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ahmad:12703Ḥajjāj > Layth > Saʿīd / al-Maqburī > Sharīk b. ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Namir > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ stood up and warned the people. Then a man stood up and said, "O Messenger of Allah, when is the Hour (i.e., the Day of Judgment)?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ kept silent and looked at him. We said to him, "Sit down, for you have asked the Messenger of Allah a question that he does not like." Then the man stood up again and asked the same question. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ looked at him with a more serious expression than before. He said to him, "Sit down, for you have already asked me a question that I do not like." Then the man stood up a third time and asked, "O Messenger of Allah, when is the Hour?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, "Woe to you! What have you prepared for it?" The man replied, "I have prepared love for Allah and His Messenger." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, "Sit down, for you will be with the one you love."  

أحمد:١٢٧٠٣حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدٌ يَعْنِي الْمَقْبُرِيَّ عَنْ شَرِيكِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي نَمِرٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَامَ فَحَذَّرَ النَّاسَ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ مَتَى السَّاعَةُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ فَبَسَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي وَجْهِهِ فَقُلْنَا لَهُ اقْعُدْ فَإِنَّكَ قَدْ سَأَلْتَ رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا يَكْرَهُ ثُمَّ قَامَ الثَّانِيَةَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَتَى السَّاعَةُ؟ قَالَ فَبَسَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي وَجْهِهِ أَشَدَّ مِنَ الْأُولَى قَالَ فَأَجْلَسْنَاهُ قَالَ ثُمَّ قَامَ الثَّالِثَةَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَتَى السَّاعَةُ؟ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَيْحَكَ وَمَا أَعْدَدْتَ لَهَا؟ قَالَ الرَّجُلُ أَعْدَدْتُ لَهَا حُبَّ اللهِ وَرَسُولِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اجْلِسْ فَإِنَّكَ مَعَ مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ  


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ahmad:14012ʿAffān > Mubārak b. Faḍālah > al-Ḥasan > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] I was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in his house when a man came to him and said, "O Messenger of Allah, when is the Hour (i.e., the Day of Judgment)?" He said, "Indeed, the Hour is coming, but what have you prepared for it?" The man said, "By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, I have not prepared much for it except that I love Allah and His Messenger." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Indeed, you will be with whom you love and you will have what you anticipate." Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up to pray. After he finished his prayer, he asked, "Where is the one who asked about the Hour?" So the man approached, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ looked towards the house and saw a boy in the company of a group from the tribe of Abu Hurairah, called Sa'ad ibn Malik. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "This boy, if he lives long enough, he will not grow old until the Hour comes." Al-Hasan said, and Anas informed me, "That boy was one of my peers at that time."  

أحمد:١٤٠١٢حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا مُبَارَكُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ أَخْبَرَنِي أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

كُنْتُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي بَيْتِهِ فَجَاءَه رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَتَى السَّاعَةُ؟ قَالَ أَمَا إِنَّهَا قَائِمَةٌ فَمَا أَعْدَدْتَ لَهَا؟ قَالَ وَاللهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا أَعْدَدْتُ لَهَا مِنْ كَثِيرِ عَمَلٍ غَيْرَ أَنِّي أُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مَعَ مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ وَلَكَ مَا احْتَسَبْتَ قَالَ ثُمَّ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي فَلَمَّا قَضَى صَلَاتَهُ قَالَ أَيْنَ السَّائِلُ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ؟ فَأَتَى الرَّجُلُ فَنَظَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَىالْبَيْتِ فَإِذَا غُلَامٌ مِنْ دَوْسٍ مِنْ رَهْطِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ يُقَالُ لَهُ سَعْدُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ هَذَا الْغُلَامُ إِنْ طَالَ بِهِ عُمُرٌ لَمْ يَبْلُغْ بِهِ الْهَرَمُ حَتَّى تَقُومَ السَّاعَةُ قَالَ الْحَسَنُ وَأَخْبَرَنِي أَنَسٌ أَنَّ الْغُلَامَ كَانَ يَوْمَئِذٍ مِنْ أَقْرَانِي  

nasai-kubra:5842ʿĪsá b. Ḥammād > al-Layth > Saʿīd > Sharīk b. ʿAbdullāh > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up and spoke to the people. Then a man stood up and said, "O Messenger of Allah, when is the Hour?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gestured with his face, so we told him to sit down, for you have asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ something he dislikes. Then the man stood up for the second time and asked, "O Messenger of Allah, when is the Hour?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ frowned more intensely this time. Then the man stood up for the third time and asked, "O Messenger of Allah, when is the Hour?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Woe to you! What have you prepared for it?" The man replied, "I have prepared love for Allah and His Messenger." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Then sit down, for you will be with those whom you love."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٨٤٢أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ شَرِيكِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَامَ فَحَدَّثَ النَّاسَ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ مَتَى السَّاعَةُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ فَبَسَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي وَجْهِهِ فَقُلْنَا لَهُ اقْعُدْ فَإِنَّكَ سَأَلْتَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ مَا يَكْرَهُ ثُمَّ قَامَ الثَّانِيَةَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَتَى السَّاعَةُ؟ فَبَسَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي وَجْهِهِ أَشَدَّ مِنَ الْأُولَى ثُمَّ قَامَ الثَّالِثَةَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَتَى السَّاعَةُ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «وَيْحَكَ وَمَاذَا أَعْدَدْتَ لَهَا؟» فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ أَعْدَدْتُ لَهَا حُبَّ اللهِ وَرَسُولِهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اجْلِسْ فَإِنَّكَ مَعَ مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ»