When it was the Thursday...

When it was the Thursday, there remained an individual who did not see a single companion. And none of them felt mean about it except for a brother of mine -asws of a glorious self. A black in his family, a chief’.

[5] محمد بن يعقوب: عن عدة من أصحابنا، عن أحمد بن محمد بن عيسى، عن ابن أبي عمير، عن محمد بن حمران، عن أبان بن تغلب، قال: قال أبو عبد الله (عليه السلام): «لما أتى صاحب الحبشة بالخيل و معهم الفيل ليهدم البيت مروا بإبل لعبد المطلب فساقوها Muhammad Bin Yaqoub, from a number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Muhammad Bin Hamraan, from Aban Bin Taghlub who said, ‘Abu Abdullah -asws said: ‘When the Ethiopian cavalry set out, and they had elephants with them, for the destruction of the House (Kabah) they passed by the camels of Abdul Muttalib ‑asws , so they ushered the camels away with them.

فبلغ ذلك عبد المطلب، فأتى صاحب الحبشة، فدخل الآذن، فقال: هذا عبد المطلب بن هاشم، قال: و ما يشاء؟ That reached Abdul Muttalib -asws , so he -asws came to the Ethiopians. He -asws came up and (the guard) called out, ‘This is Abdul Muttalib -asws Bin Hashim -asws !’ He (Abraha the king) said, ‘And what does he want?’ قال الترجمان: جاء في إبل له ساقوها يسألك ردها، فقال ملك الحبشة لأصحابه: هذا رئيس قوم و زعيمهم! جئت إلى بيته الذي يعبده لأهدمه و هو يسألني إطلاق إبله!

أما لو سألني الإمساك عن هدمه لفعلت، ردوا عليه إبله The interpreter said, ‘He -asws has come regarding his -asws camels which were ushered away. He -asws is asking for their return’. So the Ethiopian king said to his companions, ‘This is the Chief of a people and their leader! We come to the House which he worships in order to destroy it, and he -asws is asking me to return his camels! But, had he -asws asked me to withhold the destruction, I would have done it.

Return his -asws camels to him -asws ’. فقال عبد المطلب لترجمانه: ما قال الملك؟ فأخبره، فقال عبد المطلب: أنا رب الإبل، و لهذا البيت رب يمنعه، فردت عليه إبله، و انصرف عبد المطلب نحو منزله Abdul Muttalib -asws to his interpreter: ‘What did the king say?’ So he informed him -asws , and Abdul Muttalib -asws said: ‘I -asws am the lord of the camels, and for this House is a Lord -azwj to prevent it (the attack)’.

So he returned the camels back to him -asws , and Abdul Muttalib -asws left to go towards his -asws house. فمر بالفيل في منصرفه، فقال للفيل: يا محمود، فحرك الفيل رأسه.