Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq · Concerning the Account of Bahira the Monk
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وَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي وَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ أَنَّ أَبَا طَالِبٍ قَالَ: لَمَّا فَارَقَهُ بَحِيرَى بَكَى بُكَاءً شَدِيداً وَ أَخَذَ يَقُولُ يَا ابْنَ آمِنَةَ كَأَنِّي بِكَ وَ قَدْ رَمَتْكَ الْعَرَبُ بِوَتْرِهَا وَ قَدْ قَطَعَكَ الْأَقَارِبُ وَ لَوْ عَلِمُوا لَكُنْتَ لَهُمْ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الْأَوْلَادِ ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ إِلَيَّ وَ قَالَ أَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا عَمِّ فَارْعَ فِيهِ قَرَابَتَكَ الْمَوْصُولَةَ وَ احْتَفِظْ فِيهِ وَصِيَّةَ أَبِيكَ فَإِنَّ قُرَيْشاً سَتَهْجُرُكَ فِيهِ فَلَا تُبَالِ وَ إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ لَا تُؤْمِنُ بِهِ ظَاهِراً وَ لَكِنْ سَتُؤْمِنُ بِهِ بَاطِناً وَ لَكِنْ سَيُؤْمِنُ بِهِ وَلَدٌ تَلِدُهُ وَ سَيَنْصُرُهُ نَصْراً عَزِيزاً اسْمُهُ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ الْبَطَلُ الْهَاصِرُ وَ فِي الْأَرْضِ الشُّجَاعُ الْأَنْزَعُ مِنْهُ الْفَرْخَانِ الْمُسْتَشْهَدَانِ وَ هُوَ سَيِّدُ الْعَرَبِ وَ رَئِيسُهَا وَ ذُو قَرْنَيْهَا وَ هُوَ فِي الْكُتُبِ أَعْرَفُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ عِيسَى عليه السلام فَقَالَ أَبُو طَالِبٍ وَ اللَّهِ قَدْ رَأَيْتُ كُلَّ الَّذِي وَصَفَهُ بَحِيرَى وَ أَكْثَرَ.
Through the same chain of narrators from Abdullah bin Muhammad who said: Narrated to me my father, and narrated to me Abdur Rahman bin Muhammad from [Muhammad bin] Abdullah bin Abi Bakr bin Muhammad bin Amr bin Hazm from his father from his grandfather that Abu Talib said:<br> “When Bahira said farewell to the Holy Prophet (sw) he wept much and said: O son of Amina, as if I can see all Arabs having enmity and dispute with you and your relatives will cut off relations with you. If they were aware of your true position they would have considered you dearer than their own sons. Then he told me: Respected Uncle, have regard for his relationship and be fearful to the bequest of your father. Very soon all the Quraish will become aloof from you. Don’t mind it at all. <br> I know that you will not openly display your faith. You will believe in him secretly. A son would be born to you who will make his faith apparent and also render help to him. In the heavens he shall be named the Al-Batal-ul-Hasir – brave lion and (in the earth), Shajja-ul-Anza. He will have two sons who will be martyred. He would be the chief of Arabs and the Dhulqarnain of the community. He shall be more famous in the divine books than the companions of Isa (as). Abu Talib says: By Allah, I saw most of the characteristics mentioned by Bahira with my own eyes.”
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