Verily the Messenger of Allah said: The last to enter Paradise would be a man who would walk once and stumble once and be burnt by the Fire once. Then when he gets beyond it, he will turn to it and say: Blessed is He Who has saved me from thee. Allah has given me something He has not given to any one of those in earlier or later times. Then a tree would be raised up for him and he will say: O my Lord I bring me near this tree so that I may take shelter in its shade and drink of its water. Allah, the Exalted and Great, would say: O son of Adam, if I grant you this, you will ask Me for something else. He would say: No. my Lord. And he would promise Him that he would not ask for anything else. His Lord would excuse him because He sees what he cannot help desiring; so He would bring him near it, and he would take shelter in its shade and drink of its water. Afterwards a tree more beautiful than the first would be raised up before him and he would say: O my Lord! bring me near this tree in order that I may drink of its water and take shelter in its shade and I shall not ask Thee for anything else. He (Allah) would say: O son of Adam, if I bring you near it you may ask me for something else. He would promise Him that he would not ask for anything else. His Lord will excuse him because He would see something he cannot help desiring. So He would bring him near it and he would enjoy its shade and drink its water. Then a tree would be raised up for him at the gate of the Paradise, more beautiful than the first two. He would say: O my Lord! bring me near this (tree) so that I may enjoy its shade and drink from its water. I shall not ask Thee for anything else. He (Allah) would say: O son of Adam! did you not promise Me that you would not ask Me anything else? He would say: Yes, my Lord, but I shall not ask Thee for anything else. His Lord would excuse him for He sees something the temptation of which he could not resist. He (Allah) would bring him near to it, and when He would bring him near it he would hear the voices of the inhabitants of the Paradise. He would say: O my Lord! admit me to it. He (Allah) would say: O son of Adam, what will bring an end to your requests to Me? Will it please you if I give you the whole world and a like one along with it? He will say: O my Lord! art Thou mocking at me, though Thou art the Lord of the worlds? Ibn Mas'ud laughed and asked (the hearers): Why don't you ask me what I am laughing at. They (then) said: Why do you laugh? He said: It is in this way that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ laughed. They (the companions of the Holy Prophet) asked: Why do you laugh. Messenger of Allah? He said: On account of the laugh of the Lord of the universe, when he ldesirer of Paradise) sai Thou mocking at me though Thou art the Lord of the worlds? He would say: I am not mocking at you, but I have power to do whatever I will.

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ آخِرُ مَنْ يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ رَجُلٌ فَهُوَ يَمْشِي مَرَّةً وَيَكْبُو مَرَّةً وَتَسْفَعُهُ النَّارُ مَرَّةً فَإِذَا مَا جَاوَزَهَا الْتَفَتَ إِلَيْهَا فَقَالَ تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي نَجَّانِي مِنْكِ لَقَدْ أَعْطَانِيَ اللَّهُ شَيْئًا مَا أَعْطَاهُ أَحَدًا مِنَ الأَوَّلِينَ وَالآخِرِينَ فَتُرْفَعُ لَهُ شَجَرَةٌ فَيَقُولُ أَىْ رَبِّ أَدْنِنِي مِنْ هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ فَلأَسْتَظِلَّ بِظِلِّهَا وَأَشْرَبَ مِنْ مَائِهَا فَيَقُولُ اللَّهُ ﷻ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ لَعَلِّي إِنْ أَعْطَيْتُكَهَا سَأَلْتَنِي غَيْرَهَا فَيَقُولُ لاَ يَا رَبِّ وَيُعَاهِدُهُ أَنْ لاَ يَسْأَلَهُ غَيْرَهَا وَرَبُّهُ يَعْذِرُهُ لأَنَّهُ يَرَى مَا لاَ صَبْرَ لَهُ عَلَيْهِ فَيُدْنِيهِ مِنْهَا فَيَسْتَظِلُّ بِظِلِّهَا وَيَشْرَبُ مِنْ مَائِهَا ثُمَّ تُرْفَعُ لَهُ شَجَرَةٌ هِيَ أَحْسَنُ مِنَ الأُولَى فَيَقُولُ أَىْ رَبِّ أَدْنِنِي مِنْ هَذِهِ لأَشْرَبَ مِنْ مَائِهَا وَأَسْتَظِلَّ بِظِلِّهَا لاَ أَسْأَلُكَ غَيْرَهَا فَيَقُولُ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ أَلَمْ تُعَاهِدْنِي أَنْ لاَ تَسْأَلَنِي غَيْرَهَا فَيَقُولُ لَعَلِّي إِنْ أَدْنَيْتُكَ مِنْهَا تَسْأَلُنِي غَيْرَهَا فَيُعَاهِدُهُ أَنْ لاَ يَسْأَلَهُ غَيْرَهَا وَرَبُّهُ يَعْذِرُهُ لأَنَّهُ يَرَى مَا لاَ صَبْرَ لَهُ عَلَيْهِ فَيُدْنِيهِ مِنْهَا فَيَسْتَظِلُّ بِظِلِّهَا وَيَشْرَبُ مِنْ مَائِهَا ثُمَّ تُرْفَعُ لَهُ شَجَرَةٌ عِنْدَ بَابِ الْجَنَّةِ هِيَ أَحْسَنُ مِنَ الأُولَيَيْنِ فَيَقُولُ أَىْ رَبِّ أَدْنِنِي مِنْ هَذِهِ لأَسْتَظِلَّ بِظِلِّهَا وَأَشْرَبَ مِنْ مَائِهَا لاَ أَسْأَلُكَ غَيْرَهَا فَيَقُولُ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ أَلَمْ تُعَاهِدْنِي أَنْ لاَ تَسْأَلَنِي غَيْرَهَا قَالَ بَلَى يَا رَبِّ هَذِهِ لاَ أَسْأَلُكَ غَيْرَهَا وَرَبُّهُ يَعْذِرُهُ لأَنَّهُ يَرَى مَا لاَ صَبْرَ لَهُ عَلَيْهَا فَيُدْنِيهِ مِنْهَا فَإِذَا أَدْنَاهُ مِنْهَا فَيَسْمَعُ أَصْوَاتَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ فَيَقُولُ أَىْ رَبِّ أَدْخِلْنِيهَا فَيَقُولُ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ مَا يَصْرِينِي مِنْكَ أَيُرْضِيكَ أَنْ أُعْطِيَكَ الدُّنْيَا وَمِثْلَهَا مَعَهَا قَالَ يَا رَبِّ أَتَسْتَهْزِئُ مِنِّي وَأَنْتَ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ فَضَحِكَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ فَقَالَ أَلاَ تَسْأَلُونِّي مِمَّ أَضْحَكُ فَقَالُوا مِمَّ تَضْحَكُ قَالَ هَكَذَا ضَحِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالُوا مِمَّ تَضْحَكُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ مِنْ ضِحْكِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ حِينَ قَالَ أَتَسْتَهْزِئُ مِنِّي وَأَنْتَ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ فَيَقُولُ إِنِّي لاَ أَسْتَهْزِئُ مِنْكَ وَلَكِنِّي عَلَى مَا أَشَاءُ قَادِرٌ

What is this hadith that you narrate that the Last Hour would come at such and such time? Thereupon he said: Hallowed be Allah, there is no god but Allah (or the words to the same effect). I have decided that I would not narrate anything to anyone now. I had only said that you would see after some time an important event that the (sacred) House (Ka'ba) would be burnt and it would happen and definitely happen. He then reported that Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: The Dajjal would appear in my Ummah and he would stay (in the world) for forty - I cannot say whether he meant forty days, forty months or forty years. And Allah would then send Jesus son of Mary who would resemble 'Urwa b Mas'ud. He (Jesus Christ) would chase him and kill him. Then people would live for seven years that there would be no rancour between two persons. Then Allah would send cold wind from the side of Syria that none would survive upon the earth having a speck of good in him or faith in him but he would die, so much so that even if some amongst you were to enter the innermost part of the mountain, this wind would reach that place also and that would cause his death. I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Only the wicked people would survive and they would be as careless as birds with the characteristics of beasts. They would never appreciate the good nor condemn evil. Then Satan would come to them in human form and would say: Don't you respond? And they would say: What do you order us? And he would command them to worship the idols but, in spite of this, they would have abundance of sustenance and lead comfortable lives. Then the trumpet would be blown and no one would hear that but he would bend his neck to one side and raise it from the other side and the first one to hear that trumpet would be the person who would be busy in setting right the tank meant for providing water to the camels. He would swoon and the other people would also swoon, then Allah would send or He would cause to send rain which would be like dew and there would grow out of it the bodies of the people. Then the second trumpet would be blown and they would stand up and begin to look (around). Then it would be said: O people, go to your Lord, and make them stand there. And they would be questioned. Then it would be said: Bring out a group (out of them) for the Hell-Fire. And then it would be asked: How much? It would be said: Nine hundred and ninty-nine out of one thousand for the Hell-Fire and that would be the day which would make the children old because of its terror and that would be the day about which it has been said: "On the day when the shank would be uncovered" (lxviii. 42).

مَا هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ الَّذِي تُحَدِّثُ بِهِ تَقُولُ إِنَّ السَّاعَةَ تَقُومُ إِلَى كَذَا وَكَذَا فَقَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ أَوْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ أَوْ كَلِمَةً نَحْوَهُمَا لَقَدْ هَمَمْتُ أَنْ لاَ أُحَدِّثَ أَحَدًا شَيْئًا أَبَدًا إِنَّمَا قُلْتُ إِنَّكُمْ سَتَرَوْنَ بَعْدَ قَلِيلٍ أَمْرًا عَظِيمًا يُحَرَّقُ الْبَيْتُ وَيَكُونُ وَيَكُونُ ثُمَّ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَخْرُجُ الدَّجَّالُ فِي أُمَّتِي فَيَمْكُثُ أَرْبَعِينَ لاَ أَدْرِي أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا أَوْ أَرْبَعِينَ شَهْرًا أَوْ أَرْبَعِينَ عَامًا فَيَبْعَثُ اللَّهُ عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ كَأَنَّهُ عُرْوَةُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ فَيَطْلُبُهُ فَيُهْلِكُهُ ثُمَّ يَمْكُثُ النَّاسُ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ لَيْسَ بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ عَدَاوَةٌ ثُمَّ يُرْسِلُ اللَّهُ رِيحًا بَارِدَةً مِنْ قِبَلِ الشَّأْمِ فَلاَ يَبْقَى عَلَى وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ أَحَدٌ فِي قَلْبِهِ مِثْقَالُ ذَرَّةٍ مِنْ خَيْرٍ أَوْ إِيمَانٍ إِلاَّ قَبَضَتْهُ حَتَّى لَوْ أَنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ دَخَلَ فِي كَبَدِ جَبَلٍ لَدَخَلَتْهُ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى تَقْبِضَهُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُهَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَيَبْقَى شِرَارُ النَّاسِ فِي خِفَّةِ الطَّيْرِ وَأَحْلاَمِ السِّبَاعِ لاَ يَعْرِفُونَ مَعْرُوفًا وَلاَ يُنْكِرُونَ مُنْكَرًا فَيَتَمَثَّلُ لَهُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ فَيَقُولُ أَلاَ تَسْتَجِيبُونَ فَيَقُولُونَ فَمَا تَأْمُرُنَا فَيَأْمُرُهُمْ بِعِبَادَةِ الأَوْثَانِ وَهُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ دَارٌّ رِزْقُهُمْ حَسَنٌ عَيْشُهُمْ ثُمَّ يُنْفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ فَلاَ يَسْمَعُهُ أَحَدٌ إِلاَّ أَصْغَى لِيتًا وَرَفَعَ لِيتًا قَالَ وَأَوَّلُ مَنْ يَسْمَعُهُ رَجُلٌ يَلُوطُ حَوْضَ إِبِلِهِ قَالَ فَيَصْعَقُ وَيَصْعَقُ النَّاسُ ثُمَّ يُرْسِلُ اللَّهُ أَوْ قَالَ يُنْزِلُ اللَّهُ مَطَرًا كَأَنَّهُ الطَّلُّ أَوِ الظِّلُّ نُعْمَانُ الشَّاكُّ فَتَنْبُتُ مِنْهُ أَجْسَادُ النَّاسِ ثُمَّ يُنْفَخُ فِيهِ أُخْرَى فَإِذَا هُمْ قِيَامٌ يَنْظُرُونَ ثُمَّ يُقَالُ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ هَلُمَّ إِلَى رَبِّكُمْ وَقِفُوهُمْ إِنَّهُمْ مَسْئُولُونَ قَالَ ثُمَّ يُقَالُ أَخْرِجُوا بَعْثَ النَّارِ فَيُقَالُ مِنْ كَمْ فَيُقَالُ مِنْ كُلِّ أَلْفٍ تِسْعَمِائَةٍ وَتِسْعَةً وَتِسْعِينَ قَالَ فَذَاكَ يَوْمَ يَجْعَلُ الْوِلْدَانَ شِيبًا وَذَلِكَ يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَنْ سَاقٍ

“When Allah created Adam, He breathed the soul into him, then he sneezed and said: ‘All praise is due to Allah.’ So he praised Allah by His permission. Then His Lord said to him: ‘May Allah have mercy upon you O Adam. Go to those angels – to that gathering of them sitting – so say: 'As-Salamu alaikum.' They said 'Wa Alaikas-Salamu Wa Rahmatullah’. Then he returned to his Lord, He said: ‘This is your greeting and the greeting of your children among each other.’ Then Allah said to him – while His Two Hands were closed – ‘Choose which of them you wish.’ He said: ‘I chose the right My Lord and both of the Hands of my Lord are right, blessed.’ Then He extended it, and there was Adam and his offspring in it.’ So he said: ‘What are these O my Lord?’ He said: ‘These are your offspring?’ Each one of them had his age written between his eyes. But among them there was a man who was the most illuminating of them – or among the most illuminated of them. He said: ‘O Lord! Who is this?’ He said: ‘This is your son Dawud, I wrote forty years for him.’ He said: ‘O Lord! Add to his age.’ He said: ‘That is what I have written for him.’ He said: ‘O Lord! Give him sixty of my years.’ He said: ‘So you shall have it.’” He said: “Then, he resided in Paradise as long as Allah willed, then he was cast from it, so Adam was counting for himself.” He said: “So the Angel of death came to him, and Adam said to him: ‘You are hasty, one-thousand years were written for me.’ He said: ‘Of course! But you gave sixty years to your son Dawud.’ So he rejected, and his offspring rejected, and he forgot, and his offspring forgot.” He said: “So ever since that day, what is written and witnessed has been decreed.”

