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tabarani:10295ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Ḥajjāj b. al-Minhāl > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib > Abū ʿUbaydah b. ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd from his father

[Machine] Allah, the Almighty, sent His Prophet ﷺ to guide a man into entering Paradise. The man entered a church and found Jews reading the Torah. When they approached the description of the Prophet ﷺ , they stopped, and there was a sick man beside them. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked, "Why did you stop?" The sick man said, "They came across the description of a prophet, so they stopped." Then, the sick man requested to hold the Torah and read it until he reached the description of the Prophet ﷺ and his nation. He said, "This is your description and the description of your nation. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that you are the Messenger of Allah." Then, the sick man passed away, and the Prophet ﷺ said, "Wash your brother."  

الطبراني:١٠٢٩٥حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

ابْتَعَثَ اللهُ تَعَالَى نَبِيَّهُ ﷺ لِإِدْخَالِ رَجُلٍ الْجَنَّةَ فَدَخَلَ كَنِيسَةً فَإِذَا هُوَ بِيَهُودٍ يَقْرَأُونَ التَّوْرَاةَ فَلَمَّا أَتَوْا عَلَى صِفَةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَمْسَكُوا وَفِي نَاحِيَتِهَا رَجُلٌ مَرِيضٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَا لَكُمْ أَمْسَكْتُمْ؟» قَالَ الْمَرِيضُ إِنَّهُمْ أَتَوْا عَلَى صِفَةِ نَبِيٍّ فَأَمْسَكُوا وَجَاءَ الْمَرِيضُ يَحْبُو حَتَّى أَخَذَ التَّوْرَاةَ فَقَرَأَهَا حَتَّى أَتَى عَلَى صِفَةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَأُمَّتِهِ فَقَالَ هَذِهِ صِفَتُكَ وَصِفَةُ أُمَّتِكَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ثُمَّ مَاتَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «لُوا أَخَاكُمْ»  


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ahmad:3951Rawḥ And ʿAffān al-Maʿná > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib > Abū ʿUbaydah b. ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd > ʿAffānuʿan Abīh Ibn Masʿūd

[Machine] Indeed, Allah, the Almighty and Glorious, sent His Prophet ﷺ to guide a man to enter Paradise. He entered a church, and there he found Jews reading the Torah. When they reached the description of the Prophet ﷺ , they stopped. There was a sick man among them, so the Prophet ﷺ asked them, "Why did you stop?" The sick man replied, "They reached the description of a prophet, so they stopped." Then the sick man approached the Prophet ﷺ and kissed his hand, asking him to continue reading. He recited until he reached the description of the Prophet ﷺ and his nation, saying, "This is your description and the description of your nation. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and that you are the Messenger of Allah." Then the sick man passed away, and the Prophet ﷺ said to his companions, "Bury your brother."  

أحمد:٣٩٥١حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ وَعَفَّانُ الْمَعْنَى قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ عَفَّانُعَنْ أَبِيهِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ ابْتَعَثَ نَبِيَّهُ ﷺ لِإِدْخَالِ رَجُلٍ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ فَدَخَلَ الْكَنِيسَةَ فَإِذَا هُوَ بِيَهُودَ وَإِذَا يَهُودِيٌّ يَقْرَأُ عَلَيْهِمُ التَّوْرَاةَ فَلَمَّا أَتَوْا عَلَى صِفَةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَمْسَكُوا وَفِي نَاحِيَتِهَا رَجُلٌ مَرِيضٌ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَا لَكُمْ أَمْسَكْتُمْ؟ قَالَ الْمَرِيضُ إِنَّهُمْ أَتَوْا عَلَى صِفَةِ نَبِيٍّ فَأَمْسَكُوا ثُمَّ جَاءَ الْمَرِيضُ يَحْبُو حَتَّى أَخَذَ التَّوْرَاةَ فَقَرَأَ حَتَّى أَتَى عَلَى صِفَةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَأُمَّتِهِ فَقَالَ هَذِهِ صِفَتُكَ وَصِفَةُ أُمَّتِكَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ثُمَّ مَاتَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لِأَصْحَابِهِ لُوا أَخَاكُمْ