Sahih Muslim Hadith 118 – The Command To
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[118] 26 – (18) It was narrated (A)— [YA] from Sa'eed bin AbI 'AriIbah from Qatâdah, who said: "One who met the delegation of :J They say that it is another name for A1-Muqayyar, see the previous narration. 'Abdul-Qais who came to the Messenger of Allah – Sa'eed said: "And Qatâdah mentioned 'Abfl Nadrab" – "narrated to me from Abfl Sa'eed Al-KjjudrI in this HadIjh of his, that some people from 'Abdul-Qais came to the Messenger of Allah and said: '0 Prophet of Allah, we are a tribe of RabI'ah, and between us and you are the disbelievers of Mudar; we cannot come to you except during the sacred months. Tell us of something we can enjoin upon those whom we have left behind and by which we may enter Paradise if we adhere to it.' The Messenger of Allah said: 'I will enjoin four things upon you and forbid you from four things. Worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him, establish the Salât, pay the Zaltht, fast (during the month of) Ramadân, and give one-fifth (Al- Kiums) of your spoils of war. And I forbid you from four things: Ad-Dubbâ' (gourds), Al- Hantam, Al-Muzaffat and is An- NaqIr.' They said: '0 Prophet of Allah, do you know what An- NaqIr?' He said: 'Yes indeed. It is a tree trunk that you hollow out, then you throw in some small dates" – Sa'eed said: "Or he said: 'Some dates" – "then you pour some water into it, and when it stops bubbling, you drink it, until one of you" – or '"one of them" – ' "strikes his cousin with a sword.' Among the people there was a man who had been wounded in this manner. He said: 'I was trying to conceal it out of shyness before the Messenger of Allah ç.' I said: 'From what should we drink, 0 Messenger of jLb ' Lt L5 Allah?' He said: 'From leather 3;)) skins that are tied at the mouth.' They said: '0 Messenger of Allah, u3J jj ; iif our land is full of rats and leather skins do not last long.' The :J Prophet of Allah said: 'Even if : L4 Li ii the rats have gnawed on them, even if the rats have gnawed on them, even if the rats have gnawed on them.' And the Prophet of Allah said to Ashajj 'Abdul-Qais: 'You have two characteristics that Allah loves: forbearance and deliberation."