ʿAdiyy ɗan Hātim ya riwaito cewa kafin ya karɓi Musulunci, "Yayin da nake tare da Annabi ﷺ, wani mutum ya zo wurinsa yana korafin talauci, sannan wani kuma ya zo yana korafin fashin hanya. Sai ya ce, ‘Ya ʿAdiyy, ka taɓa ganin al-Ḥīrah (a Iraƙi)?’ Na ce, ‘A’a, amma an faɗa mini game da ita.’ Ya ce, ‘Idan ka daɗe da rai, za ka ga wata mace tana tafiya a kan raƙumi daga al-Ḥīrah har ta zagaya Ka‘bah ba ta tsoron kowa sai Allah.’ Sai na ce a zuciyata, ‘To ina ʿyan fashin Ṭayy za su kasance, waɗanda suka wawashe waɗannan ƙasashe?’ Annabi ﷺ ya ci gaba da cewa, ‘Kuma idan ka daɗe da rai, za a ci dukiyoyin Kisra, ɗan Hurmuz.’ Na ce, ‘Kisra, ɗan Hurmuz?’ Ya tabbatar, ‘Kisra, ɗan Hurmuz. Kuma idan ka daɗe da rai, za ka ga wani mutum yana fita, hannunsa cike da zinariya ko azurfa, yana neman wanda zai karɓe ta, amma ba zai samu wanda zai karɓa ba.’ Daga baya a rayuwarsa, ʿAdiyy ya ce, ‘Lallai na ga wata mace tana tafiya a kan raƙumi daga al-Ḥīrah har ta zagaya Ka‘bah ba ta tsoron kowa sai Allah, kuma ina daga cikin waɗanda suka ci dukiyoyin Kisra, ɗan Hurmuz. Kuma idan ka daɗe da rai, za ka ga abin da Annabi ﷺ—Abūl Qāsim—ya faɗa game da mutumin da yake fita, hannunsa cike…’" Malaman tarihin Musulunci sun rubuta cewa rashin samun wanda ya cancanci karɓar sadaka ya faru ne a zamanin halifan Abbasawa, ʿUmar ɗan ʿAbdul-ʿAziz (d. 720).

‘Adī ibn Ḥātim  narrates that prior to accepting Islam, “As I was with the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم, a man came to him complaining of poverty, and then another came to him complaining of highway robbery. He صلى الله عليه وسلم said, ‘O ‘Adī, have you seen al-Ḥīrah (in Iraq)?’ I said, ‘No, but I have been told about it.’ He said, ‘If you live long enough, you will see a woman travel on camel from al- Ḥīrah till she circles the Ka‘bah not fearing anyone but Allah.’ I said to myself, ‘Where then would the bandits of Ṭay’ be, who have pillaged these lands?’ He صلى الله عليه وسلم continued, ‘And if you live long enough, the treasures of Chosroes, the son of Hurmuz, will be conquered.’ I said, ‘Chosroes, the son of Hurmuz?’ He confirmed, ‘Chosroes, the son of Hurmuz. And if you live long enough, you will see a man walking out, hand filled with gold or silver, seeking someone to accept it but he will not find anyone to accept it.’ Later in his life, ‘Adī said, ‘I have in fact seen a woman travel on camel from al-Ḥīrah till she circled the Ka‘bah while not fearing anyone but Allah, and I was among those who conquered the treasures of Chosroes, the son of Hurmuz. And if you live long enough, you will see what the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم—Abūl Qāsim—said regarding a man walking out, hand filled…’”285 Muslim historians document that the inability to find someone eligible to accept charity took place during the reign of the ‘Abbāsid caliph, ‘Umar ibn ‘Abd al-‘Azīz (d. 720).