While I was standing beside the Messenger of Allah ﷺ one of the rabbis of the Jews came and said: Peace be upon you, O Muhammad. I pushed him backwith a push that he was going to fall. Upon this he said: Why do you push me? I said: Why don't you say: O Messenger of Allah? The Jew said: We call him by the name by which he was named by his family. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: My name is Muhammad with which I was named by my family. The Jew said: I have come to ask you (something). The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Should that thing be of any benefit to you, if I tell you that? He (the Jew) said: I will lend my ears to it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ drew a line with the help of the stick that he had with him and then said: Ask (whatever you like). Thereupon the Jew said: Where would the human beings be on the Daywhen the earth would change into another earth and the heavens too (would change into other heavens)? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: They would be in darkness beside the Bridge. He (the Jew) again said: Who amongst people would be the first to cross (this bridge).? He said: They would be the poor amongst the refugees. The Jew said: What would constitute their breakfast when they would enter Paradise? He (the Holy Prophet) replied: A caul of the fish-liver. He (the Jew) said. What would be their food alter this? He (the Holy Prophet) said: A bullockwhich was fed in the different quarters of Paradise would be slaughtered for them. He (the Jew) said: What would be their drink? He (the Holy Prophet) said: They would be given drink from the fountain which is named" Salsabil". He (the Jew) said: I have come to ask you about a thing which no one amongst the people on the earth knows except an apostle or one or two men besides him. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Would it benefit you if I tell you that? He (the Jew) said: I would lend ears to that. He then said: I have come to ask you about the child. He (the Holy Prophet) said: The reproductive substance of man is white and that of woman (i. e. ovum central portion) yellow, and when they have sexual intercourse and the male's substance (chromosomes and genes) prevails upon the female's substance (chromosomes and genes), it is the male child that is created by Allah's Decree, and when the substance of the female prevails upon the substance contributed by the male, a female child is formed by the Decree of Allah. The Jew said: What you have said is true; verily you are an Apostle. He then returned and went away. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: He asked me about such and such things of which I have had no knowledge till Allah gave me that.

أَنَّ ثَوْبَانَ مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَدَّثَهُ قَالَ كُنْتُ قَائِمًا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَجَاءَ حَبْرٌ مِنْ أَحْبَارِ الْيَهُودِ فَقَالَ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَدَفَعْتُهُ دَفْعَةً كَادَ يُصْرَعُ مِنْهَا فَقَالَ لِمَ تَدْفَعُنِي فَقُلْتُ أَلاَ تَقُولُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ إِنَّمَا نَدْعُوهُ بِاسْمِهِ الَّذِي سَمَّاهُ بِهِ أَهْلُهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اسْمِي مُحَمَّدٌ الَّذِي سَمَّانِي بِهِ أَهْلِي فَقَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ جِئْتُ أَسْأَلُكَ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَيَنْفَعُكَ شَىْءٌ إِنْ حَدَّثْتُكَ قَالَ أَسْمَعُ بِأُذُنَىَّ فَنَكَتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِعُودٍ مَعَهُ فَقَالَ سَلْ فَقَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ أَيْنَ يَكُونُ النَّاسُ يَوْمَ تُبَدَّلُ الأَرْضُ غَيْرَ الأَرْضِ وَالسَّمَوَاتُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ هُمْ فِي الظُّلْمَةِ دُونَ الْجِسْرِ قَالَ فَمَنْ أَوَّلُ النَّاسِ إِجَازَةً قَالَ فُقَرَاءُ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ قَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ فَمَا تُحْفَتُهُمْ حِينَ يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ قَالَ زِيَادَةُ كَبِدِ النُّونِ قَالَ فَمَا غِذَاؤُهُمْ عَلَى إِثْرِهَا قَالَ يُنْحَرُ لَهُمْ ثَوْرُ الْجَنَّةِ الَّذِي كَانَ يَأْكُلُ مِنْ أَطْرَافِهَا قَالَ فَمَا شَرَابُهُمْ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ مِنْ عَيْنٍ فِيهَا تُسَمَّى سَلْسَبِيلاً قَالَ صَدَقْتَ قَالَ وَجِئْتُ أَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ شَىْءٍ لاَ يَعْلَمُهُ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الأَرْضِ إِلاَّ نَبِيٌّ أَوْ رَجُلٌ أَوْ رَجُلاَنِ قَالَ يَنْفَعُكَ إِنْ حَدَّثْتُكَ قَالَ أَسْمَعُ بِأُذُنَىَّ قَالَ جِئْتُ أَسْأَلُكَ عَنِ الْوَلَدِ قَالَ مَاءُ الرَّجُلِ أَبْيَضُ وَمَاءُ الْمَرْأَةِ أَصْفَرُ فَإِذَا اجْتَمَعَا فَعَلاَ مَنِيُّ الرَّجُلِ مَنِيَّ الْمَرْأَةِ أَذْكَرَا بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ وَإِذَا عَلاَ مَنِيُّ الْمَرْأَةِ مَنِيَّ الرَّجُلِ آنَثَا بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ قَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ لَقَدْ صَدَقْتَ وَإِنَّكَ لَنَبِيٌّ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ فَذَهَبَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَقَدْ سَأَلَنِي هَذَا عَنِ الَّذِي سَأَلَنِي عَنْهُ وَمَا لِي عِلْمٌ بِشَىْءٍ مِنْهُ حَتَّى أَتَانِيَ اللَّهُ بِهِ

[Machine] "Thawban, the slave of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ narrated: I was standing in front of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when a Jew passed by us and said, 'Peace be upon you, O Muhammad.' I pushed him away forcefully, almost causing harm to him. He asked, 'Why did you push me?' I replied, 'Don't you say 'O Messenger of Allah?' The Jew said, 'Indeed, we call him by the name his family gave him.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Indeed, my name that my family gave me is Muhammad.' The Jew said, 'I came to ask you,' and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked, 'How can I benefit you if I speak to you?' The Jew replied, 'I will listen with my ears.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ picked up a stick and said, 'Ask.' The Jew asked, 'Where will people be on the day when the earth and heavens are changed except for the earth and the heavens?' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, 'They will be in darkness before the resurrection.' The Jew asked, 'Who will be the first to be granted permission?' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, 'The poor emigrants.' The Jew asked, 'What will be their appearance when they enter Paradise?' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, 'It will be an increase in the livers like that of the fish (the Prophet Yunus).' The Jew asked, 'What will be their sustenance in the shadow (of Paradise)?' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, 'The slaughtered animals from Paradise, which they used to eat from its edges.' The Jew asked, 'What will be their drink?' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, 'A river called Salsabil.' The Jew said, 'You have spoken the truth.'" Similar narration can be found in Bukhari and Muslim.

أَنَّ ثَوْبَانَ مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَدَّثَهُ قَالَ كُنْتُ وَاقِفًا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَجَاءَهُ حَبْرٌ مِنْ أَحْبَارِ الْيَهُودِ فَقَالَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَدَفَعْتُهُ دَفْعَةً كَادَ يُصْرَعُ مِنْهَا فَقَالَ لِمَ تَدْفَعُنِي؟ فَقُلْتُ أَلَا تَقُولُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ‍ فَقَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ أَمَا إِنَّا نَدْعُوهُ بِاسْمِهِ الَّذِي سَمَّاهُ بِهِ أَهْلُهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ اسْمِي الَّذِي سَمَّانِي بِهِ أَهْلِي مُحَمَّدٌ» قَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ جِئْتُ أَسْأَلُكَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَيَنْفَعُكَ إِنْ حَدَّثْتُكَ؟» قَالَ أَسْمَعُ بِأُذُنِي فَنَكَتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِعُودٍ مَعَهُ فَقَالَ «سَلْ» فَقَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ أَيْنَ يَكُونُ النَّاسُ يَوْمَ تُبَدَّلُ الْأَرْضُ غَيْرَ الْأَرْضِ وَالسَّمَاوَاتُ؟ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «فِي الظُّلْمَةِ دُونَ الْحَشْرِ» قَالَ فَمَنْ أَوَّلُ النَّاسِ إِجَازَةً؟ قَالَ «فُقَرَاءُ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ» قَالَ فَمَا تُحْفَتُهُمْ يَوْمَ يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ؟ قَالَ «زِيَادَةُ كَبِدِ النُّونِ» قَالَ فَمَا غِذَاؤُهُمْ فِي أَثَرِهِ؟ قَالَ «يُنْحَرُ لَهُمْ ثَوْرُ الْجَنَّةِ الَّذِي كَانَ يَأْكُلُ مِنْ أَطْرَافِهَا» قَالَ فَمَا شَرَابُهُمْ عَلَيْهِ؟ قَالَ «نَهَرٌ يُسَمَّى سَلْسَبِيلًا» قَالَ صَدَقْتَعلى شرط البخاري ومسلم

While I was standing beside the Messenger of Allah ﷺ one of the rabbis of the Jews came and said: Peace be upon you, O Muhammad. I pushed him backwith a push that he was going to fall. Upon this he said: Why do you push me? I said: Why don't you say: O Messenger of Allah? The Jew said: We call him by the name by which he was named by his family. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: My name is Muhammad with which I was named by my family. The Jew said: I have come to ask you (something). The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Should that thing be of any benefit to you, if I tell you that? He (the Jew) said: I will lend my ears to it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ drew a line with the help of the stick that he had with him and then said: Ask (whatever you like). Thereupon the Jew said: Where would the human beings be on the Daywhen the earth would change into another earth and the heavens too (would change into other heavens)? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: They would be in darkness beside the Bridge. He (the Jew) again said: Who amongst people would be the first to cross (this bridge).? He said: They would be the poor amongst the refugees. The Jew said: What would constitute their breakfast when they would enter Paradise? He (the Holy Prophet) replied: A caul of the fish-liver. He (the Jew) said. What would be their food alter this? He (the Holy Prophet) said: A bullockwhich was fed in the different quarters of Paradise would be slaughtered for them. He (the Jew) said: What would be their drink? He (the Holy Prophet) said: They would be given drink from the fountain which is named" Salsabil". He (the Jew) said: I have come to ask you about a thing which no one amongst the people on the earth knows except an apostle or one or two men besides him. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Would it benefit you if I tell you that? He (the Jew) said: I would lend ears to that. He then said: I have come to ask you about the child. He (the Holy Prophet) said: The reproductive substance of man is white and that of woman (i. e. ovum central portion) yellow, and when they have sexual intercourse and the male's substance (chromosomes and genes) prevails upon the female's substance (chromosomes and genes), it is the male child that is created by Allah's Decree, and when the substance of the female prevails upon the substance contributed by the male, a female child is formed by the Decree of Allah. The Jew said: What you have said is true; verily you are an Apostle. He then returned and went away. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: He asked me about such and such things of which I have had no knowledge till Allah gave me that. (Using translation from Muslim 315a)

