بَلْ مَتَّعْتُ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ وَءَابَآءَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْحَقُّ وَرَسُولٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ
Bal matta'tu haaa'ulaaa'i wa aabaaa'ahum hattaa jaaa'a humul haqqu wa Rasoolum mubeen
However, I gave enjoyment to these [people of Makkah] and their fathers until there came to them the truth and a clear Messenger.
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43:29Ayah 189
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Nay but I have let these idolaters and their fathers enjoy life without hastening to punish them until there came to them the truth the Qur’ān and a messenger who makes things clear one who manifests to them the stipulations of the Law — and this messenger is Muhammad (s).
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I came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) along with other persons and we were young men of nearly equal age, and the rest of the hadith was transmitted like the hadith narrated before.
The people used to look forward for the days of my (`Aisha's) turn to send gifts to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in
order to please him.
My father sent me to the Prophet (ﷺ) to take the camels which he had given him from among those of sadaqah.
I enjoyed the company of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) for three years, and during the other years of my life, never
was I so anxious to understand the (Prophet's) traditions as I was during those three years. I heard him
saying, beckoning with his hand in this way, "Before the Hour you will fight with people who will
have hairy shoes and live in Al-Bazir." (Sufyan, the sub-narrator once said, "And they are the people
of Al-Bazir.")
Anas b. Malik reported this hadith pertaining to the entertainment of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) by Abu Talha through another chain of transmitters.
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