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