English translation
[116] 24 - (...) It was narrated that Abû Jamrah said: "I used to translate between Ibn 'Abbâs and the people, and a woman came to him and asked him about making Nabîdh in an (earthenware) container.[1] He said: 'The delegation of 'Abdul-Qais came to the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ and the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: 'Who is this delegation?' - or: 'Who are these people?' - They said: 'Rabî'ah.' He said: 'Welcome to the people' - or: 'to the delegation' - 'who were neither humiliated nor do they have any regrets.' They said: 'O Messenger of Allâh, we have come to you from a far-off land, and between us and you there is this tribe of the disbelievers of Muḍar. We can only come to you during the sacred months, so give us a clear command which we can tell to those whom we have left behind and by which we may enter Paradise.' He enjoined four things upon them and forbade them from four. He enjoined them to believe in Allâh alone and said: 'Do you know what believing in Allâh alone means?' They said: 'Allâh and His Messenger know best.' He said: 'Testimony that none has the right to be worshipped but Allâh, and that Muḥammad is the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ, establishing the Ṣalât, paying the Zakât, fasting (during the month of) Ramaḍân, and giving one- fifth (Khums) of the spoils of war.' And he forbade them from using Ad-Dubbâ' (gourds), Al-Hantam and Al-Muzaffat"[1] - Shu'bah (one of the narrators) said: "Perhaps he said: 'An-Naqîr'" - and he said: 'Remember this, and tell it to whom you have left behind.'" And Abû Bakr (one of the narrators) said in his narration: "Those who are behind you." And Al-Muqayyar is not in his narration.