A Night with the Companions

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أَنَّ إِبْنَ عُمَرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا أَخْبَرَهُ

That Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both, told him.

أَنَّ عُمَرَ انْطَلَقَ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي رَهْطٍ

That Umar set out with the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, in a group.

قِبْلَ إِبْنِ صَيَّادٍ

In front of Ibn Sayyad,

حَتَّى وَجَدُوهُ يَلْعَبُ مَعَ الْصِّبْيَانِ

Until they found him playing with the boys.

عِنْدَ أُطُمِ بَنِي مَغَالَةِ

At Utum of the Banu Maghala,

وَقَدْ قَارَبَ ابْنُ صَيَّادٍ الْحُلُمَ

And Ibn Sayyad had almost reached puberty.

فَلَمْ يَشْعُرْ حَتَّى ضَرَبَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسِلْمِ بِيَدِهِ

He did not feel it until the Prophet struck him with his hand.

ثُمَّ قَالَ لِابْنِ صَيَّادِ تَشْهَدُ أَنَّيِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ

Then he said to Ibn Sayyad, "Do you testify that I am the Messenger of Allah?"

فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ ابْنُ صَيَّادٍ فَقَالَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ رَسُولُ الأُمِّيِّينَ

Then Ibn Sayyad looked at him and said, "I testify that you are the Messenger of the Unlettered."

فَقَالَ ابْنُ صَيَّادٍ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَتَشْهَدُ أَنَّيِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ

Then Ibn Sayyad said to the Prophet, "Do you testify that I am the Messenger of God?"

فَرَفَضَهُ وَقَالَ آمَنْتُ بِاللَّهِ وَبِرُسُلِهِ

So he rejected him and said, "I believed in God and in His messengers."

فَقَالَ لَهُ مَاذَا تَرَى

He said to him, "What do you see?"

قَالَ ابْنُ صَيَّادٍ يَأْتِينِي صَادِقٌ وَكَاذِبٌ

Ibn Sayyad said, 'A truthful person and a liar come to me.'

فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خُلِّطَ عَلَيْكَ الأَمْرُ

The Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, said, "You are confused about the matter."

ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسِلْمِ إِنِّي قَدْ خَبَأْتُ لَكَ خَبِيئًا

Then the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to him, "I have hidden something for you."

فَقَالَ ابْنُ صَيَّادٍ هُوَ الدُّخُّ

Then the son of Sayyad said, "He is the duhh."

فَقَالَ اِخْسَأْ فَلَنْ تَعْدُوَ قَدْرَكَ

So he said, "Get out in disgrace; you will not exceed your limits."

فَقَالَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ دَعْنِي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَضْرِبْ عُنْقَهُ

So Umar, may God be pleased with him, said, "Leave me, O Messenger of God; let me cut off his neck."

فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنْ يَكُنْهُ فَلَنْ تُسَلَّطَ عَلَيْهِ

So the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "If he is him, then you will not be given power over him."

وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْهُ فَلَا خَيْرَ لَكَ فِي قَتْلِهِ

And if he is not him, then there is no good for you in killing him.

وَقَالَ سَالِمٌ سَمِعْتُ اِبْنَ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا يَقُولُ

And Salim said, "I heard Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with them, say."

انْطَلَقَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأُبَىُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ إِلَى النَّخْلِ

After that the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, and Ubayy ibn Ka'b set out toward the palm trees.

الَّتِي فِيهَا ابْنُ صَيَّادٍ وَهُوَ يَخْتِلُ

in which Ibn Sayyad was present and he was strutting.

أَنْ يَسْمَعَ مِنْ إِبْنِ صَيَّادٍ شَيْئًا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَرَاهُ

to hear something from Ibn Sayyad before he sees him

ابْنُ صَيَّادٍ فَرَآهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ مُضْطَجِعٌ

The Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, saw the son of Sayyad while he was lying down.

يَعْنِي فِي قَطِيفَةٍ لَهُ فِيهَا رَمْزَةٌ أَوْ زَمْرَةٌ

It means a small scrap of cloth that he has, in which there is a mark or a tuft.

فَرَأَتْ أُمُّ ابْنِ صَيَّادٍ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسِلْمِ وَهُوَ يَتَّقِي بِجُذُوعِ النَّخْلِ

Then the mother of Ibn Sayyad saw the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, while he was taking shelter by the trunks of the palm trees.

فَقَالَتْ لاِبْنِ صَيَّادِ يَا صَافِ

Then she said to Ibn Sayyad, "O Saf—"

وَهُوَ اِسْمُ اِبْنِ صَيَّادٍ هَذَا مُحَمَّدٌ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

And he is called Ibn Sayyad — this is Muhammad, may God send blessings upon him and grant him peace.

فَثَارَ اِبْنُ صَيَّادٍ

Then Ibn Sayyad became angry.

فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسِلْمِ لَوْ تَرَكَتْهُ بَيَّنَ

The Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: If you had left him, he would have made it clear.

وَقَالَ شُعَيْبُ فِي حَدِيثِهِ فَرَفَصَهُ رَمْرَمَةً أَوْ زَمْزَمَةً

And Shu'ayb, in his narration, described it as ramramah or zamzamah.

وَقَالَ إِسْحَاقُ الْكَلْبِيُّ وَعُقَيْلٌ رَمْرَمَةٌ

And Ishaq al-Kalbi and Uqayl said, "murmuring."

وَقَالَ مَعْمَرٌ رَمْزَةٌ

And Ma'mar said, "Ramza."