أَنَّ ثَوْبَانَ مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَدَّثَهُ قَالَ كُنْتُ قَائِمًا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذْ جَاءَ حَبْرٌ مِنْ أَحْبَارِ الْيَهُودِ فَقَالَ سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ قَالَ فَدَفَعْتُهُ دَفْعَةً كَادَ يُصْرَعُ مِنْهَا فَقَالَ لِمَ تَدْفَعُنِي؟ فَقُلْتُ أَلَا تَقُولُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ إِنَّمَا أَدْعُوهُ بِاسْمِهِ الَّذِي سَمَّاهُ بِهِ أَهْلُهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ اسْمِي مُحَمَّدٌ الَّذِي سَمَّانِي بِهِ أَهْلِي» فَقَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ جِئْتُ أَسْأَلُكَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ «يَنْفَعُكَ شَيْءٌ إِنْ أَخْبَرْتُكَ» قَالَ أَسْمَعُ مَا تُحَدِّثُ فَنَكَتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ بِعُودٍ مَعَهُ وَقَالَ «سَلْ» فَقَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ أَيْنَ يَكُونُ النَّاسُ يَوْمَ تُبَدَّلُ الْأَرْضُ غَيْرَ الْأَرْضِ وَالسَّمَاوَاتُ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ «هُمْ فِي الظُّلْمَةِ دُونَ الْجِسْرِ» قَالَ فَمَنْ أَوَّلُ النَّاسِ إِجَازَةً؟ فَقَالَ «فُقَرَاءُ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ» فَقَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ فَمَا تُحْفَتُهُمْ حِينَ يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ؟ قَالَ «زَائِدَةُ كَبِدِ النُّونِ» قَالَ مَا غَدَاؤُهُمْ عَلَى إِثْرِهَا؟ قَالَ «يُنْحَرُ لَهُمْ ثَوْرُ الْجَنَّةِ الَّذِي كَانَ يَأْكُلُ مِنْ أَطْرَافِهَا» قَالَ فَمَا شَرَابُهُمْ عَلَيْهِ؟ قَالَ «مِنْ عَيْنٍ فِيهَا تُسَمَّى سَلْسَبِيلًا» قَالَ صَدَقْتَ قَالَ وَجِئْتُ أَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ شَيْءٍ لَا يَعْلَمُهُ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ إِلَّا نَبِيٌّ قَالَ «يَنْفَعُكَ إِنْ حَدَّثْتُكَ؟ » فَقَالَ أَسْمَعُ بِأُذُنِي جِئْتُ أَسْأَلُكَ عَنِ الْوَلَدِ فَقَالَ «مَاءُ الرَّجُلِ أَبْيَضُ وَمَاءُ الْمَرْأَةِ أَصْفَرُ فَإِذَا اجْتَمَعَا فَعَلَا مَاءُ الرَّجُلِ مَنِيَّ الْمَرْأَةِ أَذْكَرَا بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ وَإِذَا عَلَا مَنِيُّ الْمَرْأَةِ مَنِيَّ الرَّجُلِ آنَثَا بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ» فَقَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ لَقَدْ صَدَقْتَ وَإِنَّكَ لِنَبِيٌّ وَانْصَرَفَ فَذَهَبَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ «لَقَدْ سَأَلَنِي هَذَا عَنِ الَّذِي سَأَلَنِي وَمَالِي عِلْمٌ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْهُ حَتَّى أَتَانِيَ اللَّهُ بِهِ»

While I was standing beside the Messenger of Allah ﷺ one of the rabbis of the Jews came and said: Peace be upon you, O Muhammad. I pushed him backwith a push that he was going to fall. Upon this he said: Why do you push me? I said: Why don't you say: O Messenger of Allah? The Jew said: We call him by the name by which he was named by his family. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: My name is Muhammad with which I was named by my family. The Jew said: I have come to ask you (something). The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Should that thing be of any benefit to you, if I tell you that? He (the Jew) said: I will lend my ears to it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ drew a line with the help of the stick that he had with him and then said: Ask (whatever you like). Thereupon the Jew said: Where would the human beings be on the Daywhen the earth would change into another earth and the heavens too (would change into other heavens)? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: They would be in darkness beside the Bridge. He (the Jew) again said: Who amongst people would be the first to cross (this bridge).? He said: They would be the poor amongst the refugees. The Jew said: What would constitute their breakfast when they would enter Paradise? He (the Holy Prophet) replied: A caul of the fish-liver. He (the Jew) said. What would be their food alter this? He (the Holy Prophet) said: A bullockwhich was fed in the different quarters of Paradise would be slaughtered for them. He (the Jew) said: What would be their drink? He (the Holy Prophet) said: They would be given drink from the fountain which is named" Salsabil". He (the Jew) said: I have come to ask you about a thing which no one amongst the people on the earth knows except an apostle or one or two men besides him. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Would it benefit you if I tell you that? He (the Jew) said: I would lend ears to that. He then said: I have come to ask you about the child. He (the Holy Prophet) said: The reproductive substance of man is white and that of woman (i. e. ovum central portion) yellow, and when they have sexual intercourse and the male's substance (chromosomes and genes) prevails upon the female's substance (chromosomes and genes), it is the male child that is created by Allah's Decree, and when the substance of the female prevails upon the substance contributed by the male, a female child is formed by the Decree of Allah. The Jew said: What you have said is true; verily you are an Apostle. He then returned and went away. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: He asked me about such and such things of which I have had no knowledge till Allah gave me that. (Using translation from Muslim 315a)

أَنَّ ثَوْبَانَ مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ كُنْتُ قَاعِدًا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَجَاءَ حَبْرٌ مِنْ أَحْبَارِ الْيَهُودِ فَقَالَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَدَفَعْتُهُ دَفْعَةً كَادَ أَنْ يُصْرَعَ مِنْهَا فَقَالَ لِمَ تَدْفَعُنِي؟ فَقُلْتُ أَوَلَا تَقُولُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ فَقَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ إِنَّمَا نَدْعُوهُ بِاسْمِهِ الَّذِي سَمَّاهُ أَهْلُهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ اسْمِي مُحَمَّدٌ الَّذِي سَمَّانِي بِهِ أَهْلِي» فَقَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ جِئْتُ أَسْأَلُكَ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يَنْفَعُكَ شَيْءٌ إِنْ حَدَّثْتُكَ؟» قَالَ أَسْمَعُ بِأُذُنِي فَنَكَتَ بِعُودٍ مَعَهُ فَقَالَ «سَلْ» قَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ أيْنَ النَّاسُ يَوْمَ تُبَدَّلُ الْأَرْضُ غَيْرَ الْأَرْضِ وَالسَّمَاوَاتُ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «هُمْ فِي الظُّلْمَةِ دُونَ الْجِسْرِ» قَالَ فَمَنْ أَوَّلُ النَّاسِ إِجَازَةً؟ قَالَ «فُقَرَاءُ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ» فَقَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ فَمَا تَحِيَّتُهُمْ حِينَ يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ قَالَ «زِيَادَةُ كَبِدِ الْحُوتِ» قَالَ فَمَا غِذَاؤُهُمْ عَلَى أَثَرِهَا؟ قَالَ «يُنْحَرُ لَهُمْ ثَوْرُ الْجَنَّةِ الَّذِي يَأْكُلُ مِنْ أَطْرَافِهَا» قَالَ فَمَا شَرَابُهُمْ عَلَيْهِ؟ قَالَ «مِنْ عَيْنٍ تُسَمَّى سَلْسَبِيلًا» قَالَ صَدَقْتَ وَجِئْتُ أَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ شَيْءٍ لَا يَعْلَمُهُ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ إِلَّا نَبِيٌّ أَوْ رَجُلٌ أَوْ رَجُلَانِ قَالَ «يَنْفَعُكَ إِنْ حَدَّثْتُكَ؟» قَالَ أَسْمَعُ بِأُذُنِي قَالَ جِئْتُ أَسْأَلُكَ عَنِ الْوَلَدِ قَالَ «مَاءُ الرَّجُلِ أَبْيَضُ وَمَاءُ الْمَرْأَةِ أَصْفَرُ فَإِذَا اجْتَمَعَا فَعَلَا مَنِيُّ الرَّجُلِ مَنِيَّ الْمَرْأَةِ ذَكَرًا بِإِذْنِ اللهِ وَإِذَا عَلَا مَنِيُّ الْمَرْأَةِ مَنِيَّ الرَّجُلِ أُنْثَى بِإِذْنِ اللهِ» فَقَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ لَقَدْ صَدَقْتَ وَإِنَّكَ نَبِيٌّ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ فَذَهَبَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَقَدْ سَأَلَنِي هَذَا عَنِ الَّذِيِ يَسْأَلُنِي عَنْهُ وَمَالِي بِشَيْءٍ مِنْهُ عَلِمٌ حَتَّى أَنْبَأَنِيَ اللهُ ﷻ»

