Saheeh Seerah Al Albaanee English

And from the narration of Ibn Is-ḥaaq, the (names of the) two men from Quraish who
went to Abyssinia were: `Amr Ibn al-`Aaṣ and `Abdullaah Ibn Abee Rabee`ah.
And from the narration of Moosaa Ibn `Uqbah and others, they said the two were:
`Amr Ibn al-`Aaṣ and `Umaarah Ibn al-Waleed Ibn al-Mugheerah – and he (`Umaarah)
was one of the seven against whom the Prophet ﷺ had supplicated when they
placed the abdominal contents of a camel on the back of the Prophet ﷺ while he
was prostrating near the Ka`bah. 247 And this is how it was mentioned earlier - from the
Ḥadeeth of Ibn Mas`ood and Abu Moosaa al-Ash`aree. 248
Anyhow, when `Amr and `Umaarah left Makkah (for Abyssinia), the wife of `Amr had
also accompanied him. `Umaarah was a young and handsome man, and he misbehaved
with the wife of `Amr Ibn al-`Aaṣ, and threw `Amr into the sea so that he would drown.
But `Amr swam back to the boat. `Umaarah said to him: ‘If I knew you could swim so
sent for them and ask them what they say about him.’ So he sent for them to ask them about that. Nothing like
that had happened to us before, so the people gathered and said to one another: “What will you say about `Eesaa
when he asks you about him?” They said: “By Allaah! We will say what Allaah said about him, and what our
Prophet had mentioned about him, no matter what the consequences.” When they entered upon him, he (al-
Najaashee) said to them: ‘What do you say about `Eesaa Ibn Maryam?’ Ja`far Ibn Abu Ṭaalib said to him: “We say
about him what our Prophet taught: ‘he is the slave of Allaah and His Messenger, a Spirit created by Him and His
Word that He bestowed upon Maryam the Virgin.’” Al-Najaashee struck his hand on the ground and picked up a
stick, then he said: ‘`Eesaa Ibn Maryam is no different than what you have said, not even as much as (the width or
thickness of) this stick.’ His bishops around him groaned when he said that. So he said (to the bishops): ‘Even if
you groan, by Allaah!’ (Then he said to the Muslims): ‘Go, for you are safe in this land. Whoever annoys you will
be punished. I would not like to have a mountain of gold in return for harming anyone of you. Give these two
their gifts back to them; we have no need for them. By Allaah! Allaah did not take from me a bribe when He
restored my kingdom to me, so why should I take a bribe to go against Him (concerning them)? And He (Allaah)
did not listen to the people concerning me, so why should I listen to them and go against Him?’ So both of them
left him, defeated and with their gifts returned to them, and we stayed with him, in the best land and under the
best supporter.” She said: “By Allaah! We remained like that until some trouble befell him – i.e. someone
competed with him for his kingdom – and by Allaah, we never knew any grief or worry worse than that which
befell us for fear that (this contender) would prevail over al-Najaashee, and there would come a man who did not
recognize our status as al-Najaashee did. Al-Najaashee marched forth, and they were separated by the Nile. The
Companions of the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ said: “Who will go out and watch the battle, then bring us the
news?” Al-Zubair Ibn al-`Awwaam said: “I will.” He was one of the youngest of the people. They inflated a water
skin and he tied it to his chest, then he swam, floating with it, until he reached the other side of the Nile, where
the people had met in battle. Then he went and watched them, and we prayed to Allaah to grant victory to al-
Najaashee over his enemy and make him stronger in his land and give him full control over Abyssinia. We
remained with him, in the best situation, until we came to the Messenger of Allaah when he ﷺ was in
Makkah.” [Musnad Aḥmad (1740, 22498) and its chain is “Ḥasan”]]
247 [TN: See chapter 29 of this book.]
248 [TN: The Aḥaadeeth of these two already preceded in the beginning of this chapter.]
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