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ahmad:13028ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] On Monday, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ uncovered the door of the room and saw Abu Bakr praying with the people. He said, "I looked at his face and it appeared to me like the page of a Qur'an, and he was smiling." We were almost distracted in our prayers due to our joy of seeing the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . Abu Bakr wanted to step back, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ signaled to him to remain as he was. Then the curtain was closed again as it had been before. Umar stood up and said, "Indeed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not die, but his Lord has sent him just as He sent Moses, and he stayed away from his people for forty nights. By Allah, I hope that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ will live until he cuts off the hands of men of the hypocrites and their tongues, who claim or say that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ has died."  

أحمد:١٣٠٢٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ قَالَ قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ وَأَخْبَرَنِي أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ الِاثْنَيْنِ كَشَفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سِتْرَ الْحُجْرَةِ فَرَأَى أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ قَالَ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَى وَجْهِهِ كَأَنَّهُ وَرَقَةُ مُصْحَفٍ وَهُوَ يَتَبَسَّمُ قَالَوَكِدْنَا أَنْ نُفْتَتَنَ فِي صَلَاتِنَا فَرَحًا لِرُؤْيَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَرَادَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَنْ يَنْكُصَ فَأَشَارَ إِلَيْهِ أَنْ كَمَا أَنْتَ ثُمَّ أَرْخَى السِّتْرَ فَقُبِضَ مِنْ يَوْمِهِ ذَلِكَ فَقَامَ عُمَرُ فَقَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَمْ يَمُتْ وَلَكِنَّ رَبَّهُ أَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ كَمَا أَرْسَلَ إِلَى مُوسَى فَمَكَثَ عَنْ قَوْمِهِ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً وَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأَرْجُو أَنْ يَعِيشَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى يَقْطَعَ أَيْدِي رِجَالٍ مِنَ الْمُنَافِقِينَ وَأَلْسِنَتَهُمْ يَزْعُمُونَ أَوْ قَالَ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ مَاتَ