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tabarani:13595ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Muḥammad b. ʿAmmār al-Mawṣilī > ʿAfīf b. Sālim > Ayyūb b. ʿUtbah > ʿAṭāʾ > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] A man from Ethiopia came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and asked him. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Ask and inquire." The man said, "O Messenger of Allah, you have been favored over us with appearance, colors, and prophethood. Have you considered that if I believed in what you believe in and did what you did, would I be with you in Paradise?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "Yes." Then the Prophet ﷺ said, "You have been favored over us with appearance, colors, and prophethood. Have you considered that if I believed in what you believe in and knew what you knew, would I be with you in Paradise?" The man said, "Yes." Then the Prophet ﷺ said, "By the One in whose hand is my soul, the whiteness of blackness in Paradise can be seen from a distance of a thousand years' travel." Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever says 'There is no deity but Allah' will have a covenant with Allah. And whoever says, 'Glory be to Allah and praise be to Him,' one hundred thousand good deeds will be written for him, and four and twenty thousand good deeds more." A man asked, "How can one be destroyed after this, O Messenger of Allah?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, a man will come on the Day of Resurrection with deeds as great as a mountain, but Allah will render them insignificant as dust. The blessings from the blessings of Allah will almost expire, except by the grace of Allah." This Surah was revealed, "Has there not come upon man a period of time when he was not a thing mentioned?" until His saying, "And a great kingdom." Al-Habashi said, "Indeed, my two eyes have seen what your two eyes cannot see in Paradise." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Yes." Then he wept until his soul passed away. Ibn 'Umar said, "I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ placing him in his grave with his own hand."  

الطبراني:١٣٥٩٥حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ الْمَوْصِلِيُّ ثنا عَفِيفُ بْنُ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْحَبَشَةِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَسْأَلُهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «سَلْ وَاسْتَفْهِمْ» فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فُضِّلْتُمْ عَلَيْنَا بِالصُّوَرِ وَالْأَلْوَانِ وَالنُّبُوَّةِ؛ أَفَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ آمَنْتُ بِمِثْلِ مَا آمَنْتَ بِهِ وعَمِلْت مِثْلَ مَا عَمِلْتَ بِهِ إِنِّي لَكَائِنٌ مَعَكَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ» ثُمَّ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فُضِّلْتُمْ عَلَيْنَا بِالصُّوَرِ وَالْأَلْوَانِ وَالنُّبُوَّةِ؛ أَفَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ آمَنْتُ بِمِثْلِ مَا آمَنْتَ بِهِ وَعَلِمْتُ مِثْلَ مَا عَمِلْتَ بِهِ إِنِّي لَكَائِنٌ مَعَكَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ» ثُمَّ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنَّهُ لَيُرَى بَيَاضُ الْأَسْوَدِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ مِنْ مَسِيرَةِ أَلْفِ عَامٍ» ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ قَالَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ كَانَ لَهُ بِهَا عَهْدٌ عِنْدَ اللهِ وَمَنْ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ كُتِبَتْ لَهُ مِائَةُ أَلْفِ حَسَنَةٍ وَأَرْبَعَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ أَلْفَ حَسَنَةٍ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ كَيْفَ يَهْلِكُ بَعْدُ هَذَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَأْتِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ بِالْعَمَلِ وَلَوْ وُضِعَ عَلَى جَبَلٍ لَاتَّقَلَهُ فَتَقُومُ النِّعْمَةُ مِنْ نِعَمِ اللهِ فَيَكَادُ أَنْ يُسْتَنْفَذَ ذَلِكَ كُلُّهُ إِلَّا أَنْ يَتَطَاوَلَ اللهُ بِرَحْمَتِهِ» وَنَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ السُّورَةُ {هَلْ أَتَى عَلَى الْإِنْسَانِ حِينٌ مِنَ الدَّهْرِ لَمْ يَكُنْ شَيْئًا مَذْكُورًا} إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {وَمُلْكًا كَبِيرًا} قَالَ الْحَبَشِيُّ وَإِنَّ عَيْنَيَّ لَتَرَيَانِ مَا تَرَى عَيْنَاكَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ؟ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «نَعَمْ» فَاسْتَبْكَى حَتَّى فَاضَتْ نَفْسُهُ قَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ «لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُدَلِّيهِ فِي حُفْرَتِهِ بِيَدِهِ»  


