The repentance of Zaadhaan Al-Kandee
Al-Haafidh Adh-Dhahabee brings in the biography of Zaadhaan in Siyar [4/281]: “Ibn Adiyy said: He repented at the hands of Abdullah ibn Mas’ud. On the authority of Abu Haashim Ar-Rumaanee who said: Zaadhaan said: I was a youth with a very beautiful voice, and use to play the lute very well, I was with my companion and we had with us some wine, and I was singing, so when Ibn Mas’ud passed by he turned over the vessel of wine spilling it on the ground, and then broke the lute and said: “Young man if only your beautiful voice could be heard reciting the Qur’an.” So he placed his scarf over his head and went on. So I said to my companions: “Who was that?” They answered: “Abdullah ibn Mas’ud, the companion of the Messenger of Allah.”So the desire to repent was placed in my heart, I rushed to catch up with him crying and took him by his thowb so he turned and hugged me and said: “I welcome the one Allah loves. Take a seat.” And then he took out a date from his pocket and gave it to me.”
Ibn Qudaamah after mentioning the repentance of Zaadhaan in Kitaabut-Tawwaabeen (the book of the repenters) says: “So Allah forgave him of his sins, and after this he was constantly in the company of Ibn Mas’ud until he learned the Qur’an, and a great deal of knowledge until becoming an Imaam, he narrated on Ibn Mas’ud, Salmaan, and other than them.”
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