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ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ بِأَنَّ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ وَأُمَّتَهُ يَكُونُونَ شُهَدَاءَ عَلَى سَائِرِ الْأُمَمِ فِي الْقِيَامَةِ

ibnhibban:6477Abū Yaʿlá > Abū Khaythamah > Jarīr > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Saʿīd

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Noah will be called on the Day of Resurrection and he will say, 'Labbaik and Saʿdaik, O my Lord!' Allah will say, 'Did you convey the Message?' Noah will say, 'Yes.' His nation will then be asked, 'Did he convey the Message to you?' They will say, 'No Warner came to us.' Then Allah will say (to Noah), 'Who will bear witness in your favor?' He will say, 'Muhammad and his followers. So they (i.e. Muslims) will testify that he conveyed the Message. And the Apostle (Muhammad) will be a witness over yourselves, and that is what is meant by the Statement of Allah "Thus We have made of you a just and the best nation that you may be witnesses over mankind and the Apostle (Muhammad) will be a witness over yourselves." (2.143) (Using translation from Bukhārī 4487)  

ابن حبّان:٦٤٧٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يُدْعَى نُوحٌ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَيَقُولُ لَبَّيْكَ وَسَعْدَيْكَ يَا رَبِّ فَيَقُولُ هَلْ بَلَّغْتَ؟ فَيَقُولُ نَعَمْ يَا رَبِّ فَيَقُولُ لِأُمَّتِهِ هَلْ بَلَّغَكُمْ؟ فَيَقُولُونَ مَا أَتَانَا مِنْ نَذِيرٍ فَيُقَالُ مَنْ يَشْهَدُ لَكَ؟ فَيَقُولُ مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ وَأُمَّتُهُ» قَالَ ﷺ «فَيَشْهَدُونَ أَنَّهُ قَدْ بَلَّغَ وَيَكُونُ الرَّسُولُ عَلَيْهِمْ شَهِيدًا فَذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ {وَكَذَلِكَ جَعَلْنَاكُمْ أُمَّةً وَسَطًا لِتَكُونُوا شُهَدَاءَ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَيَكُونَ الرَّسُولُ عَلَيْكُمْ شَهِيدًا} » وَالْوَسَطُ الْعَدْلُ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Suyūṭī

The Prophet ﷺ and his nation will stand witness for Nūḥ when his own nation will deny his mission

bukhari:3339Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Ziyād > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Saʿīd

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Nūḥ and his nation will come ˹on Judgement Day˺ and Allah will ask, 'Did you convey ˹the Message˺?' He will reply, 'Yes, indeed O my Lord!' Then Allah will ask his nation, 'Did Nuḥ convey ˹the Message˺ to you?' They will reply, 'No, no prophet came to us.' Then Allah will ask Nūḥ, 'Who will stand a witness for you?' He will reply, 'Muhammad and his followers.' So, we will stand as witnesses for him." That is the Statement of Allah: "Thus we have made you a wasaṭ nation that you might be witnesses over mankind... (Baqarah 2:143)" and wasaṭ means justice.  

البخاري:٣٣٣٩حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «يَجِيءُ نُوحٌ وَأُمَّتُهُ فَيَقُولُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: هَلْ بَلَّغْتَ؟ فَيَقُولُ: نَعَمْ أَىْ رَبِّ۔ فَيَقُولُ لأُمَّتِهِ: هَلْ بَلَّغَكُمْ؟ فَيَقُولُونَ: لاَ مَا جَاءَنَا مِنْ نَبِيٍّ۔ فَيَقُولُ لِنُوحٍ: مَنْ يَشْهَدُ لَكَ؟ فَيَقُولُ مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ وَأُمَّتُهُ۔ فَنَشْهَدُ أَنَّهُ قَدْ بَلَّغَ۔» وَهْوَ قَوْلُهُ جَلَّ ذِكْرُهُ {وَكَذَلِكَ جَعَلْنَاكُمْ أُمَّةً وَسَطًا لِتَكُونُوا شُهَدَاءَ عَلَى النَّاسِ} وَالْوَسَطُ الْعَدْلُ۔»  

bukhari:4487Yūsuf b. Rāshid > Jarīr And ʾAbū Usāmah Wa-al-Lafẓ Lijarīr > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Usāmah > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Noah will be called on the Day of Resurrection and he will say, 'Labbaik and Saʿdaik, O my Lord!' Allah will say, 'Did you convey the Message?' Noah will say, 'Yes.' His nation will then be asked, 'Did he convey the Message to you?' They will say, 'No Warner came to us.' Then Allah will say (to Noah), 'Who will bear witness in your favor?' He will say, 'Muhammad and his followers. So they (i.e. Muslims) will testify that he conveyed the Message. And the Apostle (Muhammad) will be a witness over yourselves, and that is what is meant by the Statement of Allah "Thus We have made of you a just and the best nation that you may be witnesses over mankind and the Apostle (Muhammad) will be a witness over yourselves." (2.143)  

