Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْد اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا مَسْرُوقُ بْنُ الْمَرْزُبَانِ الْكُوفِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ قَالَ قَالَ ابْنُ إِسْحَاقَ فَحَدَّثَنِي حُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَبِيعَةَ بْنَ عَبَّادٍ الدِّيلِيَّ قَالَ إِنِّي لَمَعَ أَبِي رَجُلٌ شَابٌّ أَنْظُرُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَتْبَعُ الْقَبَائِلَ وَوَرَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ أَحْوَلُ وَضِيءٌ ذُو جُمَّةٍ يَقِفُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى الْقَبِيلَةِ وَيَقُولُ يَا بَنِي فُلَانٍ إِنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ إِلَيْكُمْ آمُرُكُمْ أَنْ تَعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَلَا تُشْرِكُوا بِهِ شَيْئًا وَأَنْ تُصَدِّقُونِي حَتَّى أُنْفِذَ عَنْ اللَّهِ مَا بَعَثَنِي بِهِ فَإِذَا فَرَغَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ مَقَالَتِهِ قَالَ الْآخَرُ مِنْ خَلْفِهِ يَا بَنِي فُلَانٍ إِنَّ هَذَا يُرِيدُ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ تَسْلُخُوا اللَّاتَ وَالْعُزَّى وَحُلَفَاءَكُمْ مِنْ الْحَيِّ بَنِي مَالِكِ بْنِ أُقَيْشٍ إِلَى مَا جَاءَ بِهِ مِنْ الْبِدْعَةِ وَالضَّلَالَةِ فَلَا تَسْمَعُوا لَهُ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوهُ فَقُلْتُ لِأَبِي مَنْ هَذَا قَالَ عَمُّهُ أَبُو لَهَبٍ.
English Translation
Abdullah narrated to us: Masruq b. al-Marzuban al-Kufi narrated to us: Ibn Abi Za'idah narrated to us: Ibn Ishaq said: Husayn b. Abdullah b. Ubaydullah b. al-Abbas narrated to me: I heard Rabi'ah b. Abbad al-Dili say: I was, as a young man, with my father, watching the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, going around to the tribes, while behind him was a cross-eyed, radiant man with a mass of hair, and the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, would stop before a tribe and say, "O Banu So-and-so, I am the Messenger of Allah to you; I command you to worship Allah and not associate anything with Him, and that you believe me, so that I may carry out what Allah has sent me with." When the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, had finished his speech, the other one would say from behind him, "O Banu So-and-so, this one wants you to strip away al-Lat and al-Uzza and your allies of the tribe of Banu Malik b. Uqaysh, in favor of the innovation and misguidance he has brought. So do not listen to him nor follow him." I said to my father, "Who is this?" He said, "His uncle, Abu Lahab."