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tabarani:6180Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad al-Firyābī > Abū Umayyah ʿAmr b. Hishām > ʿUthmān b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Thābit b. Thawbān > Khālid b. Maʿdān > Shuraḥbīl b. al-Simṭ > Salmān

[Machine] I went out seeking religion, and I found it in the remnants of the People of the Book among the monks. Allah ﷻ said, "They recognize him as they recognize their sons." And they used to say, "This is the time of a prophet who has emerged from the land of the Arabs. He has signs, such as a round mark between his shoulders, and the seal of prophethood." So, I followed him to the land of the Arabs, and the Prophet ﷺ emerged. I saw everything they had mentioned, and I saw the seal, so I testified that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. I heard him saying, "The guardian of a day and a night is better than fasting a month and its night prayers, constantly standing and never resting, and fasting without breaking it. And if he dies in his post, his good deeds continue until he is resurrected and he is protected from the punishment of the grave."  

الطبراني:٦١٨٠حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْفِرْيَابِيُّ ثنا أَبُو أُمَيَّةَ عَمْرُو بْنُ هِشَامٍ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ ثَابِتِ بْنِ ثَوْبَانَ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ عَنْ شُرَحْبِيلِ بْنِ السِّمْطِ عَنْ سَلْمَانَ قَالَ

خَرَجْتُ أَبْتَغِي الدِّينَ فَوَافَقْتُ فِي الرُّهْبانِ بَقَايَا أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ قَالَ اللهُ ﷻ {يَعْرِفُونَهُ كَمَا يَعْرِفُونَ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ} وَكَانُوا يَقُولُونَ هَذَا زَمَانُ نَبِيٍّ قَدْ أَظَلَّ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ أَرْضِ الْعَرَبِ لَهُ عَلَامَاتٌ مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَامَةٌ مُدَوَّرَةٌ بَيْنَ كَتِفَيْهِ خَاتَمُ النُّبُوَّةِ فَلَحِقْتُ بِأَرْضِ الْعَرَبِ وَخَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَرَأَيْتُ مَا قَالُوا كُلَّهُ وَرَأَيْتُ الْخَاتَمَ فَشَهِدَتُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ وَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ «رِبَاطُ يَوْمٍ وَلَيْلَةٍ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ صِيَامِ شَهْرٍ وَقِيَامِهِ قَائِمٌ لَا يَفْتُرُ وَصَائِمٌ لَا يُفْطِرُ وَإِنْ مَاتَ مُرَابِطًا جَرَى عَلَيْهِ كَصَالِحِ عَمَلِهِ حَتَّى يُبْعَثَ وَوُقِيَ عَذَابَ الْقَبْرِ»