لَمَّا رَجَعَ أَهْلُ البَيْعَةِ الأُولَى مِنَ العَقَبَةِ إِلَى المَدِينَةِ، وَانْتَشَرَ الإِسْلَامُ فِي كُلِّ بَيْتٍ مِنْ بُيُوتِ الأَنْصَارِ، أَرْسَلُوا رَجُلًا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِكِتَابٍ يَسْأَلُونَهُ فِيهِ أَنْ يُرْسِلَ إِلَيْهِمْ مَنْ يُعَلِّمُهُمُ الدِّينَ وَالقُرْآنَ. وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يَدَعُ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ دُونَ أَنْ يُعَلِّمَهُمُ الأَحْكَامَ، وَيُرَبِّيَهُمْ عَلَى الثَّقَافَةِ الإِسْلَامِيَّةِ السَّلِيمَةِ الَّتِي تُمَكِّنُهُمْ مِنْ فَهْمِ الإِسْلَامِ وَإِدْرَاكِ حَقِيقَتِهِ. فَإِنَّ الثَّقَافَةَ الإِسْلَامِيَّةَ ضَرُورِيَّةٌ لِكُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ، وَهِيَ وَسِيلَةٌ لِتَقْوِيَةِ العَقِيدَةِ وَفَهْمِ رِسَالَةِ الإِسْلَامِ، وَبِذَلِكَ تَضْمَنُ التَّطْبِيقَ الدَّائِمَ لِلإِسْلَامِ. وَقَدْ أَحَسَّ الَّذِينَ أَسْلَمُوا بِذَلِكَ، فَطَلَبُوا مَنْ يُعَلِّمُهُمْ، فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهِمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مُصْعَبَ بْنَ عُمَيْرٍ.

When the people of the first pledge of al-‘Aqabah returned to Madinah and Islam spread to every single household among the Ansar, they sent a man to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) with a letter asking him to send them someone who would teach them the Deen and the Qur’an. The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) never used to leave those who embraced Islam without teaching them the rules and nurturing them with the sound Islamic culture which would enable them to understand Islam and realize its essence. For the Islamic culture is vital to every Muslim, and is a means of strengthening the ‘Aqeedah and of understanding the Message of Islam, and thereby guarantees the consistent application of Islam. Those who embraced Islam had sensed this, therefore, they asked for someone to teach them, and the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) sent Mus’ab ibn ‘Umayr to them.

فلما قدم مصعب نزل على أسعد بن زرارة، ثم جعل يأتي الناس في دورهم ومنازلهم يدعوهم إلى الإسلام ويتلو عليهم القرآن، فيسلم الرجل والرجلان، حتى ظهر الإسلام وفشا في كل دار من دور الأنصار، إلا دور بني خطمة وبني واثل وبني واقف، وهم من الأوس، وكانوا قد تأخروا عن الإسلام. وكان مصعب بن عمير يعلمهم الدين وتلاوة القرآن. ثم كتب إلى رسول الله ﷺ يستأذنه في جمعهم، فأذن له رسول الله ﷺ وكتب إليه: «انتظر حتى تزول الشمس عن بطن الوادي، فإذا كان وقت الظهيرة فصل ركعتين، ثم اخطب ما بدا لك»... تنبيه: التعريب أعلاه يقتصر على ما فيه نص حديثي؛ والنص الأصلي هو: فلما قدم مصعب نزل على أسعد بن زرارة، ثم جعل يأتي الناس في دورهم ومنازلهم... النص المترجم كاملاً: عند وصوله نزل مصعب على أسعد بن زرارة، ثم أخذ يزور الناس في بيوتهم ومضاربهم يدعوهم إلى الإسلام ويتلو عليهم القرآن، فيُسلم الرجل أو الرجلان، حتى ظهر الإسلام وانتشر في كل بيت من بيوت الأنصار، إلا بيوت بني خطمة وبني واثل وبني واقف، وهم من الأوس، فقد تأخروا عن الإسلام. وكان مصعب بن عمير يعلّمهم الدين وتلاوة القرآن. ثم كتب إلى رسول الله ﷺ يستأذنه في جمعهم، فأذن له رسول الله ﷺ وكتب إليه: «انتظر حتى يُعلن اليهود سبتهم، وفي العصر تقرّب إلى الله بركعتين، ثم ألقِ خطبتك». فجمعهم مصعب بن عمير في بيت سعد بن خيثمة، وكانوا اثني عشر رجلاً، وذبح لهم شاة واحدة. وكان مصعب أول من أقام صلاة الجمعة في تاريخ الإسلام. وظل مصعب يطوف بالمدينة يدعو الناس إلى الإسلام ويعلّمهم الدين. ذات يوم خرج أسعد بن زرارة مع مصعب بن عمير إلى ديار بني الأشهل وبني ظفر (وكان سعد بن معاذ ابن خال أسعد بن زرارة). فدخلا أحد بساتين بني ظفر عند بئر يُقال لها مِرَق، وجلسا فيها، فاجتمع إليهما بعض الرجال ممن أسلموا. وكان سعد بن معاذ وأسيد بن حضير يومئذ سيدي قومهما بني عبد الأشهل، وكلاهما على شرك قومه. فلما سمعا بمصعب قال سعد لأسيد: «اذهب إلى هذين الرجلين اللذين دخلا دارنا ليسفّها ضعفاءنا، فازجرهما، وانهَهما عن أن يدخلا دارنا».