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ahmad:17167Abū al-Yamān > Shuʿayb > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Ḥusayn > Shahr b. Ḥawshab > ʿĀmir or Abū ʿĀmir or Abū Mālik

[Machine] On the authority of 'Amir, Abu 'Amir, or Abu Malik, that the Prophet ﷺ was sitting in a gathering with his companions when Gabriel came to him in a different form, appearing as a man from the Muslims. Gabriel greeted him and the Prophet ﷺ returned the greeting. Then Gabriel placed his hand on the Prophet's knee and asked, "O Messenger of Allah, what is Islam?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "It is to submit your face to Allah, to bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger, to establish the prayer, give the obligatory charity (zakat)." Gabriel asked again, "So if I do this, have I become a Muslim?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "Yes." Then Gabriel asked, "What is faith?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "It is to believe in Allah, the Last Day, the angels, the Divine Books, the prophets, life after death, heaven, hell, and fate, both its good and bad." Gabriel asked again, "So if I do this, have I believed?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "Yes." Then Gabriel asked, "What is excellence (ihsan), O Messenger of Allah?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "It is to worship Allah as if you see Him, and if you do not see Him, then truly He sees you." Gabriel asked again, "So if I do this, have I excelled?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "Yes." And we heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ return to him, but we could not see the one speaking to him, nor could we hear his words. The questioner asked, "O Messenger of Allah, when is the Hour?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "Glory be to Allah, it has five signs which only Allah knows: Allah possesses knowledge of the Hour, He sends down rain, He knows what is in the wombs, no soul knows what it will earn tomorrow, and no soul knows in which land it will die. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Acquainted." (Surah Luqman, 34) The questioner then said, "O Messenger of Allah, if you wish, I can inform you of two signs that will precede it." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Inform me." The questioner said, "When you see a slave woman giving birth to her mistress, and when you see the barefooted, naked, impoverished shepherds competing in constructing tall buildings." The questioner asked, "And who are they, O Messenger of Allah?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "The Bedouins." Then he turned away, and when we did not see him on his way back, we said, "Glory be to Allah! This is Gabriel who came to teach the people their religion. The hand of Muhammad is in the hand of Gabriel, every time he came to him, I had not received any message except that I already knew it, except for this time."  

أحمد:١٧١٦٧حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي حُسَيْنٍ حَدَّثَنَا شَهْرُ بْنُ حَوْشَبٍ

