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How to present Islām to a(non-Muslim) boy.

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Darussalam · Volume 4

56 - THE BOOK OF JIHĀD

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الحديث: 3055 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 70

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3055. Narrated Ibn 'Umar رضي الله عنهما: 'Umar and a group or the companions of the Prophet ﷺ set out with the Prophet ﷺ to Ibn Šaiyyād. He found him playing with some boys near the hillocks of Banī Maḡhala. Ibn Šaiyyād at that time was nearing the age of puberty. He did not notice (the Prophet's presence) till the Prophet ﷺ stroked him on the back with his hand and said, "Ibn Šaiyyād! Do you testify that I am Allāh's Messenger?" Ibn Šaiyyād looked at him and said, "I testify that you are the Messenger of the illiterates." Then Ibn Šaiyyād asked the Prophet ﷺ. "Do you testify that I am the Messenger of Allāh?" The Prophet ﷺ said to him, "I believe in Allāh and His Messengers." Then the Prophet ﷺ said (to Ibn Šaiyyād). "What do you see?" Ibn Šaiyyād replied, "True people and false ones visit me." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Your mind is confused as to this matter." The Prophet ﷺ added, "I have kept something (in my mind) for you." Ibn Šaiyyād said, "It is Ad-Dukh(1)." The Prophet ﷺ said (to him), "Shame be on you! You cannot cross your limits." On that 'Umar said, "O Allāh's Messenger! Allow me to chop his head off." The Prophet ﷺ said, "If he should be him (i.e., Ad-Dajjāl) then you cannot overpower him, and should he not be him, then you are not going to benefit by murdering him."

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3055 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، أَخْبَرَنِي سَالِمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا، أَنَّهُ أَخْبَرَهُ: أَنَّ عُمَرَ انْطَلَقَ فِي رَهْطٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قِبَلَ ابْنِ صَيَّادٍ، حَتَّى وَجَدُوهُ يَلْعَبُ مَعَ الغِلْمَانِ، عِنْدَ أُطُمِ بَنِي مَغَالَةَ، وَقَدْ قَارَبَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ابْنُ صَيَّادٍ يَحْتَلِمُ، فَلَمْ يَشْعُرْ بِشَيْءٍ حَتَّى ضَرَبَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ظَهْرَهُ بِيَدِهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَتَشْهَدُ أَنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ؟»، فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ ابْنُ صَيَّادٍ، فَقَالَ: أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ رَسُولُ الأُمِّيِّينَ، فَقَالَ ابْنُ صَيَّادٍ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: أَتَشْهَدُ أَنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «آمَنْتُ بِاللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِ»، قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَاذَا تَرَى؟» قَالَ ابْنُ صَيَّادٍ: يَأْتِينِي صَادِقٌ وَكَاذِبٌ، قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «خُلِطَ عَلَيْكَ الأَمْرُ؟» قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِنِّي قَدْ خَبَأْتُ لَكَ خَبِيئًا»، قَالَ ابْنُ صَيَّادٍ: هُوَ الدُّخُّ، قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «اخْسَأْ، فَلَنْ تَعْدُوَ قَدْرَكَ»، قَالَ عُمَرُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، ائْذَنْ لِي فِيهِ أَضْرِبْ عُنُقَهُ، قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِنْ يَكُنْهُ، فَلَنْ تُسَلَّطَ عَلَيْهِ، وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْهُ، فَلاَ خَيْرَ لَكَ فِي قَتْلِهِ»،

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    (1) (H. 3055) When the Prophet ﷺ said to Ibn Šaiyyād, "I have kept something (in my mind) for you," he meant Sūrat Ad-Dukhān. Ibn Šaiyyād guessed imperfectly for he mentioned just part of the word, i.e., 'Dukh.' By this way the Prophet ﷺ proved that Ibn Šaiyyād was just a soothsayer to whom the devils conveyed nonsensical fragments of information.