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَمَّا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ آدَمَ وَنَفَخَ فِيهِ الرُّوحَ عَطَسَ فَقَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ بِإِذْنِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَبُّهُ يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ يَا آدَمُ اذْهَبْ إِلَى أُولَئِكَ الْمَلاَئِكَةِ إِلَى مَلإٍ مِنْهُمْ جُلُوسٍ فَقُلِ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ قَالُوا وَعَلَيْكَ السَّلاَمُ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى رَبِّهِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ هَذِهِ تَحِيَّتُكَ وَتَحِيَّةُ بَنِيكَ بَيْنَهُمْ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ لَهُ وَيَدَاهُ مَقْبُوضَتَانِ اخْتَرْ أَيَّهُمَا شِئْتَ قَالَ اخْتَرْتُ يَمِينَ رَبِّي وَكِلْتَا يَدَىْ رَبِّي يَمِينٌ مُبَارَكَةٌ ثُمَّ بَسَطَهَا فَإِذَا فِيهَا آدَمُ وَذُرِّيَّتُهُ فَقَالَ أَىْ رَبِّ مَا هَؤُلاَءِ فَقَالَ هَؤُلاَءِ ذُرِّيَّتُكَ فَإِذَا كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ مَكْتُوبٌ عُمْرُهُ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ فَإِذَا فِيهِمْ رَجُلٌ أَضْوَؤُهُمْ أَوْ مِنْ أَضْوَئِهِمْ قَالَ يَا رَبِّ مَنْ هَذَا قَالَ هَذَا ابْنُكَ دَاوُدُ قَدْ كَتَبْتُ لَهُ عُمْرَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً قَالَ يَا رَبِّ زِدْهُ فِي عُمْرِهِ قَالَ ذَاكَ الَّذِي كَتَبْتُ لَهُ قَالَ أَىْ رَبِّ فَإِنِّي قَدْ جَعَلْتُ لَهُ مِنْ عُمْرِي سِتِّينَ سَنَةً قَالَ أَنْتَ وَذَاكَ قَالَ ثُمَّ أُسْكِنَ الْجَنَّةَ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ أُهْبِطَ مِنْهَا فَكَانَ آدَمُ يَعُدُّ لِنَفْسِهِ قَالَ فَأَتَاهُ مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ فَقَالَ لَهُ آدَمُ قَدْ عَجِلْتَ قَدْ كُتِبَ لِي أَلْفُ سَنَةٍ قَالَ بَلَى وَلَكِنَّكَ جَعَلْتَ لاِبْنِكَ دَاوُدَ سِتِّينَ سَنَةً فَجَحَدَ فَجَحَدَتْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُ وَنَسِيَ فَنَسِيَتْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُ قَالَ فَمِنْ يَوْمِئِذٍ أُمِرَ بِالْكِتَابِ وَالشُّهُودِ

[AI] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ, he said: "Verily, the last person to enter Jannah will be a man walking on the Sirat (bridge to Paradise). He will stumble once and walk once, and the fire will scorch him once. Once he has crossed the Sirat, he will turn towards it and say, 'Blessed is the One who saved me from you. Indeed, Allah has given me what He has not given to anyone from the earlier or later nations.' He will then be shown a tree and he will look at it and say, 'O Lord, get me closer to this tree so that I may get shade from its shade and drink from its water.' Allah will say, 'O My servant, didn't you make a promise not to demand anything other than this tree?' He will say, 'Yes, O Lord,' and he will pledge to Allah not to ask for anything else. However, Allah knows that he will eventually ask for more as he cannot bear the thought of being deprived of it. So, Allah will bring him closer to it and a tree better than it will be elevated for him. He will say, 'O Lord, bring me closer to this tree so that I may take shade under its shade and drink from its water.' Allah will say, 'O My servant, didn't you make a promise not to demand anything other than this tree?' He will say, 'Yes, O Lord,' and he will pledge to Allah not to ask for anything else. Yet, Allah knows that he will eventually ask for more as he cannot bear the thought of being deprived of it. So, Allah will bring him closer to it and a tree will be elevated near the gate of Jannah, it will be better than the previous ones. He will say, 'O Lord, bring me closer to this tree so that I may take shade under its shade and drink from its water.' Allah will say, 'O My servant, didn't you make a promise not to demand anything other than this tree?' He will say, 'Yes, O Lord,' and he will pledge to Allah not to ask for anything else. Yet, Allah knows that he will eventually ask for more as he cannot bear the thought of being deprived of it. So, Allah will bring him closer to it and he will hear the voices of the dwellers of Jannah. He will say, 'O Lord, enter me into Jannah.' Allah will say, 'What can satisfy you, O My servant? Will you be pleased if I give you the entire world and its equivalent along with it?' He will say, 'Are you mocking me, O Lord, while You are the Lord of Honor?' Allah will laugh until His molars will become visible. Then, Allah's Messenger ﷺ recited the verse: 'Ask Me and I will grant you [your request].'" Abdullah said, 'Shouldn't you ask me why I laughed?' They said, 'Why did you laugh, O Messenger of Allah?' He said, 'I laughed at the laugh of the Lord when He said to His servant, 'Are you mocking Me, O My servant, while You are the Lord of Honor?' "

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ آخِرَ مَنْ يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ رَجُلٌ يَمْشِي عَلَى الصِّرَاطِ فَيَنْكَبُّ مَرَّةً وَيَمْشِي مَرَّةً وَتَسْفَعُهُ النَّارُ مَرَّةً فَإِذَا جَاوَزَ الصِّرَاطَ الْتَفَتَ إِلَيْهَا فَقَالَ تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي نَجَّانِي مِنْكِ لَقَدْ أَعْطَانِي اللهُ مَا لَمْ يُعْطِ أَحَدًا مِنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَالْآخِرِينَ قَالَ فَتُرْفَعُ لَهُ شَجَرَةٌ فَيَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهَا فَيَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ أَدْنِنِي مِنْ هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ فَأَسْتَظِلَّ بِظِلِّهَا وَأَشْرَبَ مِنْ مَائِهَا فَيَقُولُ أَيْ عَبْدِي فَلَعَلِّي إِنْ أَدْنَيْتُكَ مِنْهَا سَأَلْتَنِي غَيْرَهَا فَيَقُولُ لَا يَا رَبِّ وَيُعَاهِدُ اللهَ أَنْ لَا يَسْأَلَهُ غَيْرَهَا وَالرَّبُّ ﷻ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ سَيَسْأَلُهُ لِأَنَّهُ يَرَى مَا لَا صَبْرَ لَهُ يَعْنِي عَلَيْهِ فَيُدْنِيهِ مِنْهَا ثُمَّ تُرْفَعُ لَهُ شَجَرَةٌ وَهِيَ أَحْسَنُ مِنْهَا فَيَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ أَدْنِنِي مِنْ هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ فَأَسْتَظِلَّ بِظِلِّهَا وَأَشْرَبَ مِنْ مَائِهَا فَيَقُولُ أَيْ عَبْدِي أَلَمْ تُعَاهِدْنِي ؟ يَعْنِي أَنَّكَ لَا تَسْأَلُنِي غَيْرَهَا فَيَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ هَذِهِ لَا أَسْأَلُكَ غَيْرَهَا وَيُعَاهِدُهُ وَالرَّبُّ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ سَيَسْأَلُهُ غَيْرَهَا فَيُدْنِيهِ مِنْهَا فَتُرْفَعُ لَهُ شَجَرَةٌ عِنْدَ بَابِ الْجَنَّةِ هِيَ أَحْسَنُ مِنْهَا فَيَقُولُرَبِّ أَدْنِنِي مِنْ هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ أَسْتَظِلُّ بِظِلِّهَا وَأَشْرَبُ مِنْ مَائِهَا فَيَقُولُ أَيْ عَبْدِي أَلَمْ تُعَاهِدْنِي أَنْ لَا تَسْأَلَنِي غَيْرَهَا؟ فَيَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةُ لَا أَسْأَلُكَ غَيْرَهَا وَيُعَاهِدُهُ وَالرَّبُّ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ سَيَسْأَلُهُ غَيْرَهَا لِأَنَّهُ يَرَى مَا لَا صَبْرَ لَهُ عَلَيْهَا فَيُدْنِيهِ مِنْهَا فَيَسْمَعُ أَصْوَاتَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ فَيَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ الْجَنَّةَ الْجَنَّةَ فَيَقُولُ أَيْ عَبْدِي أَلَمْ تُعَاهِدْنِي أَنَّكَ لَا تَسْأَلُنِي غَيْرَهَا؟ فَيَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ أَدْخِلْنِي الْجَنَّةَ قَالَ فَيَقُولُ ﷻ مَا يَصْرِينِي مِنْكَ أَيْ عَبْدِي؟ أَيُرْضِيكَ أَنْ أُعْطِيَكَ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ الدُّنْيَا وَمِثْلَهَا مَعَهَا؟ قَالَ فَيَقُولُ أَتَهْزَأُ بِي أَيْ رَبِّي وَأَنْتَ رَبُّ الْعِزَّةِ؟ قَالَ فَضَحِكَ عَبْدُ اللهِ حَتَّى بَدَتْ نَوَاجِذُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَلَا تَسْأَلُونِي لِمَ ضَحِكْتُ؟ قَالُوا لَهُ لِمَ ضَحِكْتَ؟ قَالَ لِضَحِكِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَلَا تَسْأَلُونِي لِمَ ضَحِكْتُ؟ قَالُوا لِمَ ضَحِكْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ لِضَحِكِ الرَّبِّ حِينَ قَالَ أَتَهْزَأُ بِي وَأَنْتَ رَبُّ الْعِزَّةِ؟!

Verily the Messenger of Allah said: The last to enter Paradise would be a man who would walk once and stumble once and be burnt by the Fire once. Then when he gets beyond it, he will turn to it and say: Blessed is He Who has saved me from thee. Allah has given me something He has not given to any one of those in earlier or later times. Then a tree would be raised up for him and he will say: O my Lord I bring me near this tree so that I may take shelter in its shade and drink of its water. Allah, the Exalted and Great, would say: O son of Adam, if I grant you this, you will ask Me for something else. He would say: No. my Lord. And he would promise Him that he would not ask for anything else. His Lord would excuse him because He sees what he cannot help desiring; so He would bring him near it, and he would take shelter in its shade and drink of its water. Afterwards a tree more beautiful than the first would be raised up before him and he would say: O my Lord! bring me near this tree in order that I may drink of its water and take shelter in its shade and I shall not ask Thee for anything else. He (Allah) would say: O son of Adam, if I bring you near it you may ask me for something else. He would promise Him that he would not ask for anything else. His Lord will excuse him because He would see something he cannot help desiring. So He would bring him near it and he would enjoy its shade and drink its water. Then a tree would be raised up for him at the gate of the Paradise, more beautiful than the first two. He would say: O my Lord! bring me near this (tree) so that I may enjoy its shade and drink from its water. I shall not ask Thee for anything else. He (Allah) would say: O son of Adam! did you not promise Me that you would not ask Me anything else? He would say: Yes, my Lord, but I shall not ask Thee for anything else. His Lord would excuse him for He sees something the temptation of which he could not resist. He (Allah) would bring him near to it, and when He would bring him near it he would hear the voices of the inhabitants of the Paradise. He would say: O my Lord! admit me to it. He (Allah) would say: O son of Adam, what will bring an end to your requests to Me? Will it please you if I give you the whole world and a like one along with it? He will say: O my Lord! art Thou mocking at me, though Thou art the Lord of the worlds? Ibn Mas'ud laughed and asked (the hearers): Why don't you ask me what I am laughing at. They (then) said: Why do you laugh? He said: It is in this way that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ laughed. They (the companions of the Holy Prophet) asked: Why do you laugh. Messenger of Allah? He said: On account of the laugh of the Lord of the universe, when he ldesirer of Paradise) sai Thou mocking at me though Thou art the Lord of the worlds? He would say: I am not mocking at you, but I have power to do whatever I will. (Using translation from Muslim 187)

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ آخِرُ مَنْ يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ رَجُلٌ فَهُوَ يَمْشِي مَرَّةً وَيَكْبُو مَرَّةً وَتَسْفَعُهُ النَّارُ مَرَّةً فَإِذَا جَاوَزَهَا الْتَفَتَ إِلَيْهَا فَقَالَ تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي أَنْجَانِي مِنْكِ لَقَدْ أَعْطَانِي اللهُ شَيْئًا مَا أَعْطَاهُ أَحَدًا مِنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَالْآخِرِينَ فَتُرْفَعُ لَهُ شَجَرَةٌ فَيَقُولُ أَيْ رَبِّ أَدْنِنِي مِنْ هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ فَلْأَسْتَظِلَّ بِظِلِّهَا فَأَشْرَبَ مِنْ مَائِهَا فَيَقُولُ اللهُ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ فَلَعَلِّي إِذَا أَعْطَيْتُكَهَا سَأَلْتَنِي غَيْرَهَا فَيَقُولُ لَا يَا رَبِّ وَيُعَاهِدُهُ أَنْ لَا يَسْأَلَهُغَيْرَهَا قَالَ وَرَبُّهُ ﷻ يَعْذُرُهُ لِأَنَّهُ يَرَى مَا لَا صَبْرَ لَهُ عَلَيْهِ فَيُدْنِيهِ مِنْهَا فَيَسْتَظِلُّ بِظِلِّهَا وَيَشْرَبُ مِنْ مَائِهَا ثُمَّ تُرْفَعُ لَهُ شَجَرَةٌ هِيَ أَحْسَنُ مِنَ الْأُولَى فَيَقُولُ أَيْ رَبِّ هَذِهِ فَلْأَشْرَبْ مِنْ مَائِهَا وَأَسْتَظِلَّ بِظِلِّهَا لَا أَسْأَلُكَ غَيْرَهَا فَيَقُولُ ابْنَ آدَمَ أَلَمْ تُعَاهِدْنِي أَنْ لَا تَسْأَلَنِي غَيْرَهَا؟ فَيَقُولُ لَعَلِّي إِنْ أَدْنَيْتُكَ مِنْهَا تَسْأَلُنِي غَيْرَهَا؟ فَيُعَاهِدُهُ أَنْ لَا يَسْأَلَهُ غَيْرَهَا وَرَبُّهُ ﷻ يَعْذُرُهُ لِأَنَّهُ يَرَى مَا لَا صَبْرَ لَهُ عَلَيْهِ فَيُدْنِيهِ مِنْهَا فَيَسْتَظِلُّ بِظِلِّهَا وَيَشْرَبُ مِنْ مَائِهَا ثُمَّ تُرْفَعُ لَهُ شَجَرَةٌ عِنْدَ بَابِ الْجَنَّةِ هِيَ أَحْسَنُ مِنَ الْأُولَيَيْنِ فَيَقُولُ أَيْ رَبِّ أَدْنِنِي مِنْ هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ فَأَسْتَظِلَّ بِظِلِّهَا وَأَشْرَبَ مِنْ مَائِهَا لَا أَسْأَلُكَ غَيْرَهَا فَيَقُولُ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ أَلَمْ تُعَاهِدْنِي أَنْ لَا تَسْأَلَنِي غَيْرَهَا؟ قَالَ بَلَى أَيْ رَبِّ هَذِهِ لَا أَسْأَلُكَ غَيْرَهَا فَيَقُولُ لَعَلِّي إِنْ أَدْنَيْتُكَ مِنْهَا تَسْأَلُنِي غَيْرَهَا فَيُعَاهِدُهُ أَنْ لَا يَسْأَلَهُ غَيْرَهَا وَرَبُّهُ يَعْذُرُهُ لِأَنَّهُ يَرَى مَا لَا صَبْرَ لَهُ عَلَيْهِ فَيُدْنِيهِ مِنْهَا فَإِذَا أَدْنَاهُ مِنْهَا سَمِعَ أَصْوَاتَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِفَيَقُولُ أَيْ رَبِّ أَدْخِلْنِيهَا فَيَقُولُ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ مَا يَصْرِينِي مِنْكَ؟ أَيُرْضِيكَ أَنْ أُعْطِيَكَ الدُّنْيَا وَمِثْلَهَا مَعَهَا؟ فَيَقُولُ أَيْ رَبِّ أَتَسْتَهْزِئُ بِي وَأَنْتَ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ؟ فَضَحِكَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ فَقَالَ أَلَا تَسْأَلُونِي مِمَّا أَضْحَكُ؟ فَقَالُوا مِمَّ تَضْحَكُ؟ فَقَالَ هَكَذَا ضَحِكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَلَا تَسْأَلُونِي مِمَّ أَضْحَكُ؟ فَقَالُوا مِمَّ تَضْحَكُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ مِنْ ضَحِكِ رَبِّي حِينَ قَالَ أَتَسْتَهْزِئُ مِنِّي وَأَنْتَ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ؟ فَيَقُولُ إِنِّي لَا أَسْتَهْزِئُ مِنْكَ وَلَكِنِّي عَلَى مَا أَشَاءُ قَدِيرٌ

