[Machine] The Jews came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Abu al-Qasim, we ask you about certain matters. If you answer them, we will follow you, acknowledge your truthfulness, and believe in you." He responded to them in the same way that the Children of Israel responded to their Prophet when they said, "Allah is sufficient for us as a Witness." They said to him, "Tell us about the sign of the Prophet?" He said, "His eyes sleep, but his heart does not." They said, "Inform us how a woman should be addressed and how a man should be referred to?" He said, "When the waters of both meet, if the water of the woman is higher than the water of the man, she is referred to with a feminine pronoun, and if the water of the man is higher than the water of the woman, she is referred to with a masculine pronoun." They said, "You have spoken the truth." They then asked him, "What is thunder?" He said, "It is an angel from the angels, delegated with clouds, whose keys are made of fire. They drive the clouds wherever Allah wills." They said, "What is the sound that is heard?" He said, "It is the rebuking of the clouds. When it rebukes, it continues to do so until it reaches where it was ordered to go." They said, "You have spoken the truth." They then asked him, "What did Israel prohibit for himself?" He said, "He used to live in the desert and complain about the leanness of women. He did not find anything suitable for him except the meat of camels and their milk. Therefore, he prohibited them." They said, "You have spoken the truth." They then asked him, "Who comes to you from the angels? For there is no Prophet except that an angel from the angels comes to him, commissioned with the message and the revelation. Who is your companion?" He said, "It is Gabriel." They said, "That is the one who descends with war and fighting. That is our enemy from the angels. If you had said Michael, who comes down with rain and mercy, we would have followed you." So, Allah revealed, "Whoever is an enemy to Gabriel - it is [none but] he who has brought the Qur'an down upon your heart, [O Muhammad], by permission of Allah, confirming that which was before it and as guidance and good tidings for the believers" [Quran 2:97] until the end of the verse, "Indeed, Allah is an enemy to the disbelievers" [Quran 2:98].  

أَقْبَلَتْ يَهُودُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالُوا يَا أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ «نَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ فَإِنْ أَجَبْتَنَا فِيهَا اتَّبَعْنَاكَ وَصَدَّقْنَاكَ وَآمَنَّا بِكَ» قَالَ فَأَخَذَ عَلَيْهِمْ مَا أَخَذَ إِسْرَائِيلُ عَلَى بَنِيهِ إِذْ قَالُوا {اللهُ عَلَى مَا نَقُولُ وَكِيلٌ} [يوسف 66] قَالُوا أَخْبِرْنَا عَنْ عَلَامَةِ النَّبِيِّ قَالَ «تَنَامُ عَيْنَاهُ وَلَا يَنَامُ قَلْبُهُ» قَالُوا وَأَخْبِرْنَا كَيْفَ تُؤْنِثُ الْمَرْأَةُ وَكَيْفَ يُذْكِرُ الرَّجُلُ؟ قَالَ «يَلْتَقِي الْمَاءَانِ فَإِذَا عَلَا مَاءُ الْمَرْأَةِ مَاءَ الرَّجُلِ آنَثَتْ وَإِذَا عَلَا مَاءُ الرَّجُلِ مَاءَ الْمَرْأَةِ أَذْكَرَتْ» قَالُوا صَدَقْتَ قَالُوا فَأَخْبِرْنَا عَنِ الرَّعْدِ مَا هُوَ؟ قَالَ «مَلَكٌ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ مُوكَلٌّ بِالسَّحَابِ مَعَهُ مَخَارِيقُ مِنْ نَارٍ يَسُوقُ بِهَا السَّحَابِ حَيْثُ شَاءَ اللهُ» قَالُوا فَمَا هَذَا الصَّوْتُ الَّذِي يُسْمَعُ قَالَ «زَجْرُهُ بِالسَّحَابِ إِذَا زَجَرَهُ حَتَّى يَنْتَهِي إِلَى حَيْثُ أُمِرَ» قَالُوا صَدَقْتَ قَالُوا أَخْبِرْنَا مَا حَرَّمَ إِسْرَائِيلُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ قَالَ كَانَ يُسْكُنُ الْبَدْوَ فَاشْتَكَى عِرْقَ النَّسَا فَلَمْ يَجِدْ شَيْئًا يُلَاوِمُهُ إِلَّا لُحُومَ الْإِبِلِ وَأَلْبَانَهَا فَلِذَلِكَ حَرَّمَهَا قَالُوا صَدَقْتَ قَالُوا أَخْبِرْنَا مَنِ الَّذِي يَأْتِيكَ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ فَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنْ نَبِيٍّ إِلَّا يَأْتِيَهُ مَلَكٌ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ مِنْ عِنْدِ رَبِّهِ بِالرِّسَالَةِ وَبِالْوُحْيِ فَمَنْ صَاحِبُكَ؟ فَإِنَّهُ إِنَّمَا بَقِيَتْ هَذِهِ حَتَّى نُتَابِعَكَ قَالَ «هُوَ جِبْرِيلُ» قَالُوا ذَلِكَ الَّذِي يَنْزِلُ بِالْحرْبِ وَبِالْقَتْلِ ذَاكَ عَدُوُّنَا مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ لَوْ قُلْتَ مِيكَائِيلُ الَّذِي يَنْزِلُ بِالْقَطْرِ وَالرَّحْمَةِ تَابَعْنَاكَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى {مَنْ كَانَ عَدُوًّا لِجِبْرِيلَ} [البقرة 97] إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ {فَإِنَّ اللهَ عَدُوٌّ لِلْكَافِرِينَ} [البقرة 98]  

