from Ibn 'Abbas that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "During the night, my Lord, Blessed is He, and Most High, came to me in the best of appearances." He (one of the narrators) said - I think he said it was during a dream - "So he said: 'O Muhammad! Do you know in what the most exalted group busy themselves with?'" He said: "I said: 'No.'" He said: "So He placed His Hand between my shoulders, until I sensed its coolness between my breast." - or he said: "on my throat, so I knew what was in the heavens, and what was in the earth. He said: 'O Muhammad! Do you know in what the most exalted group busy themselves with?' I said: 'Yes, in the acts that atone: and the acts that atone are; lingering in the Masjid after the Salat, walking on the feet to the congregation, Isbagh Al-Wudu, in difficulty, and whoever does that, he lives in goodness and dies upon goodness, and his wrongs shall be like that of the day his mother bore him.' He said: 'O Muhammad! When you have performed Salat then say: 'O Allah! Indeed I ask of You, the doing of good deeds, avoiding the evil deeds, and loving the poor. And when you have willed Fitnah for your slave, then take me to You, without making me suffer from Fitnah.'" He [the Prophet ﷺ] said: "And the acts that raise ranks are spreading the Salam, feeding others, and Salat during the night, while the people are sleeping."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَتَانِي اللَّيْلَةَ رَبِّي تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى فِي أَحْسَنِ صُورَةٍ قَالَ أَحْسَبُهُ قَالَ فِي الْمَنَامِ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ هَلْ تَدْرِي فِيمَ يَخْتَصِمُ الْمَلأُ الأَعْلَى قَالَ قُلْتُ لاَ قَالَ فَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ بَيْنَ كَتِفَىَّ حَتَّى وَجَدْتُ بَرْدَهَا بَيْنَ ثَدْيَىَّ أَوْ قَالَ فِي نَحْرِي فَعَلِمْتُ مَا فِي السَّمَوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الأَرْضِ قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ هَلْ تَدْرِي فِيمَ يَخْتَصِمُ الْمَلأُ الأَعْلَى قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ فِي الْكَفَّارَاتِ وَالْكَفَّارَاتُ الْمُكْثُ فِي الْمَسَاجِدِ بَعْدَ الصَّلَوَاتِ وَالْمَشْىُ عَلَى الأَقْدَامِ إِلَى الْجَمَاعَاتِ وَإِسْبَاغُ الْوُضُوءِ فِي الْمَكَارِهِ وَمَنْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ عَاشَ بِخَيْرٍ وَمَاتَ بِخَيْرٍ وَكَانَ مِنْ خَطِيئَتِهِ كَيَوْمَ وَلَدَتْهُ أُمُّهُ وَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِذَا صَلَّيْتَ فَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ فِعْلَ الْخَيْرَاتِ وَتَرْكَ الْمُنْكَرَاتِ وَحُبَّ الْمَسَاكِينِ وَإِذَا أَرَدْتَ بِعِبَادِكَ فِتْنَةً فَاقْبِضْنِي إِلَيْكَ غَيْرَ مَفْتُونٍ قَالَ وَالدَّرَجَاتُ إِفْشَاءُ السَّلاَمِ وَإِطْعَامُ الطَّعَامِ وَالصَّلاَةُ بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّاسُ نِيَامٌ  

"One morning, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was prevented from coming to us for Salat As-Subh, until we were just about to look for the eye of the sun (meaning sunrise). Then he came out quickly, had the Salat prepared for. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed the Salat, and he performed his Salat in a relatively quick manner. When he said the Salam, he called aloud with his voice saying to us: 'Stay in your rows as you are.' Then he turned coming near to us, then he said: 'I am going to narrate to you what kept me from you this morning: I got up during the night, I performed Wudu and prayed as much as I was able to, and I dozed off during my Salat, and fell deep asleep. Then I saw my Lord, Blessed and Most High, in the best of appearances. He said: 'O Muhammad!' I said: 'My Lord here I am my Lord!' He said: 'What is it that the most exalted group busy themselves with?' I said: 'I do not know Lord.' And He said it three times." He said: "So I saw Him place His Palm between my shoulders, and I sensed the coolness of His Fingertips between my breast. Then everything was disclosed for me, and I became aware. So He said: 'O Muhammad!' I said: 'Here I am my Lord!' He said: 'What is it that the most exalted group busy themselves with?' I said: 'In the acts that atone.' He said: 'And what are they?' I said: 'The footsteps to the congregation, the gatherings in the Masajid after the Salat, Isbagh Al-Wudu during difficulties.' He said: 'Then what else?' I said: 'Feeding others, being lenient in speech, and Salat during the night while the people are sleeping.' He said: 'Ask.' I said: 'O Allah! I ask of you the doing of the good deeds, avoiding the evil deeds, loving the poor, and that You forgive me, and have mercy upon me. And when You have willed Fitnah in the people, then take me without the Fitnah. And I ask You for Your love, the love of whomever You love, and the love of the deeds that bring one nearer to Your love.'" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Indeed it is true, so study it and learn it."  

