حَدَّثَنَا یَزِیدُ أَخْبَرَنَا جَرِیرٌ أَخْبَرَنَا الزُّبَیْرُ بْنُ الْخِرْیتِ ، عَنْ أَبِیِ لَبِیدٍ قَالَ خَرَجَ رَجْلٌ مِنْ طَاحِیَۃَ مُھَاجِرَا ، یُقَالُ لَہُ بَیْرَحُ بْنُ أَسَدٍ ، فَقَدِمَ الْمَدِینَۃَ بَعْدَ وَفَاۃِ رَسُولِ اللہِ بِأَیَّامِ ، فَرَاَہُ عُمَرْ فَعَلِمَ أَنَّہُ غَرِیبُ ، فَقَالَ لَہُ مَنْ أَنْتَ ؟ قَالَ: مِنْ أَھْلِ عُمَانَ قَالَ : مِنْ أَھْلِ عُمَانُ ؟ قَالَ : نَعَمْ ، قَالَ : فَأَخَذَ بِیَدِہِ فَأَدْخَلَہُ عَلَی أَبِیِ بَکْرِ ، فَقَالَ : ھَذَا مِنْ أَھْلِ الْأَرْضِ الَّتِیِ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللہِ ﷺ یَقُولُ : إِنِیِ لَاَعْلَمْ أَرْضًا یُقَالُ لَھَا : عُمَانُ ، یَنْضَحُ بِنَا حِیَتِھَا الْبَحْرُ ، بِھَا حَیُّ مِنَ الْعَرَبِ لَوْ أَتَاھُمْ رَسُولِیِ مَا رَمَوْہُ بِسَھْمٍ وَلَا حَجَرٍ۔
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 308
It was narrated that Abu Labeed said: A man called Bairah bin Asad went out from Tahiyah, migrating [hi} rah], and he reached Madinah a few days after the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) died. 'Umar (PBUH) saw him and realized he was a stranger, so he said to him: Who are you? Are you from Oman? He said: Yes. He took him by the hand and brought him to Abu Bakr (PBUH) and said: This man is from the land of which I heard the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) saying: "I know a land called Oman at the edge of the sea; in it is a tribe of the Arabs who, if my envoy goes to them, they will not shoot arrows or throw stones at him."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020