. On arrival, Mus’ab lodged with As’ad ibn Zurarah, he then began visiting people in their homes and camps, calling them to Islam and reciting the Qur’an and consequently a man or two would embrace Islam, until Islam manifested itself and spread to every household of the Ansar, except the households of Khatmah, Wa’il and Waqif who were from (the clan of) Aws-Allah. Mus’ab ibn ‘Umayr was teaching them the deen and recitation of the Qur’an. Then he wrote to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) asking his permission to gather them. Allah’s Messenger (pbuh) granted him permission and wrote back, “Wait until the Jews declare their Sabbath, and in the afternoon, approach Allah with two Rak’at and then deliver your Khutbah.” Mus’ab ibn ‘Umayr gathered them in the house of Sa’d ibn Khaythamah, they were twelve men and he slaughtered for them one goat. Mus’ab was the first in the history of Islam to hold Jum’uah prayer.. Mus’ab continued to go around Madinah calling people to Islam and teaching them the Deen.. One day As’ad ibn Zurarah went out with Mus’ab ibn ‘Umayr to the areas of Banu al-Ashhal and of Banu Zafar (Sa’d ibn Mu’adh was incidentally As’ad ibn Zurarah’s maternal cousin.) They entered one of the gardens of Banu Zafar by a well called Maraq and sat in it, where some of the men who had accepted Islam had gathered together. Sa’d ibn Mu’adh and Usayd ibn Hudayr were at the time leaders of their clan, the Banu ‘Abd al-Ashhal, and both followed the polytheism of their tribe. When they had heard about Mus’ab, Sa’d said to Usayd, “Go to these fellows who have entered our quarters to make fools of our comrades, drive them out and forbid them to enter our quarters. .

