Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 4128

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَكِيمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، حَدَّثَنَا قَيْسُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ، عَنِ الْمِقْدَامِ بْنِ شُرَيْحٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ سَعْدٍ، قَالَ نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ فِينَا سِتَّةٍ فِيَّ وَفِي ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَصُهَيْبٍ وَعَمَّارٍ وَالْمِقْدَادِ وَبِلاَلٍ ‏.‏ قَالَ قَالَتْ قُرَيْشٌ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ إِنَّا لاَ نَرْضَى أَنْ نَكُونَ أَتْبَاعًا لَهُمْ فَاطْرُدْهُمْ عَنْكَ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَدَخَلَ قَلْبَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ مِنْ ذَلِكَ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ‏‏{وَلاَ تَطْرُدِ الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُمْ بِالْغَدَاةِ وَالْعَشِيِّ يُرِيدُونَ وَجْهَهُ}‏ الآيَةَ ‏.‏

Translation

Yahya ibn Hakim narrated to us; Abu Dawud narrated to us; Qays ibn al-Rabi‘ narrated to us, from al-Miqdam ibn Shurayh, from his father, from Sa‘d, who said: This verse was revealed concerning six of us: me, Ibn Mas‘ud, Suhayb, ‘Ammar, al-Miqdad, and Bilal. Quraysh said to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): “We do not want to be followers of them, so send them away from you.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was affected by this as much as Allah willed, then Allah, Mighty and Majestic, revealed: “Do not drive away those who call upon their Lord morning and evening, seeking His countenance.”