What is this hadith that you narrate that the Last Hour would come at such and such time? Thereupon he said: Hallowed be Allah, there is no god but Allah (or the words to the same effect). I have decided that I would not narrate anything to anyone now. I had only said that you would see after some time an important event that the (sacred) House (Ka'ba) would be burnt and it would happen and definitely happen. He then reported that Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: The Dajjal would appear in my Ummah and he would stay (in the world) for forty - I cannot say whether he meant forty days, forty months or forty years. And Allah would then send Jesus son of Mary who would resemble 'Urwa b Mas'ud. He (Jesus Christ) would chase him and kill him. Then people would live for seven years that there would be no rancour between two persons. Then Allah would send cold wind from the side of Syria that none would survive upon the earth having a speck of good in him or faith in him but he would die, so much so that even if some amongst you were to enter the innermost part of the mountain, this wind would reach that place also and that would cause his death. I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Only the wicked people would survive and they would be as careless as birds with the characteristics of beasts. They would never appreciate the good nor condemn evil. Then Satan would come to them in human form and would say: Don't you respond? And they would say: What do you order us? And he would command them to worship the idols but, in spite of this, they would have abundance of sustenance and lead comfortable lives. Then the trumpet would be blown and no one would hear that but he would bend his neck to one side and raise it from the other side and the first one to hear that trumpet would be the person who would be busy in setting right the tank meant for providing water to the camels. He would swoon and the other people would also swoon, then Allah would send or He would cause to send rain which would be like dew and there would grow out of it the bodies of the people. Then the second trumpet would be blown and they would stand up and begin to look (around). Then it would be said: O people, go to your Lord, and make them stand there. And they would be questioned. Then it would be said: Bring out a group (out of them) for the Hell-Fire. And then it would be asked: How much? It would be said: Nine hundred and ninty-nine out of one thousand for the Hell-Fire and that would be the day which would make the children old because of its terror and that would be the day about which it has been said: "On the day when the shank would be uncovered" (lxviii. 42). (Using translation from Muslim 2940a)

أَنْ لَا أُحَدِّثَكُمْ شَيْئًا إِنَّمَا قُلْتُ إِنَّكُمْ سَتَرَوْنَ بَعْدَ قَلِيلٍ أَمْرًا عَظِيمًا كَانَ تَحْرِيقَ الْبَيْتِ قَالَ شُعْبَةُ هَذَا أَوْ نَحْوَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَخْرُجُ الدَّجَّالُفِي أُمَّتِي فَيَلْبَثُ فِيهِمْ أَرْبَعِينَ لَا أَدْرِي أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا أَوْ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً أَوْ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً أَوْ أَرْبَعِينَ شَهْرًا؟ فَيَبْعَثُ اللهُ ﷻ عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ ﷺ كَأَنَّهُ عُرْوَةُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ الثَّقَفِيُّ فَيَظْهَرُ فَيَطْلُبُهُ فَيُهْلِكُهُ ثُمَّ يَلْبَثُ النَّاسُ بَعْدَهُ سِنِينَ سَبْعًا لَيْسَ بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ عَدَاوَةٌ ثُمَّ يُرْسِلُ اللهُ رِيحًا بَارِدَةً مِنْ قِبَلِ الشَّامِ فَلَا يَبْقَى أَحَدٌ فِي قَلْبِهِ مِثْقَالُ ذَرَّةٍ مِنْ إِيمَانٍ إِلَّا قَبَضَتْهُ حَتَّى لَوْ أَنَّ أَحَدَهُمْ كَانَ فِي كَبِدِ جَبَلٍ لَدَخَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُهَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَيَبْقَى شِرَارُ النَّاسِ فِي خِفَّةِ الطَّيْرِ وَأَحْلَامِ السِّبَاعِ لَا يَعْرِفُونَ مَعْرُوفًا وَلَا يُنْكِرُونَ مُنْكَرًا قَالَ فَيَتَمَثَّلُ لَهُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ فَيَقُولُ أَلَا تَسْتَجِيبُونَ؟ فَيَأْمُرُهُمْ بِالْأَوْثَانِ فَيَعْبُدُونَهَا وَهُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ دَارَّةٌ أَرْزَاقُهُمْ حَسَنٌ عَيْشُهُمْ ثُمَّ يُنْفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ فَلَا يَسْمَعُهُ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا أَصْغَى لَهُ وَأَوَّلُ مَنْ يَسْمَعُهُ رَجُلٌ يَلُوطُ حَوْضَهُ فَيَصْعَقُ ثُمَّ لَا يَبْقَى أَحَدٌ إِلَّا صَعِقَ ثُمَّ يُرْسِلُ اللهُ أَوْ يُنْزِلُ اللهُ مَطَرًا كَأَنَّهُ الطَّلُّ أَوِ الظِّلُّ نُعْمَانُ الشَّاكُّ فَتَنْبُتُ مِنْهُ أَجْسَادُالنَّاسِ ثُمَّ يُنْفَخُ فِيهِ أُخْرَى فَإِذَا هُمْ قِيَامٌ يَنْظُرُونَ قَالَ ثُمَّ يُقَالُ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ هَلُمُّوا إِلَى رَبِّكُمْ وَقِفُوهُمْ إِنَّهُمْ مَسْئُولُونَ قَالَ ثُمَّ يُقَالُ أَخْرِجُوا بَعْثَ النَّارِ قَالَ فَيُقَالُ كَمْ؟ فَيُقَالُ مِنْ كُلِّ أَلْفٍ تِسْعَ مِائَةٍ وَتِسْعَةً وَتِسْعِينَ فَيَوْمَئِذٍ يُبْعَثُ الْوِلْدَانُ شِيبًا وَيَوْمَئِذٍ يُكْشَفُ عَنْ سَاقٍ قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنِي بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ شُعْبَةُ مَرَّاتٍ وَعَرَضْتُ عَلَيْهِ

[AI] On the authority of Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri and Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The last person to leave the Hellfire will be a man who will be told by Allah, 'O son of Adam, what did you prepare for this day? Did you do any good or did you hope for My mercy?' He will reply, 'No, O Lord.' So he will be commanded to be taken to the Hellfire, and he will be the most deserving of its inhabitants. Then Allah will say to the other person, 'O son of Adam, what did you prepare for this day? Did you do any good or did you hope for My mercy?' He will reply, 'Yes, O Lord. I sincerely hoped that You would not return me to the Hellfire ever again.' So a tree will be raised for him, and he will say, 'O Lord, enable me to sit in its shade, eat from its fruits, and drink from its water.' He will be promised not to be asked for anything else, and he will be brought closer to it. Then another tree, better than the first one, will be raised for him, and he will have the same request. Finally, a tree will be raised at the gate of Paradise, which is the best of all, and a stream of abundant water will flow from it. He will make the same request as before, and he will hear the voices of the inhabitants of Paradise. He will not be able to contain himself and he will say, 'O Lord, admit me into Paradise.' Allah the Exalted and Glorious will say, 'Ask Me and I shall grant you your request.' So the man will ask and ask until he asks for an amount equivalent to the duration of three days in this worldly life. He will say, 'You will have what you asked for and ten times more with it.' Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri said: "One of them said to his companion: 'Relate to me what you have heard.' And the companion likewise asked his companion to relate to him what he had heard."

عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ آخِرُ مَنْ يَخْرُجُ مِنَ النَّارِ رَجُلَانِ يَقُولُ اللهُ لِأَحَدِهِمَا يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ مَا أَعْدَدْتَ لِهَذَا الْيَوْمِ هَلْ عَمِلْتَ خَيْرًا أَوْ رَجَوْتَنِي؟ فَيَقُولُ لَا يَا رَبِّ فَيُؤْمَرُ بِهِ إِلَى النَّارِ وَهُوَ أَشَدُّ أَهْلِ النَّارِ حَسْرَةً وَيَقُولُ لِلْآخَرِ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ مَا أَعْدَدْتَ لِهَذَا الْيَوْمِ هَلْ عَمِلْتَ خَيْرًا أَوْ رَجَوْتَنِي؟ فَيَقُولُ نَعَمْ يَا رَبِّ قَدْ كُنْتُ أَرْجُو إِذْ أَخْرَجْتَنِي أَنْ لَا تُعِيدَنِي فِيهَا أَبَدًا فَتُرْفَعُ لَهُ شَجَرَةٌ فَيَقُولُ أَيْ رَبِّأَقِرَّنِي تَحْتَ هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ فَأَسْتَظِلَّ بِظِلِّهَا وَآكُلَ مِنْ ثَمَرِهَا وَأَشْرَبَ مِنْ مَائِهَا فَيُعَاهِدُهُ أَنْ لَا يَسْأَلَهُ غَيْرَهَا فَيُدْنِيهِ مِنْهَا ثُمَّ تُرْفَعُ لَهُ شَجَرَةٌ هِيَ أَحْسَنُ مِنَ الْأُولَى وَأَغْدَقُ مَاءً فَيَقُولُ أَيْ رَبِّ هَذِهِ لَا أَسْأَلُكَ غَيْرَهَا؟ أَقِرَّنِي تَحْتَهَا فَأَسْتَظِلَّ بِظِلِّهَا وَآكُلَ مِنْ ثَمَرِهَا وَأَشْرَبَ مِنْ مَائِهَا فَيَقُولُ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ أَلَمْ تُعَاهِدْنِي أَنْ لَا تَسْأَلَنِي غَيْرَهَا؟ فَيَقُولُ أَيْ رَبِّ هَذِهِ لَا أَسْأَلُكَ غَيْرَهَا فَيُقِرُّهُ تَحْتَهَا وَيُعَاهِدُهُ أَنْ لَا يَسْأَلَهُ غَيْرَهَا ثُمَّ تُرْفَعُ لَهُ شَجَرَةٌ عِنْدَ بَابِ الْجَنَّةِ هِيَ أَحْسَنُ مِنَ الْأُولَيَيْنِ وَأَغْدَقُ مَاءً فَيَقُولُ أَيْ رَبِّ لَا أَسْأَلُكَ غَيْرَهَا فَأَقِرَّنِي تَحْتَهَا فَأَسْتَظِلَّ بِظِلِّهَا وَآكُلَ مِنْ ثَمَرِهَا وَأَشْرَبَ مِنْ مَائِهَا فَيَقُولُ ابْنَ آدَمَ أَلَمْ تُعَاهِدْنِي أَنْ لَا تَسْأَلَنِي غَيْرَهَا؟ فَيَقُولُ أَيْ رَبِّ هَذِهِ لَا أَسْأَلُكَ غَيْرَهَا فَيُقِرُّهُ تَحْتَهَا وَيُعَاهِدُهُ أَنْ لَا يَسْأَلَهُ غَيْرَهَا فَيَسْمَعُ أَصْوَاتَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ فَلَا يَتَمَالَكُ فَيَقُولُ أَيْ رَبِّ أَدْخِلْنِي الْجَنَّةَ فَيَقُولُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى سَلْ وَتَمَنَّ فَيَسْأَلُ وَيَتَمَنَّى وَيُلَقِّنُهُ اللهُ مَا لَا عِلْمَ لَهُ بِهِ فَيَسْأَلَ وَيَتَمَنَّى مِقْدَارَ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ أَيَّامِ الدُّنْيَا فَيَقُولُ ابْنَ آدَمَ لَكَ مَا سَأَلْتَ قَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيُّ وَمِثْلُهُ مَعَهُ قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ وَعَشَرَةُ أَمْثَالِهِ مَعَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِصَاحِبِهِ حَدِّثْ بِمَا سَمِعْتَوَأُحَدِّثُ بِمَا سَمِعْتُ

[AI] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Verily, the last two people to come out of the Fire, Allah will say to one of them, 'O son of Adam, what have you prepared for this Day? Have you done any good deeds?' He will say, 'No, my Lord.' So he will be ordered to be taken to the Fire, for he will be one of the worst inhabitants of the Fire. Then Allah will say to the other person, 'O son of Adam, what have you prepared for this Day? Have you done any good deeds or have you hoped for my mercy?' He will say, 'No, O Lord, except that I hoped for Your mercy.' So a tree will be raised for him, and he will say, 'O Lord, admit me under the shade of this tree, and let me eat from its fruits and drink from its water.' And he will be promised that he will not ask for anything else, but he will be shaded by the tree and eat from its fruits and drink from its water. Then another tree, better than the first, will be raised for him, and he will say, 'O Lord, admit me under the shade of this tree, and let me eat from its fruits and drink from its water.' And he will be promised that he will not ask for anything else, but he will be shaded by the tree and eat from its fruits and drink from its water. Then a tree will be raised for him at the gate of Paradise, and it will be better than the previous two and more abundant in water. He will say, 'O Lord, admit me under the shade of this tree.' So he will be brought near to it and be shaded by it. He will then hear the voices of the people of Paradise, and he will not be able to resist and say, 'O Lord, enter me into Paradise.' Allah will say, 'Ask and you shall be granted.' So he will ask and wish for the equivalent of three days of the world's life, and Allah will teach him what he had no knowledge of before. Then when he finishes his wishes and asks, Allah will say, 'For you is what you have asked for and the like of it.' Abu Sa'id said: 'The same was narrated by his companion, and Abu Hurairah said: 'And ten times more like it was narrated by his companion.' One of them said to his companion, 'Tell me what you heard, and I will tell you what I heard.'"

