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tabarani:16006Aḥmad b. Yaḥyá al-Ḥulwānī > Saʿīd b. Sulaymān > Ṣāliḥ b. ʿUmar > ʿĀṣim b. Kulayb from his father > Khālih al-Faltān b. ʿĀṣim

[Machine] We were sitting with the Prophet ﷺ when his gaze fell upon a man. He called the man, and a Jewish man wearing a shirt, trousers, and sandals approached. The man began saying, "O Messenger of Allah," and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ responded, "Do you testify that I am the Messenger of Allah?" The man refused to respond, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not say anything except, "O Messenger of Allah" to him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked him, "Do you read the Torah?" He replied, "Yes." He then asked, "And the Gospel?" He replied, "Yes." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked, "And the Furqan?" He replied, "Yes," while adding, "And I swear by the Lord of Muhammad, if I wished, I could recite it." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then asked, "I ask you by the One who revealed the Torah and the Gospel, have you found me mentioned in them?" He replied, "Yes, we find a description like yours coming out from your homeland. We used to hope that you would be among us. Then when you came out, we realized that you were the one. But when we looked again, we realized that you were not the one. So he asked, "Where am I from?" He replied, "We find among his nation seventy thousand who will enter Paradise without being held to account, and indeed you are only a few." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ approached and said the Takbeer twice and then said, "By the One whom my soul is in His Hand, I am indeed the one, and my nation is more than seventy thousand and seventy thousand."

الطبراني:١٦٠٠٦حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْحُلْوَانِيُّ ثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ كُلَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ خَالِهِ الفَلْتَانِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ قَالَ

كُنَّا جُلُوسًا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِذْ شَخَصَ بَصَرُهُ إِلَى رَجُلٍ فَدَعَاهُ فَأَقْبَلَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ مُجْتَمِعٌ عَلَيْهِ قَمِيصٌ وَسَرَاوِيلُ وَنَعْلَانِ فَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَيَقُولُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَتَشْهَدُ أَنِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ؟» فَيَأْبَى فَجَعَلَ لَا يَقُولُ شَيْئًا إِلَّا قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَيَقُولُ «أَتَشْهَدُ أَنِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ؟» فَيَأْبَى فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «هَلْ تَقْرَأُ التَّوْرَاةَ؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «وَالْإِنْجِيلَ؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ وَالْفُرْقَانَ وَرَبِّ مُحَمَّدٍ لَو شِئْتَ لَقَرَأْتُهُ قَالَ «فَأَسْأَلُكَ بِالَّذِي أَنْزَلَ التَّوْرَاةَ وَالْإِنْجِيلَ وَأَشْيَاءَ خَلَقَهُمَا أَمَا تَجِدُنِي فِيهِمَا؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ نَجِدُ مِثْلَ نَعْتِكَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ مَخْرَجِكَ حَتَّى كُنَّا نَرْجُو أَنْ يَكُونَ فِينَا فَلَمَّا خَرَجْتَ رَأَيْنَا أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ هُوَ فَلَمَّا نَظَرْنَا إِذَا أَنْتَ لَيْسَ بِهِ قَالَ «مِنْ أَيْنَ؟» قَالَ نَجِدُ مِنْ أُمَّتِهِ سَبْعِينَ أَلْفًا يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ وَإِنَّمَا أَنْتُمْ قَلِيلٌ فَأَقْبَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَكَبَّرَ وَهَلَّلَ مَرَّتَيْنِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنِّي لَأَنَا هُوَ وَإِنَّ أُمَّتِي 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:6580al-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:٦٥٨٠أَخْبَرَنَا 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».