البخاري:٤٤٨٧حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ رَاشِدٍ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ وَأَبُو أُسَامَةَ وَاللَّفْظُ لِجَرِيرٍ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ وَقَالَ أَبُو أُسَامَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُدْعَى نُوحٌ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَيَقُولُ لَبَّيْكَ وَسَعْدَيْكَ يَا رَبِّ فَيَقُولُ هَلْ بَلَّغْتَ فَيَقُولُ نَعَمْ فَيُقَالُ لأُمَّتِهِ هَلْ بَلَّغَكُمْ فَيَقُولُونَ مَا أَتَانَا مِنْ نَذِيرٍ فَيَقُولُ مَنْ يَشْهَدُ لَكَ فَيَقُولُ مُحَمَّدٌ وَأُمَّتُهُ فَتَشْهَدُونَ أَنَّهُ قَدْ بَلَّغَ {وَيَكُونَ الرَّسُولُ عَلَيْكُمْ شَهِيدًا} فَذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ جَلَّ ذِكْرُهُ {وَكَذَلِكَ جَعَلْنَاكُمْ أُمَّةً وَسَطًا لِتَكُونُوا شُهَدَاءَ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَيَكُونَ الرَّسُولُ عَلَيْكُمْ شَهِيدًا} وَالْوَسَطُ الْعَدْلُ  

bukhari:7349Isḥāq b. Manṣūr > Abū Usāmah > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Noah will be brought (before Allah) on the Day of Resurrection, and will be asked, 'Did you convey the message of Allah?" He will reply, 'Yes, O Lord.' And then Noah's nation will be asked, 'Did he (Noah) convey Allah's message to you?' They will reply, 'No warner came to us.' Then Noah will be asked, 'Who are your witnesses?' He will reply. '(My witnesses are) Muhammad and his followers.' Thereupon you (Muslims) will be brought and you will bear witness." Then the Prophet ﷺ recited: 'And thus We have made of you (Muslims) a just and the best nation, that you might be witness over the nations, and the Apostle a witness over you.' (2.143)  

البخاري:٧٣٤٩حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُجَاءُ بِنُوحٍ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ هَلْ بَلَّغْتَ فَيَقُولُ نَعَمْ يَا رَبِّ فَتُسْأَلُ أُمَّتُهُ هَلْ بَلَّغَكُمْ فَيَقُولُونَ مَا جَاءَنَا مِنْ نَذِيرٍ فَيَقُولُ مَنْ شُهُودُكَ فَيَقُولُ مُحَمَّدٌ وَأُمَّتُهُ فَيُجَاءُ بِكُمْ فَتَشْهَدُونَ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ {وَكَذَلِكَ جَعَلْنَاكُمْ أُمَّةً وَسَطًا} قَالَ عَدْلاً {لِتَكُونُوا شُهَدَاءَ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَيَكُونَ الرَّسُولُ عَلَيْكُمْ شَهِيدًا} وَعَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ عَوْنٍ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِهَذَا  

ibnmajah:4284Abū Kurayb And ʾAḥmad b. Sinān > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Saʿīd

“A Prophet will come accompanied by two men, and a Prophet will come accompanied by three, and (some will come) with more or less than that. It will be said to him: ‘Did you convey the message to your people?’ And he will say: ‘Yes.’ Then his people will be called and it will be said: ‘Did he convey the message to you?’ They will say: ‘No.’ Then it will be said: ‘Who will bear witness for you?’ He will say: ‘Muhammad and his nation.’ So the nation of Muhammad will be called and it will be said: ‘Did this man convey the message?’ They will say: ‘Yes.’ He will say: ‘How did you know that?’ They will say: ‘Our Prophet told us that the Messengers had conveyed the message, and we believed him.’ This is what Allah says: “Thus We have made you, a just (and the best) nation, that you be witnesses over mankind and the Messenger (Muhammad ﷺ) be a witness over you.’” [2:143]  