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

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

When the news of the arrival of the Prophet ﷺ at Medina reached ʿAbdullah bin Salam, he went to him to ask him about certain things, He said, "I am going to ask you about three things which only a Prophet can answer: What is the first sign of The Hour? What is the first food which the people of Paradise will eat? Why does a child attract the similarity to his father or to his mother?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "Gabriel has just now informed me of that." Ibn Salam said, "He (i.e. Gabriel) is the enemy of the Jews amongst the angels. The Prophet ﷺ said, "As for the first sign of The Hour, it will be a fire that will collect the people from the East to the West. As for the first meal which the people of Paradise will eat, it will be the caudate (extra) lobe of the fish-liver. As for the child, if the man's discharge proceeds the woman's discharge, the child attracts the similarity to the man, and if the woman's discharge proceeds the man's, then the child attracts the similarity to the woman." On this, ʿAbdullah bin Salam said, "I testify that None has the right to be worshipped except Allah, and that you are the Messenger of Allah." and added, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! Jews invent such lies as make one astonished, so please ask them about me before they know about my conversion to I slam . " The Jews came, and the Prophet ﷺ said, "What kind of man is ʿAbdullah bin Salam among you?" They replied, "The best of us and the son of the best of us and the most superior among us, and the son of the most superior among us. "The Prophet ﷺ said, "What would you think if ʿAbdullah bin Salam should embrace Islam?" They said, "May Allah protect him from that." The Prophet ﷺ repeated his question and they gave the same answer. Then ʿAbdullah came out to them and said, "I testify that None has the right to be worshipped except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah!" On this, the Jews said, "He is the most wicked among us and the son of the most wicked among us." So they degraded him. On this, he (i.e. ʿAbdullah bin Salam) said, "It is this that I was afraid of, O Messenger of Allah ﷺ. (Using translation from Bukhārī 3938)  

أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ سَلَامٍ بَلَغَهُ مَقْدَمُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ فَأَتَاهُ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ فَقَالَ إِنِّي سَائِلُكَ عَنْ ثَلَاثٍ لَا يَعْلَمُهُنَّ إِلَّا نَبِيٌّ مَا أَوَّلُ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ؟ وَمَا أَوَّلُ طَعَامٍ يَأْكُلُهُ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ؟ وَمَا بَالُ الْوَلَدِ يَنْزِعُ إِلَى أُمِّهِ وَإِلَى أَبِيهِ؟ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي بِهِنَّ جِبْرِيلُ آنِفًا فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ ذَاكَ عَدُوُّ الْيَهُودِ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ فَقَالَ «أَمَّا أَوَّلُ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ فَنَارٌ تَخْرُجُ مِنَ الْمَشْرِقِ إِلَى الْمَغْرِبِ وَأَوَّلُ طَعَامٍ يَأْكُلُهُ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ فَزَائِدَةُ كَبِدِ حُوتٍ وَأَمَّا الْوَلَدُ فَإِذَا سَبَقَ مَاءُ الرَّجُلِ نَزَعَ إِلَيْهِ وَإِذَا سَبَقَ مَاءُ الْمَرْأَةِ نَزَعَتِ الشَّبَهَ» قَالَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ الْيَهُودَ قَوْمٌ بُهُتٌ فَسَلْهُمْ عَنِّي قَبْلَ أَنْ يَعْلَمُوا إِسْلَامِي فَجَاءَتِ الْيَهُودُ فَقَالَ أَيُّ رَجُلٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ فِيكُمْ؟ قَالُوا خَيْرُنَا وَابْنُ خَيْرِنَا وَأَفْضَلُنَا وَابْنُ أَفْضَلِنَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَسْلَمَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ» قَالُوا أَعَاذَهُ اللهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَأَعَادَهَا فَقَالُوا مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ فَخَرَجَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ فَقَالَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ فَقَالُوا شَرُّنَا وَابْنً شَرِّنَا وَتَنَقَّصُوهُ فَقَالَ هَذَا كُنْتُ أَخَافُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