Hadith No: 1
Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani - Al-Isabah fi Tamyiz al-Sahabah - 2703: Rawayshid
Volume: (2) - Page Number: (415/416)
2703 -
Rawayshid: with a mushadda (doubled letter) and diminutive, al-Thaqafi, the son-in-law of Banu Uday ibn Nufal ibn Abd Manaf. Umar ibn Shabba mentioned him in his Akhbar al-Madina and noted that he established a house in Medina among those who settled there from Banu Uday,
and he has a story with Umar regarding his drinking alcohol. In the Muwatta, from the reports of Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib and others, it is stated that Tulayhah al-Thaqifi was married to Rashid al-Thaqafi, and he divorced her, so she was married to another man during her waiting period, and Umar struck her with his cane in reprimand. We also have in a version from Ibrahim ibn Sa'd a narration from a scribe of al-Layth about him, from his father, which said:
Umar ibn al-Khattab (r) burned the house of Rawayshid, which was a liquor store. Sa'id ibn Ibrahim, from his father, said: "I saw that house glowing as if it were a live coal." Similarly, Al-Dulabi mentioned it in al-Kuna through Abdullah ibn Ja'far ibn al-Maswar ibn Muharramah, from Sa'id ibn Ibrahim, from his father, who said:
"I saw Umar burning the house of Rawayshid al-Thaqifi until it resembled a live coal or ashes, and it was a shop selling alcohol." Ibn Abi Dh'ib narrated it from Sa'id ibn Ibrahim ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf, somewhat similarly. I only mentioned him among the companions because anyone of that age during Umar's time would surely be considered distinguished in the time of the Prophet (s.a.w.a.), and there remained no one from Quraysh or Thaqif except that they embraced Islam and witnessed the Farewell Pilgrimage with the Prophet (s.a.w.a.).