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[Machine] We were sitting with the Prophet ﷺ in the mosque when his gaze fell upon a man walking in the mosque. The Prophet said, "O so-and-so." The man replied, "Here I am, O Messenger of Allah." The Prophet asked him, "Do you testify that I am the Messenger of Allah?" The man replied, "No." The Prophet asked him, "Do you recite the Torah?" The man replied, "Yes, and the Gospel too." The Prophet then asked, "And the Quran?" The man replied, "By the One in whose hand is my soul, if I wish, I can recite it." The Prophet then addressed him, saying, "Do you find me in the Torah and the Gospel?" The man replied, "I find you similar to you, similar to your appearance, and similar to the way you speak. We had hoped that you would be among us, but when you left, we were bewildered as to whether or not you were the one." The Prophet asked, "Why is that?" The man said, "Because with him (referring to the Mahdi) are seventy thousand people from his nation who will enter Paradise without being held to account or punished, and with you are a small group." The Prophet said, "By the One in whose hand is my soul, I am the one, and they are my nation. They are more than seventy thousand."

الطبراني:١٦٠٠٥ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ السطوي ثَنَا عَفَّانُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثَنَا يَحْيَى الْحِمَّانِيُّ ثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ ثَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ كُلَيْبٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنِ الفَلْتَانِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ قَالَ

كُنَّا قُعُودًا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَشَخَصَ بَصَرُهُ إِلَى رَجُلٍ يَمْشِي فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَقَالَ «يَا فُلَانُ» قَالَ لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ وَلَا يُنَازِعُهُ الْكَلَامَ إِلَّا قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَتَشْهَدُ أَنِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ؟» قَالَ لَا قَالَ «أَتَقْرَأُ التَّوْرَاةَ؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ وَالْإِنْجِيلَ قَالَ «وَالْقُرْآنَ؟» قَالَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِِ لَوْ أَشَاءُ لَقَرَأْتُهُ قَالَ ثُمَّ نَاشَدَهُ قَالَ «تَجِدُنِي فِي التَّوْرَاةِ وَالْإِنْجِيلِ؟» قَالَ أَجِدُكَ مِثْلَكَ وَمِثْلَ هَيْأَتِكَ وَمِثْلَ مَخْرَجِكَ وَكُنَّا نَرْجُو أَنْ يَكُونَ مِنَّا فَلَمَّا خَرَجْتَ تَحَيَّرْنَا أَنْ تَكُونَ أَنْتَ هُوَ فَنَظَرْنَا وَإِذَا لَيْسَ أَنْتَ هُوَ قَالَ «وَلِمَ ذَلِكَ؟» قَالَ إِنَّ مَعَهُ مِنْ أُمَّتِهِ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفًا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ وَلَا عَذَابٍ وَمَعَكَ نَفَرٌ يَسِيرٌ قَالَ «وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَأَنَا هُوَ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَأُمَّتِي لَأَكْثَرَ مِنْ سَبْعِينَ أَلْفًا وَسَبْعِينَ أَلْفًا»

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Obstinacy of some of the People of the Book toward the Messenger of Allah ﷺ

ذِكْرُ عِنَادِ بَعْضِ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ

ibnhibban:6580 – al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Sālim > al-ʿAlāʾ b. ʿAbd al-Jabbār > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Ziyād > ʿĀṣim b. Kulayb from my father > al-Faltān b. ʿĀṣim

We were sitting with the Prophet ﷺ in the mosque when his gaze fixed upon a man walking in the mosque. He said, “O so-and-so, do you bear witness that I am the Messenger of Allah?” He replied, “No.” He said, “Do you read the Torah?” He replied, “Yes.” He said, “And the Gospel?” He replied, “Yes.” He said, “And the Quran?” He replied, “By Him in whose hand is my soul, if I wished I could recite it.” 

He then called out to him and said, “Do you find me in the Torah and the Gospel?” He replied, “We find one like you, and the likeness of your community, and the likeness of the one who will bring you forth. We had hoped that you would be among us, but when you emerged we feared that it was you, so we looked, and it was not you.” He said, “And why is that?” He replied, “Because with him from his community are seventy thousand for whom there will be neither reckoning nor punishment, whereas with you there are only a few.” He said, “By Him in whose hand is my soul, I am indeed he, and it is indeed my community, and they are indeed more than seventy thousand, and seventy thousand, and seventy thousand.”

ابن حبّان:٦٥٨٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ سَالِمٍ* حَدَّثَنَا الْعَلَاءُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ كُلَيْبٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنِ الْفَلْتَانِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ قَالَ

كُنَّا قُعُودًا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، فَشَخَصَ بَصَرُهُ إِلَى رَجُلٍ يَمْشِي فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، فَقَالَ: «يَا فُلَانُ، أَتَشْهَدُ أَنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ؟» قَالَ: لَا. قَالَ: «أَتَقْرَأُ التَّوْرَاةَ؟» قَالَ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: «وَالْإِنْجِيلَ؟» قَالَ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: «وَالْقُرْآنَ؟» قَالَ: وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ، لَوْ أَشَاءُ لَقَرَأْتُهُ. قَالَ: 

ثُمَّ أُنْشِدَهُ، فَقَالَ: «تَجِدُنِي فِي التَّوْرَاةِ وَالْإِنْجِيلِ؟» قَالَ: نَجِدُ مِثْلَكَ، وَمَثَلَ أُمَّتِكَ، وَمَثَلَ مُخْرِجِكَ، وَكُنَّا نَرْجُو أَنْ تَكُونَ فِينَا، فَلَمَّا خَرَجْتَ تَخَوَّفْنَا أَنْ تَكُونَ أَنْتَ، فَنَظَرْنَا فَإِذَا لَيْسَ أَنْتَ هُوَ. قَالَ: «وَلِمَ ذَاكَ؟» قَالَ: إِنَّ مَعَهُ مِنْ أُمَّتِهِ سَبْعِينَ أَلْفًا، لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِسَابٌ وَلَا عِقَابٌ، وَإِنَّمَا مَعَكَ نَفَرٌ يَسِيرٌ. فَقَالَ: «فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ، لَأَنَا هُوَ، وَإِنَّهَا لَأُمَّتِي، وَإِنَّهُمْ لَأَكْثَرُ مِنْ سَبْعِينَ أَلْفًا، وَسَبْعِينَ أَلْفًا، وَسَبْعِينَ أَلْفًا».