While I was with the Prophet ﷺ , some people from Bani Tamim came to him. The Prophet ﷺ said, "O Bani Tamim! Accept the good news!" They said, "You have given us the good news; now give us (something)." (After a while) some Yemenites entered, and he said to them, "O the people of Yemen! Accept the good news, as Bani Tamim have refused it. " They said, "We accept it, for we have come to you to learn the Religion. So we ask you what the beginning of this universe was." The Prophet ﷺ said "There was Allah and nothing else before Him and His Throne was over the water, and He then created the Heavens and the Earth and wrote everything in the Book." Then a man came to me and said, 'O ʿImran! Follow your she-camel for it has run away!" So I set out seeking it, and behold, it was beyond the mirage! By Allah, I wished that it (my she-camel) had gone but that I had not left (the gathering). " (Using translation from Bukhārī 7418)   

إِنِّي لَجَالِسٌ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِذْ جَاءَهُ قَوْمٌ مِنْ بَنِي تَمِيمٍ فَقَالَ اقْبَلُوا الْبُشْرَى يَا بَنِي تَمِيمٍ قَالُوا قَدْ بَشَّرْتَنَا فَأَعْطِنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ أُنَاسٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ فَقَالَ اقْبَلُوا الْبُشْرَى يَا أَهْلَ الْيَمَنِ إِذْ لَمْ يَقْبَلْهَا بَنُو تَمِيمٍ قَالُوا قَدْ قَبِلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ جِئْنَا لِنَتَفَقَّهَ فِي الدِّينِ وَنَسْأَلَكَ عَنْ أَوَّلِ هَذَا الْأَمْرِ مَا كَانَ؟ قَالَ كَانَ اللهُ ﷻ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ شَيْءٌ قَبْلَهُ وَكَانَ عَرْشُهُ عَلَى الْمَاءِ ثُمَّ خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَكَتَبَ فِي الذِّكْرِ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ قَالَ وَأَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا عِمْرَانُ بْنَ حُصَيْنٍ رَاحِلَتَكَ أَدْرِكْ نَاقَتَكَ فَقَدْ ذَهَبَتْ فَانْطَلَقْتُ فِي طَلَبِهَا فَإِذَا السَّرَابُ يَنْقَطِعُ دُوْنَهَا وَايْمُ اللهِ لَوَدِدْتُ أَنَّهَا ذَهَبَتْ وَأَنِّي لَمْ أَقُمْ  

[Machine] I entered upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and he mentioned a hadith in which he said: They came to ask you about this matter. He said: Allah existed and nothing else existed. His throne was upon the water, and He wrote in the Zabur (the Book) everything, and He created the heavens and the earth.  

دَخَلْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ قَالَ فِيهِ قَالُوا جِئْنَاكَ نَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ هَذَا الْأَمْرِ قَالَ كَانَ اللهُ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ شَيْءٌ غَيْرَهُ وَعَرْشُهُ عَلَى الْمَاءِ وَكَتَبَ فِي الذِّكْرِ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ وَخَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ  

[Machine] Indeed, the first thing that Allah created was the pen. He said, "Write!" The pen asked, "O Lord, what shall I write?" He replied, "Write down destiny." The pen then began writing everything that will happen from that day until the Day of Judgment. Then Allah created the Noon (a reference to Prophet Muhammad) and He spread the earth on top of it. The moisture in the air rose and the heavens were created from it. The Noon moved and the earth was stretched out then stabilized by the mountains. And indeed, the mountains will crumble upon the earth until the Day of Judgment.  

إِنَّ أَوَّلَ مَا خَلَقَ اللهُ ﷻ مِنْ شَيْءٍ الْقَلَمُ فقَالَ اكْتُبْ قَالَ يَا رَبِّ وَمَا أَكْتُبُ؟ قَالَ اكْتُبِ الْقَدَرَ قَالَ فَجَرَى بِمَا هُوَ كَائِنٌ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ إِلَى قِيَامِ السَّاعَةِ قَالَ ثُمَّ خَلَقَ النُّونَ فَدَحَا الْأَرْضَ عَلَيْهَا فَارْتَفَعَ بُخَارُ الْمَاءِ فَفَتَقَ مِنْهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَاضْطَرَبَ النُّونُ فَمَادَتِ الْأَرْضُ فَأُثْبِتَتْ بِالْجِبَالِ وَإِنَّ الْجِبَالَ لَتُفَجَّرُ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Verily, the first thing Allah created is the pen, and He commanded it to write everything that will be." This is also narrated in the hadith of Ubada bin As-Samit (may Allah be pleased with him) as a marfu' (elevated) narration.  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ أَوَّلَ شَيْءٍ خَلَقَ اللهُ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُهُ الْقَلَمُ وَأَمَرَهُ فَكَتَبَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ يَكُونُ وَرُوِيَ ذَلِكَ أَيْضًا فِي حَدِيثِ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ مَرْفُوعًا  

Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, created the clay on Saturday and He created the mountains on Sunday and He created the trees on Monday and He created the things entailing labour on Tuesday and created light on Wednesday and He caused the animals to spread on Thursday and created Adam (peace be upon him) after 'Asr on Friday; the last creation at the last hour of the hours of Friday, i. e. between afternoon and night. This hadith is narrated through another chain of transmitters. (Using translation from Muslim 2789)   

أَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِيَدِي فَقَالَ خَلَقَ اللهُ التُّرْبَةَ يَوْمَ السَّبْتِ وَخَلَقَ فِيهَا الْجِبَالَ يَوْمَ الْأَحَدِ وَخَلَقَ الشَّجَرَ يَوْمَ الِاثْنَيْنِ وَخَلَقَ الْمَكْرُوهَ يَوْمَ الثُّلَاثَاءِ وَخَلَقَ النُّورَ يَوْمَ الْأَرْبِعَاءِ وَبَثَّ فِيهَا الدَّوَابَّ يَوْمَ الْخَمِيسِ وَخَلَقَ آدَمَ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ مِنْ يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ فِي آخِرِ سَاعَةٍ مِنْ سَاعَاتِ الْجُمُعَةِ فِيمَا بَيْنَ الْعَصْرِ إِلَى اللَّيْلِ  

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "There is an hour on Friday during which no servant asks Allah for anything except that He gives it to him." Abdullah bin Salam said, "Indeed, Allah the Exalted begins the creation on Sunday and Monday, and He creates the heavens on Tuesday and Wednesday, and He creates the mountains and everything on Earth on Thursday and Friday. And He completes it at the time of Asr prayer, so that is the hour from Asr to sunset."  

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ فِي الْجُمُعَةِ لَسَاعَةً لَا يَسْأَلُ اللهَ فِيهَا عَبْدٌ شَيْئًا إِلَّا أَعْطَاهُ إِيَّاهُ قَالَ وَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى بَدَأَ الْخَلْقَ فَخَلَقَ الْأَرْضَ يَوْمَ الْأَحَدِ وَيَوْمَ الِاثْنَيْنِ وَخَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ يَوْمَ الثُّلَاثَاءِ وَيَوْمَ الْأَرْبِعَاءِ وَخَلَقَ الْأَقْوَاتَ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ مِنْ شَيْءٍ يَوْمَ الْخَمِيسِ وَيَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فَرَغَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ عِنْدَ صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ فَتِلْكَ السَّاعَةُ مَا بَيْنَ الْعَصْرِ إِلَى غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said: Allah created Adam from the clay of the entire earth, so his descendants emerged accordingly. Among them are the white, the black, the dark-skinned, and the red-skinned. And among them are those in between. Among them are those who are righteous and those who are corrupt. Among them are the good and the evil.  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ خَلَقَ اللهُ آدَمَ مِنْ أَدِيمِ الْأَرْضِ كُلِّهَا فَخَرَجَتْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُ عَلَى حَسَبِ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُمُ الْأَبْيَضُ وَالْأَسْوَدُ وَالْأَسْمَرُ وَالْأَحْمَرُ وَمِنْهُمْ بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ وَمِنْهُمُ السَّهْلُ وَالْحَزْنُ وَالْخَبِيثُ وَالطَّيِّبُ  

Allah created Adam from a handful which he took from the whole of the earth ; so the children of Adam are in accordance with the earth : some red, some white, some black, some a mixture, also smooth and rough, bad and good. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4693)   

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خُلِقَ آدَمُ مِنْ قَبْضَةٍ قَبَضَهَا مِنْ جَمِيعِ الْأَرْضِ فَجَاءَ بَنُو آدَمَ عَلَى قَدْرِ الْأَرْضِ مِنْهُمُ الْأَحْمَرُ وَالْأَسْوَدُ وَالسَّهْلُ وَالْحَزْنُ وَبَيْنَ ذَلِكَ وَالْخَبِيثُ وَالطَّيِّبُ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The angels were created from light, and the jinn were created from a smokeless flame, and Adam was created from what has been described to you."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خُلِقَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ مِنْ نُورٍ وَخُلِقَ الْجَانُّ مِنْ مَارِجٍ مِنْ نَارٍ وَخُلِقَ آدَمُ مِمَّا وُصِفَ لَكُمْ  

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Indeed, Allah created His creation in darkness, then He cast upon them from His light. So whoever is touched by that light on that day will be guided, and whoever misses it will be misguided. And for that reason, I say the knowledge of Allah is sealed." Al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said, "Then He made it clear that His best creation among them is His prophets, and He said, 'Mankind was [of] one nation [before their deviation]; then Allah sent the prophets as bringers of good tidings and warners.' [Quran 2:213] So our Prophet ﷺ was made the most trustworthy of his followers, responsible for His revelation and the conveying of His message to them."  

