Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 2978

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، أَنَّ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ هِرَقْلَ أَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ وَهُمْ بِإِيلِيَاءَ، ثُمَّ دَعَا بِكِتَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم، فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ مِنْ قِرَاءَةِ الْكِتَابِ كَثُرَ عِنْدَهُ الصَّخَبُ، فَارْتَفَعَتِ الأَصْوَاتُ، وَأُخْرِجْنَا، فَقُلْتُ لأَصْحَابِي حِينَ أُخْرِجْنَا لَقَدْ أَمِرَ أَمْرُ ابْنِ أَبِي كَبْشَةَ، إِنَّهُ يَخَافُهُ مَلِكُ بَنِي الأَصْفَرِ‏.‏

Translation

Abu al-Yaman informed us; Shu'ayb informed us from al-Zuhri, who said: 'Ubayd Allah ibn 'Abdullah informed me that Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) told him that Abu Sufyan told him: Heraclius summoned him while they were in Iliya. Then he called for the Messenger of Allah's letter. When he had finished reading it, the uproar around him grew loud, voices rose, and we were taken out. When we were taken out, I said to my companions, ‘The cause of Ibn Abi Kabsha has become great; the king of the Banu al-Asfar fears him.’