Hadith #257
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا التَّيْمِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ
عَنْ قَبِيصَةَ بْنِ مُخَارِقٍ وَزُهَيْرِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ { وَأَنْذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ الْأَقْرَبِينَ } صَعِدَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَقْمَةً مِنْ جَبَلٍ عَلَى أَعْلَاهَا حَجَرٌ فَجَعَلَ يُنَادِي يَا بَنِي عَبْدِ مَنَافٍ إِنَّمَا أَنَا نَذِيرٌ إِنَّمَا مَثَلِي وَمَثَلُكُمْ كَرَجُلٍ رَأَى الْعَدُوَّ فَذَهَبَ يَرْبَأُ أَهْلَهُ فَخَشِيَ أَنْ يَسْبِقُوهُ فَجَعَلَ يُنَادِي وَيَهْتِفُ يَا صَبَاحَاهْ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَنِ التَّيْمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ عَنْ قَبِيصَةَ بْنِ مُخَارِقٍ وَزُهَيْرِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَا لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ { وَأَنْذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ الْأَقْرَبِينَ } فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ
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English Translation
It was narrated from Qabisa ibn Mukhariq and Zuhayr ibn 'Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when the verse was revealed: {And warn your nearest kindred} (Ash-Shu'ara: 214), the Messenger of Allah ﷺ climbed a rocky slope on a mountain with a boulder at its peak and called out: 'O Banu 'Abd Manaf! I am only a warner. My likeness and your likeness is that of a man who saw an enemy approaching and went to warn his family, fearing they would be surprised, so he called out and shouted: "Beware the morning raid!"'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 38, Hadith 257
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 19695
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-56085