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ آخِرَ رَجُلَيْنِ يَخْرُجَانِ مِنَ النَّارِ يَقُولُ اللهُ لِأَحَدِهِمَا يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ مَا أَعْدَدْتَ لِهَذَا الْيَوْمِ هَلْ عَمِلْتَ خَيْرًا قَطُّ؟ هَلْ رَجَوْتَنِي؟ فَيَقُولُ لَا أَيْ رَبِّ فَيُؤْمَرُ بِهِ إِلَى النَّارِ فَهُوَ أَشَدُّ أَهْلِ النَّارِ حَسْرَةً وَيَقُولُ لِلْآخَرِ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ مَاذَا أَعْدَدْتَ لِهَذَا الْيَوْمِ؟ هَلْ عَمِلْتَ خَيْرًا قَطُّ؟ أَوْ رَجَوْتَنِي؟ فَيَقُولُ لَا يَا رَبِّ إِلَّا أَنِّي كُنْتُ أَرْجُوكَ قَالَ فَيَرْفَعُ لَهُ شَجَرَةً فَيَقُولُ أَيْ رَبِّ أَقِرَّنِي تَحْتَ هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ فَأَسْتَظِلَّ بِظِلِّهَا وَآكُلَ مِنْ ثَمَرِهَا وَأَشْرَبَ مِنْ مَائِهَا وَيُعَاهِدُهُ أَنْ لَا يَسْأَلَهُ غَيْرَهَا فَيُقِرُّهُ تَحْتَهَا ثُمَّ تُرْفَعُ لَهُ شَجَرَةٌ هِيَ أَحْسَنُ مِنَ الْأُولَى وَأَغْدَقُ مَاءً فَيَقُولُ أَيْ رَبِّ أَقِرَّنِي تَحْتَهَا لَا أَسْأَلُكَ غَيْرَهَا فَأَسْتَظِلَّ بِظِلِّهَا وَآكُلَ مِنْ ثَمَرِهَا وَأَشْرَبَ مِنْ مَائِهَا فَيَقُولُ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ أَلَمْ تُعَاهِدْنِي أَنْ لَا تَسْأَلَنِي غَيْرَهَا؟ فَيَقُولُ أَيْ رَبِّ هَذِهِ لَا أَسْأَلُكَ غَيْرَهَا وَيُعَاهِدُهُ أَنْ لَا يَسْأَلَهُغَيْرَهَا فَيُقِرُّهُ تَحْتَهَا ثُمَّ تُرْفَعُ لَهُ شَجَرَةٌ عِنْدَ بَابِ الْجَنَّةِ هِيَ أَحْسَنُ مِنَ الْأَوَّلَتَيْنِ وَأَغْدَقُ مَاءً فَيَقُولُ أَيْ رَبِّ هَذِهِ أَقِرَّنِي تَحْتَهَا فَيُدْنِيَهُ مِنْهَا وَيُعَاهِدُهُ أَنْ لَا يَسْأَلَهُ غَيْرَهَا فَيَسْمَعُ أَصْوَاتَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ فَلَا يَتَمَالَكْ فَيَقُولُ أَيْ رَبِّ الْجَنَّةَ أَيْ رَبِّ أَدْخِلْنِي الْجَنَّةَ فَيَقُولُ اللهُ ﷻ سَلْ وَتَمَنَّهْ فَيَسْأَلَهُ وَيَتَمَنَّى مِقْدَارَ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ أَيَّامِ الدُّنْيَا وَيُلَقِّنُهُ اللهُ مَا لَا عِلْمَ لَهُ بِهِ فَيَسْأَلُ وَيَتَمَنَّى فَإِذَا فَرَغَ قَالَ لَكَ مَا سَأَلْتَ قَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ وَمِثْلُهُ مَعَهُ وَقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ وَعَشَرَةُ أَمْثَالِهِ مَعَهُ قَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِصَاحِبِهِ حَدِّثْ بِمَا سَمِعْتَ وَأُحَدِّثُ بِمَا سَمِعْتُ

“When Allah created Adam, He breathed the soul into him, then he sneezed and said: ‘All praise is due to Allah.’ So he praised Allah by His permission. Then His Lord said to him: ‘May Allah have mercy upon you O Adam. Go to those angels – to that gathering of them sitting – so say: 'As-Salamu alaikum.' They said 'Wa Alaikas-Salamu Wa Rahmatullah’. Then he returned to his Lord, He said: ‘This is your greeting and the greeting of your children among each other.’ Then Allah said to him – while His Two Hands were closed – ‘Choose which of them you wish.’ He said: ‘I chose the right My Lord and both of the Hands of my Lord are right, blessed.’ Then He extended it, and there was Adam and his offspring in it.’ So he said: ‘What are these O my Lord?’ He said: ‘These are your offspring?’ Each one of them had his age written between his eyes. But among them there was a man who was the most illuminating of them – or among the most illuminated of them. He said: ‘O Lord! Who is this?’ He said: ‘This is your son Dawud, I wrote forty years for him.’ He said: ‘O Lord! Add to his age.’ He said: ‘That is what I have written for him.’ He said: ‘O Lord! Give him sixty of my years.’ He said: ‘So you shall have it.’” He said: “Then, he resided in Paradise as long as Allah willed, then he was cast from it, so Adam was counting for himself.” He said: “So the Angel of death came to him, and Adam said to him: ‘You are hasty, one-thousand years were written for me.’ He said: ‘Of course! But you gave sixty years to your son Dawud.’ So he rejected, and his offspring rejected, and he forgot, and his offspring forgot.” He said: “So ever since that day, what is written and witnessed has been decreed.” (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3367)

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَمَّا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ آدَمَ وَنَفَخَ فِيهِ الرُّوحَ عَطَسَ فَقَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَبُّهُ رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ رَبُّكَ يَا آدَمُ وَقَالَ لَهُ يَا آدَمُ اذْهَبْ إِلَى أُولَئِكَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ إِلَى مَلَأٍ مِنْهُمْ جُلُوسٍ فَقُلِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ فَذَهَبَ فَقَالُوا وَعَلَيْكَ السَّلَامُ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى رَبِّهِ فَقَالَ هَذِهِ تَحِيَّتُكَ وَتَحِيَّةُ بَنِيكَ وَبَنِيهِمْ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ لَهُ وَيَدَاهُ مَقْبُوضَتَانِ اخْتَرْ أَيَّهُمَا شِئْتَ فَقَالَ اخْتَرْتُ يَمِينَ رَبِّي وَكِلْتَا يَدَيْ رَبِّي يَمِينٌ مُبَارَكَةٌ ثُمَّ بَسَطَهَا فَإِذَا فِيهَا آدَمُ وَذُرِّيَّتُهُ فَقَالَ أَيْ رَبِّ مَا هَؤُلَاءِ؟ قَالَ ذُرِّيَّتُكَ فَإِذَا كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ مَكْتُوبٌ عُمْرُهُ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ وَإِذَا فِيهِمْ رَجُلٌ أَضْوَؤُهُمْ أَوْ قَالَ مِنْ أَضْوَئِهِمْ لَمْ يُكْتَبْ لَهُ إِلَّا أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً قَالَ يَا رَبِّ زِدْ فِي عُمْرِهِ قَالَ ذَاكَ الَّذِي كُتِبَ لَهُ قَالَ فَإِنِّي قَدْ جَعَلْتُ لَهُ مِنْ عُمْرِي سِتِّينَ سَنَةً قَالَ أَنْتَ وَذَاكَ قَالَ ثُمَّ أُسْكِنَ الْجَنَّةَ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ أُهْبِطَ مِنْهَا آدَمُ يَعُدُّ لِنَفْسِهِ فَأَتَاهُ مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ فَقَالَ لَهُ آدَمُ قَدْ عَجِلْتَ قَدْ كُتِبَ لِي أَلْفُ سَنَةٍ قَالَ بَلَى وَلَكِنَّكَ جَعَلْتَ لِابْنِكَ دَاوُدَ مِنْهَا سِتِّينَ سَنَةً فَجَحَدَ فَجَحَدَتْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُ وَنَسِيَ فَنَسِيَتْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُ فَيَوْمَئِذٍ أُمْرِنَا بِالْكِتَابِ وَالشُّهُودِ «»

[AI] I said, "O Abu Abdullah al-Rahman, referring to Ibn Umar, there are people who claim that there is no fate (predestination). He said: Do we have anyone among us like them? I said, No. He said: Then convey to them from me that when you meet them, indeed Ibn Umar disassociates himself from you and you disassociate yourselves from him." Umar ibn al-Khattab narrated to us that while we were sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , a man came who had no signs of travel nor was he from the people of the city. He came and sat in front of the Messenger of Allah. He said, "O Muhammad, what is Islam? He said, "Islam is that you bear witness that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and you establish prayer, give zakah, perform Hajj, perform Umrah, cleanse yourself from major impurity, complete ablution, and fast during Ramadan." He said, "If I do all of that, would I be a Muslim?" He said, "Yes." He said, "You have spoken the truth." He asked, "O Muhammad, what is faith (imaan)?" He said, "Faith is that you believe in Allah, His angels, His books, His messengers, and you believe in the Day of Judgment, and you believe in fate, its good and its evil." He said, "If I do all of that, would I be a believer (mu'min)?" He said, "Yes." He said, "You have spoken the truth." He asked, "O Muhammad, what is excellence (ihsan)?" He said, "Excellence is that you worship Allah as if you see Him, and even though you do not see Him, He sees you." He asked, "If I do that, would I be excellent (muhsin)?" He said, "Yes." He said, "You have spoken the truth." He asked, "O Muhammad, when is the Hour (Day of Judgment)?" He said, "Glory be to Allah, the one who is asked about it knows no more than the questioner, but if you wish, I will inform you about its signs." He said, "Yes." He said, "When you see barefoot, naked, destitute shepherds competing in constructing tall buildings and when you see women giving birth to their mistresses, that is among the signs of the Hour." He said, "You have spoken the truth." Then the man left, and the Prophet ﷺ said, "O Umar, do you know who this man was?" We said, "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said, "This was Gabriel who came to teach you your religion."

قُلْتُ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ يَعْنِي لِابْنِ عُمَرَ إِنَّ أَقْوَامًا يَزْعُمُونَ أَنْ لَيْسَ قَدَرٌ قَالَ هَلْ عِنْدَنَا مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ؟ قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ فَأَبْلِغْهُمْ عَنِّي إِذَا لَقِيتَهُمْ إِنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ يَبْرَأُ إِلَى اللَّهِ مِنْكُمْ وَأَنْتُمْ بُرَآءُ مِنْهُ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ 

قَالَ بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ جُلُوسٌ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي أُنَاسٍ إِذْ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ سَحْنَاءُ سَفَرٍ وَلَيْسَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَلَدِ يَتَخَطَّى حَتَّى وَرَكَ فَجَلَسَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ 

فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ مَا الْإِسْلَامُ؟ قَالَ «الْإِسْلَامُ أَنْ تَشْهَدَ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَأَنْ تُقِيمَ الصَّلَاةَ وَتُؤْتِيَ الزَّكَاةَ وَتَحُجَّ وَتَعْتَمِرَ وَتَغْتَسِلَ مِنَ الْجَنَابَةِ وَأَنْ تُتِمَّ الْوُضُوءَ وَتَصُومَ رَمَضَانَ» قَالَ فَإِذَا فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ فَأَنَا مُسْلِمٌ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ» قَالَ صَدَقْتَ 

قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ مَا الْإِيمَانُ؟ قَالَ «أَنْ تُؤْمِنَ بِاللَّهِ وَمَلَائِكَتِهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ وَتُؤْمِنَ بِالْجَنَّةِ وَالنَّارِ وَالْمِيزَانِ وَتُؤْمِنَ بِالْبَعْثِ بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ وَتُؤْمِنَ بِالْقَدَرِ خَيْرِهِ وَشَرِّهِ» قَالَ فَإِذَا فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ فَأَنَا مُؤْمِنٌ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ» قَالَ صَدَقْتَ 

قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ مَا الْإِحْسَانُ؟ قَالَ «الْإِحْسَانُ أَنْ تَعْمَلَ لِلَّهِ كَأَنَّكَ تَرَاهُ فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ لَا تَرَاهُ فَإِنَّهُ يَرَاكَ» قَالَ فَإِذَا فَعَلْتُ هَذَا فَأَنَا مُحْسِنٌ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ» قَالَ صَدَقْتَ 

قَالَ فَمَتَى السَّاعَةُ؟ قَالَ «سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ مَا الْمَسْؤُولُ عَنْهَا بِأَعْلَمَ مِنَ السَّائِلِ وَلَكِنْ إِنْ شِئْتَ نَبَّأْتُكَ عَنْ أَشْرَاطِهَا» قَالَ أَجَلْ قَالَ «إِذَا رَأَيْتَ الْعَالَةَ الْحُفَاةَ الْعُرَاةَ يَتَطَاوَلُونَ فِي الْبِنَاءِ وَكَانُوا مُلُوكًا» قَالَ مَا الْعَالَةُ الْحُفَاةُ الْعُرَاةُ؟ قَالَ «الْعُرَيْبُ» قَالَ «وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَ الْأَمَةَ تَلِدُ رَبَّتَهَا فَذَلِكَ مِنْ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ» قَالَ صَدَقْتَ 

ثُمَّ نَهَضَ فَوَلَّى فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «عَلَيَّ بِالرَّجُلِ» فَطَلَبْنَاهُ كُلَّ مَطْلَبٍ فَلَمْ نَقْدِرْ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَنْ هَذَا؟ هَذَا جِبْرِيلُ أَتَاكُمْ لَيُعَلِّمَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ خُذُوا عَنْهُ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مَا شُبِّهَ عَلَيَّ مُنْذُ أَتَانِي قَبْلَ مَرَّتِي هَذِهِ وَمَا عَرَفْتُهُ حَتَّى وَلَّى»

“When Allah created Adam, He breathed the soul into him, then he sneezed and said: ‘All praise is due to Allah.’ So he praised Allah by His permission. Then His Lord said to him: ‘May Allah have mercy upon you O Adam. Go to those angels – to that gathering of them sitting – so say: 'As-Salamu alaikum.' They said 'Wa Alaikas-Salamu Wa Rahmatullah’. Then he returned to his Lord, He said: ‘This is your greeting and the greeting of your children among each other.’ Then Allah said to him – while His Two Hands were closed – ‘Choose which of them you wish.’ He said: ‘I chose the right My Lord and both of the Hands of my Lord are right, blessed.’ Then He extended it, and there was Adam and his offspring in it.’ So he said: ‘What are these O my Lord?’ He said: ‘These are your offspring?’ Each one of them had his age written between his eyes. But among them there was a man who was the most illuminating of them – or among the most illuminated of them. He said: ‘O Lord! Who is this?’ He said: ‘This is your son Dawud, I wrote forty years for him.’ He said: ‘O Lord! Add to his age.’ He said: ‘That is what I have written for him.’ He said: ‘O Lord! Give him sixty of my years.’ He said: ‘So you shall have it.’” He said: “Then, he resided in Paradise as long as Allah willed, then he was cast from it, so Adam was counting for himself.” He said: “So the Angel of death came to him, and Adam said to him: ‘You are hasty, one-thousand years were written for me.’ He said: ‘Of course! But you gave sixty years to your son Dawud.’ So he rejected, and his offspring rejected, and he forgot, and his offspring forgot.” He said: “So ever since that day, what is written and witnessed has been decreed.” (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3367)

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَمَّا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ آدَمَ وَنَفَخَ فِيهِ الرُّوحَ عَطَسَ فَقَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَبُّهُ يَرْحَمُكَ رَبُّكَ يَا آدَمُ اذْهَبْ إِلَى أُولَئِكَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ إِلَى مَلَأٍ مِنْهُمْ جُلُوسٍ فَسَلِّمْ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ فَقَالُوا وَعَلَيْكُمُ السَّلَامُ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى رَبِّهِ فَقَالَ هَذِهِ تَحِيَّتُكَ وَتَحِيَّةُ بَنِيكَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَقَالَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ وَعَلَا وَيَدَاهُ مَقْبُوضَتَانِ اخْتَرْ أَيَّهُمَا شِئْتَ فَقَالَ اخْتَرْتُ يَمِينَ رَبِّي وَكِلْتَا يَدَيْ رَبِّي يَمِينٌ مُبَارَكَةٌ ثُمَّ بَسَطَهُمَا فَإِذَا فِيهِمَا آدَمُ وَذُرِّيَّتُهُ فَقَالَ أَيْ رَبِّ مَا هَؤُلَاءِ؟ فَقَالَ هَؤُلَاءِ ذُرِّيَّتُكَ فَإِذَا كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ مِنْهُمْ مَكْتُوبٌ عُمْرُهُ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ فَإِذَا فِيهِمْ رَجُلٌ أَضْوَؤُهُمْ أَوْ مِنْ أَضْوَئِهِمْ لَمْ يَكْتُبْ لَهُ إِلَّا أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً قَالَ يَا رَبِّ مَا هَذَا؟ قَالَ هَذَا ابْنُكَ دَاوُدُ وَقَدْ كَتَبَ اللَّهُ عُمْرَهُ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً قَالَ أَيْ رَبِّ زِدْهُ فِي عُمْرِهِ قَالَ ذَاكَ الَّذِي كَتَبْتُ لَهُ

