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 "id": "event/delegation-of-dimam-ibn-thalaba",
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  "ar": "قدوم ضمام بن ثعلبة وافداً عن بني سعد بن بكر",
  "en": "Dimam ibn Tha'laba comes as the envoy of Banu Sa'd ibn Bakr"
 },
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  "ar": "بعث بنو سعد بن بكر ضمام بن ثعلبة إلى النبي، فأناخ بعيره على باب المسجد ودخل فسأل: أيكم ابن عبد المطلب؟ ثم ناشده الله عن كل فريضة: أبعثك الله رسولاً؟ أأمرك أن نعبده وحده ونخلع الأنداد؟ الصلوات الخمس؟ الزكاة والصيام والحج؟ والنبي يجيب: اللهم نعم؛ فشهد الشهادتين ووعد ألا يزيد ولا ينقص، فقال النبي: إن صدق ذو العقيصتين دخل الجنة؛ ورجع فأسلم قومه في يوم واحد. إسناد ابن إسحاق إلى ابن عباس.",
  "en": "Banu Sa'd ibn Bakr sent Dimam ibn Tha'laba to the Prophet; he knelt his camel at the mosque door, walked in and asked which of them was Ibn Abd al-Muttalib, then adjured him by God on each duty in turn: did God send you? did He order us to worship Him alone and cast off the idols? the five prayers? zakat, fasting, hajj? and the Prophet answered each time, O God, yes. He testified, promised to add nothing and omit nothing, and the Prophet said: if the man with the two plaits is truthful he will enter Paradise; he went home and his people embraced Islam in a day. Ibn Ishaq's isnad reaches Ibn Abbas."
 },
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  "period/prophetic-era"
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  "converts-and-leavers",
  "worship-and-the-pillars"
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   "edtf": "0631~",
   "hijri": "0009",
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   "note": "في سياق سنة الوفود عند ابن إسحاق (ص219)؛ وقال الواقدي إنه قدم سنة 5هـ، ورجّح ابن حجر سنة 9هـ عن ابن هشام عن أبي عبيدة (الإصابة ص715).",
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   "edtf": "0631~",
   "hijri": "0009",
   "calendar": "julian",
   "precision": "year",
   "status": "debated",
   "note": "في سياق سنة الوفود عند ابن إسحاق (ص219)؛ وقال الواقدي إنه قدم سنة 5هـ، ورجّح ابن حجر سنة 9هـ عن ابن هشام عن أبي عبيدة (الإصابة ص715).",
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   "start": {
    "edtf": "0631~",
    "hijri": "0009",
    "calendar": "julian",
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    "status": "debated",
    "note": "في سياق سنة الوفود عند ابن إسحاق (ص219)؛ وقال الواقدي إنه قدم سنة 5هـ، ورجّح ابن حجر سنة 9هـ عن ابن هشام عن أبي عبيدة (الإصابة ص715).",
    "sources": [
     "source/ibn-hisham-saqqa",
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   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "sira-ibn-hisham saqqa 1936, juz' 4 pp. 219-221",
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   "model": "claude-fable-5-1",
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   "source/mubarakpuri-raheeq"
  ],
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   "completeness": 2,
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 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "بعث [[group/banu-sad-ibn-bakr|بنو سعد بن بكر]] [[person/dimam-ibn-thalaba|ضمام بن ثعلبة]] وافداً إلى النبي في [[event/year-of-delegations|سنة الوفود]]، فسأله عن فرائض الإسلام واحدة واحدة مستحلفاً بالله، ثم أسلم ورجع فأسلم قومه. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/219} {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/221}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "الإسناد",
     "markdown": "يروي ابن إسحاق الخبر عن محمد بن الوليد بن نويفع عن كريب مولى عبد الله بن عباس عن [[person/abdullah-ibn-abbas|ابن عباس]]. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/219}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "دخوله المسجد",
     "markdown": "قدم ضمام فأناخ بعيره على باب المسجد ثم عقله ودخل، والنبي جالس في أصحابه؛ وكان رجلاً جَلْداً أشعر ذا غديرتين. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/219} وقف على النبي في أصحابه فقال: أيكم ابن عبد المطلب؟ فقال النبي: أنا ابن عبد المطلب؛ قال: أمحمد؟ قال: نعم. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/220} ثم قال إنه سائله ومغلّظ عليه في المسألة فلا يجد في نفسه، فقال النبي: لا أجد في نفسي، فسل عما بدا لك. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/220}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "الأسئلة",