لَوْلَا أَنَّ أَسْعَدَ بْنَ زُرَارَةَ قَرِيبِي كَمَا تَعْلَمُ لَكَفَيْتُكُمَا المُؤُونَةَ، إِنَّهُ ابْنُ خَالَتِي، وَلَا أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أَفْعَلَ بِهِ شَيْئًا». فَأَخَذَ أُسَيْدُ رُمْحَهُ وَأَقْبَلَ إِلَيْهِمَا، فَلَمَّا رَآهُ أَسْعَدُ قَالَ لِمُصْعَبٍ: «هَذَا سَيِّدُ قَوْمِهِ قَدْ جَاءَكَ، فَاتَّقِ اللهَ فِيهِ». فَقَالَ مُصْعَبٌ: «إِنْ جَلَسَ كَلَّمْتُهُ». فَوَقَفَ عَلَيْهِمَا مُغْضَبًا، يَسْأَلُ عَمَّا جَاءَا بِهِ مِنْ خِدَاعِ ضُعَفَائِنَا، وَقَالَ: «اعْتَزِلَانَا إِنْ كَانَتْ لَكُمَا بِأَنْفُسِكُمَا حَاجَةٌ». فَقَالَ مُصْعَبٌ: «أَوَ لَا تَجْلِسُ فَتَسْمَعَ؟ فَإِنْ أَعْجَبَكَ أَمْرُنَا قَبِلْتَهُ، وَإِنْ كَرِهْتَهُ كَفَفْنَا عَنْكَ مَا تَكْرَهُ». فَقَالَ: «أَنْصَفْتَ». فَرَكَزَ رُمْحَهُ وَجَلَسَ، فَشَرَحَ لَهُ مُصْعَبٌ الإِسْلَامَ وَقَرَأَ عَلَيْهِ القُرْآنَ. قَالُوا: فَوَاللهِ لَقَدْ عَرَفْنَا الإِسْلَامَ فِي وَجْهِهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَتَكَلَّمَ، لِإِشْرَاقِ وَجْهِهِ. فَقَالَ: «مَا أَحْسَنَ هَذَا الكَلَامَ وَأَجْمَلَهُ! فَمَاذَا يَصْنَعُ مَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ فِي هَذَا الدِّينِ؟». فَأَخْبَرَاهُ أَنَّهُ يَغْتَسِلُ وَيُطَهِّرُ بَدَنَهُ وَثِيَابَهُ، ثُمَّ يَشْهَدُ شَهَادَةَ الحَقِّ، ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ. فَفَعَلَ ذَلِكَ مِنْ فَوْرِهِ، وَقَالَ: «إِنَّ وَرَاءِي رَجُلًا إِنْ اتَّبَعَكُمَا لَمْ يَتَخَلَّفْ عَنْهُ أَحَدٌ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ، وَسَأُرْسِلُهُ إِلَيْكُمَا الآنَ: إِنَّهُ سَعْدُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ».

If it were not that As’ad ibn Zurarah is related to me as you know I would save you the trouble. He is my aunt’s son and I can do nothing to him.” So Usayd took his lance and went to them; and when As’ad saw him he said to Mus’ab, “This is the chief of his tribe who is coming to you, so be true to Allah with him.” Mus’ab said, “If he will sit down, I will talk to him.” He stood over them looking furious and asking what they meant by coming to deceive their weaker comrades. “Leave us if you value your lives.” Mus’ab said, “Won’t you sit down and listen. If you like what you hear you can accept it, and if you don’t like it you can leave it alone.” He agreed that was fair, stuck his lance in the ground, and sat down. Mus’ab explained Islam to him and read the Qur’an. Afterwards they said, according to what has been reported by them, “By Allah, before he spoke we recognized Islam in his face by its peaceful glow.” He said, “What a wonderful and beautiful discourse this is! What does one do if he wants to enter this Deen?” They told him that he must wash and purify himself and his garments, then bear witness to the Truth and pray two Rak’at. He immediately did so and said, “There is a man behind me who if he follows you every one of his people will follow suit. I will send him to you at once. It is Sa’d ibn Mu’adh.”. .

فأخذ حربته وانطلق إلى سعد وقومه جلوسٌ في مجلسهم، فلما رآه سعد مقبلًا قال: والله لقد جاءكم أُسَيد بغير الوجه الذي ذهب به من عندكم. فلما وقف عليهم قال: يا سعد، ماذا صنعت؟ فقال: لقد كلمتُ الرجلين فلم أجد فيهما بأسًا، ونهيتُهما عن ذلك فقالا لي: سنفعل ما أحببت. ثم بلغني أن بني حارثة قد خرجوا إلى أسعد ليقتلوه، لأنهم علموا أنه ابنُ خالتك، ليخفروك بذلك.

Taking his lance, he went off to Sa’d and his people sitting in a meeting place. When Sa’d saw him coming, he said, “By Allah, Usayd is coming with a different expression from that which he had when he left you.” And when he came up he asked what had happened, he said, “I have spoken to the two men and I find no harm in them. I forbade them to go on and they said to me: We will do what you like; and I was told that Banu Harithah had gone out against As’ad to kill him because they knew that he was the son of your aunt so as to make you appear a treacherous protector of your guests.”. .

