[Machine] We had a Jewish neighbor among the Bani Abdi Al-Ashhal tribe. One day, before the Prophet's ﷺ mission began, he came out of his house and stood on the gathering of Bani Abdi Al-Ashhal. Salama said, "I, on that day, was the youngest of those present and was lying on a bedspread underneath my family's porch. He mentioned the Day of Resurrection, the reckoning, the scales, Paradise, and Hell. He said all this to people who were polytheists and worshipped idols, and who did not believe in the occurrence of Resurrection after death. They said to him, 'Oh Fulan (his name), do you think this will happen?' They said, 'People will be resurrected after their death and will be judged in a place where there will be Paradise and Hell, and they will be rewarded according to their deeds.' He replied, 'Indeed, I swear by the One I am supplicating to, that if he has the largest share of that Fire among them, he will be protected from it and will be admitted instead. Then, it will be applied against him and he will be saved from that Fire tomorrow.' They said to him, 'What is the sign of that?' He said, 'A Prophet will come who will be sent from around these lands,' and he pointed with his hand towards Makkah and Yemen. They asked, 'When will you see him?' He said, 'If this boy reaches the end of his life, he will meet him.' Salama said, 'By Allah, night and day did not pass until Allah, the Most High, sent His Messenger ﷺ while he was living among us. We believed in him while he fought against him out of transgression and envy. We said, 'Woe to you, oh so-and-so, are you not the one who told us what you said about him?' He replied, 'Yes, but I do not believe in him.'  

كَانَ لَنَا جَارٌ مِنْ يَهُودَ فِي بَنِي عَبْدِ الْأَشْهَلِ قَالَ فَخَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا يَوْمًا مِنْ بَيْتِهِ قَبْلَ مَبْعَثِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِيَسِيرٍ فَوَقَفَ عَلَى مَجْلِسِ بَنِي عَبْدِ الْأَشْهَلِ قَالَ سَلَمَةُ وَأَنَا يَوْمَئِذٍ أَحْدَثُ مَنْ فِيهِ سِنًّا عَلَيَّ بُرْدَةٌ مُضْطَجِعًا فِيهَا بِفِنَاءِ أَهْلِي فَذَكَرَ الْبَعْثَ وَالْقِيَامَةَ وَالْحِسَابَ وَالْمِيزَانَ وَالْجَنَّةَ وَالنَّارَ فَقَالَ ذَلِكَ لِقَوْمٍ أَهْلِ شِرْكٍ أَصْحَابِ أَوْثَانٍ لَا يَرَوْنَ أَنَّ بَعْثًا كَائِنٌ بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ فَقَالُوا لَهُ وَيْحَكَ يَا فُلَانُ تَرَى هَذَا كَائِنًا؟ إِنَّ النَّاسَ يُبْعَثُونَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهِمْ إِلَى دَارٍ فِيهَا جَنَّةٌ وَنَارٌ يُجْزَوْنَ فِيهَا بِأَعْمَالِهِمْ قَالَ نَعَمْ وَالَّذِي يُحْلَفُ بِهِ لَوَدَّ أَنَّ لَهُ بِحَظِّهِ مِنْ تِلْكَ النَّارِ أَعْظَمَ تَنُّورٍ فِيالدُّنْيَا يُحَمُّونَهُ ثُمَّ يُدْخِلُونَهُ إِيَّاهُ فَيُطْبَقُ بِهِ عَلَيْهِ وَأَنْ يَنْجُوَ مِنْ تِلْكَ النَّارِ غَدًا قَالُوا لَهُ وَيْحَكَ وَمَا آيَةُ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ نَبِيٌّ يُبْعَثُ مِنْ نَحْوِ هَذِهِ الْبِلَادِ وَأَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ نَحْوَ مَكَّةَ وَالْيَمَنِ قَالُوا وَمَتَى تَرَاهُ؟ قَالَ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيَّ وَأَنَا مِنْ أَحْدَثِهِمْ سِنًّا فَقَالَ إِنْ يَسْتَنْفِدْ هَذَا الْغُلَامُ عُمُرَهُ يُدْرِكْهُ قَالَ سَلَمَةُ فَوَاللهِ مَا ذَهَبَ اللَّيْلُ وَالنَّهَارُ حَتَّى بَعَثَ اللهُ تَعَالَى رَسُولَهُ ﷺ وَهُوَ حَيٌّ بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِنَا فَآمَنَّا بِهِ وَكَفَرَ بِهِ بَغْيًا وَحَسَدًا فَقُلْنَا وَيْلَكَ يَا فُلَانُ أَلَسْتَ بِالَّذِي قُلْتَ لَنَا فِيهِ مَا قُلْتَ؟ قَالَ بَلَى وَلَيْسَ بِهِ