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ اللهَ خَلَقَ خَلْقَهُ فِي ظُلْمَةٍ ثُمَّ أَلْقَى عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ نُورِهِ فَمَنْ أَصَابَهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ النُّورِ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَيْءٌ اهْتَدَى وَمَنْ أَخْطَأَهُ ضَلَّ فَلِذَلِكَ أَقُولُ جَفَّ الْقَلَمُ عَنْ عِلْمِ اللهِ قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ ثُمَّ أَبَانَ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُهُ أَنَّ خِيرَتَهُ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ أَنْبِيَاؤُهُ فَقَالَ {كَانَ النَّاسُ أُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً فَبَعَثَ اللهُ النَّبِيِّينَ مُبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنْذِرِينَ} [البقرة 213] فَجَعَلَ نَبِيَّنَا ﷺ مِنْ أَصْفِيَائِهِ دُونَ عِبَادِهِ بِالْأَمَانَةِ عَلَى وَحْيِهِ وَالْقِيَامِ بِحُجَّتِهِ فِيهِمْ  

[Machine] I entered upon the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , while he was in the mosque and he mentioned the narration until he said, "So I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, how many prophets are there?' He said, 'One hundred twenty-four thousand prophets and four.' I said, 'How many messengers among them?' He said, 'Three hundred and thirteen. Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Sa'idi exclusively mentioned it'."  

دَخَلْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ إِلَى أَنْ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كَمِ النَّبِيُّونَ؟ قَالَ مِائَةُ أَلْفِ نَبِيٍّ وَأَرْبَعَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ أَلْفَ نَبِيٍّ قُلْتُ كَمِ الْمُرْسَلُونَ مِنْهُمْ؟ قَالَ ثَلَاثُمِائَةٍ وَثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ السَّعِيدِيُّ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There is no prophet who has not been given signs similar to mine, which people have believed in. But I have been given divine revelation which Allah has inspired in me, so I hope to have the most followers on the Day of Resurrection."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَا مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ مِنْ نَبِيٍّ إِلَّا وَقَدْ أُعْطِيَ مِنَ الْآيَاتِ مَا مِثْلُهُ آمَنَ عَلَيْهِ الْبَشَرُ وَإِنَّمَا كَانَ الَّذِي أُوتِيتُ وَحْيًا أَوْحَاهُ اللهُ إِلِيَّ فَأَرْجُو أَنْ أَكُونَ أَكْثَرَهُمْ تَابِعًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I am the master of the children of Adam on the Day of Resurrection, and I will be the first to have the earth split open for me, and I will be the first to intercede and the first to be granted intercession."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَا سَيِّدُ بَنِي آدَمَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَأَوَّلُ مَنْ تَنْشَقُّ عَنْهُ الْأَرْضُ وَأَوَّلُ شَافِعٍ وَأَوَّلُ مُشَفَّعٍ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I am the first intercessor on the Day of Resurrection, and I am the most followers of prophets on the Day of Resurrection. Indeed, among the prophets, there will come on the Day of Resurrection someone who has with him more than one truthful witness."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَا أَوَّلُ شَفِيعٍ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَأَنَا أَكْثَرُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ تَبَعًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِنَّ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ لَمَنْ يَأْتِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مَا مَعَهُ مُصَدِّقٌ غَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ  

The Prophet ﷺ said, "I have been given five things which were not given to any one else before me. -1. Allah made me victorious by awe, (by His frightening my enemies) for a distance of one month's journey. -2. The earth has been made for me (and for my followers) a place for praying and a thing to perform Tayammum, therefore anyone of my followers can pray wherever the time of a prayer is due. -3. The booty has been made Halal (lawful) for me yet it was not lawful for anyone else before me. -4. I have been given the right of intercession (on the Day of Resurrection). -5. Every Prophet used to be sent to his nation only but I have been sent to all mankind. (Using translation from Bukhārī 335)   