[AI] On the authority of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ who said: "The last person to enter Paradise will be a man walking on the Sirat (bridge to Paradise). He will stumble once and the fire will scorch him. Every time he passes by it, he will turn to it and say, 'Blessed is the One who saved me from you. By Allah, no one has been given anything like what I have been given among all the worlds.’ Then, a tree will be raised for him, and he will say, 'O Lord, draw me closer to it so that I may take shelter in its shade and drink from its water.’ Allah will say, 'O son of Adam, if I give you that, you will ask Me for something else.’ But the man will swear that he will not ask for anything else, even though he knows that he will. Then, Allah will bring him close to it, and he will take shelter in its shade and drink from its water. Then, another tree will be raised for him, which is even better than the first. He will say, 'O Lord, draw me closer to it so that I may take shelter in its shade and drink from its water.’ Allah will say, 'O son of Adam, if I give you that, you will ask Me for something else.’ But the man will swear that he will not ask for anything else, even though he knows that he will. Then, Allah will bring him close to it, and he will take shelter in its shade and drink from its water. Then, a third tree will be raised for him at the gate of Paradise, which is even better than the first two. He will say, 'O Lord, draw me closer to it so that I may take shelter in its shade and drink from its water.’ Allah will say, 'O son of Adam, if I give you that, you will ask Me for something else.’ But the man will swear that he will not ask for anything else, even though he knows that he will. Then, Allah will bring him close to it, and he will hear the voices of the people of Paradise. He will say, 'O Lord, admit me to Paradise.’ Allah will say, 'O son of Adam, what will make you content with Me and My favor? Would it please you if I give you the entire world and as much again?’ The man will reply, 'Are You making fun of me while You are the Lord of all creation?’ I said, 'Would you not like Me to give you that and as much again?’ The man will say, 'O Lord, I am not making fun of You, but I am asking You for something else.’ The Prophet ﷺ then smiled so broadly that his molars could be seen and he said, 'Do you not wonder at what made me laugh? They asked, 'O Prophet of Allah! What made you laugh?’ He said, 'I laughed because the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said the same as I have said (i.e., the man said the same as I said when he entered Paradise).' "

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ آخِرَ مَنْ يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ رَجُلٌ يُمْشِي عَلَى الصِّرَاطِ فَهُوَ يَكْبُو مَرَّةً وَتَسْفَعُهُ النَّارُ أُخْرَى حَتَّى إِذَا جَاوَزَهَا الْتَفَتَ إِلَيْهَا فَيَقُولُ تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي نَجَّانِي مِنْهَا فَوَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ أَعْطَانِي شَيْئًا مَا أَعْطَاهُ أَحَدًا مِنَ الْعَالَمِينَ قَالَ ثُمَّ تُرْفَعُ لَهُ شَجَرَةٌ فَيَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ أَدْنِنِي مِنْهَا لَعَلِّي أَسْتَظِلُّ بِظِلِّهَا وَأَشْرَبُ مِنْ مَائِهَا قَالَ فَيَقُولُ اللَّهُ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ لَعَلِّي إِنْ أَعْطَيْتُكَهُ سَأَلْتَنِي غَيْرَهَا فَيَقُولُ لَا يَا رَبِّ وَيُعَاهِدُهُ أَنْ لَا يَفْعَلَ وَهُوَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ فَاعِلُهُ لِمَا يَرَى مِمَّا لَا صَبَرَ لَهُ عَلَيْهِ فَيُدْنِيهِ مِنْهَا فَيَسْتَظِلُّ بِظِلِّهَا وَيَشْرَبُ مِنْ مَائِهَا ثُمَّ تُرْفَعُ لَهُ شَجَرَةٌ أُخْرَى هِيَ أَحْسَنُ مِنَ الْأُولَى فَيَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ أَدْنِنِي مِنْهَا لِأَسْتَظِلَّ بِظِلِّهَا وَأَشْرَبَ مِنْ مَائِهَا فَيَقُولُ أَلَمْ تُعَاهِدْنِي أَنْ لَا تَسْأَلَنِي غَيْرَهَا؟ فَيَقُولُ بَلَى يَا رَبِّ وَلَكِنْ أَدْنِنِي مِنْهَا لِأَسْتَظِلَّ بِظِلِّهَا وَأَشْرَبَ مِنْ مَائِهَا فَيُعَاهِدُهُ أَنْ لَا يَسْأَلَهُ غَيْرَهَا فَيُدْنِيهِ مِنْهَا وَيَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ سَيَسْأَلُهُ غَيْرَهَا لِمَا يَرَى مَا لَا صَبَرَ لَهُ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ فَتُرْفَعُ لَهُ شَجَرَةٌ أُخْرَى عِنْدَ بَابِ الْجَنَّةِ هِيَ أَحْسَنُ مِنَ الْأُولَيَيْنِ فَيَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ أَدْنِنِي مِنْهَا لِأَسْتَظِلَّ بِظِلِّهَا وَأَشْرَبَ مِنْ مَائِهَا فَيَقُولُ أَلَمْ تُعَاهِدْنِي أَنْ لَا تَسْأَلَنِي غَيْرَهَا فَيَقُولُ بَلَى يَا رَبِّ وَلَكِنْ أَدْنِنِي مِنْهَا فَإِذَا دَنَا مِنْهَا سَمِعَ أَصْوَاتَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ فَيَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ أَدْخِلْنِي الْجَنَّةَ فَيَقُولُ اللَّهُ جَلَّ وَعَلَا أَيُرْضِيكَ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ أَنْ أُعْطِيكَ الدُّنْيَا وَمِثْلَهَا مَعَهَا فَيَقُولُ أَتَسْتَهْزِئُ بِي وَأَنْتَ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ؟ فَيَقُولُ مَا أَسْتَهْزِئُ بِكَ وَلَكِنَّنِي عَلَى مَا أَشَاءُ قَادِرٌ» قَالَ فَكَانَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ إِذَا ذَكَرَ قَوْلَهُ «أَتَسْتَهْزِئُ بِي؟ » ضَحِكَ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَلَا تَسْأَلُونِي مِمَّا أَضْحَكُ؟ فَقِيلَ مِمَّ تَضْحَكُ؟ فَقَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا ذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ ضَحِكَ «

قَالَ كَانَتْ مَجَالِسُ النَّاسِ الْمَسَاجِدُ حَتَّى رَجَعُوا مِنْ صِفِّينَ وَبَرَؤُوا مِنَ الْقَضِيَّةِ فَاسْتَخَفَّ النَّاسُ وَقَعَدُوا فِي السِّكَكِ يَتَخَبَّرُونَ الْأَخْبَارَ فَبَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ قُعُودٌ عِنْدَ عَلِيٍّ وَهُوَ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِأَمْرٍ مِنْ أَمْرِ النَّاسِ قَالَ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ائْذَنْ لِي أَنْ أَتَكَلَّمَ قَالَ فَشُغِلَ بِمَا كَانَ فِيهِ مِنْ أَمْرِ النَّاسِ قَالَ فَأَخَذْنَا الرَّجُلَ فَأَقْعَدْنَاهُ إِلَيْنَا وَقُلْنَا مَا هَذَا الَّذِي تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَسْأَلَ عَنْهُ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ؟ فَقَالَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ فِي الْعُمْرَةِ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَائِشَةَ فَقَالَتْ مَا هَؤُلَاءِ الَّذِينَ خَرَجُوا قِبَلَكُمْ يُقَالُ لَهُمْ حَرُورَاءُ ؟ فَقُلْتُ قَوْمٌ خَرَجُوا إِلَى أَرْضٍ قَرِيبَةٍ مِنَّا يُقَالُ لَهَا حَرُورَاءُ قَالَ فَشَهِدْتَ هَلَكَتَهُمْ قَالَ عَاصِمٌ فَلَا أَدْرِي مَا قَالَ الرَّجُلُ نَعَمْ أَمْ لَا فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ أَمَّا أَنَّ ابْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ لَوْ شَاءَ حَدَّثَكُمْ حَدِيثَهُمْ فَجِئْتُ أَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ عَلِيُّ مِمَّا كَانَ فِيهِ قَالَ أَيْنَ الرَّجُلُ الْمُسْتَأْذِنُ قَالَ فَقَامَ فَقَصَّ عَلَيْهِ مِثْلَ مَا قَصَّ عَلَيْنَا قَالَ فَأَهَلَّ عَلِيٌّ وَكَبَّرَ وَقَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَلَيْسَ عِنْدَهُ غَيْرُ عَائِشَةَ فَقَالَ كَيْفَ أَنْتَ يَا ابْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَقَوْمُ كَذَا وَكَذَا ؟ فَقُلْتُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ ثُمَّ أَعَادَهَا فَقُلْتُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ قَوْمٌ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنْ قِبَلِ الْمَشْرِقِ يَقْرَؤُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ مُرُوقَ السَّهْمِ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ فِيهِمْ رَجُلٌ مُخْدَجُ الْيَدِ كَأَنَّ يَدَهُ ثَدْيٌ فَقَالَ أُنْشِدُكُمُ اللَّهَ هَلْ أَخْبَرْتُكُمْ أَنَّهُ فِيهِمْ فَجِئْتُمُونِي فَقُلْتُمْ لَيْسَ فِيهِمْ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُمُونِي بِهِ تَسْحَبُونَهُ ؟ فَقَالُوا نَعَمْ فَأَهَلَّ عَلِيٌّ وَكَبَّرَ وَحَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الْعَسْكَرِيُّ قَالَ أنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ كُلَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِنَحْوِهِ

قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ آخِرَ مَنْ يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ رَجُلٌ يَمْشِي مَرَّةً وَيَكْبُو مَرَّةً وَيَسْقُطُ فِي النَّارِ مَرَّةً فَإِذَا جَاوَزَهَا الْتَفَتَ إِلَيْهَا فَقَالَ تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي نَجَّانِي مِنْكِ لَقَدْ أَعْطَانِي اللَّهُ شَيْئًا مَا أَعْطَاهُ أَحَدًا مِنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَالْآخِرِينَ قَالَ فَيَرْفَعُ اللَّهُ لَهُ شَجَرَةً أَوْ تُرْفَعُ لَهُ شَجَرَةٌ فَيَقُولُ أَيْ رَبِّ أَدْنِنِي مِنْ هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ فَأَسْتَظِلَّ بِظِلِّهَا وَأَشْرَبَ مِنْ مَائِهَا فَيَقُولُ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ لَعَلِّي إِنْ أَعْطَيْتُكَهَا تَسْأَلْنِي غَيْرَهَا قَالَ فَيَقُولُ لَا يَا رَبِّ قَالَ فَيَقُولُ وَيُعَاهِدُهُ أَنْ لَا يَسْأَلَهُ غَيْرَهَا قَالَ وَرَبُّهُ يَعْذِرُهُ ؛ لِأَنَّهُ يَرَى مَا لَا صَبْرَ لَهُ عَلَيْهِ فَيُدْنِيهِ مِنْهَا فَيَسْتَظِلَّ بِظِلِّهَا وَيَشْرَبَ مِنْ مَائِهَا ثُمَّ تُرْفَعُ لَهُ شَجَرَةٌ هِيَ أَحْسَنُ مِنَ الْأُولَى فَيَقُولُ أَدْنِنِي مِنْ هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ فَأَشْرَبَ مِنْ مَائِهَا وَأَسْتَظِلَّ بِظِلِّهَا لَا أَسْأَلُكَ غَيْرَهَا فَيَقُولُ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ أَوَلَمْ تُعَاهِدْنِي أَنْ لَا تَسْأَلَنِي غَيْرَهَا ؟ وَرَبُّهُ يَعْذِرُهُ لِأَنَّهُ يَرَى مَا لَا صَبْرَ لَهُ عَلَيْهِ فَيَقُولُ لَعَلِّي إِنْ أَدْنَيْتُكَ مِنْهَا تَسْأَلْنِي غَيْرَهَا فَيَقُولُ لَا هَذِهِ هَذِهِ فَيُدْنِيهِ مِنْهَا فَيَسْتَظِلَّ بِظِلِّهَا وَيَشْرَبَ مِنْ مَائِهَا ثُمَّ تُرْفَعُ لَهُ شَجَرَةٌ عِنْدَ بَابِ الْجَنَّةِ هِيَ أَحْسَنُ مِنَ الْأُولَيَيْنِ فَيَقُولُ أَيْ رَبِّ أَدْنِنِي مِنْ هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ لِأَسْتَظِلَّ بِظِلِّهَا وَأَشْرَبَ مِنْ مَائِهَا لَا أَسْأَلُكَ غَيْرَهَا فَيَقُولُ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ أَلَمْ تُعَاهِدْنِي أَلَّا تَسْأَلَنِي غَيْرَهَا فَيَقُولُ بَلَى هَذِهِ لَا أَسْأَلُكَ غَيْرَهَا وَرَبُّهُ يَعْذِرُهُ لِأَنَّهُ يَرَى مَا لَا صَبْرَ لَهُ عَلَيْهِ فَيُدْنِيهِ مِنْهَا فَإِذَا دَنَا مِنْهَا سَمِعَ أَصْوَاتَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ فَيَقُولُ أَيْ رَبِّ أَدْخِلْنِيهَا فَيَقُولُ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ مَا يَصْرِينِي مِنْكَ إِنْ أَعْطَيْتُكَ الدُّنْيَا وَمِثْلَهَا مَعَهَا فَيَقُولُ أَيْ رَبِّ أَتَسْتَهْزِئُ بِي وَأَنْتَ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ وَضَحِكَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ أَلَا تَسْأَلُونِي مِمَّ أَضْحَكُ ؟ قَالُوا مِمَّ ضَحِكْتَ ؟ قَالَ هَكَذَا ضَحِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَلَا تَسْأَلُونِي مِمَّ أَضْحَكُ ؟ قَالُوا مِمَّ تَضْحَكُ ؟ قَالَ مِنْ ضَحِكِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ حِينَ قَالَ أَتَسْتَهْزِئُ بِي وَأَنْتَ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ قَالَ لَا أَسْتَهْزِئُ مِنْكَ وَلَكِنِّي عَلَى مَا أَشَاءُ قَادِرٌ وَلَا نَعْلَمُ رَوَى أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِلَّا هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ

قَالَ صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلَاةَ الْعِشَاءِ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي وَخَرَجَ إِلَى الْبَطْحَاءِ بَطْحَاءَ مَكَّةَ ثُمَّ خَطَّ عَلَيْهِ خَطًّا يَعْنِي عَلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَا تَبْرَحَنَّ خَطَّكَ فَإِنِ انْتَهَى إِلَيْكَ أَحَدٌ فَلَا تُكَلِّمْهُ ثُمَّ مَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَيْثُ أَرَادَ فَبَيْنَا أَنَا جَالِسٌ فِي خُطًى إِذْ أَتَانِي رِجَالٌ كَأَنَّهُمُ الزُّطُّ أَشْعَارُهُمْ وَأَجْسَادُهُمْ لَا يُجَاوِزُونَ الْخَطَّ ثُمَّ يَصِيرُونَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ جَاءَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا جَالِسٌ فَقَالَ لَقَدْ آذَانِي هَؤُلَاءِ اللَّيْلَةَ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ فِي خَطِّي فَتَوَسَّدَ فَخِذِي فَرَقَدَ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا رَقَدَ نَفَخَ النَّوْمَ نَفْخًا فَبَيْنَمَا أَنَا قَاعِدٌ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مُتَوَسِّدٌ فَخِذِي إِذَا أَنَا بِرِجَالٍ كَأَنَّهُمْ رِجَالُ الْحِجَازِ عَلَيْهِمْ ثِيَابٌ بِيضٌ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ مَا بِهِمْ مِنَ الْجَمَالِ فَجَلَسَ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْهُمْ عِنْدَ رَأْسِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَطَائِفَةٌ عِنْدَ رِجْلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالُوا بَيْنَهُمْ مَا رَأَيْنَا أَحَدًا قَطُّ أُوتِيَ مَا أُوتِيَ هَذَا النَّبِيُّ إِنَّ عَيْنَيْهَ نَائِمَةٌ وَقَلْبَهُ يَقْظَانُ فَاضْرِبُوا لَهُ مَثَلًا أَحْسَبُهُ قَالَ بِرَجُلٍ بَنَى قَصْرًا ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مَأْدُبَةً وَدَعَا النَّاسَ إِلَى طَعَامِهِ فَمَنْ أَجَابَهُ أَكَلَ مِنْ طَعَامِهِ وَشَرِبَ مِنْ شَرَابِهِ وَمَنْ لَمْ يُجِبْهُ عَاقَبَهُ أَوْ عُوقِبَ ثُمَّ ارْتَفَعُوا فَاسْتَيْقَظَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لِي سَمِعْتَ مَا قَالَ هَؤُلَاءِ وَهَلْ تَدْرِي مَنْ هُمْ ؟ قُلْتُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ هُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ قَالَ فَتَدْرِي مَا الْمَثَلُ الَّذِي ضَرَبُوهُ ؟ قُلْتُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ مَثَلُ الَّذِي ضَرَبُوا الرَّبُّ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى بَنَى الْجَنَّةَ وَدَعَا إِلَيْهَا عِبَادَهُ فَمَنْ أَجَابَهُ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ وَمَنْ لَمْ يُجِبْهُ عَاقَبَهُ أَوْ عَذَّبَهُ وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ لَا نَعْلَمُهُ يُرْوَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ إِلَّا مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ وَقَدْ رَوَاهُ التَّيْمِيُّ فَخَالَفَ جَعْفَرَ بْنَ مَيْمُونٍ فِي إِسْنَادِهِ وَقَالَ عَنْ عَمْرٍو الْبِكَالِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ

عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ قَالَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَجْلِسُ بَيْنَ ظَهْرَانَيْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَيَجِيءُ الْغَرِيبُ فَلَا يَدْرِي أَيُّهُمْ هُوَ ؟ فَكَلَّمْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي أَنْ يَتَّخِذَ لَهُ شَيْئًا يَعْرِفُهُ الْغَرِيبُ إِذَا أَتَاهُ فَبَنَيْنَا لَهُ دُكَّانًا مِنْ طِينٍ فَكَانَ يَجْلِسُ عَلَيْهِ أَحْسَبُهُ قَالَ وَكُنَّا نَجْلِسُ حَوْلَهُ فَإِنَّا لَجُلُوسٌ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي مَجْلِسِهِ إِذْ أَقْبَلَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَحْسَنِ النَّاسِ وَجْهًا وَأَطْيَبَ النَّاسِ رِيحًا وَأَنْقَى النَّاسِ ثَوْبًا كَأَنَّ ثِيَابَهُ لَمْ يَمَسَّهَا دَنَسٌ فَسَلَّمَ مِنْ طَرَفِ الْبِسَاطِ فَقَالَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ قَالَ عَلَيْكَ السَّلَامُ قَالَ أَدْنُو يَا مُحَمَّدُ ؟ فَقَالَ ادْنُهُ فَمَا زَالَ يَقُولُ أَدْنُو يَا مُحَمَّدُ ؟ وَيَقُولُ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مِرَارًا حَتَّى وَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى رُكْبَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ مَا الْإِسْلَامُ ؟ قَالَ أَنْ تَعْبُدَ اللَّهَ وَلَا تُشْرِكَ بِهِ شَيْئًا وَتُقِيمَ الصَّلَاةَ وَتُؤْتِيَ الزَّكَاةَ وَتَحُجَّ الْبَيْتَ وَتَصُومَ رَمَضَانَ قَالَ فَإِذَا فَعَلْتَ هَذَا فَقَدْ أَسْلَمْتَ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ صَدَقْتَ فَلَمَّا سَمِعْنَا قَوْلَ الرَّجُلِ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَدَقْتَ أَنْكَرْنَاهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ فَأَخْبِرْنِي مَا الْإِيمَانُ ؟ قَالَ الْإِيمَانُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةِ وَالْكِتَابِ وَالنَّبِيِّينَ وَتُؤْمِنُ بِالْقَدَرِ كُلِّهِ قَالَ فَإِذَا فَعَلْتَ ذَلِكَ فَقَدْ آمَنْتَ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ صَدَقْتَ قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَخْبِرْنِي مَا الْإِحْسَانُ ؟ قَالَ أَنْ تَعْبُدَ اللَّهَ كَأَنَّكَ تَرَاهُ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ تَرَاهُ فَإِنَّهُ يَرَاكَ قَالَ صَدَقْتَ قَالَ فَأَخْبِرْنِي يَا مُحَمَّدُ مَتَى السَّاعَةُ ؟ فَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ شَيْئًا ثُمَّ أَعَادَ فَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى ثُمَّ أَعَادَ فَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَحَلَفَ لَهُ بِاللَّهِ أَوْ قَالَ وَالَّذِي بَعَثَ مُحَمَّدًا بِالْهُدَى وَدِينِ الْحَقِّ مَا الْمَسْئُولُ بِأَعْلَمَ مِنَ السَّائِلِ وَلَكِنْ لَهَا عَلَامَاتٌ إِذَا رَأَيْتَ رِعَاءَ الْبُهْمِ يَتَطَاوَلُونَ فِي الْبُنْيَانِ وَرَأَيْتَ الْحُفَاةَ الْعُرَاةَ مُلُوكَ الْأَرْضِ وَرَأَيْتَ الْمَرْأَةَ تَلِدُ رَبَّتَهَا فِي خَمْسٍ لَا يَعْلَمُهُنَّ إِلَّا اللَّهُ { إِنَّ اللَّهَ عِنْدَهُ عِلِمُ السَّاعَةِ وَيُنَزِّلُ الْغَيْثَ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِي الْأَرْحَامِ وَمَا تَدْرِي نَفْسٌ مَاذَا تَكْسِبُ غَدًا وَمَا تَدْرِي نَفْسٌ بِأَيِّ أَرْضٍ تَمُوتُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ خَبِيرٌ } ثُمَّ سَطَعَ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَالَّذِي بَعَثَ مُحَمَّدًا بِالْهُدَى مَا كُنْتُ بِأَعْلَمَ بِهِ مِنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْكُمْ وَإِنَّهُ لِجِبْرِيلُ ﷺ وَإِنَّهُ لَفِي صُورَةِ دِحْيَةَ الْكَلْبِيِّ وَهَذَا الْكَلَامُ لَا نَعْلَمُهُ يُرْوَى عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ إِلَّا مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ إِلَّا إِسْنَادٌ ضَعِيفٌ رَوَاهُ السَّرِيُّ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ فَخَلَطَ فِي إِسْنَادِهِ وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ لَا نَعْلَمُ رَوَاهُ عَنْ أَبِي فَرْوَةَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ إِلَّا جَرِيرٌ

قَالَ قَالَ رَسُول اللهِ ﷺ لما خلق الله تبارك وتعالى آدم ونفخ فيه الروح عطس فقال الحمد لله بإذن الله فقال له ربه رحمك ربك يا آدم ثُمَّ قال اذهب إلى أولئك الملأ من الملائكة جلوس فقل السلام عليكم فقالوا وعليكم السلام ورحمة الله ثُمَّ رجع إلى ربه تبارك وتعالى فقال هذه تحيتك وتحية ذريتك بينهم ثُمَّ قال له ويداه مقبوضتان اختر أيهما شئت فقال اخترت يمين ربي وكلتا يدي ربي يمين مباركة ثم بسطها فإذا فيها آدم وذريته وإذا كل إنسان منهم عمره مكتوب عنده وإذا لآدم ألف سنة وإذا رجال منهم عليهم النور ومنهم رجل أنورهم أو من أنورهم لم يكتب له إلاَّ أربعين سنة قال أي رب من هذا؟ قال هذا ابنك داود قال أي رب زد في عمره قال ذاك الذي كتبت له قال فإني أنقص له من عمري ستين سنه قال أنت وذاك ثُمَّ أسكن آدم الجنة ما شاء الله ثُمَّ أهبط منها فكان يعد لنفسه فأتاه ملك الموت فقال عجلت أليس قد كتب الله لي ألف سنة قال بلى ولكنك جعلت لابنك داود منها ستين سنة قال ما فعلت قال فجحد فجحدت ذريته ونسي فنسيت ذريته فيومئذ أمر بالكتابة والشهود وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ لَا نَعْلَمُ رَوَاهُ عَن سَعِيد الْمَقْبُرِيّ عَن أبي هُرَيرة إلاَّ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَبد الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي ذُبَابٍ ولاَ نَعلم روى الحارث عَن سَعِيد عَن أبي هُرَيرة إلاَّ هذا الحديث عثمان بن مُحَمد الأخنسي عن الْمَقْبُرِيّ عَن أبي هُرَيرة

[AI] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The last person to enter Paradise will walk on the bridge and will walk one step and then kneel. The fire will surround him, and when he surpasses it, he will turn towards it and say, 'Blessed is He who saved me from you. He has given me something that He has not given to anyone among the earlier and later people.' A tree will be raised for him, and he will say, 'O Lord, bring me closer to this tree so that I may take shade under its shade and drink from its water.' Allah will say, 'O son of Adam, did you not make a covenant with Me that you would not ask Me for anything other than this?' He will say, 'Yes, my Lord, but I will not ask You for anything other than this.' Allah will excuse him because He will see something that he cannot bear, and he will say, 'O Lord, bring me closer to it so that I may take shade under its shade and drink from its water.' Then a tree will be raised for him at the gate of Paradise, which is better than the first one. He will say, 'O Lord, bring me closer to this tree so that I may take shade under its shade and drink from its water.' Allah will say, 'O son of Adam, did you not make a covenant with Me that you would not ask Me for anything other than this?' He will say, 'Yes, my Lord, but I will not ask You for anything other than this.' Allah will excuse him because He will see something that he cannot bear, and He will bring him closer to it. He will then hear the voices of the people of Paradise, and he will say, 'O Lord, admit me to it.' Allah will say, 'O son of Adam, would it please you if I were to give you the entire world and a similar world along with it?' He will say, 'Are You making fun of me, though You are the Lord of all the worlds?' The Messenger of Allah laughed and then said, 'Do you not ask me why I laughed?' The person asked, 'Why did you laugh, O Messenger of Allah?' He said, 'I laughed at the laughter of the Lord of the worlds when He said, 'Do you make fun of Me, though You are the Lord of all the worlds?' He said, 'No, I am not making fun of you, but I can do whatever I will.'"

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ آخِرُ مَنْ يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ يَمْشِي عَلَى الصِّرَاطِ وَهُوَ يَمْشِي مَرَّةً وَيَكْبُو مَرَّةً وَتَسْفَعُهُ النَّارُ فَإِذَا جَاوَزَهَا الْتَفَتَ إِلَيْهَا قَالَ تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي نَجَّانِي مِنْكِ أَعْطَانِي شَيْئًا مَا أَعْطَاهُ أَحَدًا مِنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَالْآخِرِينَ وَتُرْفَعُ لَهُ شَجَرَةٌ فَيَقُولُ أَيْ رَبِّ أَدْنِنِي مِنْ هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ فَلِأَسْتَظِلَّ بِظِلِّهَا وَأَشْرَبَ مِنْ مَائِهَا فَيَقُولُ اللهُ ﷻ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ لَعَلِّي إِنْ أَعْطَيْتُكَهَا تَسْأَلُنِي غَيْرَهَا فَيُدْنِيهِ مِنْهَا وَرَبُّهُ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ سَيَفْعَلُ فَيَسْتَظِلُّ بِظِلِّهَا وَيَشْرَبُ مِنْ مَائِهَا ثُمَّ تُرْفَعُ لَهُ شَجَرَةٌ أُخْرَى هِيَ أَحْسَنُ مِنَ الْأُولَى فَيَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ أَدْنِنِي مِنْهَا فَلِأَسْتَظِلَّ بِظِلِّهَا وَأَشْرَبَ مِنْ مَائِهَا وَلَا أَسْأَلُكَ غَيْرَهَا وَرَبُّهُ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ سَيَفْعَلُ؛ لِأَنَّهُ يَرَى مَا لَا صَبْرَ عَلَيْهِ فَيَقُولُ اللهُ ﷻ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ أَلَمْ تُعَاهِدْنِي أَنْ لَا تَسْأَلَنِي غَيْرَهَا فَيَقُولُ بَلَى يَا رَبِّ وَلَكِنْ هَذِهِ لَا أَسْأَلُكَ غَيْرَهَا وَرَبُّهُ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ سَيَفْعَلُ وَهُوَ يَعْذِرُهُ؛ لِأَنَّهُ يَرَى مَا لَا صَبْرَ لَهُ عَلَيْهِ فَيَقُولُ اللهُ ﷻ لَعَلِّي إِنْ أَدْنَيْتُكَ مِنْهَا سَأَلْتَنِي غَيْرَهَا فَيُعَاهِدُهُ أَنْ لَا يَفْعَلَ فَيُدْنِيهِ مِنْهَا فَيَسْتَظِلُّ بِظِلِّهَا وَيَشْرَبُ مِنْ مَائِهَا ثُمَّ تُرْفَعُ لَهُ شَجَرَةٌ عِنْدَ بَابِ الْجَنَّةِ هِيَ أَحْسَنُ مِنَ الْأُولَيَيْنِ فَيَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ أَدْنِنِي مِنْ هَذِهِ أَسْتَظِلُّ بِظِلِّهَا وَأَشْرَبُ مِنْ مَائِهَا فَيَقُولُ اللهُ جَلَّ ذِكْرُهُ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ أَلَمْ تُعَاهِدْنِي أَنْ لَا تَسْأَلَنِي غَيْرَهَا؟ فَيَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ هَذِهِ لَا أَسْأَلُكَ غَيْرَهَا فَيَقُولُ لَعَلِّي إِنْ أَدْنَيْتُكَ مِنْهَا أَنْ تَسْأَلَنِي غَيْرَهَا فَيُعَاهِدُهُ أَنْ لَا يَفْعَلَ وَرَبُّهُ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ سَيَفْعَلُ وَرَبُّهُ يَعْذِرُهُ؛ لِأَنَّهُ يَرَى مَا لَا صَبْرَ لَهُ عَلَيْهِ فَيُدْنِيهِ مِنْهَا فَيَسْمَعُ أَصْوَاتَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ فَيَقُولَ أَيْ رَبِّ أَدْخِلْنِيهَا فَيَقُولُ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ أَتَرْضَى أَنْ أُعْطِيَكَ الدُّنْيَا وَمِثْلَهَا مَعَهَا؟ فَيَقُولُ أَتَسْتَهْزِئُ بِي وَأَنْتَ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ؟ فَضَحِكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَلَا تَسْأَلُونِي مِمَّ ضَحِكْتُ» قَالَ مِمَّ ضَحِكْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ مِنْ ضَحِكِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى حَيْثُ قَالَ أَتَسْتَهْزِئُ بِي وَأَنْتَ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ؟ فَيَقُولُ «لَا إِنِّي لَا أَسْتَهْزِئُ وَلَكِنْي عَلَى مَا أَشَاءُ قَدْيرٌ»

[AI] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said regarding the saying of Allah (If you are in debt and cannot find a scribe, let there be a pledge taken in hand) until the end of the verse (Indeed, the first person to deny Adam was his son Dawood. He saw a man with bright shining light, and he said, 'O Lord, who is this?'). When death approached him and the angels came to him, he said, 'There are still forty years left of my life.' They said, 'You have given them to your son Dawood.' He said, 'I have not given anything to anyone.' So Allah brought out the book and the angels testified against him. Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Abdan informed us that Ahmad ibn Ubayd narrated to us, on the authority of Ibrahim ibn Ishaq al-Baghwiy, on the authority of Abu Salamah Musa ibn Ismail, on the authority of Hammad ibn Salamah, mentioning the meaning of this Hadith except that he said at the beginning of it, when the verse about debt was revealed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, and at the end of it, and Adam lived a complete one thousand years and Dawood lived one hundred years.