احْتُبِسَ عَنَّا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ غَدَاةٍ عَنْ صَلاَةِ الصُّبْحِ حَتَّى كِدْنَا نَتَرَاءَى عَيْنَ الشَّمْسِ فَخَرَجَ سَرِيعًا فَثُوِّبَ بِالصَّلاَةِ فَصَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَتَجَوَّزَ فِي صَلاَتِهِ فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ دَعَا بِصَوْتِهِ قَالَ لَنَا عَلَى مَصَافِّكُمْ كَمَا أَنْتُمْ ثُمَّ انْفَتَلَ إِلَيْنَا ثُمَّ قَالَ أَمَا إِنِّي سَأُحَدِّثُكُمْ مَا حَبَسَنِي عَنْكُمُ الْغَدَاةَ إِنِّي قُمْتُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَتَوَضَّأْتُ وَصَلَّيْتُ مَا قُدِّرَ لِي فَنَعَسْتُ فِي صَلاَتِي حَتَّى اسْتَثْقَلْتُ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِرَبِّي تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى فِي أَحْسَنِ صُورَةٍ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ قُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ رَبِّ قَالَ فِيمَ يَخْتَصِمُ الْمَلأُ الأَعْلَى قُلْتُ لاَ أَدْرِي قَالَهَا ثَلاَثًا قَالَ فَرَأَيْتُهُ وَضَعَ كَفَّهُ بَيْنَ كَتِفَىَّ حَتَّى وَجَدْتُ بَرْدَ أَنَامِلِهِ بَيْنَ ثَدْيَىَّ فَتَجَلَّى لِي كُلُّ شَيْءٍ وَعَرَفْتُ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ قُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ رَبِّ قَالَ فِيمَ يَخْتَصِمُ الْمَلأُ الأَعْلَى قُلْتُ فِي الْكَفَّارَاتِ قَالَ مَا هُنَّ قُلْتُ مَشْىُ الأَقْدَامِ إِلَى الْجَمَاعَاتِ وَالْجُلُوسُ فِي الْمَسَاجِدِ بَعْدَ الصَّلَوَاتِ وَإِسْبَاغُ الْوُضُوءِ فِي الْمَكْرُوهَاتِ قَالَ فِيمَ قُلْتُ إِطْعَامُ الطَّعَامِ وَلِينُ الْكَلاَمِ وَالصَّلاَةُ بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّاسُ نِيَامٌ قَالَ سَلْ قُلْتُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ فِعْلَ الْخَيْرَاتِ وَتَرْكَ الْمُنْكَرَاتِ وَحُبَّ الْمَسَاكِينِ وَأَنْ تَغْفِرَ لِي وَتَرْحَمَنِي وَإِذَا أَرَدْتَ فِتْنَةَ قَوْمٍ فَتَوَفَّنِي غَيْرَ مَفْتُونٍ أَسْأَلُكَ حُبَّكَ وَحُبَّ مَنْ يُحِبُّكَ وَحُبَّ عَمَلٍ يُقَرِّبُ إِلَى حُبِّكَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّهَا حَقٌّ فَادْرُسُوهَا ثُمَّ تَعَلَّمُوهَا  

