Abu Wa'il reported that a man of the tribe of Rabiah said: I came to Madinah and met Allah's Messenger (SAW). The envoy of Aad was mentioned there and I said, "I seek refuge in Allah lest I be like the envoy of Aad." So, Allah's Messenger (SAW) asked, "What about the envoy of Aad?" I said, "You have always come across good and adept envoys. As for the Aad, when they were afflicted with famine, they sent Qayl (one of their members). He came to Bakr ibn Mu'awiyah and he gave him wine to drink and two singing girls sang before him. Then he went out towards the mountain Mahrah, saying. 'O Allah, I have not come to treat a sick person or to ransom a captive. So, give to drink to Your slave what You will give, but with him give to Bakr ibn Mu'awiyah, too, this will show thankfulness for the wine served to me.' Then many small couds were brought to him and he was asked to choose one them. He chose a black from them. He was told to pick up burning ashes that would not spare anyone of the Aad. Allah's Messenger said that only as much wind as the circle of his ring was sent to Aad. He then recited the verse:
"When we loosed against them a blighting wind that left nothing it came upon, but made it like ashes." (51: 41-42)
[Ibn e Majah 2816]
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