall have paradise."' "'This was the pledge we made to the Messenger of God (SAAS).'" This chain of authorities is strong and excellent but the scholars do not cite it. Ynnus stated, from Ibn Ishaq, "Whada b. al-Wdid b. Whada b. al-SMit related to me from his father, from his grandfather 'Ubada b. d-Sht, who said, 'The Messenger of God (SAAS) had us pledge to him that we would fight, that we would listen and obey in good and bad times dike, regardless of the incentives or disincentives or pressure upon us, that we would not dispute among ourselves, that we would speak the truth wherever we were and hear no reproach in our worship of God."' Ibn Ishaq stated in his account from Ma'bad b. Ka'b, from his brother 'Abd All& b. Ka'b b. Malik, who said, "When we pledged ourselves to the Messenger of God (SAAS) Satan called out from the top of the defile in the most piercing voice I have ever heard. He said, '0 people of the jabzjib' - the word meaning 'houses' - are you going to support this reprehensible man and the fools with him who have tried to make war upon you?'
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CONTENTS Foreword About this Series
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CONTENTS vii Chapter: On the birth
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