from Ibn 'Abbas that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "During the night, my Lord, Blessed is He, and Most High, came to me in the best of appearances." He (one of the narrators) said - I think he said it was during a dream - "So he said: 'O Muhammad! Do you know in what the most exalted group busy themselves with?'" He said: "I said: 'No.'" He said: "So He placed His Hand between my shoulders, until I sensed its coolness between my breast." - or he said: "on my throat, so I knew what was in the heavens, and what was in the earth. He said: 'O Muhammad! Do you know in what the most exalted group busy themselves with?' I said: 'Yes, in the acts that atone: and the acts that atone are; lingering in the Masjid after the Salat, walking on the feet to the congregation, Isbagh Al-Wudu, in difficulty, and whoever does that, he lives in goodness and dies upon goodness, and his wrongs shall be like that of the day his mother bore him.' He said: 'O Muhammad! When you have performed Salat then say: 'O Allah! Indeed I ask of You, the doing of good deeds, avoiding the evil deeds, and loving the poor. And when you have willed Fitnah for your slave, then take me to You, without making me suffer from Fitnah.'" He [the Prophet ﷺ] said: "And the acts that raise ranks are spreading the Salam, feeding others, and Salat during the night, while the people are sleeping." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3233)   

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ أَتَانِي رَبِّي ﷻ اللَّيْلَةَ فِي أَحْسَنِ صُورَةٍ أَحْسِبُهُ يَعْنِي فِي النَّوْمِ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ هَلْ تَدْرِيفِيمَ يَخْتَصِمُ الْمَلَأُ الْأَعْلَى؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ بَيْنَ كَتِفَيَّ حَتَّى وَجَدْتُ بَرْدَهَا بَيْنَ ثَدْيَيَّ أَوْ قَالَ نَحْرِي فَعَلِمْتُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ هَلْ تَدْرِي فِيمَ يَخْتَصِمُ الْمَلَأُ الْأَعْلَى؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ يَخْتَصِمُونَ فِي الْكَفَّارَاتِ وَالدَّرَجَاتِ قَالَ وَمَا الْكَفَّارَاتُ وَالدَّرَجَاتُ؟ قَالَ الْمُكْثُ فِي الْمَسَاجِدِ بَعْدَ الصَّلَوَاتِ وَالْمَشْيُ عَلَى الْأَقْدَامِ إِلَى الْجَمَاعَاتِ وَإِبْلَاغُ الْوُضُوءِ فِي الْمَكَارِهِ وَمَنْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ عَاشَ بِخَيْرٍ وَمَاتَ بِخَيْرٍ وَكَانَ مِنْ خَطِيئَتِهِ كَيَوْمِ وَلَدَتْهُ أُمُّهُ وَقُلْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِذَا صَلَّيْتَ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْخَيْرَاتِ وَتَرْكَ الْمُنْكَرَاتِ وَحُبَّ الْمَسَاكِينِ وَإِذَا أَرَدْتَ بِعِبَادِكَ فِتْنَةً أَنْ تَقْبِضَنِي إِلَيْكَ غَيْرَ مَفْتُونٍ قَالَ وَالدَّرَجَاتُ بَذْلُ الطَّعَامِ وَإِفْشَاءُ السَّلَامِ وَالصَّلَاةُ بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّاسُ نِيَامٌ  

[Machine] From some of the companions of the Prophet ﷺ , they said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to them one morning, with a pleasant smell and a radiant face. We said, "O Prophet of Allah, we see you with a pleasant smell and a radiant face." He said, "What prevents me? Allah came to me tonight in the best form and said, 'O Muhammad, I said '[Here I am], my Lord, at Your service and pleasure.' He said, 'What is the dispute of the highest assembly?' I said, 'I do not know which Lord.' He said, 'That's twice or three times.' He then placed his hands between my shoulders and I felt its coolness between my chest until it became clear to me what is in the heavens and on earth. Then he recited this verse, 'Thus We show Abraham the kingdom of the heavens and the earth that he might be among the certain.' Then he said, 'O Muhammad, what is the dispute of the highest assembly?' I said, 'In performing the expiations.' He said, 'What are the expiations?' I said, 'Walking to the congregational prayer, sitting in the mosque after the prayer, contrary to the disliked acts, and perfecting the ablution in disliked conditions.' He said, 'Whoever does that, they live and die in goodness, and their sins are as if they were born that day. And among the ranks is good speech, giving greetings, feeding the hungry, and praying at night while people are asleep.' He said, 'O Muhammad, when you pray, say, 'O Allah, I ask You for what is good and to leave that which is evil, and to love the poor, and for You to forgive me. And when you desire affliction for the people, then take me before it touches me.'  

عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ خَرَجَ عَلَيْهِمْ ذَاتَ غَدَاةٍ وَهُوَ طَيِّبُ النَّفْسِ مُسْفِرُ الْوَجْهِ أَوْ مُشْرِقُ الْوَجْهِ قُلْنَا يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ إِنَّا نَرَاكَ طَيِّبَ النَّفْسِ مُسْفِرَ الْوَجْهِ أَوْ مُشْرِقَ الْوَجْهِ فَقَالَ وَمَا يَمْنَعُنِي وَأَتَانِي رَبِّي ﷻ اللَّيْلَةَ فِي أَحْسَنِ صُورَةٍ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ قُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ رَبِّي وَسَعْدَيْكَ قَالَ فِيمَ يَخْتَصِمُ الْمَلَأُ الْأَعْلَى؟ قُلْتُ لَا أَدْرِي أَيْ رَبِّ قَالَ ذَلِكَ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا قَالَ فَوَضَعَ كَفَّيْهِ بَيْنَ كَتِفَيَّ فَوَجَدْتُ بَرْدَهَا بَيْنَ ثَدْيَيَّ حَتَّى تَجَلَّى لِي مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ ثُمَّ تَلَا هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ {وَكَذَلِكَ نُرِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ مَلَكُوتَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَلِيَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُوقِنِينَ} ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فِيمَ يَخْتَصِمُ الْمَلَأُ الْأَعْلَى؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ فِي الْكَفَّارَاتِ قَالَ وَمَا الْكَفَّارَاتُ؟ قُلْتُ الْمَشْيُ عَلَى الْأَقْدَامِ إِلَى الْجُمُعَاتِ وَالْجُلُوسُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ خِلَافَ الصَّلَوَاتِ وَإِبْلَاغُ الْوُضُوءِ فِي الْمَكَارِهِ قَالَ مَنْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ عَاشَ بِخَيْرٍ وَمَاتَ بِخَيْرٍ وَكَانَمِنْ خَطِيئَتِهِ كَيَوْمِ وَلَدَتْهُ أُمُّهُ وَمِنَ الدَّرَجَاتِ طِيبُ الْكَلَامِ وَبَذْلُ السَّلَامِ وَإِطْعَامُ الطَّعَامِ وَالصَّلَاةُ بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّاسُ نِيَامٌ قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِذَا صَلَّيْتَ فَقُلْ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الطَّيِّبَاتِ وَتَرْكَ الْمُنْكَرَاتِ وَحُبَّ الْمَسَاكِينِ وَأَنْ تَتُوبَ عَلَيَّ وَإِذَا أَرَدْتَ فِتْنَةً فِي النَّاسِ فَتَوَفَّنِي غَيْرَ مَفْتُونٍ  

[Machine] From some of the companions of the Prophet ﷺ , it is reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to them one morning while he was in a good mood and his face was radiant. So we said, "O Prophet of Allah, we see that you are in a good mood and your face is radiant." He said, "What prevents me from being in a good mood when my Lord came to me last night in the best form?" He said, "O Muhammad, I said, 'Here I am at Your service, my Lord, and happy for You.' He said, 'What are the disputing angels disputing about?' I said, 'I do not know, my Lord.' He said, 'That was twice or thrice.' He said, 'Then He placed His hand between my shoulders and I felt its coolness between my chest until I saw what is in the heavens and the earth.' Then he recited this verse, 'And thus did We show Abraham the realm of the heavens and the earth' [Quran 6:75]. He said, 'O Muhammad, what were the disputing angels disputing about?' He said, 'I said, 'About the expiations.' He said, 'And what are the expiations?' I said, 'Walking to the congregational prayer, sitting in the mosques after the prayers, and the extra ablution in disliked times.' He said, 'Whoever does that, lives and dies in goodness, and he will be rewarded for his sins as the day his mother gave birth to him.' And among the levels of goodness are speaking kindly, spreading peace, feeding others, praying at night while people are asleep.' He said, 'O Muhammad, when you pray, say, 'O Allah, I ask You for goodness, abandoning evil, love for the poor, and that You may forgive me. And when you wish to afflict the people with a trial, take me unto You before that.'  

عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ خَرَجَ عَلَيْهِمْ ذَاتَ غَدَاةٍ وَهُوَ طَيِّبُ النَّفْسِ مُسْفِرُ الْوَجْهِ أَوْ مُشْرِقُ الْوَجْهِ فَقُلْنَا يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ إِنَّا نَرَاكَ طَيِّبَ النَّفْسِ مُسْفِرَ الْوَجْهِ أَوْ مُشْرِقَ الْوَجْهِ فَقَالَ وَمَا يَمْنَعُنِي وَأَتَانِي رَبِّي اللَّيْلَةَ فِي أَحْسَنِ صُورَةٍ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ قُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ رَبِّي وَسَعْدَيْكَ فَقَالَ فِيمَ يَخْتَصِمُ الْمَلَأُ الْأَعْلَى؟ قُلْتُ لَا أَدْرِي أَيْ رَبِّ قَالَ ذَلِكَ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا قَالَ فَوَضَعَ كَفَّهُ بَيْنَ كَتِفَيَّ فَوَجَدْتُ بَرْدَهَا بَيْنَ ثَدْيَيَّ حَتَّى تَجَلَّى لِي مَا فِي السَّمَوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ ثُمَّ تَلَا هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ {وَكَذَلِكَ نُرِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ مَلَكُوتَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ} الْآيَةَ قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فِيمَ يَخْتَصِمُ الْمَلَأُ الْأَعْلَى؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ فِي الْكَفَّارَاتِ قَالَ وَمَا الْكَفَّارَاتُ؟ قُلْتُ الْمَشْيُ عَلَى الْأَقْدَامِ إِلَى الْجَمَاعَاتِ وَالْجُلُوسُ فِي الْمَسَاجِدِخِلَافَ الصَّلَوَاتِ وَإِبْلَاغُ الْوُضُوءِ فِي الْمَكَارِهِ قَالَ مَنْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ عَاشَ بِخَيْرٍ وَمَاتَ بِخَيْرٍ وَكَانَ مِنْ خَطِيئَتِهِ كَيَوْمِ وَلَدَتْهُ أُمُّهُ وَمِنَ الدَّرَجَاتِ طَيِّبُ الْكَلَامِ وَبَذْلُ السَّلَامِ وَإِطْعَامُ الطَّعَامِ وَالصَّلَاةُ بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّاسُ نِيَامٌ وَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِذَا صَلَّيْتَ فَقُلْ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الطَّيِّبَاتِ وَتَرْكَ الْمُنْكَرَاتِ وَحُبَّ الْمَسَاكِينِ وَأَنْ تَتُوبَ عَلَيَّ وَإِذَا أَرَدْتَ فِتْنَةً فِي النَّاسِ فَتَوَفَّنِي غَيْرَ مَفْتُونٍ  

"One morning, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was prevented from coming to us for Salat As-Subh, until we were just about to look for the eye of the sun (meaning sunrise). Then he came out quickly, had the Salat prepared for. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed the Salat, and he performed his Salat in a relatively quick manner. When he said the Salam, he called aloud with his voice saying to us: 'Stay in your rows as you are.' Then he turned coming near to us, then he said: 'I am going to narrate to you what kept me from you this morning: I got up during the night, I performed Wudu and prayed as much as I was able to, and I dozed off during my Salat, and fell deep asleep. Then I saw my Lord, Blessed and Most High, in the best of appearances. He said: 'O Muhammad!' I said: 'My Lord here I am my Lord!' He said: 'What is it that the most exalted group busy themselves with?' I said: 'I do not know Lord.' And He said it three times." He said: "So I saw Him place His Palm between my shoulders, and I sensed the coolness of His Fingertips between my breast. Then everything was disclosed for me, and I became aware. So He said: 'O Muhammad!' I said: 'Here I am my Lord!' He said: 'What is it that the most exalted group busy themselves with?' I said: 'In the acts that atone.' He said: 'And what are they?' I said: 'The footsteps to the congregation, the gatherings in the Masajid after the Salat, Isbagh Al-Wudu during difficulties.' He said: 'Then what else?' I said: 'Feeding others, being lenient in speech, and Salat during the night while the people are sleeping.' He said: 'Ask.' I said: 'O Allah! I ask of you the doing of the good deeds, avoiding the evil deeds, loving the poor, and that You forgive me, and have mercy upon me. And when You have willed Fitnah in the people, then take me without the Fitnah. And I ask You for Your love, the love of whomever You love, and the love of the deeds that bring one nearer to Your love.'" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Indeed it is true, so study it and learn it." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3235)   

احْتَبَسَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ غَدَاةٍ عَنْ صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ حَتَّى كِدْنَا نَتَرَاءَى قَرْنَ الشَّمْسِ فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَرِيعًا فَثُوِّبَ بِالصَّلَاةِ وَصَلَّى وَتَجَوَّزَ فِي صَلَاتِهِ فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ قَالَ كَمَا أَنْتُمْ عَلَى مَصَافِّكُمْ كَمَا أَنْتُمْ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ إِلَيْنَا فَقَالَ إِنِّي سَأُحَدِّثُكُمْ مَا حَبَسَنِي عَنْكُمُ الْغَدَاةَ إِنِّي قُمْتُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَصَلَّيْتُ مَا قُدِّرَ لِي فَنَعَسْتُ فِي صَلَاتِي حَتَّى اسْتَيْقَظْتُ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِرَبِّي فِي أَحْسَنِ صُورَةٍ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَتَدْرِي فِيمَ يَخْتَصِمُ الْمَلَأُ الْأَعْلَى؟ قُلْتُ لَا أَدْرِي يَا رَبِّ قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فِيمَ يَخْتَصِمُ الْمَلَأُ الْأَعْلَى؟ قُلْتُ لَا أَدْرِي رَبِّ قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فِيمَ يَخْتَصِمُ الْمَلَأُ الْأَعْلَى؟ قُلْتُ لَا أَدْرِي يا رَبِّ فَرَأَيْتُهُ وَضَعَ كَفَّهُ بَيْنَ كَتِفَيَّ حَتَّى وَجَدْتُ بَرْدَ أَنَامِلِهِ بَيْنَ صَدْرِي فَتَجَلَّى لِي كُلُّ شَيْءٍ وَعَرَفْتُ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فِيمَ يَخْتَصِمُ الْمَلَأُ الْأَعْلَى؟ قُلْتُ فِي الْكَفَّارَاتِ قَالَ وَمَا الْكَفَّارَاتُ؟ قُلْتُ نَقْلُ الْأَقْدَامِ إِلَى الْجُمُعَاتِ وَجُلُوسٌ فِي الْمَسَاجِدِ بَعْدَ الصَّلَواتِ وَإِسْبَاغُ الْوُضُوءِ عِنْدَ الْكَرِيهَاتِ قَالَ وَمَا الدَّرَجَاتُ؟ قُلْتُ إِطْعَامُ الطَّعَامِ وَلِينُ الْكَلَامِ وَالصَّلَاةُ وَالنَّاسُ نِيَامٌ قَالَ سَلْ قُلْتُ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ فِعْلَ الْخَيْرَاتِ وَتَرْكَ الْمُنْكَرَاتِ وَحُبَّ الْمَسَاكِينِ وَأَنْ تَغْفِرَ لِي وَتَرْحَمَنِي وَإِذَا أَرَدْتَ فِتْنَةً فِي قَوْمٍ فَتَوَفَّنِي غَيْرَ مَفْتُونٍ وَأَسْأَلُكَ حُبَّكَ وَحُبَّ مَنْ يُحِبُّكَ وَحُبَّ عَمَلٍ يُقَرِّبُنِي إِلَى حُبِّكَ وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّهَا حَقٌّ فَادْرُسُوهَا وَتَعَلَّمُوهَا  

