[Machine] We had a Jewish neighbor among the Bani Abdul Ashhal tribe. One day, he came out of his house and stopped in front of the Bani Abdul Ashhal tribe. Salamah said, "That day, I had a blanket with me that I was lying on in my family's courtyard. He mentioned the Day of Resurrection, the Afterlife, the Reckoning, the Scale, Paradise, and Hellfire." He said this to the people of Yathrib (before it became known as Madinah) who were pagans and did not believe in the resurrection after death. They said to him, "Woe to you! Do you think this will happen, O So-and-so?" He said, "Yes, by the One whom I swear by." They asked him, "What is the evidence for that?" He said, "There is a Prophet who will be sent from this region," and he pointed with his hand towards Makkah. They asked, "When will we see him?" He looked at me, being the youngest among them, and said, "This young boy will live until he meets him." Salamah said, "By Allah, night and day did not pass until Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, sent His Messenger ﷺ while he was alive amongst us, and we believed in him and rejected disbelief and envy." So we said to him, "Woe to you! Didn't you say something to us?" He said, "Yes, but it is not as authentic as the condition of a Muslim and it has not been mentioned in their books."
كَانَ لَنَا جَارٌ مِنْ يَهُودٍ فِي بَنِي عَبْدِ الْأَشْهَلِ قَالَ فَخَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا يَوْمًا مِنْ بَيْتِهِ حَتَّى وَقَفَ عَلَى بَنِي عَبْدِ الْأَشْهَلِ قَالَ سَلَمَةُ «وَأَنَا يَوْمَئِذٍ حَدَثٌ عَلَيَّ بُرْدَةٌ لِي مُضْطَجِعٌ فِيهَا بِفِنَاءِ أَهْلِي فَذَكَرَ الْقِيَامَةَ وَالْبَعْثَ وَالْحِسَابَ وَالْمِيزَانَ وَالْجَنَّةَ وَالنَّارَ» قَالَ فَقَالَ ذَلِكَ فِي أَهْلِ يَثْرِبَ وَالْقَوْمُ أَصْحَابُ أَوْثَانٍ لَا يَرَوْنَ بَعْثًا كَائِنًا عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ فَقَالُوا لَهُ وَيْحَكَ أَتَرَى هَذَا كَائِنًا يَا فُلَانُ؟ إِنَّ النَّاسَ يُبْعَثُونَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهِمْ إِلَى جُنَّةٍ وَنَارٍ وَيُجْزَوْنَ فِيهَا بِأَعْمَالِهِمْ قَالَ نَعَمْ وَالَّذِي يَحْلِفُ بِهِ قَالُوا يَا فُلَانُ وَيْحَكَ مَا آيَةُ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ نَبِيٌّ مَبْعُوثٌ مِنْ نَحْوِ هَذِهِ الْبِلَادِ وَأَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى مَكَّةَ قَالُوا وَمَتَى نَرَاهُ؟ قَالَ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيَّ وَأَنَا أَصْغَرُهُمْ سِنًّا فَقَالَ أَنْ يَسْتَنْفِدَ هَذَا الْغُلَامُ عُمُرَهُ يُدْرِكُهُ قَالَ سَلَمَةُ «فَوَاللَّهِ مَا ذَهَبَ اللَّيْلُ وَالنَّهَارُ حَتَّى بَعَثَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ حَيٌّ بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِنَا فَآمَنَّا بِهِ وَكَفَرَ بَغْيًا وَحَسَدًا» فَقُلْنَا لَهُ وَيْحَكَ يَا فُلَانُ أَلَسْتَ الَّذِي قُلْتَ لَنَا فِيهِ مَا قُلْتَ؟ قَالَ بَلَى وَلَكِنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِهِ «صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِمٍ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ» على شرط مسلم