عَنْ عَامِرٍ أَوْ أَبِي عَامِرٍ أَوْ أَبِي مَالِكٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بَيْنَمَا هُوَ جَالِسٌ فِي مَجْلِسٍ فِيهِ أَصْحَابُهُ جَاءَهُ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فِي غَيْرِ صُورَتِهِ يَحْسِبُهُ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ فَرَدَّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامَ ثُمَّ وَضَعَ جِبْرِيلُ يَدَهُ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَقَالَ لَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا الْإِسْلَامُ؟ فَقَالَ أَنْ تُسْلِمَ وَجْهَكَ لِلَّهِ وَأَنْ تَشْهَدَ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ وَتُقِيمَ الصَّلَاةَ وَتُؤْتِيَ الزَّكَاةَ قَالَ فَإِذَا فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ فَقَدْ أَسْلَمْتُ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ مَا الْإِيمَانُ؟ قَالَ أَنْ تُؤْمِنَ بِاللهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةِ وَالْكِتَابِ وَالنَّبِيِّينَ وَالْمَوْتِ وَالْحَيَاةِ بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ وَالْجَنَّةِ وَالنَّارِ وَالْحِسَابِ وَالْمِيزَانِ وَالْقَدَرِ كُلِّهِ خَيْرِهِ وَشَرِّهِ قَالَ فَإِذَا فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ فَقَدْ آمَنْتُ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ مَا الْإِحْسَانُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ أَنْ تَعْبُدَ اللهَ كَأَنَّكَ تَرَاهُ فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ كُنْتَ لَا تَرَاهُ فَإِنَّهُ يَرَاكَ قَالَ فَإِذَا فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ فَقَدْ أَحْسَنْتُ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ وَنَسْمَعُ رَجْعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَيْهِ وَلَا يُرَى الَّذِي يُكَلِّمُهُ وَلَا يُسْمَعُ كَلَامُهُ قَالَ فَمَتَى السَّاعَةُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ خَمْسٌ مِنَ الْغَيْبِ لَا يَعْلَمُهَا إِلَّا اللهُ ﷻ {إِنَّ اللهَ عِنْدَهُ عِلْمُ السَّاعَةِ وَيُنَزِّلُ الْغَيْثَ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِي الْأَرْحَامِ وَمَا تَدْرِي نَفْسٌ مَاذَا تَكْسِبُ غَدًا وَمَا تَدْرِي نَفْسٌ بِأَيِّ أَرْضٍ تَمُوتُ إِنَّ اللهَ عَلِيمٌ خَبِيرٌ} [لقمان 34] فَقَالَ السَّائِلُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنْ شِئْتَ حَدَّثْتُكَ بِعَلَامَتَيْنِ تَكُونَانِ قَبْلَهَا؟ فَقَالَ حَدِّثْنِي فَقَالَ إِذَا رَأَيْتَ الْأَمَةَ تَلِدُ رَبَّهَا وَيَطُولُ أَهْلُ الْبُنْيَانِبِالْبُنْيَانِ وَعَادَ الْعَالَةُ الْحُفَاةُ رُءُوسَ النَّاسِ قَالَ وَمَنْ أُولَئِكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ الْعَرِيبُ قَالَ ثُمَّ وَلَّى فَلَمَّا لَمْ نَرَ طَرِيقَهُ بَعْدُ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ ثَلَاثًا هَذَا جِبْرِيلُ جَاءَ لِيُعَلِّمَ النَّاسَ دِينَهُمْ وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ مَا جَاءَنِي قَطُّ إِلَّا وَأَنَا أَعْرِفُهُ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ هَذِهِ الْمَرَّةُ  

ahmad:17502Abū al-Yamān > Shuʿayb > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Ḥusayn > Shahr b. Ḥawshab > ʿĀmir or Abū ʿĀmir Abū Mālik

[Machine] Narrated by 'Amir or Abu 'Amir, Abu Malik, that the Prophet ﷺ was sitting in a gathering with his companions when Jibril came to him in a form other than his usual shape and saluted him. The Prophet ﷺ returned the greeting and then Jibril placed his hand on the Prophet's knee and said, "O Messenger of Allah, what is Islam?" He replied, "To testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah, and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, to establish the prayer, to give the Zakat, to perform Hajj, and to fast in Ramadan." Jibril then asked him, "You have spoken the truth, so what is Iman (faith)?" He replied, "To believe in Allah, His angels, His books, His messengers, the Last Day, and to believe in predestination and that every good and bad is from Allah." Jibril asked again, "You have spoken the truth, so what is Ihsan (perfection)?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "To worship Allah as if you see Him, and if you cannot achieve this state of devotion, then be aware that He sees you." Jibril continued to ask the Prophet ﷺ about the signs of the Day of Judgment until he asked, "When will the Hour be?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "The one being asked does not know more than the one asking. But I will inform you of its signs. When you see barefoot, naked, destitute shepherds competing in the construction of tall buildings, that will be one of its signs. And when you see the hunched-backed, barefoot uncivilized Bedouins competing in building great structures, that will be one of its signs." Then he (Jibril) left. The Prophet ﷺ kept silent for a while and then said, "O Abu Huraira, did you mark or memorize everything?" I said, "O Messenger of Allah, even I cannot memorize all this." Then Allah's Messenger ﷺ passed his hand over my chest and I felt its coolness in my chest, and I knew all that he had said.  

