[Machine] He went as a delegate to the Prophet ﷺ, and with him was Nahīk ibn ʿĀṣim ibn Mālik ibn al-Muntafiq. He said: We arrived in Madinah at the end of Rajab, and we prayed the dawn prayer with him. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood among the people to deliver a sermon and said: “O people, I have withheld my voice from you for four days so that I might make you hear. Is there any man here whom his people have sent?” They said, “Make known to us what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is saying,” then (they feared) perhaps he might be distracted by his own thoughts or by the talk of his companion, or that the misguided might distract him. “Indeed, I will be asked: Have I conveyed (the message)? So listen and you will live; listen and you will live. Sit down!” So the people sat, while I and my companion remained standing until his heart and gaze were free for us. I said, “O Messenger of Allah, I want to ask you about my need, so do not be hasty with me.” He said, “Ask whatever you wish.” I said, “O Messenger of Allah, do you have any knowledge of the unseen?” By Allah, he laughed and nodded his head, and he knew that I was seeking (something) by my slip of the tongue. He said: “Your Lord has reserved the keys of five matters of the unseen; none knows them except Allah,” and he gestured with his hand. I said, “And what are they, O Messenger of Allah?” He said: “Knowledge of the time of death: He knows when the death of each of you will be, and you do not know it. And He knows the day of rain: it looks down upon you while you are in distress and fear; and he kept laughing, knowing that your relief was near.” Laqīṭ said: I said, “O Messenger of Allah, we will never be deprived of good from a Lord who laughs.” “And He knows what will be tomorrow: He knows what you will eat tomorrow, and you do not know it. And He knows the Day of the Hour,” and I think he also “mentioned what is in the wombs.”  

أَنَّهُ خَرَجَ وَافِدًا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَمَعَهُ نَهِيكُ بْنُ عَاصِمِ بْنِ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْمُنْتَفِقِ قَالَ فَقَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ لِانْسِلَاخِ رَجَبٍ فَصَلَّيْنَا مَعَهُ صَلَاةَ الْغَدَاةِ فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي النَّاسِ خَطِيبًا فَقَالَ «يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنِّي قَدْ خَبَأْتُ لَكُمْ صَوْتِي مُنْذُ أَرْبَعَةِ أَيَّامٍ لِأَسْمَعَكُمْ فَهَلْ مِنَ امْرِئٍ بَعَثَهُ قَوْمُهُ؟» قَالُوا اعْلَمْ لَنَا مَا يَقُولُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ لَعَلَّهُ أَنْ يُلْهِيَهُ حَدِيثُ نَفْسِهِ أَوْ حَدِيثُ صَاحِبِهِ أَوْ يُلْهِيَهُ الضُّلَّالُ أَلَا إِنِّي مَسْئُولٌ هَلْ بَلَّغْتُ أَلَا فَاسْمَعُوا تَعِيشُوا أَلَا فَاسْمَعُوا تَعِيشُوا أَلَا اجْلِسُوا فَجَلَسَ النَّاسُ وَقُمْتُ أَنَا وَصَاحِبِي حَتَّى إِذَا فَرَغَ لَنَا فُؤَادُهُ وَبَصَرُهُ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ حَاجَتِي فَلَا تَعْجَلَنَّ عَلَيَّ قَالَ «سَلْ عَمَّا شِئْتَ» قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَلْ عِنْدَكَ مِنْ عِلْمِ الْغَيْبِ؟ فَضَحِكَ لَعَمْرُ اللَّهِ وَهَزَّ رَأْسَهُ وَعَلِمَ أَنِّي أَبْتَغِي بِسَقَطَهِ فَقَالَ «ضَنَّ رَبُّكَ بِمَفَاتِيحِ خَمْسٍ مِنَ الْغَيْبِ لَا يَعْلَمُهُنَّ إِلَّا اللَّهُ» وَأَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ فَقُلْتُ وَمَا هُنَّ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «عِلْمُ الْمَنِيَّةِ قَدْ عَلِمَ مَتَى مَنَيَّةُ أَحَدِكُمْ وَلَا تَعْلَمُونَهُ وَعَلِمَ يَوْمَ الْغَيْثِ يُشْرِفُ عَلَيْكُمْ آزِلِينَ مُشْفِقِينَ فَظَلَّ يَضْحَكُ وَقَدْ عَلِمَ أَنَّ فَرَجَكُمْ قَرِيبٌ» قَالَ لَقِيطٌ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَنْ نَعْدَمَ مَنْ رَبٍّ يَضْحَكُ خَيْرًا «وَعَلِمَ مَا فِي غَدٍ وَقَدْ عَلِمَ مَا أَنْتَ طَاعِمٌ فِي غَدٍ وَلَا تَعْلَمُهُ وَعَلِمَ يَوْمَ السَّاعَةِ» قَالَ وَأَحْسَبُهُ «ذَكَرَ مَا فِي الْأَرْحَامِ»