Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ بْنِ حُذَيْفَةَ* قَالَ كُنْتُ أَسْأَلُ عَنْ حَدِيثِ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ وَهُوَ إِلَى جَنْبِي لَا آتِيهِ فَأَسْأَلَهُ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ بُعِثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَيْثُ بُعِثَ فَكَرِهْتُهُ أَشَدَّ مَا كَرِهْتُ شَيْئًا قَطُّ فَانْطَلَقْتُ حَتَّى كُنْتُ فِي أَقْصَى الْأَرْضِ مِمَّا يَلِيَ الرُّومَ فَقُلْتُ لَوْ أَتَيْتُ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ فَإِنْ كَانَ كَاذِبًا لَمْ يَخْفَ عَلَيَّ وَإِنْ كَانَ صَادِقًا اتَّبَعْتُهُ فَأَقْبَلْتُ فَلَمَّا قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ اسْتَشْرَفَ لِي النَّاسُ وَقَالُوا جَاءَ عَدِيُّ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ جَاءَ عَدِيُّ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لِي «يَا عَدِيَّ بْنَ حَاتِمٍ أَسْلِمْ تَسْلَمْ» قَالَ قُلْتُ إِنَّ لِي دِينًا قَالَ «أَنَا أَعْلَمُ بِدِينِكَ مِنْكَ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا أَلَسْتَ تَرْأَسُ قَوْمَكَ»؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ «أَلَسْتَ تَأْكُلُ الْمِرْبَاعَ»؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ «فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ لَا يَحِلُّ لَكَ فِي دِينِكَ» قَالَ فَتَضَعْضَعْتُ لِذَلِكَ ثُمَّ قَالَ «يَا عَدِيَّ بْنَ حَاتِمٍ أَسْلِمْ تَسْلَمْ فَإِنِّي قَدْ أَظُنُّ أَوْ قَدْ أَرَى أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ مَا يَمْنَعُكَ أَنْ تُسْلِمَ خَصَاصَةٌ تَرَاهَا مِنْ حَوْلِي * وَتُوشِكُ الظَّعِينَةُ أَنْ تَرْحَلَ مِنَ الْحِيرَةِ بِغَيْرِ جِوَارٍ حَتَّى تَطُوفَ بِالْبَيْتِ وَلَتُفْتَحَنَّ عَلَيْنَا كُنُوزُ كِسْرَى بْنِ هُرْمُزَ * وَلَيَفِيضَنَّ الْمَالُ أَوْ لَيَفِيضُ حَتَّى يُهِمَّ الرَّجُلَ مَنْ يَقْبَلُ مِنْهُ مَالَهُ صَدَقَةً» قَالَ عَدِيُّ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ الظَّعِينَةَ تَرْحَلُ مِنَ الْحِيرَةِ بِغَيْرِ جِوَارٍ حَتَّى تَطُوفَ بِالْبَيْتِ وَكُنْتُ فِي أَوَّلِ خَيْلٍ أَغَارَتْ عَلَى الْمَدَائِنِ عَلَى كُنُوزِ كِسْرَى بْنِ هُرْمُزَ وَأَحْلِفُ بِاللَّهِ لَتَجِيئَنَّ الثَّالِثَةُ إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِي
English Translation
Ahmad ibn Ali ibn al-Muthanna informed us, Ishaq ibn Ibrahim al-Marwazi narrated to us, Hammad ibn Zayd narrated to us from Ayyub from Muhammad from Abu Ubaydah ibn Hudhayfah who said: I used to ask about the hadith of Adi ibn Hatim while he was next to me, but I would not go to him to ask him. So I went to him and asked him. He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was sent when he was sent, and I hated him more intensely than I had ever hated anything. So I went away until I was in the farthest land adjacent to the Romans. I said: "If I were to come to this man, if he is a liar, it would not be hidden from me, and if he is truthful, I would follow him." So I came, and when I arrived in Madinah, people recognized me and said: "Adi ibn Hatim has come, Adi ibn Hatim has come." The Prophet ﷺ said to me: "O Adi ibn Hatim, accept Islam and be safe." I said: "I have a religion." He said: "I know more about your religion than you" - two or three times. "Are you not the leader of your people?" I said: "Yes." He said: "Do you not eat the mirba' (a quarter of the spoils)?" I said: "Yes." He said: "That is not lawful for you in your religion." He said: I was humbled by that. Then he said: "O Adi ibn Hatim, accept Islam and be safe, for I think" - or "I see" - or as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said - "that what prevents you from accepting Islam is the poverty you see around me. Soon the woman traveler will journey from al-Hirah without protection until she circumambulates the House. And the treasures of Kisra ibn Hurmuz will be opened to us. And wealth will overflow, or will overflow until a man will be concerned about who will accept his wealth as charity." Adi ibn Hatim said: I have seen the woman traveler journey from al-Hirah without protection until she circumambulates the House, and I was among the first cavalry to raid al-Mada'in upon the treasures of Kisra ibn Hurmuz. And I swear by Allah the third will surely come - it is the word of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to me.