أحمد:١٧٥٠٢حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي حُسَيْنٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي شَهْرُ بْنُ حَوْشَبٍ

عَنْ عَامِرٍ أَوْ أَبِي عَامِرٍ أَبِي مَالِكٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بَيْنَمَا هُوَ جَالِسٌ فِي مَجْلِسٍ فِيهِ أَصْحَابُهُ جَاءَهُ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فِي غَيْرِ صُورَتِهِ يَحْسِبُهُ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ فَرَدَّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامَ ثُمَّ وَضَعَ جِبْرِيلُ يَدَهُ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَقَالَ لَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا الْإِسْلَامُ؟ قَالَ أَنْ تُسْلِمَ وَجْهَكَ لِلَّهِ وَتَشْهَدَ أَنْلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ وَتُقِيمَ الصَّلَاةَ وَتُؤْتِيَ الزَّكَاةَ قَالَ فَإِذَا فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ فَقَدْ أَسْلَمْتُ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ مَا الْإِيمَانُ؟ قَالَ أَنْ تُؤْمِنَ بِاللهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةِ وَالْكِتَابِ وَالنَّبِيِّينَ وَالْمَوْتِ وَالْحَيَاةِ بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ وَالْجَنَّةِ وَالنَّارِ وَالْحِسَابِ وَالْمِيزَانِ وَالْقَدَرِ كُلِّهِ خَيْرِهِ وَشَرِّهِ قَالَ فَإِذَا فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ فَقَدْ آمَنْتُ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ مَا الْإِحْسَانُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ أَنْ تَعْبُدَ اللهَ كَأَنَّكَ تَرَاهُ فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ كُنْتَ لَا تَرَاهُ فَهُوَ يَرَاكَ قَالَ فَإِذَا فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ فَقَدْ أَحْسَنْتُ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ وَيَسْمَعُ رَجْعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَيْهِ وَلَا يَرَى الَّذِي يُكَلِّمُهُ وَلَا يَسْمَعُ كَلَامَهُ قَالَ فَمَتَى السَّاعَةُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ خَمْسٌ مِنَ الْغَيْبِ لَا يَعْلَمُهَا إِلَّا اللهُ {إِنَّ اللهَ عِنْدَهُ عِلْمُ السَّاعَةِ وَيُنَزِّلُ الْغَيْثَ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِي الْأَرْحَامِ وَمَا تَدْرِي نَفْسٌ مَاذَا تَكْسِبُ غَدًا وَمَا تَدْرِي نَفْسٌ بِأَيِّ أَرْضٍ تَمُوتُ إِنَّ اللهَ عَلِيمٌ خَبِيرٌ} [لقمان 34] قَالَ السَّائِلُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنْ شِئْتَ حَدَّثْتُكَ بِعَلَامَتَيْنِ تَكُونَانِ قَبْلَهَا فَقَالَ حَدِّثْنِي فَقَالَ إِذَا رَأَيْتَ الْأَمَةَ تَلِدُ رَبَّهَا وَيَطُولُ أَهْلُ الْبُنْيَانِ بِالْبُنْيَانِ وَكَانَ الْعَالَةُ الْحُفَاةُ رُءُوسَ النَّاسِ قَالَ وَمَنْ أُولَئِكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ الْعَرِيبُ قَالَ ثُمَّ وَلَّى فَلَمْ يُرَ طَرِيقُهُ بَعْدُ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ ثَلَاثًا جَاءَ لِيُعَلِّمَ النَّاسَ دِينَهُمْ وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ مَا جَاءَ لِي قَطُّ إِلَّا وَأَنَا أَعْرِفُهُ إِلَّا أَنْ تَكُونَ هَذِهِ الْمَرَّةُ