Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنِ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ حَدَّثَنِي الْحُصَيْنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ مُعَاذٍ أَخُو بَنِي عَبْدِ الْأَشْهَلِ عَنْ مَحْمُودِ بْنِ لَبِيدٍ أَخِي بَنِي عَبْدِ الْأَشْهَلِ قَالَ لَمَّا قَدِمَ أَبُو الْحَيْسَرِ أَنَسُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ مَكَّةَ وَمَعَهُ فِتْيَةٌ مِنْ بَنِي عَبْدِ الْأَشْهَلِ فِيهِمْ إِيَاسُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ يَلْتَمِسُونَ الْحِلْفَ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ عَلَى قَوْمِهِمْ مِنْ الْخَزْرَجِ سَمِعَ بِهِمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَتَاهُمْ فَجَلَسَ إِلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ هَلْ لَكُمْ إِلَى خَيْرٍ مِمَّا جِئْتُمْ لَهُ قَالُوا وَمَا ذَاكَ قَالَ أَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ بَعَثَنِي إِلَى الْعِبَادِ أَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى أَنْ يَعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ لَا يُشْرِكُوا بِهِ شَيْئًا وَأُنْزِلَ عَلَيَّ كِتَابٌ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ الْإِسْلَامَ وَتَلَا عَلَيْهِمْ الْقُرْآنَ فَقَالَ إِيَاسُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ وَكَانَ غُلَامًا حَدَثًا أَيْ قَوْمِ هَذَا وَاللَّهِ خَيْرٌ مِمَّا جِئْتُمْ لَهُ قَالَ فَأَخَذَ أَبُو جُلَيْسٍ أَنَسُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ حَفْنَةً مِنْ الْبَطْحَاءِ فَضَرَبَ بِهَا فِي وَجْهِ إِيَاسِ بْنِ مُعَاذٍ وَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْهُمْ وَانْصَرَفُوا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ فَكَانَتْ وَقْعَةُ بُعَاثٍ بَيْنَ الْأَوْسِ وَالْخَزْرَجِ قَالَ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَلْبَثْ إِيَاسُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ أَنْ هَلَكَ قَالَ مَحْمُودُ بْنُ لَبِيدٍ فَأَخْبَرَنِي مَنْ حَضَرَهُ مِنْ قَوْمِي عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ أَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَزَالُوا يَسْمَعُونَهُ يُهَلِّلُ اللَّهَ وَيُكَبِّرُهُ وَيَحْمَدُهُ وَيُسَبِّحُهُ حَتَّى مَاتَ فَمَا كَانُوا يَشُكُّونَ أَنْ قَدْ مَاتَ مُسْلِمًا لَقَدْ كَانَ اسْتَشْعَرَ الْإِسْلَامَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْمَجْلِسِ حِينَ سَمِعَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَا سَمِعَ.
English Translation
Mahmud b. Labid, of Banu Abd al-Ashhal, related: When Abu al-Haysar Anas b. Rafi' came to Makkah, accompanied by young men of Banu Abd al-Ashhal, among them Iyas b. Mu'adh, seeking an alliance from Quraysh against their people the Khazraj, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, heard of them, came, and sat with them. He said to them, "Would you like something better than what you have come for?" They said, "What is that?" He said, "I am the Messenger of Allah; He has sent me to His servants to call them to worship Allah alone, associating nothing with Him, and a Book has been revealed to me." Then he spoke of Islam and recited the Qur'an to them. Iyas b. Mu'adh, who was a young lad, said, "O my people, this, by Allah, is better than what you have come for!" Abu Julays Anas b. Rafi' then took a handful of gravel and struck Iyas b. Mu'adh in the face with it, and the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, rose and left them, and they returned to Madinah. Then the battle of Bu'ath took place between al-Aws and al-Khazraj. Iyas b. Mu'adh did not live long after that before he died. Mahmud b. Labid said: Those of my people who were present at his death told me that they never ceased hearing him proclaim the oneness of Allah, magnify Him, praise Him, and glorify Him until he died, so that they had no doubt he had died a Muslim - he had indeed embraced Islam within his heart in that very gathering when he heard what he heard from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him.