ابن ماجة:٤٢٨٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَجِيءُ النَّبِيُّ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَمَعَهُ الرَّجُلُ وَيَجِيءُ النَّبِيُّ وَمَعَهُ الرَّجُلاَنِ وَيَجِيءُ النَّبِيُّ وَمَعَهُ الثَّلاَثَةُ وَأَكْثَرُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَأَقَلُّ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ هَلْ بَلَّغْتَ قَوْمَكَ فَيَقُولُ نَعَمْ فَيُدْعَى قَوْمُهُ فَيُقَالُ هَلَ بَلَّغَكُمْ فَيَقُولُونَ لاَ فَيُقَالُ مَنْ شَهِدَ لَكَ فَيَقُولُ مُحَمَّدٌ وَأُمَّتُهُ فَتُدْعَى أُمَّةُ مُحَمَّدٍ فَيُقَالُ هَلْ بَلَّغَ هَذَا فَيَقُولُونَ نَعَمْ فَيَقُولُ وَمَا عِلْمُكُمْ بِذَلِكَ فَيَقُولُونَ أَخْبَرَنَا نَبِيُّنَا بِذَلِكَ أَنَّ الرُّسُلَ قَدْ بَلَّغُوا فَصَدَّقْنَاهُ قَالَ فَذَلِكُمْ قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى {وَكَذَلِكَ جَعَلْنَاكُمْ أُمَّةً وَسَطًا لِتَكُونُوا شُهَدَاءَ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَيَكُونَ الرَّسُولُ عَلَيْكُمْ شَهِيدًا}  

ahmad:11558Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

“A Prophet will come accompanied by two men, and a Prophet will come accompanied by three, and (some will come) with more or less than that. It will be said to him: ‘Did you convey the message to your people?’ And he will say: ‘Yes.’ Then his people will be called and it will be said: ‘Did he convey the message to you?’ They will say: ‘No.’ Then it will be said: ‘Who will bear witness for you?’ He will say: ‘Muhammad and his nation.’ So the nation of Muhammad will be called and it will be said: ‘Did this man convey the message?’ They will say: ‘Yes.’ He will say: ‘How did you know that?’ They will say: ‘Our Prophet told us that the Messengers had conveyed the message, and we believed him.’ This is what Allah says: “Thus We have made you, a just (and the best) nation, that you be witnesses over mankind and the Messenger (Muhammad ﷺ) be a witness over you.’” [2:143] (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4284)   

أحمد:١١٥٥٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَجِيءُ النَّبِيُّ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَمَعَهُ الرَّجُلُ وَالنَّبِيُّ وَمَعَهُ الرَّجُلَانِ وَأَكْثَرُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَيُدْعَى قَوْمُهُ فَيُقَالُ لَهُمْ هَلْ بَلَّغَكُمْ هَذَا؟ فَيَقُولُونَ لَا فَيُقَالُ لَهُ هَلْ بَلَّغْتَ قَوْمَكَ؟ فَيَقُولُ نَعَمْ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ مَنْ يَشْهَدُ لَكَ؟ فَيَقُولُ مُحَمَّدٌ وَأُمَّتُهُ فَيُدْعَى وَأُمَّتُهُ فَيُقَالُ لَهُمْ هَلْ بَلَّغَ هَذَا قَوْمَهُ؟ فَيَقُولُونَ نَعَمْ فَيُقَالُ وَمَا عِلْمُكُمْ؟ فَيَقُولُونَ جَاءَنَا نَبِيُّنَا فَأَخْبَرَنَا أَنَّ الرُّسُلَ قَدْ بَلَّغُوا فَذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ {وَكَذَلِكَ جَعَلْنَاكُمْ أُمَّةً وَسَطًا} [البقرة 143] قَالَ يَقُولُ عَدْلًا {لِتَكُونُوا شُهَدَاءَ عَلَى النَّاسِوَيَكُونَ الرَّسُولُ عَلَيْكُمْ شَهِيدًا} [البقرة 143]  

ahmad:11283Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Noah will be called on the Day of Resurrection, and it will be asked to him, 'Did you convey the message?' He will reply, 'Yes.' Then his people will be called, and it will be asked to them, 'Did he convey the message to you?' They will say, 'No warning came to us, nor did anyone come to us.' It will be said to Noah, 'Who will testify for you?' He will reply, 'Muhammad and his Ummah (nation).' That is what Allah meant when He said, 'Thus We have made you a just nation' [Quran 2:143]." The just ones will be called and they will testify for him, declaring that he had conveyed the message. Then I will be called to testify against you."  

