Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq · The Account of Zayd Ibn ‘amr Ibn Nufayl
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ الْبَزَّازُ النَّيْسَابُورِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ يُوسُفَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ الْعُطَارِدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ الْمَدَنِيِّ قَالَ: كَانَ زَيْدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ نُفَيْلٍ أَجْمَعَ عَلَى الْخُرُوجِ مِنْ مَكَّةَ يَضْرِبُ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَ يَطْلُبُ الْحَنِيفِيَّةَ دِينَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عليه السلام وَ كَانَتِ امْرَأَتُهُ صَفِيَّةُ بِنْتُ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ كُلَّمَا أَبْصَرَتْهُ قَدْ نَهَضَ إِلَى الْخُرُوجِ وَ أَرَادَهُ آذَنَتْ بِهِ الْخَطَّابَ بْنَ نُفَيْلٍ فَخَرَجَ زَيْدٌ إِلَى الشَّامِ يَلْتَمِسُ وَ يَطْلُبُ فِي أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ الْأَوَّلِ دِيْنَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عليه السلام وَ يَسْأَلُ عَنْهُ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ فِي ذَلِكَ فِيمَا يَزْعُمُونَ حَتَّى أَتَى الْمَوْصِلَ وَ الْجَزِيرَةَ كُلَّهَا ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ حَتَّى أَتَى الشَّامَ فَجَالَ فِيهَا حَتَّى أَتَى رَاهِباً بِمَيْفَعَةٍ مِنْ أَرْضِ الْبَلْقَاءِ كَانَ يَنْتَهِى إِلَيْهِ عِلْمُ النَّصْرَانِيَّةِ فِيمَا يَزْعُمُونَ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنِ الْحَنِيفِيَّةِ دِينِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عليه السلام فَقَالَ لَهُ الرَّاهِبُ إِنَّكَ لَتَسْأَلُ عَنْ دِينٍ مَا أَنْتَ بِوَاجِدٍ لَهُ الْآنَ مَنْ يَحْمِلُكَ عَلَيْهِ الْيَوْمَ لَقَدْ دَرَسَ عِلْمُهُ وَ ذَهَبَ مَنْ كَانَ يَعْرِفُهُ وَ لَكِنَّهُ قَدْ أَظَلَّكَ خُرُوجُ نَبِيٍّ يُبْعَثُ بِأَرْضِكَ الَّتِي خَرَجْتَ مِنْهَا بِدِينِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْحَنِيفِيَّةِ فَعَلَيْكَ بِبِلَادِكَ فَإِنَّهُ مَبْعُوثٌ الْآنَ هَذَا زَمَانُهُ وَ لَقَدْ كَانَ سئم الْيَهُودِيَّةَ وَ النَّصْرَانِيَّةَ فَلَمْ يَرْضَ شَيْئاً مِنْهُمَا فَخَرَجَ مُسْرِعاً حِينَ قَالَ لَهُ الرَّاهِبُ مَا قَالَ يُرِيدُ مَكَّةَ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ بِأَرْضِ لَخْمٍ عَدَوْا عَلَيْهِ فَقَتَلُوهُ فَقَالَ وَرَقَةُ بْنُ نَوْفَلٍ وَ قَدْ كَانَ اتَّبَعَ مِثْلَ أَثَرِ زَيْدٍ وَ لَمْ يَفْعَلْ فِي ذَلِكَ مَا فَعَلَ فَبَكاهُ وَرَقَةُ وَ قَالَ فِيهِ: رشدت و أنعمت ابن عمرو و إنما تجنبت تنوراً من النار حامياً بدينك رباً ليس ربّ كَمِثْلِهِ و تركك أوثان الطواغي كما هي. ينتظر خروجه و خرج في طلبه فقتل في الطريق، و قد تدرك الإنسان رحمة ربه و لو كان تحت الأرض ستين وادياً.
Narrated to us Abul Hasan Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Husain Bazzaz Nishapuri that: Narrated to us Muhammad bin Yaqoob bin Yusuf that: Narrated to us Ahmad bin Abdul Jabbar Utaridi: Narrated to us Yunus bin Bukair from Muhammad bin Ishaq bin Yasar Madani that he said:<br> “Zaid bin Amr bin Nufayl had investigated Judaism and Christianity properly and did not like any of these faiths. So he came out of Mecca in search of the Abrahamic religion. When his wife Safiya binte Hadhrami learnt of his intention, she informed his uncle, Khattab bin Nufayl so that he may restrain him but he set out in search of the Abrahamic religion and passing through Mosul and other Arab islands and reached Damascus. Whenever he came to know about a scholar or a monk he used to go and meet. Finally, he came to know about a hermit in Balqa who possessed complete knowledge of the Christian faith. <br> So he went to meet him and inquired from him about the Abrahamic faith. He said apparently there was no one having correct information about this religion as it was a very ancient faith. But very soon a prophet will arise in the same town from where you have come. He shall be on the Abrahamic faith. So you must hurry back to your hometown as the time of his advent is now. And it is even possible that he has already appeared. Upon hearing this, Zaid started on the return journey with speed but was killed on the way. <br> When Waraqa bin Naufal who also followed the same faith, came to know about his death he cried much and recited the following elegy in his honor: O Amr you have achieved guidance and gained the bounty. And you have saved yourself from the blazing fire. By choosing such a Lord who has no equal and by abandoning the disobedient idols who remain as they were. And the mercy of his Lord reaches man even though he may be sixty layers beneath the earth.”
Translation: Sayyid Athar Husain S. H. Rizvi — published with the edition, reproduced verbatim.
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