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي قَوْلِ اللهِ ﷻ {إِذَا تَدَايَنْتُمْ بِدَيْنٍ إِلَى أَجَلٍ مُسَمًّى فَاكْتُبُوهُ} [البقرة 282] إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ إِنَّ أَوَّلَ مَنْ جَحَدَ آدَمُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ إِنَّ اللهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى أَرَاهُ ذُرِّيَّتَهُ فَرَأَى رَجُلًا أَزْهَرَ سَاطِعًا نُورُهُ فَقَالَ يَا رَبِّ مَنْ هَذَا؟ قَالَ هَذَا ابْنُكَ دَاوُدُ قَالَ يَا رَبِّ فَمَا عُمُرُهُ؟ قَالَ سِتُّونَ سَنَةً قَالَ يَا رَبِّ زِدْ فِي عُمُرِهِ قَالَ لَا إِلَّا أَنْ تَزِيدَهُ مِنْ عُمُرِكَ قَالَ وَمَا عُمُرِي؟ قَالَ أَلْفُ سَنَةٍ قَالَ آدَمُ فَقَدْ وَهَبْتُ لَهُ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً قَالَ وَكَتَبَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ كِتَابًا وَأَشْهَدَ عَلَيْهِ مَلَائِكَتَهُ فَلَمَّا حَضَرَهُ الْمَوْتُ وَجَاءَتْهُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ قَالَ إِنَّهُ بَقِيَ مِنْ عُمْرِي أَرْبَعُونَ سَنَةً قَالُوا إِنَّهُ قَدْ وَهَبْتَهُ لِابْنِكَ دَاوُدَ قَالَ مَا وَهَبْتُ لِأَحَدٍ شَيْئًا فَأَخْرَجَ اللهُ الْكِتَابَ وَشَهَّدَ عَلَيْهِ مَلَائِكَتَهُ 20519 وَأَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْبَغَوِيُّ ثنا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ فَذَكَرَ مَعْنَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ فِي أَوَّلِهِ لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ آيَةُ الدَّيْنِ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَالَ فِي آخِرِهِ فَأَكْمَلَ لِآدَمَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ وَلِدَاوُدَ مِائَةَ سَنَةٍ

“When Allah created Adam, He breathed the soul into him, then he sneezed and said: ‘All praise is due to Allah.’ So he praised Allah by His permission. Then His Lord said to him: ‘May Allah have mercy upon you O Adam. Go to those angels – to that gathering of them sitting – so say: 'As-Salamu alaikum.' They said 'Wa Alaikas-Salamu Wa Rahmatullah’. Then he returned to his Lord, He said: ‘This is your greeting and the greeting of your children among each other.’ Then Allah said to him – while His Two Hands were closed – ‘Choose which of them you wish.’ He said: ‘I chose the right My Lord and both of the Hands of my Lord are right, blessed.’ Then He extended it, and there was Adam and his offspring in it.’ So he said: ‘What are these O my Lord?’ He said: ‘These are your offspring?’ Each one of them had his age written between his eyes. But among them there was a man who was the most illuminating of them – or among the most illuminated of them. He said: ‘O Lord! Who is this?’ He said: ‘This is your son Dawud, I wrote forty years for him.’ He said: ‘O Lord! Add to his age.’ He said: ‘That is what I have written for him.’ He said: ‘O Lord! Give him sixty of my years.’ He said: ‘So you shall have it.’” He said: “Then, he resided in Paradise as long as Allah willed, then he was cast from it, so Adam was counting for himself.” He said: “So the Angel of death came to him, and Adam said to him: ‘You are hasty, one-thousand years were written for me.’ He said: ‘Of course! But you gave sixty years to your son Dawud.’ So he rejected, and his offspring rejected, and he forgot, and his offspring forgot.” He said: “So ever since that day, what is written and witnessed has been decreed.” (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3367)

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَمَّا خَلَقَ اللهُ آدَمَ وَنَفَخَ فِيهِ الرُّوحَ عَطَسَ فَقَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ فَحَمِدَ اللهَ بِإِذْنِ اللهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَبُّهُ رَحِمَكَ رَبُّكَ يَا آدَمُ فَقَالَ لَهُ يَا آدَمُ اذْهَبْ إِلَى أُولَئِكَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ إِلَى مَلَأٍ مِنْهُمْ جُلُوسٍ فَقُلِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ فَذَهَبَ قَالُوا وَعَلَيْكَ السَّلَامُ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى رَبِّهِ فَقَالَ هَذِهِ تَحِيَّتُكَ وَتَحِيَّةُ بَنِيكَ وَبَنِيهِمْ وَقَالَ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى لَهُ وَيَدَاهُ مَقْبُوضَتَانِ اخْتَرْ أَيَّهُمَا شِئْتَ فَقَالَ اخْتَرْتُ يَمِينَ رَبِّي وَكِلْتَا يَدَيْ رَبِّي يَمِينٌ مُبَارَكَةٌ ثُمَّ بَسَطَهَا فَإِذَا فِيهَا آدَمُ وَذُرِّيَّتُهُ فَقَالَ أَيْ رَبِّ مَا هَؤُلَاءِ؟ قَالَ هَؤُلَاءِ ذُرِّيَّتُكَ فَإِذَا كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ مَكْتُوبٌ عُمُرُهُ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ وَإِذَا فِيهِمْ رَجُلٌ أَضْوَأُهُمْ أَوْ قَالَ مِنْ أَضْوَئِهِمْ لَمْ يُكْتَبْ لَهُ إِلَّا أَرْبَعُونَ سَنَةً فَقَالَ أَيْ رَبِّ زِدْ فِي عُمُرِهِ قَالَ ذَاكَ الَّذِي كُتِبَ لَهُ قَالَ فَإِنِّي قَدْ جَعَلْتُ لَهُ مِنْ عُمُرِي سِتِّينَ سَنَةً قَالَ أَنْتَ وَذَاكَ قَالَ ثُمَّ أُسْكِنَ الْجَنَّةَ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ ثُمَّ أُهْبِطَ مِنْهَا وَكَانَ آدَمُ يَعُدُّ لِنَفْسِهِ فَأَتَاهُ مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ فَقَالَ لَهُ آدَمُ قَدْ عَجَّلْتَ قَدْ كُتِبَتْ لِي أَلْفُ سَنَةٍ قَالَ بَلَى وَلَكِنَّكَ جَعَلْتَ لِابْنِكَ دَاوُدَ مِنْهَا سِتِّينَ سَنَةً فَجَحَدَ فَجَحَدَتْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُ وَنَسِيَ فَنَسِيَتْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُ فَيَوْمَئِذٍ أُمِرَ بِالْكِتَابِ وَالشُّهُودِ

[AI] I was sent by Ibn Ayyash bin Abi Rabia to Umar bin Abdul Aziz for his needs. I entered upon him and there was a scribe with him who was writing. I greeted him and he replied with greetings. Then, I said, "Peace be upon you, O Commander of the Faithful, and the mercy of Allah." He said, "O son of Ziyad, we do not deny the first thing you said." The scribe was reading to him the grievances that came from Basra. Then, he told me to sit, so I sat on a step near the door while he listened to the scribe reading. Umar was sighing heavily. When he finished, he dismissed everyone in the room until only I and him were present. He sat in front of me and placed his hands on my knees. Then, he said, "O son of Abi Ziyad, have you worn this armor?" I said, "Yes, I have a padded armor made of wool and I have rested from what we were in." Then, he asked me about the righteous men and women of Madinah, and he asked me about the matters he had commanded them in Madinah, and I informed him. Then, he said, "O son of Abi Ziyad, don't you see what has happened to me?" I said, "Rejoice, O Commander of the Faithful, for I hope good for you." He said, "Never, never." Then, he cried until I also mourned for him. I said, "O Commander of the Faithful, some of your actions are praiseworthy, for I hope good for you." He said, "Never, never. I neither insult nor am I insulted, I neither strike nor am I struck, I neither harm nor am I harmed." He said, and then he cried until I also mourned for him. So, I stayed until he fulfilled my needs, and he wrote to my master asking him to sell me, but he refused and then freed me.

أَرْسَلَنِي ابْنُ عَيَّاشِ بْنِ أَبِي رَبِيعَةَ إِلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ فِي حَوَائِجَ لَهُ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَعِنْدَهُ كَاتِبٌ يَكْتُبُ فَقُلْتُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ فَقَالَ وَعَلَيْكُمُ السَّلَامُ ثُمَّ انْتَهَيْتُ فَقُلْتُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ زِيَادٍ إِنَّا لَسْنَا نُنْكِرُ الْأُولَى الَّتِي قُلْتَ وَالْكَاتِبُ يَقْرَأُ عَلَيْهِ مَظَالِمَ جَاءَتْ مِنَ الْبَصْرَةِ فَقَالَ لِي اجْلِسْ فَجَلَسْتُ عَلَى أُسْكُفَّةِ الْبَابِ وَهُوَ يَقْرَأُ عَلَيْهِ وَعُمَرُ يَتَنَفَّسُ الصَّعْدَاءَ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ أَخْرَجَ مَنْ كَانَ فِي الْبَيْتِ حَتَّى وَصِيفًا كَانَ فِيهِ ثُمَّ قَامَ يَمْشِي إِلَيَّ حَتَّى جَلَسَ بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ وَوَضَعَ يَدَيْهِ عَلَى رُكْبَتِي ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا ابْنَ أَبِي زِيَادٍ اسْتَدْفَأْتَ فِي مِدْرَعَتِكَ هَذِهِ؟ ‍‍ قَالَ وَعَليَّ مِدْرَعَةٌ مِنْ صُوفٍ وَاسْتَرَحْتَ مِمَّا نَحْنُ فِيهِ؟ ثُمَّ سَأَلَنِي عَنْ صُلَحَاءِ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ رِجَالِهِمْ وَنِسَائِهِمْ فَمَا تَرَكَ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدًا إِلَّا سَأَلَنِي عَنْهُ وَسَأَلَنِي عَنْ أُمُورٍ كَانَ أَمَرَ بِهَا بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا ابْنَ أَبِي زِيَادٍ أَمَا تَرَى مَا وَقَعْتُ فِيهِ قَالَ قُلْتُ أَبْشِرْ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِنِّي لَأَرْجُو لَكَ خَيْرًا قَالَ هَيْهَاتَ هَيْهَاتَ ثُمَّ بَكَى حَتَّى جَعَلْتُ أَرْثِي لَهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ بَعْضُ مَا تَصْنَعُ فَإِنِّي أَرْجُو لَكَ خَيْرًا قَالَ هَيْهَاتَ هَيْهَاتَ أَشْتِمُ وَلَا أُشْتَمُ وَأَضْرِبُ وَلَا أُضْرَبُ وَأُوذِي وَلَا أُوذَى قَالَ ثُمَّ بَكَى حَتَّى جَعَلْتُ أَرْثِي لَهُ فَأَقَمْتُ حَتَّى قَضَى حَوَائِجِي وَكَتَبَ إِلَى مَوْلَايَ يَسْأَلُهُ أَنْ يَبِيعَنِي مِنْهُ ثُمَّ أَخْرَجَ مِنْ تَحْتِ فِرَاشِهِ عِشْرِينَ دِينَارًا فَقَالَ: اسْتَعِنْ بِهَذِهِ فَإِنَّهُ لَوْ كَانَ لَكَ فِي الْفَيْءِ حَقٌّ أَعْطَيْنَاكَ إِنَّمَا عَبْدٌ، فَأَبَيْتُ أَنْ آخُذَهَا فَقَالَ: إِنَّمَا هِيَ مِنْ نَفَقَتِي فَلَمْ يَزَلْ بِي حَتَّى أَخَذْتُهَا وَكَتَبَ إِلَى مَوْلَايَ يَسْأَلُهُ أَنْ يَبِيعَنِي مِنْهُ فَأَبَى وَأَعْتَقَنِي

"آخِرُ منْ يخَرجُ منَ النارِ رجلانِ، يقولُ اللهُ ﷻ لأحدِهما: يا ابنَ آدمَ. ما أعددت لهذا اليومِ؟ هل عملتَ خيرًا قطُّ؟ هل رَجَوْتنِى؟ فيقولُ: لا يَا ربَّ فيُؤْمَرُ به إلى النارِ، فهو أشدُّ أهلِ النارِ حسرةً ويقول لِلآخرِ: يا ابْنَ آدمَ. ما أعددتَ لهذا اليوم؟ هل عمِلتَ خيرًا قطُّ ورَجوتَنى؟ فيقولُ: لا يا ربِّ إلَّا أَنَّى كُنتُ أرجوك، فَتُرْفَعُ له شجرةٌ فيقولُ: أىْ ربِّ قَرِّنِى تحتَ هذه الشَّجرةِ فأستظلَّ بظلِّها وآكلَ من ثمرِها وأشربَ من مائِها، ويُعاهدُه أن لا يسألَه غيرَ هذا، فيقرُّهُ تحتَها. ثم ترفعُ له شجرةٌ أحسنُ من الأولى وأغدقُ ماءً، فيقولُ: أي رب أقرنى تحتها لا أسألك غيرها فأستظل بظلها، وأشرب من مائها، فيقول: يا ابن آدم ألم تعاهدنى أن لا تسألنى غيرها؟ فيقول: أى رب هذه لا أسألك غيرها فيقره تحتها، ثم ترفع له شجرة عندَ بابِ الجنَّةِ هى أحسنُ من الأُولَيَيْنِ وأغدقُ ماءً، فيقولُ: أىْ ربِّ هذَّه، قَرنى تحتها فيدنيه منها، ويعاهدُه، أن لا يسألَه غيرَها، فيسمعُ أصواتَ أهل الجنةِ فلا يَتَمَالكُ. فيقولُ أىْ ربَّ أدخلنى الجنةَ، فيقولُ الله ﷻ: سَلْ وتَمنَّ؛ فيسألُ ويتمنَّى مقدارَ ثَلاثةِ أيامٍ من أيام الدنيا، ويُلَقَّنُه اللهُ ما لا عِلمَ له به، فيسألُ ويتمنَّىَ، فإذا فَرغ قال: لك ما سألتَ ومثله معَهَ".

وقال أبو هريرة: "وعشرةُ أمثالِه".