أحمد:١١٢٨٣حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُدْعَى نُوحٌ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ هَلْ بَلَّغْتَ فَيَقُولُ نَعَمْ فَيُدْعَى قَوْمُهُ فَيُقَالُ لَهُمْ هَلْ بَلَّغَكُمْ؟ فَيَقُولُونَ مَا أَتَانَا مِنْ نَذِيرٍ أَوْ مَا أَتَانَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ قَالَ فَيُقَالُ لِنُوحٍ مَنْ يَشْهَدُ لَكَ؟ فَيَقُولُ مُحَمَّدٌ وَأُمَّتُهُ قَالَ فَذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ {وَكَذَلِكَ جَعَلْنَاكُمْ أُمَّةً وَسَطًا} [البقرة 143] قَالَ الْوَسَطُ الْعَدْلُ قَالَ فَيُدْعَوْنَ فَيَشْهَدُونَ لَهُ بِالْبَلَاغِ قَالَ ثُمَّ أَشْهَدُ عَلَيْكُمْ  

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"يَجئ نُوحٌ وأُمَّتُهُ فَيَقُولُ اللَّهُ: هَلْ بَلَّغْتَ؟ فَيَقُولُ: نَعَمْ أَىْ رَبِّ، فَيَقُولُ لأُمَّتِهِ: هَلْ بَلَّغَكُمْ؟ فَيَقُولُونَ: لا، مَا جَاءَنَا مِن نَبِىٍّ، فَيقُولُ لنُوحٍ: مَنْ يَشْهَدُ لَكَ؟ فَيَقُولُ: مُحَمَّدٌ وأُمَّتُهُ، وَهوَ قْولُهُ: {وَكَذَلِكَ جَعَلْنَاكُمْ أُمَّةً وَسَطًا لِتَكُونُوا شُهَدَاءَ عَلَى النَّاسِ} وَالْوَسَطُ: العَدْلُ، فَتُدْعَوْنَ فَتَشْهَدُونَ لَه بِالْبَلاغِ، ثُمَّ أَشْهَدُ عَليْكُمْ".  

[حم] أحمد وعبد بن حميد، [خ] البخاري [ت] الترمذي [ن] النسائي [هـ] ابن ماجة [حب] ابن حبّان [ق] البيهقى في السنن في الأسماء عن أَبى سعيد
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السيوطي:٢٧٧٦١a

"يَجئُ النَّبِىُّ يَوْمَ القيَامةِ وَمَعَهُ الرَّجُلُ، والنَّبِىُّ مَعَهُ الرَّجُلانِ، وَيَجِئُ النَّبِىُّ وَمَعَهُ الثَّلاثَةُ، وَأَكْثَرُ مِنْ ذَلكَ، فَيُقَالُ لَهُ: هَلْ بَلَّغْتَ قَوْمَكَ؟ فَيَقُولُ: نَعَمْ، فَيُدْعَى قَوْمُهُ فَيُقَالُ لَهُمْ: هَلْ بَلَّغَكُمْ هَذَا؟ فَيَقُولُونَ: لا، فَيُقَالُ لَهُ: مَنْ يَشْهدُ لَكَ؟ فَيقُولُ:

مُحَمَّدٌ وَأُمَّتُهُ، فَيُقَالُ لَهُمْ: هَلْ بَلَّغَ هَذَا قَوْمَهُ؟ فَيَقُولُونَ: نَعَمْ، فَيْقُالُ: وَمَا علْمُكُمْ؟ فَيَقُولُونَ جَاءَنَا نَبيُّنَا فَأَخْبرَنَا أَنَّ الرُّسُلَ قَدْ بَلَّغُوا فَصَدَّقْناه فَذَلكَ قَوْلهُ: وَكَذَلكَ جَعَلْناكُمْ أُمَّةً وَسَطًا (عَدْلًا) لَتَكُونُوا شُهَدَاءَ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَيَكُونَ الرَّسُولُ عَلَيْكُمْ شَهِيدًا (*) ".  

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