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ahmad:13318Hāshim > Sulaymān > Thābit > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] I strive in the hills, as boys say, "Muhammad has arrived, so I strive and I see nothing." Then they say, "Muhammad has arrived, so I strive and I see nothing." He said, "Until the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his companion Abu Bakr arrived, and there were some of us in the heat of Medina. Then they sent a man from the people of the desert to make the call to prayer for them. Around five hundred of the Ansar met them until they reached them. The Ansar said, "Go safely and obediently." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his companion approached them between their shoulders, and the people of Medina came out until the alleyways were crowded with people asking, "Which one is he? Which one is he?" They said, "We have never seen a resemblance like his on that day." Anas bin Malik said, "I saw him on the day he entered upon us, and on the day he passed away, I did not see anyone resembling him in those two days."  

أحمد:١٣٣١٨حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

إِنِّي لَأَسْعَى فِي الْغِلْمَانِ يَقُولُونَ جَاءَ مُحَمَّدٌ فَأَسْعَى فَلَا أَرَى شَيْئًا ثُمَّ يَقُولُونَ جَاءَ مُحَمَّدٌ فَأَسْعَى فَلَا أَرَى شَيْئًا قَالَ حَتَّى جَاءَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَصَاحِبُهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَكَمَنَّا فِي بَعْضِ حِرَارِ الْمَدِينَةِ ثُمَّ بَعَثَا رَجُلًا مِنْأَهْلِ الْبَادِيَةِ لِيُؤْذِنَ بِهِمَا الْأَنْصَارَ فَاسْتَقْبَلَهُمَا زُهَاءَ خَمْسِ مِائَةٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ حَتَّى انْتَهَوْا إِلَيْهِمَا فَقَالَتِ الْأَنْصَارُ انْطَلِقَا آمِنَيْنِ مُطَاعَيْنِ فَأَقْبَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَصَاحِبُهُ بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِهِمْ فَخَرَجَ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ حَتَّى إِنَّ الْعَوَاتِقَ لَفَوْقَ الْبُيُوتِ يَتَرَاءَيْنَهُ يَقُلْنَ أَيُّهُمْ هُوَ أَيُّهُمْ هُوَ؟ قَالَ فَمَا رَأَيْنَا مَنْظَرًا شَبِيهًابِهِ يَوْمَئِذٍ قَالَ أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ وَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ يَوْمَ دَخَلَ عَلَيْنَا وَيَوْمَ قُبِضَ فَلَمْ أَرَ يَوْمَيْنِ شَبِيهًا بِهِمَا