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ , he said: "My Lord came to me in the best form and said, 'O Muhammad!' So, I said, 'At your service, my Lord, and joy be with you.' He said, 'What do the highest angels dispute about?' I said, 'I do not know.' He then placed His hand on my chest, and I knew everything that He asked me about of the matters of the worldly life and the Hereafter. He said, 'What do the highest angels dispute about?' I said, 'They dispute about the degrees (of reward) and the expiation of sins.' He said, 'You have spoken the truth. Whoever does that will live a good life and die a good death, and his sins will be effaced as his mother gave birth to him. As for the expiation of sins, it is by feeding food, spreading peace, speaking good words, praying while people are asleep.' Then, he (the Prophet) said, 'O Allah, I ask You for the performance of good deeds, abstaining from evil, love for the poor, forgiveness, and that You turn to me (in mercy). And when You intend a test for a people, save me from being among the tested ones.'"  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ أَتَانِي رَبِّي فِي أَحْسَنَ صُورَةٍ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَقُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ وَسَعْدَيْكَ قَالَ فِيمَ يَخْتَصِمُ الْمَلَأُ الْأَعْلَى؟ قُلْتُ لَا أَدْرِي فَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى ثَدْيَيَّ فَعَلِمْتُ فِي مَقَامِي ذَلِكَ مَا سَأَلَنِي عَنْهُ مِنْ أَمْرِ الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ فَقَالَ فِيمَ يَخْتَصِمُ الْمَلَأُ الْأَعْلَى؟ قُلْتُ فِي الدَّرَجَاتِ وَالْكَفَّارَاتِ فَأَمَّا الدَّرَجَاتُ فَإِبْلَاغُ الْوُضُوءِ فِي السَّبَرَاتِ وَانْتِظَارُ الصَّلَاةِ بَعْدَ الصَّلَوَاتِ قَالَ صَدَقْتَ مَنْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ عَاشَ بِخَيْرٍ وَمَاتَ بِخَيْرٍ وَكَانَ مِنْ خَطِيئَتِهِ كَمَا وَلَدَتْهُ أُمُّهُ وَأَمَّا الْكَفَّارَاتُ فَإِطْعَامُ الطَّعَامِ وَإِفْشَاءُ السَّلَامِ وَطِيبُ الْكَلَامِ وَالصَّلَاةُ وَالنَّاسُ نِيَامٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ عَمَلَ الْحَسَنَاتِ وَتَرْكَ السَّيِّئَاتِ وَحُبَّ الْمَسَاكِينِ وَمَغْفِرَةً وَأَنْ تَتُوبَ عَلَيَّ وَإِذَا أَرَدْتَ فِي قَوْمٍ فِتْنَةً فَنَجِّنِي غَيْرَ مَفْتُونٍ  

from Ibn 'Abbas that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "During the night, my Lord, Blessed is He, and Most High, came to me in the best of appearances." He (one of the narrators) said - I think he said it was during a dream - "So he said: 'O Muhammad! Do you know in what the most exalted group busy themselves with?'" He said: "I said: 'No.'" He said: "So He placed His Hand between my shoulders, until I sensed its coolness between my breast." - or he said: "on my throat, so I knew what was in the heavens, and what was in the earth. He said: 'O Muhammad! Do you know in what the most exalted group busy themselves with?' I said: 'Yes, in the acts that atone: and the acts that atone are; lingering in the Masjid after the Salat, walking on the feet to the congregation, Isbagh Al-Wudu, in difficulty, and whoever does that, he lives in goodness and dies upon goodness, and his wrongs shall be like that of the day his mother bore him.' He said: 'O Muhammad! When you have performed Salat then say: 'O Allah! Indeed I ask of You, the doing of good deeds, avoiding the evil deeds, and loving the poor. And when you have willed Fitnah for your slave, then take me to You, without making me suffer from Fitnah.'" He [the Prophet ﷺ] said: "And the acts that raise ranks are spreading the Salam, feeding others, and Salat during the night, while the people are sleeping." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3233)   