     "markdown": "ناشده الله إلهَه وإله من كان قبله وإله من هو كائن بعده: آلله بعثك إلينا رسولاً؟ قال: اللهم نعم. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/220} ثم ناشده بالصيغة نفسها: آلله أمرك أن تأمرنا أن نعبده وحده لا نشرك به شيئاً وأن نخلع هذه الأنداد التي كان آباؤنا يعبدون معه؟ قال: اللهم نعم. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/220} ثم: آلله أمرك أن نصلي هذه الصلوات الخمس؟ قال: اللهم نعم. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/220} ثم جعل يذكر فرائض الإسلام فريضة فريضة: الزكاة والصيام والحج وشرائع الإسلام كلها، يناشده عند كل فريضة كما ناشده في التي قبلها. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/220} فلما فرغ شهد أن لا إله إلا الله وأن محمداً رسول الله، وقال إنه سيؤدي هذه الفرائض ويجتنب ما نُهي عنه، ثم لا يزيد ولا ينقص، وانصرف إلى بعيره. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/220}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "قول النبي ورجوعه إلى قومه",
     "markdown": "قال النبي: «إن صدق ذو العقيصتين دخل الجنة». {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/220} فأطلق ضمام عقال بعيره وخرج حتى قدم على قومه فاجتمعوا إليه، فكان أول ما تكلم به ذمّ اللات والعزى؛ فقالوا: مه يا ضمام، اتق البرص والجذام والجنون؛ فقال إنهما لا يضران ولا ينفعان، وإن الله قد بعث رسولاً وأنزل عليه كتاباً استنقذهم به، وشهد الشهادتين، وأخبرهم بما أُمروا به ونُهوا عنه. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/220} {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/221} فما أمسى من ذلك اليوم في حاضره رجل ولا امرأة إلا مسلماً. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/221} وكان ابن عباس يقول: «فما سمعنا بوافد قوم كان أفضل من ضمام بن ثعلبة». {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/221}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "علامات الرواية",
     "markdown": "- سنة قدومه: يضعه ابن إسحاق في سنة الوفود، وقال الواقدي سنة 5هـ، ورجّح ابن حجر التاسعة. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/219} {cite:ibn-hajar-isaba p.715}\n- يثبت المحققون أن في سائر الأصول «فلا تحدث بها علي» موضع «فلا تجدن في نفسك»، وأن لفظ ذمّ اللات والعزى جاء بصيغة شرح المواهب وفي الأصول بصيغة أخرى. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/220}\n- الخبر في الصحيحين من حديث أنس بألفاظ أخرى. {cite:ibn-hajar-isaba p.714}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "للزوار الصغار",
     "markdown": "جاء رجل اسمه ضمام من قبيلة بعيدة، ودخل المسجد وسأل النبي أسئلة كثيرة بصوت عالٍ عن الصلاة والصيام والحج، وكان النبي يجيبه بصبر، فأسلم ضمام ورجع إلى قبيلته فأسلموا كلهم في يوم واحد."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "event/delegation-of-dimam-ibn-thalaba",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   }
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "[[group/banu-sad-ibn-bakr|Banu Sa'd ibn Bakr]] sent [[person/dimam-ibn-thalaba|Dimam ibn Tha'laba]] as a delegate to the Prophet in [[event/year-of-delegations|the Year of Delegations]]. He asked him about the obligations of Islam one by one, swearing him by God, and then he became Muslim, went back and his people became Muslim. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/219} {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/221}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "The chain",
     "markdown": "Ibn Ishaq relates the report from Muhammad ibn al-Walid ibn Nuwayf, from Kurayb, freedman of [[person/abdullah-ibn-abbas|Ibn Abbas]], from Ibn Abbas. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/219}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "His entry into the mosque",
     "markdown": "Dimam came and made his camel kneel at the door of the mosque, then tied it and went in, while the Prophet was sitting with his companions. He was a sturdy man, hairy, with two locks of hair. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/219} He stood before the Prophet among his companions and said: \"Which of you is the son of Abd al-Muttalib?\" The Prophet said: \"I am the son of Abd al-Muttalib.\" He said: \"Is it Muhammad?\" He said: \"Yes.\" {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/220} He then said that he would question him and be harsh in his questions, and that he should not feel anything against him. The Prophet said: \"I will not feel anything against you; ask whatever you wish.\" {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/220}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "The questions",