While I was standing beside the Messenger of Allah ﷺ one of the rabbis of the Jews came and said: Peace be upon you, O Muhammad. I pushed him backwith a push that he was going to fall. Upon this he said: Why do you push me? I said: Why don't you say: O Messenger of Allah? The Jew said: We call him by the name by which he was named by his family. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: My name is Muhammad with which I was named by my family. The Jew said: I have come to ask you (something). The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Should that thing be of any benefit to you, if I tell you that? He (the Jew) said: I will lend my ears to it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ drew a line with the help of the stick that he had with him and then said: Ask (whatever you like). Thereupon the Jew said: Where would the human beings be on the Daywhen the earth would change into another earth and the heavens too (would change into other heavens)? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: They would be in darkness beside the Bridge. He (the Jew) again said: Who amongst people would be the first to cross (this bridge).? He said: They would be the poor amongst the refugees. The Jew said: What would constitute their breakfast when they would enter Paradise? He (the Holy Prophet) replied: A caul of the fish-liver. He (the Jew) said. What would be their food alter this? He (the Holy Prophet) said: A bullockwhich was fed in the different quarters of Paradise would be slaughtered for them. He (the Jew) said: What would be their drink? He (the Holy Prophet) said: They would be given drink from the fountain which is named" Salsabil". He (the Jew) said: I have come to ask you about a thing which no one amongst the people on the earth knows except an apostle or one or two men besides him. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Would it benefit you if I tell you that? He (the Jew) said: I would lend ears to that. He then said: I have come to ask you about the child. He (the Holy Prophet) said: The reproductive substance of man is white and that of woman (i. e. ovum central portion) yellow, and when they have sexual intercourse and the male's substance (chromosomes and genes) prevails upon the female's substance (chromosomes and genes), it is the male child that is created by Allah's Decree, and when the substance of the female prevails upon the substance contributed by the male, a female child is formed by the Decree of Allah. The Jew said: What you have said is true; verily you are an Apostle. He then returned and went away. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: He asked me about such and such things of which I have had no knowledge till Allah gave me that. (Using translation from Muslim 315a)

كُنْتُ قَاعِدًا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَتَاهُ حَبْرٌ مِنْ أَحْبَارِ الْيَهُودِ فَقَالَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ قَالَ فَدَفَعْتُهُ حَتَّى صَرَعْتُهُ فَقَالَ لِمَ دَفَعْتَنِي؟ قُلْتُ أَلَا تَقُولُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَقَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ أَنَا أُسَمِّيهِ بِالِاسْمِ الَّذِي سَمَّاهُ بِهِ أَهْلُهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَجَلْ أَهْلِي سَمُّونِي مُحَمَّدًا» قَالَ جِئْتُ لِأَسْأَلَ قَالَ «فَيَنْفَعُكَ إِنْ أَخْبَرْتُكَ» فَقَالَ أَسْمَعُ بِأُذُنِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «سَلْ عَمَّا بَدَا لَكَ» فَقَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ أَرَأَيْتَ إِذَا بُدِّلَتِ السَّمَوَاتُ غَيْرَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضُ غَيْرَ الْأَرْضِ أَيْنَ يَكُونُ النَّاسُ؟ قَالَ «فِي الظُّلْمَةِ دُونَ الْجَسْرُ» قَالَ فَمَنْ أَوَّلُ النَّاسِ أَجَازَهُ اللهُ؟ قَالَ «فُقَرَاءُ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ» قَالَ فَأَيُّ شَيْءٍ يُتْحَفُ بِهَا أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ؟ قَالَ «زَائِدَةُ كَبِدِ نُونٍ» قَالَ فَمَا غِذَاؤُهُمْ عَلَى إِثْرِ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ «يُنْحَرُ لَهُمْ ثَوْرُ الْجَنَّةِ الَّذِي كَانَ يَأْكُلُ مِنْ أَطْرَافِهَا» قَالَ فَمَا شَرَابُهُمْ؟ قَالَ «مِنْ عَيْنٍ تُسَمَّى سَلْسَبِيلَا» قَالَ صَدَقْتَ قَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ أَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ وَاحِدَةٍ لَا يَعْلَمُهَا إِلَّا نَبِيٌّ أَوْ رَجُلٌ أَوْ رَجُلَانِ قَالَ هَلْ يَنْفَعُكَ إِنْ أَخْبَرْتُكَ؟ قَالَ أَسْمَعُ بِأُذُنِي قَالَ «سَلْ عَمَّا بَدَا لَكَ» قَالَ مِنْ أَيْنَ يَكُونُ شَبَهُ الْوَلَدِ؟ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ مَاءَ الرَّجُلِ غَلِيظٌ أَبْيَضُ وَمَاءُ الْمَرْأَةِ أَصْفَرُ رَقِيقٌ فَإِنْ عَلَا مَاءُ الرَّجُلِ مَاءَ الْمَرْأَةِ أَذْكَرَ بِإِذْنِ اللهِ وَإِنْ عَلَا مَاءُ الْمَرْأَةِ مَاءَ الرَّجُلِ أَنَّثَ بِإِذْنِ اللهِ» قَالَ صَدَقْتَ وَأَنْتَ نَبِيٌّ ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ فَقَالَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ «لَقَدْ سَأَلَنِي حِينَ سَأَلَنِي وَمَا عِنْدِي عِلْمٌ حَتَّى أَنْبَأَنِي اللهُ بِهِ»

While I was standing beside the Messenger of Allah ﷺ one of the rabbis of the Jews came and said: Peace be upon you, O Muhammad. I pushed him backwith a push that he was going to fall. Upon this he said: Why do you push me? I said: Why don't you say: O Messenger of Allah? The Jew said: We call him by the name by which he was named by his family. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: My name is Muhammad with which I was named by my family. The Jew said: I have come to ask you (something). The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Should that thing be of any benefit to you, if I tell you that? He (the Jew) said: I will lend my ears to it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ drew a line with the help of the stick that he had with him and then said: Ask (whatever you like). Thereupon the Jew said: Where would the human beings be on the Daywhen the earth would change into another earth and the heavens too (would change into other heavens)? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: They would be in darkness beside the Bridge. He (the Jew) again said: Who amongst people would be the first to cross (this bridge).? He said: They would be the poor amongst the refugees. The Jew said: What would constitute their breakfast when they would enter Paradise? He (the Holy Prophet) replied: A caul of the fish-liver. He (the Jew) said. What would be their food alter this? He (the Holy Prophet) said: A bullockwhich was fed in the different quarters of Paradise would be slaughtered for them. He (the Jew) said: What would be their drink? He (the Holy Prophet) said: They would be given drink from the fountain which is named" Salsabil". He (the Jew) said: I have come to ask you about a thing which no one amongst the people on the earth knows except an apostle or one or two men besides him. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Would it benefit you if I tell you that? He (the Jew) said: I would lend ears to that. He then said: I have come to ask you about the child. He (the Holy Prophet) said: The reproductive substance of man is white and that of woman (i. e. ovum central portion) yellow, and when they have sexual intercourse and the male's substance (chromosomes and genes) prevails upon the female's substance (chromosomes and genes), it is the male child that is created by Allah's Decree, and when the substance of the female prevails upon the substance contributed by the male, a female child is formed by the Decree of Allah. The Jew said: What you have said is true; verily you are an Apostle. He then returned and went away. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: He asked me about such and such things of which I have had no knowledge till Allah gave me that. (Using translation from Muslim 315a)

