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218 THE LIFE OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD He is alone in giving this hadith. 'Abd al-Rabiin h. Zayd b. Aslam said, "The Messenger of God (SAAS) told the Helpers, 'Your brothers have left behind their wealth and their children and have come forth to you.' They commented, 'Our property is to be divided up between us then.' The Messenger of God (SAAS) asked, 'Well, is there some alternative?' 'What could there be, 0 Messenger of God?' they asked. He replied, 'These are people who don't mind hard work; provide some for them and share the fruits.' 'We will,' they agreed." We have previously mentioned the reports and references made concerning the virtues of the Helpers and their fine qualities confirmed by God's words, "And those who made their abode in the town and in the faith before them" (siirat al-Hashr; LIX, v.9). Chapter: On the death ofAbii Umama As'ad b. Zurcira. He was Ihn 'Adas b. 'Ubayd b. Tha'laba h. Ghanm b. Mdii h. al-Najjiir, one of the 12 leaders on the night of the pledge made by his people the Banii al-Najjar at alLCAqaba. He was present at all 3 meetings there, and was the first to make a verbal pledge of his allegiance to the Messenger of God (SAAS) at the second. He was a young man and was the first to bring the men together in Medina, at Naqi' al-Kbadamat in the plain of the Nabit. This has been discussed above. Ibn Ishaq stated, "Abn Umm As'ad b. Zuraa died in these months, while the mosque was being built. He died from diptheria or from coughing." Ibn Jarir stated in his history, "Muhammad b. 'Abd al-A'13 informed us, Yazid h. Zuray' related to us, from Ma'mar, from al-Zuhri, from Anas, that the Messenger of God (SAAS) cauterized As'ad h. Zuriira in the tongue." The men in this chain of authorities are considered reliable. Ibn Ishaq stated, "'Abd AUah h. Aha Bakr b. Muhammad b. 'Amr b. Hazm related to me, from Y*y h. 'Ahd All& b. 'Abd al-wmiin h. As'ad b. Zuriira, who said, 'The Messenger of God (SAAS) stated, "The death of Abii Umana is a great pity with respect to the Jews and the Arab hypocrites. They will say, 'If he were a prophet, his companion would not have died.' But I have no power from God over this for myself or for my friends."'" This means that he has to have been the first man to die after the arrival in Medina of the Prophet (SAAS). Ahii al-Hasan h. al-Athir has claimed in al-Ghdba (TheJungle) that he died in the month of Shawwd, seven months following the arrival of the Messenger of God (SAAS) in Medina. But God knows best. Muhammad Ibn Ishiiq related, from 'Aqim b. Wmar b. Qatitda, that the Bann al-Najjiir asked the Messenger of God (SAAS) to appoint a leader for them to succeed Abn U maa As'ad b. Zuma. He replied, "You are my uncles and I am here among you; I will he your leader." He disliked the idea of singling out any
IMAM ABO AL-FID& ISMA'IL IBN KATH~R 219 one of them above the others. It was a credit to the Banii al-Najjzr that they took pride among their peers in having the Messenger of God (SAAS) as their leader. Ibu al-Athir observed, "This fact refutes the statements of Abii Nu'aym and Ibn Mundah to the effect that As'ad h. Zurnra was leader of the Banii Sa'ida; in fact he led the Bana d-Najjzr." Ihn al-Atbir was correct in saying this. Ahn Jacfar b. Jarir stated in his history work, "The first Muslim who died after the arrival of the Messenger of God (SAAS) in Medma was, so they say, the owner of his house, Kulthiim b. al-Hadm. He died soon after his arrival. The next to die was As'ad h. Zurzra, whose death was that same year of his anival and before the construction of the mosque was completed. He died of either diptheria or from coughing." I observe here that the full name of this man was Kulthiim b. al-Hadm b. Imru' al-Qays b. al-Hnrith b. Zayd b. 'Ubayd b. Zayd b. Malik h. 'Awf b. 'Amr b. 'Awf b. Mdik b. al-Aws, the Helper and member of the Aws tribe. Of the family of 'Amr b. 'Awf, he was a very elderly sheikh who had accepted Islam before the arrival of the Messenger of God (SAAS) in Medina. When the Messenger of God (SAAS) came there he stayed at night in Quhnc in Kulthiim's house, and then during the day would talk with his Companions in the bome of Sacd b. d-Rabic, God be pleased with them both, until he moved to the bome of the Banii al-Najjzr, as related above. Ibn al-Athir stated, "It has been said that he was the first Muslim to die following the arrival of the Messenger of God (SAAS), and that the death of As'ad b. Zurzra followed his. Al-Tabari stated this." Chapter: On the birth of cAbdAllah b. al-Zubayr in the month of Shawwal in the year when the emigration occurred, The first birth to the Emigrants in the Islamic era was 'Abd Allzb b. al-Zubayr. Similarly, al-Nucman b. Bashir was the &st child born to the Helpers after the emigration. God be pleased with them both. Some claim that Ihn al-Zuhayr was born 20 months after the emigration. Abii al-Aswad said this. Al-Wnqidi related this from Muhwmad b. Yahyn h. Sahl b. Abii Hathma, from his father, from his grandfather. They claim that d-Nucmm was born 6 months before d-Zubayr, some 14 months after the emigration. The truth is as we have said above. Al-Bukh- stated, "Zakariyyn' b. Yahyn related to us, quoting Abn Usama, from Hishm b. Wrwa, from his father, from Asmn', who said, regarding her pregnancy with 'Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr, "When I emigrated, I was at term. When I came to Medina I stayed in Quba' and gave birth to him there. Then I took him to the Messenger of God (SAAS) and placed him in his lap. He then called for a date, which he masticated then spat into his mouth. And so the first thing that entered the baby's stomach was the
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CONTENTS Foreword About this Series
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CONTENTS vii Chapter: On the birth
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