Ibrahim ibn Marzuq ath-Thaqafi related that his father (who had
belonged to Allah ibn az-Zubayr) told him, "'Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr sent
me to his mother, Asma' bint Abi Bakr and he told her how al-Hajjaj was
treating them. She made supplication for me and stroked my head. I was
a young boy at that time."
Jabir ibn 'Abdullah said, "I purchased a camel and rode it hard
for a month until I reached Syria. 'Abdullah ibn Unays was there, and I
sent word to him, saying, 'Jabir is at the door.' The messenger returned
and said, 'Jabir ibn 'Abdullah?' 'Yes,' I replied. So 'Abdullah came out
and embraced me. I said, 'A hadith reached me which I had not heard before
and I feared that one of us might die.'" He went on, "I heard the Prophet,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, 'Allah will gather His slaves
? or people ? naked, uncircumcised, without anything.' We asked, 'What
is meant by "without anything"?' The Prophet said, 'They will have nothing
with them.' (The Prophet went on,) 'They will be called by a voice that
is heard from afar (and I think that he said, 'as if it was from close
at hand'), saying, "I am the King. None of the people of the Garden will
enter the Garden while any of the people of the Fire are seeking him for
some injustice he did to him. None of the people of the Fire will enter
the Fire while any of the people of the Garden are seeking him for an injustice
he did to him."' I asked, 'How is this? We come to Allah naked and without
any worldly goods?' He said, 'This applies to good actions and evil actions.'"
Anas ibn Malik said, "When the people of Yemen came, the Prophet,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'The people of Yemen have
arrived and they have gentler hearts than you. They are the first to offer
the handshake.'"
