Sahih Muslim Book - 1, Hadith - 118

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِيْ مَنْ لَقِيَ الْوَفْدَ الَّذِينَ قَدِمُوا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مِنْ عَبْدِ الْقَيْسِ . قَالَ سَعِيدٌ وَذَكَرَ قَتَادَةُ أَبَا نَضْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ فِي حَدِيثِهِ هَذَا . أَنَّ أُنَاسًا مِنْ عَبْدِ الْقَيْسِ قَدِمُوا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالُوا: يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ! إِنَّا حَىٌّ مِنْ رَبِيعَةَ وَبَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكَ كُفَّارُ مُضَرَ وَلاَ نَقْدِرُ عَلَيْكَ إِلاَّ فِي أَشْهُرِ الْحُرُمِ فَمُرْنَا بِأَمْرٍ نَأْمُرْ بِهِ مَنْ وَرَاءَنَا وَنَدْخُلُ بِهِ الْجَنَّةَ إِذَا نَحْنُ أَخَذْنَا بِهِ . فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ " آمُرُكُمْ بِأَرْبَعٍ وَأَنْهَاكُمْ عَنْ أَرْبَعٍ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَلاَ تُشْرِكُوا بِهِ شَيْئًا وَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلاَةَ وَآتُوا الزَّكَاةَ وَصُومُوا رَمَضَانَ وَأَعْطُوا الْخُمُسَ مِنَ الْغَنَائِمِ وَأَنْهَاكُمْ عَنْ أَرْبَعٍ عَنِ الدُّبَّاءِ وَالْحَنْتَمِ وَالْمُزَفَّتِ وَالنَّقِيرِ " . قَالُوا يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ مَا عِلْمُكَ بِالنَّقِيرِ؟ قَالَ " بَلَى! جِذْعٌ تَنْقُرُونَهُ فَتَقْذِفُونَ فِيهِ مِنَ الْقُطَيْعَاءِ - قَالَ سَعِيدٌ أَوْ قَالَ مِنَ التَّمْرِ - ثُمَّ تَصُبُّونَ فِيهِ مِنَ الْمَاءِ حَتَّى إِذَا سَكَنَ غَلَيَانُهُ شَرِبْتُمُوهُ حَتَّى إِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ - أَوْ إِنَّ أَحَدَهُمْ - لَيَضْرِبُ ابْنَ عَمِّهِ بِالسَّيْفِ " . قَالَ وَفِي الْقَوْمِ رَجُلٌ أَصَابَتْهُ جِرَاحَةٌ كَذَلِكَ . قَالَ وَكُنْتُ أَخْبَأُهَا حَيَاءً مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقُلْتُ فَفِيمَ نَشْرَبُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ " فِي أَسْقِيَةِ الأَدَمِ الَّتِي يُلاَثُ عَلَى أَفْوَاهِهَا " . قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أَرْضَنَا كَثِيرَةُ الْجِرْذَانِ وَلاَ تَبْقَى بِهَا أَسْقِيَةُ الأَدَمِ . فَقَالَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ " وَإِنْ أَكَلَتْهَا الْجِرْذَانُ وَإِنْ أَكَلَتْهَا الْجِرْذَانُ وَإِنْ أَكَلَتْهَا الْجِرْذَانُ ".قَالَ وَقَالَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لأَشَجِّ عَبْدِ الْقَيْسِ" إِنَّ فِيكَ لَخَصْلَتَيْنِ يُحِبُّهُمَا اللَّهُ الْحِلْمُ وَالأَنَاةُ ".

It was narrated from Sa'eed bin Abi 'Arubah from Qatadah, who said: "One who met the delegation of 'Abdul-Qais who came to the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) - Sa'eed said: "And Qatadah mentioned 'Abu Nadrah" - "narrated to me from Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri in this Hadith of his, that some people from 'Abdul-Qais came to the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) and said: 'O Prophet of Allah, we are a tribe of Rabi'ah, and between us and you are the disbelievers of Mudar; we cannot come to you except during the sacred months. Tell us of something we can enjoin upon those whom we have left behind and by which we may enter Paradise if we adhere to it.' The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: 'I will enjoin four things upon you and forbid you from four things. Worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him, establish the Salat, pay the Zakat, fast (during the month of) Ramadan, and give one-fifth (Al-Khums) of your spoils of war. And I forbid you from four things: Ad-Dubba: (gourds), Al-Hantam, Al-Muzaffat and is An-Naqir.' They said: 'O Prophet of Allah, do you know what An-Naqir?' He said: 'Yes indeed. It is a tree trunk that you hollow out, then you throw in some small dates"' - Sa'eed said: "Or he said: 'Some dates"' - '"then you pour some water into it, and when it stops bubbling, you drink it, until one of you'" - or '"one of them"' - ' "strikes his cousin with a sword.' Among the people there was a man who had been wounded in this manner. He said: 'I was trying to conceal it out of shyness before the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w).' I said: 'From what should we drink, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'From leather skins that are tied at the mouth.' They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, our land is full of rats and leather skins do not last long.' The Prophet of Allah (s.a.w) said: 'Even if the rats have gnawed on them, even if the rats have gnawed on them, even if the rats have gnawed on them.' And the Prophet of Allah (s.a.w) said to Ashajj 'Abdul-Qais: 'You have two characteristics that Allah loves: forbearance and deliberation.'"