Saheeh Seerah Al Albaanee English

Ibn `Abbaas رضيُاهللُعنهما narrated: “One day (`Uqbah Ibn) Abu Mu`ait 284 used to sit with
the Prophet ﷺ in Makkah and did not annoy him, for he was a soft man. As for the
rest of the Quraish, whenever they used to sit with the Prophet ‏,ﷺ they used to
annoy him. (`Uqbah Ibn) Abu Mu`ait had a friend who was absent, as he had gone to al-
Shaam. The Quraish (spread the rumor) that Abu Mu`ait has abandoned his religion
(and became a Muslim). When his friend returned from al-Shaam one night, he said to
his wife: ‘What has Muḥammad done in my absence?’ She replied: ‘The matter has
become worse than before.’ He asked: ‘What did my friend, (`Uqbah Ibn) Abu Mu`ait,
do?’ She replied: ‘He has abandoned his religion.’ The whole night he was miserable.
When it was morning, (`Uqbah Ibn) Abu Mu`ait visited him. (`Uqbah Ibn) Abu Mu`ait
greeted him, but he did not respond. Abu Mu`ait said: ‘What is the matter with you
that you don’t respond to my greetings?’ He said: ‘How can I respond to your greeting
while you have abandoned your religion!’ He asked: ‘Did the Quraish kindle this (fire
against me)?!’ He replied: ‘Yes.’ So he asked: ‘What should I do to free myself of this
blame?’ He said: ‘You should go to his gathering and spit at his face and insult him in
the worst manner possible.’ So he did that. After the Prophet ﷺ had wiped his face,
he turned towards him and said: ❝If I find you outside the mountains of Makkah, I
will smite your neck.❞ So when it was the day of Badr and his associates went out (for
fighting), `Uqbah refused to join them. They persuaded him to join them. He replied:
“This man (i.e. Muḥammad) has promised me that were he to find me outside the
mountains of Makkah, he would smite my neck.’ They said: ‘Should we be defeated,
you have a red camel on which you can flee and he will not be able to catch you.’ So he
went out with them. When Allaah تعاىل defeated the Mushriks, his camel got stuck in the
soft part of land, and he was among the seventy captives that were captured (on that
day). (`Uqbah Ibn) Abu Mu`ait was then brought to the Prophet ‏.ﷺ `Uqbah said:
“Mursal” form; they did not mention that he narrated it from `Alee*, and al-Tirmidhee said: “This is more
correct.” Meaning: Ibn Mahdee and Yahya Ibn Aadam both narrated from Sufyaan, from Abee Is-ḥaaq, from
Naajiyah. But Ibn Katheer reported it (in his “Tafseer”) from the route of Sufyaan reaching `Alee*, and that is the
first narration which al-Tirmidhee reported, and it is strengthened by the narration which al-Ḥaakim mentioned
from the route of Israa’eel, from Abee Is-ḥaaq, from Naajiyah, from `Alee. And it is for this reason that al-Ḍhiyaa’
al-Deen al-Maqdisee reported it in “al-Mukhtaarah”.
*[TN: In the original footnote, in both these places, it is mentioned as Ibn `Abbaas instead of `Alee, which was
incorrect. Moreover, in his checking of Sunan al-Tirmidhee, Shaikh al-Albaanee graded both the chains as
“Ḍha`eef”. See “Ṣaḥeeḥ wa Ḍha`eef Sunan al-Tirmidhee”]
284 [TN: Originally it was mentioned as Abu Mu`ait in “al-Durr al-Manthoor” of al-Suyooṭee, and the correction
was made as per the narration mentioned earlier from Ibn Is-ḥaaq. Shaikh al-Albaanee said: What is apparent is
that Abu Mu`ait is the Kunyah of `Uqbah. And this narration is a supporting evidence to what has been preceded
from the narration of Ibn Is-ḥaaq]
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