فغضب سعد وقام مسرعاً حين سمع ما قيل عن بني حارثة، فأخذ الحربة من يده قائلاً: «والله لقد رأيتُ أنكما لم تغنيا عنّي شيئاً». ثم خرج إليهم، فلما رآهم جالسين في أمان أدرك أن أُسيداً قصد أن يسمع منهما. فوقف عليهم وهو مُغضب، وقال لأسعد: «يا أبا أمامة، لولا القرابة التي بيننا لما عاملتني هكذا. أتفعل في ديارنا ما نكرهه؟» وكان أسعد قد قال لمصعب: «يا مصعب، والله لقد جاءك سيّدُ قومٍ يتبعه قومه، فإن اتبعك لم يتخلّف عنك اثنان منهم». فقال له مصعب: «ألا تجلس فتسمع؟ فإن أعجبك ما تسمع قبلتَه، وإن كرهتَه تركتَه». فرضي بذلك الإنصاف، وغرز حربته في الأرض وجلس. فشرح له الإسلام، وقرأ عليه القرآن.

Sa’d was enraged and got up at once, alarmed at what had been said about the Banu Harithah. He took the lance from his hand saying, “By Allah (swt) see that you have been utterly ineffective.” He went out to them and when he saw them sitting comfortably he knew that Usayd had intended that he should listen to them. He stood over them, looking furious. He said to As’ad, “O Abu Umamah, were it not for the relationship between us you would not have treated me thus. Would you behave in our homelands in a way we detest?” As’ad already had said to Mus’ab, “O Mus’ab, by Allah the leader who is followed by his people has come to you. If he follows you, no two of them will remain behind.” So Mus’ab said to him, “Won’t you sit down and listen. If you like what you hear you can accept it, and if you don’t like it you can leave it alone.” He agreed that was fair, stuck his lance in the ground, and sat down. He explained Islam to him and read for him the Qur’an. .

ثُمَّ قَالُوا، بِحَسَبِ مَا نُقِلَ عَنْهُمْ: «وَاللهِ، لَقَدْ عَرَفْنَا الْإِسْلَامَ فِي وَجْهِهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَتَكَلَّمَ، بِبَهَائِهِ وَنُورِهِ.» فَقَالَ: «مَا أَحْسَنَ هَذَا الْكَلَامَ وَأَجْمَلَهُ! فَمَاذَا يَصْنَعُ مَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ فِي هَذَا الدِّينِ؟» فَأَخْبَرُوهُ أَنَّهُ يَجِبُ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَغْتَسِلَ وَيَتَطَهَّرَ هُوَ وَثِيَابُهُ، ثُمَّ يَشْهَدَ بِالْحَقِّ وَيُصَلِّيَ. فَفَعَلَ ذَلِكَ فِي الْحَالِ. ثُمَّ أَخَذَ حَرْبَتَهُ وَعَادَ إِلَى مَجْلِسِ قَوْمِهِ وَمَعَهُ أُسَيْدُ بْنُ حُضَيْرٍ. فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ مُقْبِلًا قَالُوا: «وَاللهِ، لَقَدْ عَادَ سَعْدٌ بِوَجْهٍ غَيْرِ الَّذِي ذَهَبَ بِهِ مِنْ عِنْدِكُمْ.» فَلَمَّا وَقَفَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَالَ: «يَا بَنِي عَبْدِ الْأَشْهَلِ، كَيْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ مَكَانِي فِيكُمْ؟» قَالُوا: «أَنْتَ سَيِّدُنَا، وَأَكْثَرُنَا نَفْعًا لِأَمْرِنَا، وَأَفْضَلُنَا رَأْيًا، وَأَيْمَنُنَا نَقِيبَةً.» قَالَ: «فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَحِلُّ لِي أَنْ أُكَلِّمَ رَجُلًا وَلَا امْرَأَةً مِنْكُمْ حَتَّى تُؤْمِنُوا بِاللهِ وَرَسُولِهِ.» فَمَا أَمْسَى فِي دَارِ بَنِي عَبْدِ الْأَشْهَلِ رَجُلٌ وَلَا امْرَأَةٌ إِلَّا أَسْلَمَ. ثُمَّ عَادَ مُصْعَبُ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ إِلَى دَارِ أَسْعَدَ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ، فَأَقَامَ عِنْدَهُ ضَيْفًا، وَظَلَّ يَدْعُو النَّاسَ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ حَتَّى لَمْ يَبْقَ دَارٌ مِنْ دُورِ الْأَنْصَارِ إِلَّا وَفِيهَا رِجَالٌ وَنِسَاءٌ مُسْلِمُونَ. وَأَقَامَ مُصْعَبُ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ بِالْمَدِينَةِ سَنَةً كَامِلَةً بَيْنَ الْأَوْسِ وَالْخَزْرَجِ، يُعَلِّمُهُمْ دِينَهُمْ، وَيَشْهَدُ، مَسْرُورًا، تَزَايُدَ عَدَدِ أَنْصَارِ سُلْطَانِ اللهِ وَكَلِمَةِ الْحَقِّ.