أَنَّ ثَوْبَانَ مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ كُنْتُ قَائِمًا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَجَاءَ حَبْرٌ مِنْ أَحْبَارِ الْيَهُودِ فَقَالَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ قَالَ فَدَفَعْتُهُ دَفْعَةً كَادَ يُصْرَعُ مِنْهَا فَقَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ لِمَ دَفَعْتَنِي؟ فَقُلْتُ أَلَا تَقُولُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ إِنَّمَا نَدْعُوهُ بِاسْمِهِ الَّذِي سَمَّاهُ بِهِ أَهْلُهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّمَا اسْمِي الَّذِي سَمَّانِي بِهِ أَهْلِي مُحَمَّدٌ قَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ جِئْتُ أَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ شَيْءٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَيَنْفَعُكَ شَيْءٌ إِنْ حَدَّثْتُكَ قَالَ أَسْمَعُ بِأُذُنِي فَنَكَتَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِعُودٍ مَعَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ سَلْ فَقَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ أَيْنَ يَكُونُ النَّاسُ يَوْمَ تُبَدَّلُ الْأَرْضُ غَيْرَ الْأَرْضِ وَالسَّمَاوَاتُ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ هُمْ فِي الظُّلْمَةِ دُونَ الْجِسْرِ قَالَ فَمَنْ أَوَّلُ النَّاسِ إِجَازَةً؟ قَالَ فُقَرَاءُ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ قَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ فَمَا تُحْفَتُهُمْ حِينَ يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ؟ قَالَ زِيَادَةُ كَبِدِ النُّونِ قَالَ فَمَا غِذَاؤُهُمْ عَلَى إِثْرِهَا؟ قَالَ يُنْحَرُ لَهُمْ ثَوْرُ الْجَنَّةِ الَّذِي كَانَ يَأْكُلُ مِنْ أَطْرَافِهَا قَالَ فَمَا شَرَابُهُمْ عَلَيْهِ؟ قَالَ مِنْ عَيْنٍ فِيهَا تُسَمَّى سَلْسَبِيلًا فَقَالَ صَدَقْتَ قَالَ وَجِئْتُ أَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ شَيْءٍ لَا يَعْلَمُهُ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ إِلَّا نَبِيٌّ أَوْ رَجُلٌ أَوْ رَجُلَانِ قَالَ أَيَنْفَعُكَ إِنْ حَدَّثْتُكَ قَالَ أَسْمَعُ بِأُذُنِي قَالَ جِئْتُ أَسْأَلُكَ عَنِ الْوَلَدِ؟ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَاءُ الرَّجُلِ أَبْيَضُ وَمَاءُ الْمَرْأَةِ أَصْفَرُ فَإِذَا عَلَا مَنِيُّ الرَّجُلِ مَنِيَّ الْمَرْأَةِ أَذْكَرَا بِإِذْنِ اللهِ تَعَالَى وَإِذَا عَلَا مَنِيُّ الْمَرْأَةِ مَنِيَّ الرَّجُلِ آنَثَا بِإِذْنِ اللهِ فَقَالَ صَدَقْتَ وَإِنَّكَ لِنَبِيٌّ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لَقَدْ سَأَلَنِي هَذَا عَنِ الَّذِي سَأَلَنِي عَنْهُ وَمَا لِي بِشَيْءٍ مِنْهُ عَلِمٌ حَتَّى آتَانِي اللهُ بِهِ

" عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَبْد الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حَاطِبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ حَاطِبِ بْنِ أَبِى بَلْتَعَةَ قَالَ: بَعَثَنِى رَسُولُ الله ﷺ إِلَى الْمُقَوقِسِ مَلِك الإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةِ، فَجِئْتُهُ بِكِتَابِ رَسُولِ الله ﷺ ، فَأنْزَلَنِى فِى مَنْزِلٍ، فَأقَمْتُ عِنْدَهُ لَيَالِىَ، ثُمَّ بَعَثَ إِلَىَّ وَقَدْ جَمَعَ بَطَارِقَتَهُ، فَقَالَ: إِنِّى سَأُكَلِّمُكَ بكَلَامٍ فَأُحِبُّ أَنْ تَفْهَمَهُ مِنِّى، فَقَالَ: كَلِّمْ، فَقَالَ: أَخْبرْنِى عَنْ صَاحِبِكَ ألَيْسَ هُوَ نَبِىٌّ؟ فَقُلْتُ: بَلَى، وَهُوَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ . قَالَ: فَمَا لَهُ حَيْثُ كَانَ هَكَذَا لَمْ يَدْعُ عَلَى (قَوْمِهِ) حينَ أخْرَجُوهُ مِنْ بَلَدِهِ؟ فَقُلْتُ: عِيسَى بْنُ مَرْيَمَ ألَيْسَ هُوَ نَبِىٌّ؟ قَالَ: أَشْهَدُ أَنَّهُ رَسُولُ الله. قُلْتُ: (فَمَا لَهُ) حَيْثُ أَخَذَهُ قَوْمُهُ فَأَرَادُوا أَنْ يَصْلِبُوهُ أَن لَا يَكُونَ دَعَا عَلَيْهِمْ بِأَنْ يُهْلِكَهُمُ الله (حَتَّى رَفَعَهُ الله إِلَيْه في سَمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا؟ ) قَالَ: أَحْسَنْتَ، أَنْتَ حَكِيمٌ جَاءَ مِنْ عِنْدِ حَكِيمٍ. هَذِهِ هَدَايَا أَبْعَثُ بِهَا مَعَكَ إِلَى مُحمَّدٍ ﷺ ، وَأَبْعَثُ مَعَكَ بِبَدْرَقَةٍ () يُبَدْر قُونَكَ إِلَى مَأمَنِكَ، قَالَ فَأَهْدَى إِلَى رَسُولِ الله ﷺ ثَلَاثَ جَوَارِى مِنْهُنَّ أُمُّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ رَسُولِ الله ﷺ ، وَوَاحِدَةٌ وَهَبَهَا رَسُولُ الله ﷺ لأَبِى جَهْمِ بْنِ حُذَيْفَةَ الْعَدَوِىِّ، وَوَاحِدَةٌ لِحَسَّان بْنِ ثَابِتٍ، وَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ بِثَيَابٍ مَعَ (طُرَفٍ) ( *) مِنْ طُرَفِهِمْ".