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ أُعْطِيتُ خَمْسًا لَمْ يُعْطَهُنَّ أَحَدٌ قَبْلِي نُصِرْتُ بِالرُّعْبِ مَسِيرَةَ شَهْرٍ وَأُحِلَّتْ لِيَ الْغَنَائِمُ وَلَمْ تَحِلَّ لِأَحَدٍ قَبْلِي وَجُعِلَتْ لِيَ الْأَرْضُ مَسْجِدًا وَطَهُورًا فَأَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ مِنْ أُمَّتِي أَدْرَكَتْهُ الصَّلَاةُ فَلْيُصَلِّ وَأُعْطِيتُ الشَّفَاعَةَ وَكُلُّ نَبِيٍّ يُبْعَثُ إِلَى قَوْمِهِ خَاصَّةً وَبُعِثْتُ إِلَى النَّاسِ عَامَّةً لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ أَبِي الرَّبِيعِ  

[Machine] A man recited Surat Al-Fath to Abdullah bin Abbas, until he reached the verse: "Like a fertile plant, it sends forth its shoots, then it becomes strong, and firmly stands on its stem, pleasing the farmers, that He may enrage the disbelievers by them" (Quran 48:29). He said, "May Allah enrage the disbelievers by the Prophet and his companions." Then Abdullah bin Abbas said, "You are the plantation, and its harvest is approaching." Ash-Shafi'i said and said to his nation, "You were the best nation brought forth for the people" (Quran 3:110). Allah favored them with the two Qur'ans from His nation, unlike any other nation of the prophets before them.  

قَرَأَ رَجُلٌ عَلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ ؓ سُورَةَ الْفَتْحِ فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ {كَزَرْعٍ أَخْرَجَ شَطْأَهُ فَآزَرَهُ فَاسْتَغْلَظَ فَاسْتَوَى عَلَى سُوقِهِ يُعْجِبُ الزُّرَّاعَ لِيَغِيظَ بِهِمُ الْكُفَّارَ} [الفتح 29] قَالَ لِيَغِيظَ اللهُ بِالنَّبِيِّ وَأَصْحَابِهِ الْكُفَّارَ ثُمَّ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ أَنْتُمُ الزَّرْعُ وَقَدْ دَنَا حَصَادُهُ قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ وَقَالَ لِأُمَّتِهِ {كُنْتُمْ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ} [آل عمران 110] الْآيَةَ فَفَضَّلَهُمْ بِكَيْنُونَتِهِمْ مِنْ أُمَّتِهِ دُونَ أُمَمِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ قَبْلَهُ  

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Indeed, you will be the last of seventy nations. You are the best and most honorable of them to Allah." Al-Shafi'i then narrated that Allah made him the opener of His mercy at the time of His messengers, and said, "O people of the Scripture, there has come to you our Messenger, making clear to you much of what you used to conceal of the Scripture and overlooking much. There has come to you from Allah a light and a clear Book." [Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 19] And He said, "It is He who sent among the unlettered a Messenger from themselves." [Surah Al-Jumu'ah, verse 2] In this, there is evidence that he was sent to his creation, because they were the people of the Scripture and the unlettered. And he opened His mercy with him and sealed his prophethood, saying, "Muhammad is not the father of [any] one of your men, but [he is] the Messenger of Allah and the last of the prophets." [Surah Al-Ahzab, verse 40]  

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّكُمْ تُوفُونَ سَبْعِينَ أُمَّةً أَنْتُمْ خَيْرُهَا وَأَكْرَمُهَا عَلَى اللهِ ﷻ قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ ثُمَّ أَخْبَرَ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُهُ أَنَّهُ جَعَلَهُ فَاتِحَ رَحْمَتِهِ عِنْدَ فَتْرَةِ رُسُلِهِ فَقَالَ {يَا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ قَدْ جَاءَكُمْ رَسُولُنَا يُبَيِّنُ لَكُمْ عَلَى فَتْرَةٍ مِنَ الرُّسُلِ أَنْ تَقُولُوا مَا جَاءَنَا مِنْ بَشِيرٍ وَلَا نَذِيرٍ فَقَدْ جَاءَكُمْ بَشِيرٌ وَنَذِيرٌ} [المائدة 19] وَقَالَ {هُوَ الَّذِي بَعَثَ فِي الْأُمِّيِّينَ رَسُولًا مِنْهُمْ} [الجمعة 2] وَكَانَ فِي ذَلِكَ مَا دَلَّ عَلَى أَنَّهُ بَعَثَهُ إِلَى خَلْقِهِ لِأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ وَالْأُمِّيِّينَ وَأَنَّهُ فَتَحَ بِهِ رَحْمَتَهُ وَخَتَمَ بِهِ نُبُوَّتَهُ فَقَالَ {مَا كَانَ مُحَمَّدٌ أَبَا أَحَدٍ مِنْ رِجَالِكُمْ وَلَكِنْ رَسُولَ اللهِ وَخَاتَمَ النَّبِيِّينَ} [الأحزاب 40]  

