Saheeh Seerah Al Albaanee English

creation (as) seven heavens in two Days and He made in each heaven its affair. And
We adorned the nearest (lowest) heaven with lamps (stars) to be an adornment as
well as to guard (against the devils by using them as missiles against the devils). Such
is the Decree of Him the All-Mighty, the All-Knower.}
Till the Prophet ﷺ reached the Aayah: {But if they turn away, then say (O
Muḥammad): “I have warned you of a Ṣaa`iqah (a destructive awful cry, torment, hit,
a thunderbolt) like the Ṣaa`iqah which overtook (the people of) `Aad and Thamood.”}
[Surah Fuṣṣilat (41): 1-13]
`Utbah replied: ‘Hasbuk, Hasbuk (please stop, please stop). Isn’t there anything else you
can say to me besides this?’ (He was panicking). The Prophet ﷺ replied: ❝No!❞ So
`Utbah returned to Quraish and they asked him: ‘What happened?’ He said: ‘I did not
omit anything, which you talked about, except I conveyed it to him.’ They said: ‘Did he
respond to you?’ He said: ‘Yes.’ Then he said: ‘Well, no. By the One who erected this
building (Ka`bah), I have not understood what he had said except that he warned you of
a terrible punishment, like the punishment which struck `Aad and Thamood.’ They said:
‘Woe is to you! The man spoke to you in `Arabic (language) and you did not understand
what he said?’ He replied: ‘No, by Allaah! I did not understand a thing he said except for
the reference to the terrible punishment.’”
Al-Baihaqee and other reported it from the route of al-Ḥaakim, on the authority of al-
Ajlaḥ, and there is some dispute about him. 222
In another narration, there is the addition: ‘If you need leadership, we will pledge
allegiance to you, and you will be our chief as long as you live.’
There is also this addition: When the Prophet ﷺ recited the Aayah: {“I have warned
you of a Saa`iqah like the Saa`iqah which overtook (the people of) `Aad and
Thamood.”}, `Utbah placed his hand over the mouth of the Prophet ‏,ﷺ asking him to
222 (Shaikh al-Albaanee said): He is al-Ajlaḥ Ibn `Abdullaah Ibn Hujaiyah al-Kindee, and he is “Sudooq Shi`ee”
(truthful Shi`a)*, as was mentioned in “al-Taqreeb” of Ibn Ḥajar. And al-Ajlaḥ reported this from his Shaikh al-
Dhiyaal Ibn Ḥarmalah al-Asadee, who reported from Jaabir. Al-Shaibaanee also reported from this chain in his
“Musannaf” (36560), as Ibn Abee Ḥaatim had mentioned it in “al-Jarḥ wal-Ta`deel” (3/451). And it is apparent
that Ibn Ḥibbaan mentioned him as reliable in his book, “al-Thiqaat”. Al-Ḥaakim also reported it in his “al-
Mustadrak” (3002) from the route of al-Ajlaḥ, but a shorter narration and said: “Its chain is “Ṣaḥeeḥ””, and al-
Dhahabee agreed with him.
*[TN: (Shi`a in those days were mostly those who were more inclined towards `Alee ‏,رضيُاهللُعنه and favored him
over Mu`aawiyah ‏.رضيُاهللُعنه they were not like the Raafiḍhah of today)]
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