Arabic (Original)
Ḥadīth | Ṭabarānī (الطبراني) tabarani:8074 حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَى السَّاجِيُّ وَعَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ الْمُقْرِئُ قَالَا ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي الشَّوَارِبِ ثنا بَشِيرُ بْنُ سُرَيْجٍ ثنا أَبُو غَالِبٍ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ قَالَ بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى قَوْمِي أَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى اللهِ ﷻ وَعَرَضَ عَلَيْهِمْ شَرَائِعَ الْإِسْلَامِ فَأَتَيْتُهُمْ وَقَدْ سَقَوْا إِبِلَهُمْ وَاحْتَلَبُوهَا وَشَرِبُوا فَلَمَّا رَأَوْنِي قَالُوا مَرْحَبًا بِالصُّدَيِّ بْنِ عَجْلَانَ قَالُوا بَلَغَنَا أَنَّكَ صَبَوْتَ إِلَى هَذَا الرَّجُلِ قُلْتُ «لَا وَلَكِنْ آمَنْتُ بِاللهِ وَبِرَسُولِهِ وَبَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَيْكُمْ أَعْرِضُ عَلَيْكُمِ الْإِسْلَامَ وَشَرَائِعَهُ» فَبَيْنَا نَحْنُ كَذَلِكَ فَجَاءُوا بِقَصْعَةِ دَمٍ فَوَضَعُوهَا وَاجْتَمَعُوا عَلَيْهَا يَأْكُلُونَهَا قَالُوا هَلُمَّ يَا صُدَيُّ قُلْتُ وَيْحَكُمْ إِنَّمَا أَتَيْتُكُمْ مِنْ عِنْدِ مَنْ يُحَرِّمُ هَذَا عَلَيْكُمْ بِمَا أَنْزَلَهُ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ قَالُوا وَمَا قَالَ؟ قُلْتُ نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ {حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَيْتَةُ وَالدَّمُ وَلَحْمُ الْخِنْزِيرِ} إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {وَأَنْ تَسْتَقْسِمُوا بِالْأَزْلَامِ} فَجَعَلْتُ أَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ وَيَأْبَوْنَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ «وَيْحَكُمِ ائْتُونِي بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ فَإِنِّي شَدِيدُ الْعَطَشِ» قَالَ وَعَلَيَّ عِمَامَتِي قَالُوا لَا وَلَكِنْ نَدَعُكَ تَمُوتُ عَطَشًا قَالَ «فَاعْتَمَمْتُ وَضَرَبْتُ رَأْسِي فِي الْعِمَامَةِ وَنِمْتُ فِي الرَّمْضَاءِ فِي حَرٍّ شَدِيدٍ فَأَتَانِي آتٍ فِي مَنَامِي بِقَدَحٍ زُجَاجٍ لَمْ يَرَ النَّاسُ أَحْسَنَ مِنْهُ وَفِيهِ شَرَابٌ لَمْ يَرَ النَّاسُ أَلَذَّ مِنْهُ فَأَمْكَنَنِي مِنْهَا فَشَرِبْتُهَا فَحَيْثُ فَرَغْتُ مِنْ شَرَابِي اسْتَيْقَظْتُ وَلَا وَاللهِ مَا عَطِشْتُ وَلَا عَرَفْتُ عَطَشًا بَعْدَ تِيكَ الشَّرْبَةِ»
English Translation
Abu Umamah said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) sent me to my people to call them to Allah the Mighty and Majestic and to present to them the laws of Islam. I came to them when they had already watered their camels, milked them, and drunk. When they saw me, they said: "Welcome, Sudayy ibn 'Ajlan." They said: "We heard you have converted to this man's [religion]." I said: "No, rather I have believed in Allah and His Messenger, and the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) sent me to you to present Islam and its laws to you." While we were thus, they brought a bowl of blood, placed it down, and gathered around eating it. They said: "Come, O Sudayy." I said: "Woe to you! I have come to you from the one who forbids this to you with what Allah has revealed to him." They said: "And what did he say?" I said: "This verse was revealed: {Prohibited for you are dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine...} to His saying {...and that you seek decision through divining arrows}." I kept calling them to Islam but they refused. I said to them: "Woe to you, bring me some water, for I am extremely thirsty." He said: "And I had my turban on." They said: "No, we will let you die of thirst." He said: "So I wrapped myself in my turban and lay my head down and slept in the scorching heat of intense sun. Someone came to me in my sleep with a glass cup more beautiful than any anyone had ever seen, containing a drink more delicious than anything people had ever tasted. He let me drink it, and when I finished drinking, I woke up. By Allah, I was neither thirsty nor did I know thirst after that drink."