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ahmad:375Abū Aḥmad > Sufyān > ʿAlqamah b. Marthad > Sulaymān b. Buraydah

[Machine] He narrated to us, he said: We were sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when a man came and asked, "O Messenger of Allah, should I come closer?" The Prophet replied, "Yes, come closer." So the man came closer to him until he was very close. Then he asked again, "O Messenger of Allah, should I come closer?" The Prophet replied, "Yes, come closer." So the man came even closer to him until he was almost touching his knees. Then he asked for a third time, "O Messenger of Allah, should I come closer?" The Prophet replied, "Yes, come closer." And the man came even closer to him until his knees touched the knees of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . Then he asked, "O Messenger of Allah, what is faith?" And he mentioned its meaning.  

أحمد:٣٧٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ يَعْمَرَ قَالَسَأَلْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ أَوْ سَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ إِنَّا نَسِيرُ فِي هَذِهِ الْأَرْضِ فَنَلْقَى قَوْمًا يَقُولُونَ لَا قَدَرَ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ إِذَا لَقِيتَ أُولَئِكَ فَأَخْبِرْهُمْ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ مِنْهُمْ بَرِيءٌ وَهُمْ مِنْهُ بُرَآءُ قَالَهَا ثَلاثَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ أَنْشَأَ

يُحَدِّثُنَا قَالَ بَيْنَا نَحْنُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَدْنُو؟ فَقَالَ ادْنُهْ فَدَنَا رَتْوَةً ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَدْنُو؟ فَقَالَ ادْنُهْ فَدَنَا رَتْوَةً ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَدْنُو؟ فَقَالَ ادْنُهْ فَدَنَا رَتْوَةً حَتَّى كَادَتْ أَنْ تَمَسَّ رُكْبَتَاهُ رُكْبَةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا الْإِيمَانُ؟ فَذَكَرَ مَعْنَاهُ