     "markdown": "He asked him by his God, the God of those before him and the God of those who would come after him: \"Did God send you to us as a messenger?\" He said: \"Yes, O God.\" {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/220} He asked again in the same form: \"Did God command you to command us to worship Him alone, not associating anything with Him, and to cast off these rivals that our fathers used to worship alongside Him?\" He said: \"Yes, O God.\" {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/220} Then: \"Did God command you that we pray these five prayers?\" He said: \"Yes, O God.\" {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/220} Then he went through the obligations of Islam one by one: the zakat, the fasting, the pilgrimage and all the laws of Islam, adjuring him at each obligation as he had adjured him at the one before. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/220} When he had finished, he bore witness that there is no god but God and that Muhammad is the Messenger of God, and said that he would perform these obligations and avoid what was forbidden, neither adding nor diminishing, and went back to his camel. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/220}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "The Prophet's word and his return to his people",
     "markdown": "The Prophet said: \"If the one with the two locks speaks truly, he will enter Paradise.\" {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/220} Dimam untied his camel's tether and went out until he came to his people and they gathered to him. The first thing he said was to condemn al-Lat and al-Uzza. They said: \"Be careful, Dimam; fear leprosy, scabies and madness.\" He said that these neither harm nor benefit, that God had sent a messenger and sent down to him a book by which He rescued them, and that he bore witness to the two testimonies, and told them what they had been commanded and forbidden. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/220} {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/221} By the end of that day no man or woman in his assembly remained who had not become a Muslim. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/221} Ibn Abbas used to say: \"We have never heard of a delegate of a people better than Dimam ibn Tha'laba.\" {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/221}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Markers of the report",
     "markdown": "- The year of his coming: Ibn Ishaq places him in the Year of Delegations; al-Waqidi said 5 AH, and Ibn Hajar preferred the ninth. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/219} {cite:ibn-hajar-isaba p.715}\n- The editors establish that in all the other originals the phrase reads \"do not speak of it to me\" in place of \"do not feel anything against you\", and that the wording of the condemnation of al-Lat and al-Uzza is in the form of the commentary on the Mawahib, and in the originals it is in another form. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/220}\n- The report is in the two Sahihs from the hadith of Anas, with other wordings. {cite:ibn-hajar-isaba p.714}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "For young visitors",
     "markdown": "A man named Dimam came from a distant tribe, entered the mosque and asked the Prophet many questions in a loud voice about prayer, fasting and pilgrimage. The Prophet answered him patiently, Dimam became a Muslim and returned to his tribe, and they all became Muslims in one day."
    }
   ],
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    "id": "event/delegation-of-dimam-ibn-thalaba",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
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  "event/delegation-of-abd-al-qays",
  "event/delegation-of-banu-hanifa",
  "event/delegation-of-banu-tamim",
  "event/delegation-of-farwa-ibn-musayk",
  "event/delegation-of-hamdan",
  "event/delegation-of-kinda",
  "event/delegation-of-surad-ibn-abdullah",
  "event/delegation-of-tayy"
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