I have been given superiority over the other prophets in six respects: I have been given words which are concise but comprehensive in meaning; I have been helped by terror (in the hearts of enemies): spoils have been made lawful to me: the earth has been made for me clean and a place of worship; I have been sent to all mankind and the line of prophets is closed with me. (Using translation from Muslim 523a)   

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ فُضِّلْتُ عَلَى الْأَنْبِيَاءِ بِسِتٍّ أُعْطِيتُ جَوَامِعَ الْكَلِمِ وَنُصِرْتُ بِالرُّعْبِ وَأُحِلَّتْ لِيَ الْغَنَائِمُ وَجُعِلَتْ لِيَ الْأَرْضُ طَهُورًا وَمَسْجِدًا وَأُرْسِلْتُ إِلَى الْخَلْقِ كَافَّةً وَخُتِمَ بِيَ النَّبِيُّونَ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Narrated by Sa'id bin Mi'nah, who heard Jabir bin Abdullah say: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: My example and the example of the prophets before me is like a man who built a house and said, 'I have built a house, except for one brick.' So the people would enter it and marvel at it, and say: 'If only it had this one brick.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'So I am the missing brick of that house, and I have come to complete the line of prophets.'"  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ح قَالَ وَثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ ثنا سُلَيْمُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ مِينَاءَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ ؓ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَثَلِي وَمَثَلُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ قَبْلِي كَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ ابْتَنَى دَارًا وَقَالَ يَزِيدُ بَنَى دَارًا فَأَحْسَنَهَا وَأَكْمَلَهَا إِلَّا فِي مَوْضِعِ لَبِنَةٍ فَجَعَلَ النَّاسُ يَدْخُلُونَهَا وَيَتَعَجَّبُونَ مِنْهَا وَيَقُولُونَ لَوْلَا مَوْضِعُ هَذِهِ اللَّبِنَةِ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَنَا مَوْضِعُ تِلْكَ اللَّبِنَةِ جِئْتُ فَخَتَمْتُ الْأَنْبِيَاءَ  

Khabbab said “We came to the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ while he was reclining on an outer garment in the shade of the Ka’bah. Complaining to him we said “Do you not ask Allaah for help for us? And do you not pray to Allaah for us? He sat aright turning red in his face and said “A man before you (i.e., in ancient times) was caught and a pit was dug for him in the earth and then a saw was brought placed on his head and it was broken into two pieces but that did not turn him away from his religion. They were combed in iron combs in flesh and sinews above the bones. Even that did not turn them away from their religion. I swear by Allaah, Allaah will accomplish this affair until a rider will travel between San’a and Hadramaut and he will not fear anyone except Allaah, Most High(nor will he fear the attack of) a wolf on his sheep, but you are making haste. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2649)   

شَكَوْنَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ مُتَوَسِّدٌ بُرْدَةً لَهُ فِي ظِلِّ الْكَعْبَةِ فَقُلْنَا أَلَا تَدْعُو اللهَ لَنَا أَلَا تَسْتَنْصِرُ اللهَ لَنَا قَالَ فَجَلَسَ مُحْمَرًّا وَجْهُهُ قَالَ وَاللهِ إِنَّ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ لَيُؤْخَذُ الرَّجُلُ فَيُحْفَرُ لَهُ الْحُفْرَةُ فَيُوضَعُ الْمِنْشَارُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ فَيُشَقُّ بِاثْنَتَيْنِ مَا يَصْرِفُهُ عَنْ دِينِهِ أَوْ يُمْشَطُ بِأَمْشَاطِ الْحَدِيدِ مَا بَيْنَ عَصَبِهِ وَلَحْمِهِ مَا يَصْرِفُهُ عَنْ دِينِهِ وَلَيُتِمَّنَّ اللهُ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ حَتَّى يَسِيرَ الرَّاكِبُ مِنْكُمْ مِنْ صَنْعَاءَ إِلَى حَضْرَمَوْتَ لَا يَخْشَى إِلَّا اللهَ أَوِ الذِّئْبَ عَلَى غَنَمِهِ وَلَكِنَّكُمْ تَعْجَلُونَ أَخْرَجَاهُ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