Afterwards they said, according to what has been reported of them, “By Allah, before he spoke we recognized Islam in his face by its peaceful glow.” He said, “What a wonderful and beautiful discourse this is! What does one do if he wants to enter this Deen?” They told him that he must wash and purify himself and his garments, then bear witness to the truth and pray. He immediately did so. Then he took his lance and went back to his people’s meeting place accompanied by Usayd ibn Hudayr. When they saw him coming they said, “We swear by Allah, Sa’d has returned with a different expression from that which he had when he left you.” And when he stopped by them he said, “O Banu ‘Abd al-Ashhal, how do you rate my authority amongst you?” They replied, “You are our chief, the most active in our interests, the best in judgment and the most fortunate in leadership.” He said, “I will not speak to a man or woman among you until you believe in Allah and his Messenger.” As a result, every man and woman among the Banu ‘Abd al-Ashhal embraced Islam. Mus’ab then returned to the house of As’ad ibn Zurarah and he stayed with him as a guest, and he continued to call the people to Islam until almost every household of the Ansar had Muslim men and women among them. Mus’ab ibn ‘Umayr remained in Madinah for one year among the ‘Aus and the Khazraj teaching them their Deen and witnessing, with great delight, the growing number of the helpers of Allah’s authority and of the word of truth. .

وكان رضي الله عنه يطرق أبواب الناس راجيًا أن يتصل بهم ويبلغهم رسالة الله، وكان يمشي إلى الحقول فيتصل بالمزارعين ويدعوهم إلى الإسلام. وكان أيضًا يواجه الزعماء ويدعوهم إلى دين الله. وكان يتخذ كذلك بعض الوسائل المدروسة، مثل الوسيلة التي استخدمها مع أسعد بن زرارة، ليصل إلى الناس ويحملهم على تقبل صوت الحق، حتى تمكن في عام واحد فقط من أن يحوّل أفكار أهل المدينة من الوثنية الفاسدة والعواطف المنحرفة إلى التوحيد والإيمان والعواطف الإسلامية التي تمقت الشرك وتعرض عن الأفعال الشريرة كالغش والخداع وغيرهما من الرذائل. ونتيجة لنشاط مصعب ونشاط من أسلموا، تحوّلت المدينة في عام واحد من قوم يشركون إلى قوم يقبلون على الإسلام.

He, may Allah be pleased with him, used to knock on people’s doors hoping to contact them and convey the Message of Allah. He used to walk to the fields and contact the farmers to call them to Islam. He also used to confront the leaders and call them to the Deen of Allah. He would also perform some deliberate tactics like the one he used with As’ad ibn Zurarah in order to gain access to people and get them to receive the voice of Truth until he managed in one single year to turn the thoughts in Madinah from corrupted idolatry and incorrect emotions to Tawheed and Iman and Islamic emotions that abhorred Shirk and turned away from evil acts such as cheating and fraud and other vices. As a result of Mus’ab’s activities and the activities of those who embraced Islam, Madinah had been transformed in one single year from a people who committed Shirk to a people who turned to Islam.