It is reported that al-Hasan said, "Are you not astonished by
this man? (i.e. Malik ibn al-Mundhir) He went to some of the old people
of Kaskar who had become Muslim and examined them and then commanded that
they be circumcised although it was winter. I heard that some of them died.
Greeks and Abyssinians became Muslim with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, and they were not examined at all."
Bilal ibn Ka'b al-'Ukki said, "We - Ibrahim ibn Adham, 'Abdu'l-'Aziz
ibn Qarir, Musa ibn Yasar and I - visited Yahya ibn Hassan (al-Bakri
al-Filistini) in his village. He brought us some food, but Musa held back
because he was fasting. Yahya said, 'We had a man with the kunya of Abu
Qursafa from the Banu Kinana who had been one of the Companions of the
Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and he was in this mosque
for forty years. He would fast one day and break the fast the next day,
My father had a son born to him and he invited this man on the day that
he was fasting and he broke his fast.' Ibrahim stood up and swept him with
cloak and Musa broke his fast."
حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: اخْتَتَنَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَهُوَ ابْنُ عِشْرِينَ وَمِئَةٍ، ثُمَّ عَاشَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ ثَمَانِينَ سَنَةً.
Abu Hurayra said, "Ibrahim, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, was circumcised when he was 120 years old. Then he lived eighty
years after that."
