Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ شُعْبَةَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو جَمْرَةَ وَابْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي جَمْرَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ يَقُولُ إِنَّ وَفْدَ عَبْدِ الْقَيْسِ لَمَّا قَدِمُوا الْمَدِينَةَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ مِمَّنْ الْوَفْدُ أَوْ قَالَ الْقَوْمُ قَالُوا رَبِيعَةُ قَالَ مَرْحَبًا بِالْوَفْدِ أَوْ قَالَ الْقَوْمِ غَيْرَ خَزَايَا وَلَا نَدَامَى قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَتَيْنَاكَ مِنْ شُقَّةٍ بَعِيدَةٍ وَبَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكَ هَذَا الْحَيُّ مِنْ كُفَّارِ مُضَرَ وَلَسْنَا نَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ نَأْتِيَكَ إِلَّا فِي شَهْرٍ حَرَامٍ فَأَخْبِرْنَا بِأَمْرٍ نَدْخُلُ بِهِ الْجَنَّةَ وَنُخْبِرُ بِهِ مَنْ وَرَاءَنَا وَسَأَلُوهُ عَنْ أَشْرِبَةٍ فَأَمَرَهُمْ بِأَرْبَعٍ وَنَهَاهُمْ عَنْ أَرْبَعٍ أَمَرَهُمْ بِالْإِيمَانِ بِاللَّهِ قَالَ أَتَدْرُونَ مَا الْإِيمَانُ بِاللَّهِ قَالُوا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ شَهَادَةُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَإِقَامُ الصَّلَاةِ وَإِيتَاءُ الزَّكَاةِ وَصَوْمُ رَمَضَانَ وَأَنْ تُعْطُوا الْخُمُسَ مِنْ الْمَغْنَمِ وَنَهَاهُمْ عَنْ الدُّبَّاءِ وَالْحَنْتَمِ وَالنَّقِيرِ وَالْمُزَفَّتِ قَالَ وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ وَالْمُقَيَّرِ قَالَ احْفَظُوهُنَّ وَأَخْبِرُوا بِهِنَّ مَنْ وَرَاءَكُمْ.
English Translation
When the delegation of 'Abd al-Qays came to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) in Madinah, he asked: "Who are the delegation?" They said: "Rabi'ah." He said: "Welcome to the delegation (or people), neither disgraced nor regretful." They said: "O Messenger of Allah, we have come to you from a distant land, and between us and you is this tribe of the disbelievers of Mudar, and we cannot come to you except in a sacred month. So command us with something that we can enter Paradise by and convey to those behind us." They also asked him about drinks. He commanded them with four things and forbade them from four things. He commanded them with faith in Allah and said: "Do you know what faith in Allah is?" They said: "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said: "The testimony that there is no deity except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, establishing prayer, paying zakat, fasting Ramadan, and giving one-fifth of the war spoils." He forbade them from using gourds (dubba'), green-glazed jars (hantam), hollowed-out tree trunks (naqir), and pitch-coated vessels (muzaffat). He said: "Remember these and convey them to those behind you."