و عاش ربيع بن ضبع بن وهب بن بغيض بن مالك بن سعد بن عدي بن فزارة مائتي و أربعين سنة و أدرك الإسلام فلم يسلم. و عاش معديكرب الحميري من آل ذي يزن مائتي و خمسين سنة. و عاش شرية بن عبد الله الجعفي ثلاثمائة سنة فقدم على عمر بن الخطاب بالمدينة فقال لقد رأيت هذا الوادي الذي أنتم فيه و ما به قطرة و لا هضبة و لا شجرة و لقد أدركت أخريات قومي يشهدون شهادتكم هذه يعني لا إله إلا الله و معه ابن له يهادي قد خرف فقيل له يا شرية هذا ابنك قد خرف و بك بقية فقال و الله ما تزوجت أمه حتى أتت علي سبعون سنة و لكني تزوجتها عفيفة ستيرة إن رضيت رأيت ما تقر به عيني و إن سخطت تأتت لي حتى أرضى و إن ابني هذا تزوج امرأة بذية فاحشة إن رأى ما تقر به عينه تعرضت له حتى يسخط و إن سخط تلغبته حتى يهلك.
Rabi bin Zaba bin Wahab bin Bagheez bin Malik bin Saad bin Adi bin Fuzara lived for two hundred and forty years. He saw the time of Islam but did not accept Islam. Maadi Karb Hameeri from the progeny of Dhi Yazn lived for two hundred and fifty years. Also Sharyah bin Abdullah Jofi lived for three hundred years. Thus, he came to Umar bin Khattab in Medina and said, “I have seen in this desert, in which you are that the people of my community read your testimony i.e. Laa ilaaha illallaah. He was accompanied by his son at that time who stumbled as he walked. He had become very old. He was told, “O Sharyah! Your son has become old and you are still alive.” He replied, “I swear by God, I had married his mother when I was seventy years old. However, this wife of mine was very chaste and loyal. Whenever I was happy, she used to treat me so that my eyes used to become cool and if I was upset she used to coax and make me happy. However, this son of mine has married a woman who is very immodest and evil-doer. Whenever he is happy, she troubles him so much that he becomes unhappy and if he is sad she abuses so much that he approaches his death.