"أتانى الليلة ربِّى تبارك وتعالى في أحسَنِ صورةٍ - أحسبُهُ قال: في المنام - فقال: يا محمد، هل تدرى فيمَ يخْتَصمُ الملأُ الأعلى؟ قلت: لا، فوضع يده بين كَتِفىَّ حتى وَجَدْتُ بردها بين ثديىَّ، فعلمت ما في السموات وما في الأرض فقال: يا محمد، هل تدرى فيم يختَصم الملأ الأعلى؟ قلتُ: نعم: في الكفَّاراتِ والدَّرجاتِ والكفَّاراتُ: المكثُ في المساجد بعدَ الصلواتِ، والمشى على الأقدامِ إلى الجماعات، وإسباغُ الوضوء في المكارهِ، قال: صدقت يا محمدُ، ومن فعلَ ذلك عاش بخير، وماتَ بخيرٍ، وكان من خَطيئَتهِ كيومَ ولدته أمُّه، وقال: يا محمد، إذا صليت فقلْ: اللهمَّ إنى أسألك فعلَ الخيراتِ، وترك المنكراتِ وحُبَّ المساكين، وأن تغفر لى وترحمنَى وتتوبَ علىّ، وإذا أردت بعبادِك فتنةً فاقبضْنى إليكَ غير مفتونٍ، قال: والدرجاتُ، إفشاءُ السلام، وإطعامُ الطعام، والصلاة بالليل والناسُ نيامٌ".  

"أما إِنِّي سَأُحَدِّثُكُم ما حبَسَنِى عنكم الغداةَ، إنِّي قمتُ، فتوضَّأتُ، وصليتُ ما قدِّرَ لي، فنعست في صلاتى حتى اسْتَثْقَلْتُ، فإِذا أَنَا بربي تبارك وتعالى في أحسنِ صُورة قال: يا محمد، قلت. لبَيكَ ربى: قال فيم يَخْتَصِم الملأ الأعلى؟ قال : قُلتُ: لا أدرى، قالها ثلاثا- قال: فرأيته وضع كفَّهُ بين كَتِفَى فوجدتُ بَرْدَ أنامله بينَ ثَدْيَّي -فَتَجَلَّى لي كُلُّ شَيْءٍ وعَرَفْتُ: فقال: يا محمدُ. قلت: لَبَّيكَ- قال فيم يختصمُ الملأ الأعلى؟ قلت في الكفَّارات: قال: ما هن؟ قلتُ: مَشْىُ الأقدام إلى الحسنات، والجلوسُ في المساجدِ بعد الصلواتِ، وإسباغُ الوضوء حين الكَرِيهَاتِ- قال: فيمَ؟ قُلتُ: إطعامُ الطعام، ولينُ الكلام، والصلاةُ والناسُ نيامٌ. قال: سَلْ، قلت: اللهمَّ إنِّي أسأُلكَ فِعْلَ الخيراتِ، وَتَرْكَ المنكراتِ، وحُبَّ المساكين، وأن تْغفِر لي، وترحَمنى، وإذا أردت فتنةً في قومٍ فَتوَفَّنِى غَيَر مفْتُونٍ -وأسألك حبَّكَ، وحبَّ من يُحبِ عملٍ يقربنى إلى حُبِّكَ- إنَّها حقٌّ؛ فإدْرُسُوهَا ثمَّ تَعَلَّمُوهَا".  

"عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أنَسٍ قَالَ: أصْبَحْنَا يَوْمًا فَأَتَانَا رَسُولُ الله ﷺ فَأخبَرَنَا قَالَ: أَتَانِى ربِّى البارِحَةَ فِى مَنَامِى فِى أَحْسنِ صُورَة حَتَّى وَضَعَ يَدَهُ بَيْنَ كتفَىَّ فَوَجَدْتُ بَرْدَهَابَيْنَ ثَدْييَّ فَعَلَّمنِى كُلَّ شَىْء، فَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، قُلتُ: لَبَّيْكَ وَسَعْدَيْكَ، قَالَ: هَلْ تَدْرِى فِيمَ اخْتَصَمَ المَلأ الأَعلَى؟ قُلتُ: نَعَمْ يَارَبِّ فِى الكَفَّارَاتِ والدَّرَجَاتِ، قَالَ: فَمَا الكَفَّارَاتُ؟ قُلتُ: إِفْشَاءُ السَّلاَمِ، وإطعَام الطَّعَامِ، وَصِلَةُ الأرْحَامِ، والصَّلاَةُ والنَّاسُ نِيَامٌ، قَالَ: فَمَا الدَّرَجَاتُ؟ قُلتُ: إسْبَاغُ الطَّهُورِ فِى المَكْرُوهَاتِ، وَمَشْىٌ عَلَى الأقْدام إِلَى الجَمَاعَاتِ، وانْتِظَارُ الصَّلاَةِ بَعْدَ الصَّلاَةِ، قَالَ: صَدَقْتَ".