\nNarrated `Amr bin Salama:\n \n\nWe were at a place which was a thoroughfare for the people, and the caravans used to pass by us and \nwe would ask them, "What is wrong with the people? What is wrong with the people? Who is that \nman?. They would say, "That man claims that Allah has sent him (as an Apostle), that he has been \ndivinely inspired, that Allah has revealed to him such-and-such." I used to memorize that (Divine) \nTalk, and feel as if it was inculcated in my chest (i.e. mind) And the 'Arabs (other than Quraish) \ndelayed their conversion to Islam till the Conquest (of Mecca). They used to say." "Leave him (i.e. \nMuhammad) and his people Quraish: if he overpowers them then he is a true Prophet. So, when \nMecca was conquered, then every tribe rushed to embrace Islam, and my father hurried to embrace \nIslam before (the other members of) my tribe. When my father returned (from the Prophet) to his \ntribe, he said, "By Allah, I have come to you from the Prophet (ﷺ) for sure!" The Prophet (ﷺ) afterwards said \nto them, 'Offer such-and-such prayer at such-and-such time, and when the time for the prayer becomes \ndue, then one of you should pronounce the Adhan (for the prayer), and let the one amongst you who \nknows Qur'an most should, lead the prayer." So they looked for such a person and found none who \nknew more Qur'an than I because of the Qur'anic material which I used to learn from the caravans. \nThey therefore made me their Imam ((to lead the prayer) and at that time I was a boy of six or seven \nyears, wearing a Burda (i.e. a black square garment) proved to be very short for me (and my body \nbecame partly naked). A lady from the tribe said, "Won't you cover the anus of your reciter for us?" \nSo they bought (a piece of cloth) and made a shirt for me. I had never been so happy with anything \nbefore as I was with that shirt.\n

\nNarrated `Amr bin Salama:\n \n\nWe were at a place which was a thoroughfare for the people, and the caravans used to pass by us and \nwe would ask them, "What is wrong with the people? What is wrong with the people? Who is that \nman?. They would say, "That man claims that Allah has sent him (as an Apostle), that he has been \ndivinely inspired, that Allah has revealed to him such-and-such." I used to memorize that (Divine) \nTalk, and feel as if it was inculcated in my chest (i.e. mind) And the 'Arabs (other than Quraish) \ndelayed their conversion to Islam till the Conquest (of Mecca). They used to say." "Leave him (i.e. \nMuhammad) and his people Quraish: if he overpowers them then he is a true Prophet. So, when \nMecca was conquered, then every tribe rushed to embrace Islam, and my father hurried to embrace \nIslam before (the other members of) my tribe. When my father returned (from the Prophet) to his \ntribe, he said, "By Allah, I have come to you from the Prophet (ﷺ) for sure!" The Prophet (ﷺ) afterwards said \nto them, 'Offer such-and-such prayer at such-and-such time, and when the time for the prayer becomes \ndue, then one of you should pronounce the Adhan (for the prayer), and let the one amongst you who \nknows Qur'an most should, lead the prayer." So they looked for such a person and found none who \nknew more Qur'an than I because of the Qur'anic material which I used to learn from the caravans. \nThey therefore made me their Imam ((to lead the prayer) and at that time I was a boy of six or seven \nyears, wearing a Burda (i.e. a black square garment) proved to be very short for me (and my body \nbecame partly naked). A lady from the tribe said, "Won't you cover the anus of your reciter for us?" \nSo they bought (a piece of cloth) and made a shirt for me. I had never been so happy with anything \nbefore as I was with that shirt.\n

حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَلِمَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ لِي أَبُو قِلاَبَةَ أَلاَ تَلْقَاهُ فَتَسْأَلَهُ، قَالَ فَلَقِيتُهُ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ كُنَّا بِمَاءٍ مَمَرَّ النَّاسِ، وَكَانَ يَمُرُّ بِنَا الرُّكْبَانُ فَنَسْأَلُهُمْ مَا لِلنَّاسِ مَا لِلنَّاسِ مَا هَذَا الرَّجُلُ فَيَقُولُونَ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّ اللَّهَ أَرْسَلَهُ أَوْحَى إِلَيْهِ، أَوْ أَوْحَى اللَّهُ بِكَذَا‏.‏ فَكُنْتُ أَحْفَظُ ذَلِكَ الْكَلاَمَ، وَكَأَنَّمَا يُغْرَى فِي صَدْرِي، وَكَانَتِ الْعَرَبُ تَلَوَّمُ بِإِسْلاَمِهِمِ الْفَتْحَ، فَيَقُولُونَ اتْرُكُوهُ وَقَوْمَهُ، فَإِنَّهُ إِنْ ظَهَرَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَهْوَ نَبِيٌّ صَادِقٌ‏.‏ فَلَمَّا كَانَتْ وَقْعَةُ أَهْلِ الْفَتْحِ بَادَرَ كُلُّ قَوْمٍ بِإِسْلاَمِهِمْ، وَبَدَرَ أَبِي قَوْمِي بِإِسْلاَمِهِمْ، فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ قَالَ جِئْتُكُمْ وَاللَّهِ مِنْ عِنْدِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم حَقًّا فَقَالَ ‏\n"‏ صَلُّوا صَلاَةَ كَذَا فِي حِينِ كَذَا، وَصَلُّوا كَذَا فِي حِينِ كَذَا، فَإِذَا حَضَرَتِ الصَّلاَةُ، فَلْيُؤَذِّنْ أَحَدُكُمْ، وَلْيَؤُمَّكُمْ أَكْثَرُكُمْ قُرْآنًا ‏"‏‏.‏ فَنَظَرُوا فَلَمْ يَكُنْ أَحَدٌ أَكْثَرَ قُرْآنًا مِنِّي، لِمَا كُنْتُ أَتَلَقَّى مِنَ الرُّكْبَانِ، فَقَدَّمُونِي بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ، وَأَنَا ابْنُ سِتٍّ أَوْ سَبْعِ، سِنِينَ وَكَانَتْ عَلَىَّ بُرْدَةٌ، كُنْتُ إِذَا سَجَدْتُ تَقَلَّصَتْ عَنِّي، فَقَالَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنَ الْحَىِّ أَلاَ تُغَطُّوا عَنَّا اسْتَ قَارِئِكُمْ‏.‏ فَاشْتَرَوْا فَقَطَعُوا لِي قَمِيصًا، فَمَا فَرِحْتُ بِشَىْءٍ فَرَحِي بِذَلِكَ الْقَمِيصِ‏.‏