Verily the Messenger of Allah said: The last to enter Paradise would be a man who would walk once and stumble once and be burnt by the Fire once. Then when he gets beyond it, he will turn to it and say: Blessed is He Who has saved me from thee. Allah has given me something He has not given to any one of those in earlier or later times. Then a tree would be raised up for him and he will say: O my Lord I bring me near this tree so that I may take shelter in its shade and drink of its water. Allah, the Exalted and Great, would say: O son of Adam, if I grant you this, you will ask Me for something else. He would say: No. my Lord. And he would promise Him that he would not ask for anything else. His Lord would excuse him because He sees what he cannot help desiring; so He would bring him near it, and he would take shelter in its shade and drink of its water. Afterwards a tree more beautiful than the first would be raised up before him and he would say: O my Lord! bring me near this tree in order that I may drink of its water and take shelter in its shade and I shall not ask Thee for anything else. He (Allah) would say: O son of Adam, if I bring you near it you may ask me for something else. He would promise Him that he would not ask for anything else. His Lord will excuse him because He would see something he cannot help desiring. So He would bring him near it and he would enjoy its shade and drink its water. Then a tree would be raised up for him at the gate of the Paradise, more beautiful than the first two. He would say: O my Lord! bring me near this (tree) so that I may enjoy its shade and drink from its water. I shall not ask Thee for anything else. He (Allah) would say: O son of Adam! did you not promise Me that you would not ask Me anything else? He would say: Yes, my Lord, but I shall not ask Thee for anything else. His Lord would excuse him for He sees something the temptation of which he could not resist. He (Allah) would bring him near to it, and when He would bring him near it he would hear the voices of the inhabitants of the Paradise. He would say: O my Lord! admit me to it. He (Allah) would say: O son of Adam, what will bring an end to your requests to Me? Will it please you if I give you the whole world and a like one along with it? He will say: O my Lord! art Thou mocking at me, though Thou art the Lord of the worlds? Ibn Mas'ud laughed and asked (the hearers): Why don't you ask me what I am laughing at. They (then) said: Why do you laugh? He said: It is in this way that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ laughed. They (the companions of the Holy Prophet) asked: Why do you laugh. Messenger of Allah? He said: On account of the laugh of the Lord of the universe, when he ldesirer of Paradise) sai Thou mocking at me though Thou art the Lord of the worlds? He would say: I am not mocking at you, but I have power to do whatever I will. (Using translation from Muslim 187)

"آخِرُ مَن يدخلُ الجنةَ رجلٌ يمشى على الصِّراطِ فهو يمشى مرَّةً ويكبُو مرَّةً، وتَسْفَعُهُ النار مرَّةً، فإذا جاوزَها الْتفتَ إليها؛ فقال: تبارَك الذى نجَّانى منك: لقد أعطانى اللهُ شيئًا ما أعطاه أحدًا منَ الأوَّلينَ والآخرينَ، فتُرفعُ له شجرةٌ فيقولُ: أىْ ربّ أَدْنِنى منْ هذه الشجرةِ فَلأَسْتظِلَّ بِظِلَّها وأشربَ من مائها؟ فيقولُ الله: يا ابنَ آدمَ، لَعَلِّى إن أَعْطَيْتُكَهَا سأَلْتَنِى غيرَها؛ فيقولُ: لا يا ربَّ ويُعاهدُه أنْ لا يسألَهُ غيرَها، وربُّه يَعْذِرُهُ؛ لأنه يرى ما لا صبرَ لهُ عليه، فَيُدْنِيه منها، فيستظلُّ بظِلِّها ويشربُ من مائها، ثم تُرفعُ لَه شجرةٌ أخرى هى أحسنُ منَ الأولى، فيقولُ، أىْ ربِّ: أدْنِنِى منْ هذهَ لأِشْربَ من مائِها، وأستظلَّ بظلها، لا أسألُك غيرَها، فيقولُ: يا ابن آدمَ، أَلَم تعاهدْنى أن لا تسأَلنى غيرَها؟ (فيقول) لعلى إنْ أدْنيتك منها تسألُنى غيرَها فيعاهدُه أَنْ لا يسألَه غيرَها، وربُّه يَعْذِرُهُ؛ لأنَّه يرى ما لا صَبْرَ لهُ عليهِ؛ فَيُدْنِيهِ منها فَيَسْتَظلُّ بِظلها، وَيَشربُ من مَائِها ثم ترفعُ لُه شجرةٌ عنْدَ بَابِ الجنَّة هِى أحَسنُ منَ الأُولَيَيْنِ فيقولُ: أىْ ربِّ أدْنِنِى مِنْ هذِه فَلأَسْتَظِلَّ بِظَّلِها وأَشْرَبَ مِنْ مائِها لَا أسْأَلُك غيرَها فيقولُ: يا ابن آدمَ ألَمْ تُعَاهِدْنى أنْ لا تسألَنى غيرَها؟ قال: بلى يا رب. أدنِنىِ من هذه لا أسألُك غيرَها، وربُّه يَعْذِرُه؛ لأنه يرى ما لا صبرَ له عليهِ، فَيُدْنيه منها فإِذا أَدْناه منها سَمِعَ أصواتَ أهلِ الجنَّةِ فيقولُ: أى ربَّ أدْخِلْنِيها، فيقولُ: يا ابنَ آدمَ ما يَصْرِينىِ منكَ؟ أيُرْضيكَ أن أُعْطِيَكَ الدُّنْيَا ومِثْلَهَا مَعَهَا فيقولُ: أىْ ربَّ أتستهزئُّ مِنَّى وأنتَ ربُّ العالمين؟ فيقولُ: إنِّى لاَ أسْتَهِزْئُ منك وَلَكنَّى على مَا أشَاءُ قَادِرٌ".

"لَمَّا خَلَقَ اللهُ آدَمَ وَنَفَخَ فِيهِ الرُّوحَ عَطَسَ فَقَال: الْحَمْدُ للهِ فَحَمِدَ لله بإِذنِهِ، فَقَال لَهُ رَبُّه: يَرْحَمُكَ اللهُ يَا آدَمُ، اذْهَبْ إِلَى أُولَئِكَ الْمَلائِكَةِ إِلَى مَلإٍ مِنهُمْ جُلُوسِ: فَقُل (السَّلامُ عَلَيكمْ) قَالُوا: وَعَلَيكَ السَّلامُ وَرحْمَةُ اللهِ، ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ إِلَى رَبِّهِ فَقَال: (إِنَّ هَذِهِ تَحِيتُكَ وَتَحِيَةُ بَنِيكَ بَينَهُم، فَقَال الله لَهُ: وَيَدَاهُ مَقْبُوضَتَان: اخْتَرْ أيَّهُمَا شِئْتَ؟ ، قَال: اخْتَرْتُ يَمِينَ رَبِّي، وَكِلْتَا يَديْ رَبِّي يَمينُ مُبَارَكَةٌ، ثُمَّ بَسَطَهَا فإِذَا فِيهَا آدَمُ وَذُرِّيَّتُه، فَقَال: أَيْ رَبِّ مَا هَؤُلاء؟ ، قَال: هَؤُلاءِ ذُرِّيَّتُكَ، فَإِذَا كُلُّ إِنْسَان مَكْتُوبٌ عُمُرهُ بَين عَينَيه، فإِذَا فِيهم رَجُلٌ أضْوَأُهُم، أوْ مِنْ بَعض أَضْوَئهم قَال: يَا رَبِّ مَنْ هَذَا؟ ، قَال: هَذَا ابْنُكَ دَاوُدُ وَقَدْ كَتَبْتُ لَهُ، قَال: أي رَبِّ فإِنِّي قَدْ جعَلت لَهُ مِنْ عُمُرى سِتِّينَ سَنَةً، قَال: أنْتَ وَذَاكَ، ثُمَّ أُسْكِنَ الْجنَة مَا شَاءَ الله، ثُمَّ أُهْبطَ مِنْهَا، فَكَانَ آدَمُ يَعُدُّ لِنَفْسِهِ فأَتَاهُ المَوْتُ فَقَال لَهُ. قَدْ جَعَلْتُ، قَدْ كُتِبَ لِي أَلْفُ سَنَةٍ، قَالُوا: بَلَى، وَلَكِنْكَ جَعَلْتَ لابْنكَ دَاوُدَ سِتِّينَ سَنَةً فَجَحَد فَجَحَدتْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُ، وَنَسِى فَنَسِيتْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُ فَمِن يَوْمِئِذٍ أُمِرَ بالْكِتَاب والشُّهُودِ".

"عَنْ إِياسِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: بَعَثَتْ قُرَيْشٌ خَارَجَةَ بْنَ كُرْزٍ يَطْلُبُ لَهُمْ طَليعَةً، فَرَجَع حَامدًا بحُسْنِ الثَّنَاءِ، فَقَالُوا: إِنَّكَ أَعْرَابِىُّ قَعْقَعُوا لَكَ السِّلَاحَ فَطَارَ فُؤَادُكَ، فَمَا دَرَيْتَ مَا قِيلَ لَكَ وَمَا قُلْتَ، ثُمَّ أَرْسَلُوا عُرْوَةَ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ، فَجَاءَهُ فَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ! مَا هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ تَدْعُو إِلَى ذَاتِ الله، ثُمَّ جِئْتَ قَوْمَكَ بِأَوْبَاشِ النَّاسِ مَنْ تَعْرِفُ وَمَنْ لَا تَعْرِفُ لِتَقْطَعَ أَرْحَامَهُمْ وَتَسْتَحِلَّ حُرَمَهُمْ وَدِمَاءَهُمْ وَأَمْوالَهُمْ؟ ! فَقالَ: إِنِّى لَمْ آت قوْمِى إِلَّا لأَصِلَ أَرْحَامَهُمْ يُبْدِلُهُمْ اللهُ بِدينٍ خَيْرٍ مِنْ دِينِهِمْ، وَمعايِشَ خيْرٍ مِنْ مَعَايِشِهِمْ، فَرَجَعَ حَامِدًا بِحُسْنِ الثَّنَاءِ، قَالَ سَلَمَةُ: فَاشْتَدَّ الْبَلَاءُ عَلَى مَنْ كَانَ فِى يَدِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ مِنَ الْمُسْلمِينَ، فَدَعا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عُمَرَ فَقالَ: يَا عُمَرُ! هَلْ أَنْتَ مُبْلِغٌ عَنِّى إِخْوَانَكَ مِنْ أُسَارَى الْمُسْلمِينَ؟ ! فَقَالَ: يَا نَبِىَّ اللهِ! وَاللهِ مَالِىَ بِمَكَّةَ مِنْ عَشِيرَةٍ غَيْرِى أَكْثَرُ عَشِيرةً مِنِّى، فَدعا عُثْمَانَ فَأَرْسَلَهُ إِلَيْهِمْ، فَخَرَجَ عُثْمَانُ عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ حَتَّى جَاءَ عَسْكَرَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَعَتِبُوا بِهِ وَأَساءوا لَهُ الْقَوْلَ، ثُمَّ أَجَارَهُ أَبَانُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْعاصِ ابْنِ عَمِّهِ، وَحَمَلَهُ السَّرْج

وَرَدِفَهُ، فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ قَالَ: يَا بْنَ عَمِّ! مَالِىَ أَرَاكَ مُتَخَشِّعًا؟ أَسْبِلْ، قَالَ: وَكَانَ إِزَارُهُ إِلَى نِصْف سَاقِه، ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُثْمَانُ: هَكَذَا إِزْرَةُ صَاحِبنَا، فَلَمْ يَدَعْ أَحَدًا بِمَكَّةَ مِنْ أُسَارَى الْمُسْلمِينَ إِلَّا بلَّغَهُمْ مَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ، قَالَ سَلَمَةُ: فَبَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ قَائِمُونَ نَادَى مُنَادِى رَسُول اللهِ ﷺ : أَيُّها النَّاسُ! الْبَيْعَةَ الْبَيْعَةَ؛ نَزَلَ رُوحُ الْقُدُسِ، فَسرنَا إِلَى رَسُولِ الله ﷺ وَهُوَ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةِ سَمُرَةٍ فَبَايَعْنَاهُ، وَذَلِكَ قَوْلُ اللهِ: {لَقَدْ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِذْ يُبَايِعُونَكَ تَحْتَ الشَّجَرَةِ} (*)، قَالَ: فَبَايَعَ لِعُثْمَانَ إِحْدَى يَدَيْهِ عَلَى الأُخْرَى، فَقالَ النَّاسُ: هَنِيئًا لِأَبى عَبْدِ اللهِ؛ يَطُوفُ بِالْبَيْتِ وَنَحْنُ هَاهُنَا، فَقالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ : لَوْ مَكَثَ كَذَا وَكَذَا سَنَةً مَا طَافَ حَتَّى أَطُوفَ".

"عَنْ أَبِى هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ: إِنَّ الله -تَعَالَى- خَلَقَ آدَمَ مِنْ تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ جَعلَهُ دسا "طينًا" حَتَّى إِذَا كان حَمَأً مَسْنُونًا، خَلَقَهُ وَصَوَّرَهُ، ثُمَّ تَرَكَهُ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ صَلصَالًا كَالْفَخَّارِ، فَكَانَ إِبْلِيسُ يُمرُّ بِهِ فَيَقُولُ: قد خُلِقْتَ لأَمْرٍ عَظِيمٍ، ثُمَّ يَنْفُخُ الله -تَعَالَى- مِنْ رَوحِهِ، فَكَان أَوَّلُ مَا جَرَى فِيهِ الرُّوحٌ بَصَرَهُ وَخَيَاشِمَهُ فَعَطَسَ، فَلَقَّاهُ الله -تَعَالَى- حَمْدَ ربِّه، فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ: يَرْحَمُكَ الله رَبُّكَ، ثمَ قَالَ يَا آدَمُ: اذهَبْ إِلَى أُوَلئِكَ النَّفَرِ فَقُلْ لَهُمْ: فَانْظُرْ مَاذَا يَقُولُونَ؟ فَجَاءَ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالُوا: وَعَلَيْكَ السَّلَامُ وَرَحْمَةُ الله، فَجَاءَ إلَى ربِّه، فَقَالَ: مَاذَا قَالُوا لَكَ؟ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا قَالُوا لَهُ، قَالَ يَا رَبِّ: لَمَّا سَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ قَالُوا: وَعَلَيْكَ الَّسَلامُ وَرَحْمَةُ الله، فَقَالَ: يَا آدَمُ هَذَا تَحِيَّتُكَ وَتَحِيَّةُ ذُرِّيَّتِكَ، قَالَ يَا رَبِّ: وَمَا ذُرِّيَّتِى؟ قَالَ: اخْتر يَدَىَّ يَا آدَمُ، قَالَ: أخْتَارُ يَمِينَ ربِّى، وَكلتَا يَدَىْ ربِّى يَمينٌ، فَبَسطَ الله -تَعَالَى- كفَّيْهِ فَإذَا هُوَ كُل مَنْ هُوَ كَائِنٌ مِن ذُرِّيَّتِهِ في كَفِّ الرَّحْمَنِ، فَإِذَا رِجَالًا مِنْهُمْ عَلَى أَفْوَاهِهِمْ (النُّورُ) وَإِذَا رَجُلٌ تَعَجَّبَ آدَمُ مِنْ نُورِهِ، فَقَالَ يَا رَب: مَنْ هَذَا؟ قَالَ: ابْنُكَ دَاوُدُ، قَالَ يَا رَب: فَكَمْ جَعَلْتَ لَهُ مِنَ الْعُمُرِ؟ قَالَ: جَعَلتُ لَهُ سِتِّينَ سَنَةً، فَقَالَ: يَا رَبِّ فَأَتِمَّ لَهُ مِن عُمُرِى حَتَّى يَكُونَ لَهُ مِائَةُ سَنَةٍ، فَفَعَلَ الله -تَعَالَى- ذلِكَ وَأَشْهَدَ عَلَيْهِ، فَلَمَّا نفِدَ عُمُرُ آدَمَ، بَعَثَ الله -تَعَالَى- مَلَكَ الْمَوْتِ فَقَالَ: آدَمُ أو لَمْ

يَتَولَّ "يَبْقَ" مِنْ عُمُرِى أَرْبَعُونَ سَنَةً؟ فَقَالَ لَهُ الْمَلَكُ: أَلَمْ تُعْطِهَا ابْنَكَ دَاوُدَ؟ فَجَحَدَ ذَلِكَ، فَجَحَدَتْ ذُرِّيَّتهُ، وَنَسِىَ فَنَسِيَتْ ذُرِّيَّتهُ".