Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq · Regarding the Report of Tubba
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مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الصَّفَّارُ، عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ أَبَانٍ، عَنْ أَبَانٍ رَفَعَهُ: أَنَّ تُبَّعَ قَالَ فِي مَسِيرِهِ: حَتَّى أَتَانِي مِنْ قُرَيْظَةَ عَالِمٌ حِبْرٌ لَعَمْرُكَ فِي الْيَهُودِ مُسَوَّدٌ، قَالَ ازْدَجِرْ عَنْ قَرْيَةٍ مَحْجُوبَةٍ لِنَبِيِّ مَكَّةَ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ مُهْتَدٍ، فَعَفَوْتُ عَنْهُمْ عَفْوَ غَيْرِ مُثَرَّبٍ وَتَرَكْتُهُمْ لِعِقَابِ يَوْمٍ سَرْمَدٍ، وَتَرَكْتُهَا لِلَّهِ أَرْجُو عَفْوَهُ يَوْمَ الْحِسَابِ مِنَ الْجَحِيمِ الْمُوقَدِ، وَلَقَدْ تَرَكْتُ لَهُ بِهَا مِنْ قَوْمِنَا نَفَراً أُولِي حَسَبٍ وَمِمَّنْ يُحْمَدُ، نَفَراً يَكُونُ النَّصْرُ فِي أَعْقَابِهِمْ، أَرْجُو بِذَاكَ ثَوَابَ رَبِّ مُحَمَّدٍ، مَا كُنْتُ أَحْسَبُ أَنَّ بَيْتاً ظَاهِراً لِلَّهِ فِي بَطْحَاءِ مَكَّةَ يُعْبَدُ، قَالُوا بِمَكَّةَ بَيْتُ مَالٍ دَاثِرٍ وَكُنُوزُهُ مِنْ لُؤْلُؤٍ وَزَبَرْجَدٍ، فَأَرَدْتُ أَمْراً حَالَ رَبِّي دُونَهُ وَاللَّهُ يَدْفَعُ عَنْ خَرَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ، فَتَرَكْتُ مَا أَمَّلْتُهُ فِيهِ لَهُمْ وَتَرَكْتُهُمْ مَثَلًا لِأَهْلِ الْمَشْهَدِ. قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عليه السلام: قَدْ أُخْبِرَ أَنَّهُ سَيَخْرُجُ مِنْ هَذِهِ، يَعْنِي مَكَّةَ، نَبِيٌّ يَكُونُ مُهَاجَرَتُهُ إِلَى يَثْرِبَ، فَأَخَذَ قَوْماً مِنَ الْيَمَنِ فَأَنْزَلَهُمْ مَعَ الْيَهُودِ لِيَنْصُرُوهُ إِذَا خَرَجَ، وَفِي ذَلِكَ يَقُولُ: شَهِدْتُ عَلَى أَحْمَدَ أَنَّهُ رَسُولٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ بَارِئِ النَّسَمِ، فَلَوْ مُدَّ عُمْرِي إِلَى عُمْرِهِ لَكُنْتُ وَزِيراً لَهُ وَابْنَ عَمٍّ، وَكُنْتُ عَذَاباً عَلَى الْمُشْرِكِينَ، أَسْقِيهِمْ كَأْسَ حَتْفٍ وَغَمٍّ.
Muhammad bin Hasan bin Ahmad bin Walid (ra): Narrated to us Muhammad bin Hasan as-Saffar from Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Isa from Hasan bin Ali from Umar bin Aban from Aban rafa’u , that once while walking Tubba recited the following couplets: <br> Till there came to me a learned one from the Quraiza who was a Rabbi, and I swear by your life he was famous among the Jews. He told me to abstain from attacking a hidden village because a prophet from Quraish would arise from Mecca. Thus I excused them but I did it unwillingly and I left them for the fear of the eternal day. And I abstained from attacking Mecca for the sake of Allah and in hope of His forgiveness. For the sake of the day of accounting and the blazing (fire of) Hell. And I left behind a man from my community for this prophet. I left a person of merit whom people praised. A person who shall have victories and divine help in his generations. And through this I hope in reward of the Lord of Muhammad. I didn’t even expect that there would be a manifest house of Allah in the land of Mecca where He would be worshipped. They told me that there was a rich treasury in Mecca. Treasures of pearls and emeralds. So I made an elaborate plan but my Lord did not allow it to be fulfilled. And Allah saves his Masjid from destruction. Thus, whatever I had aspired, I left upon them. And I performed this exemplary deed only for these pure-hearted personalities. <br> Abu Abdillah (as) said: Indeed he was informed that a prophet would arise from here (Mecca) and his migration shall be towards Yathrib (Medina). Thus he took with himself a group of people from Yemen and settled them with the Jews so that after the advent of that prophet they might help, support and regarding him, he composed the following couplets: I testify that Ahmad in certainly the Messenger of that God Who is the Creator of the universe. Thus if I had such a long age that I could meet him I would indeed become his vizier and his cousin. And I would become a punishment for the polytheists and made them drink the ale of death and sorrow.
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