أَبُو الْأَزْهَرِ، مَدَنِيٌّ، عَنْ سَلْمَانَ ؓ

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out to visit a man from the Ansar, and when he entered upon him, he placed his hand on his forehead and said, "How do you find yourself?" He did not feel any pain, so it was said, "O Messenger of Allah, he is preoccupied with you." So he said, "Leave me alone with him." The women left him and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ raised his hand and the sick man indicated that he should move his hand where it was. Then he called out, "O so-and-so, how do you find yourself?" He said, "I find myself well and I have been visited by two, one of them is black and the other is white." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Which of them is closer to you?" He said, "The black." He said, "Indeed, good is only a little, and evil is abundant." He said, "So grant me something from your prayer, O Messenger of Allah." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "O Allah, forgive the many sins and grant me the little good." Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "What do you see?" He said, "I see good, by my father and mother, good is growing and I see evil declining, and the blackness has been delayed from me." He said, "What work did you do when you were most devoted to it?" He said, "I used to water the water." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Listen, O Salman, do you deny anything from me?" He said, "Yes, by my father and mother, I have seen you in places where I did not see you in the same condition as you are today." He said, "I know what will meet every vein, except that it is death approaching rapidly."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ خَرَجَ يَعُودُ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ وَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى جَبِينِهِ فَقَالَ «كَيْفَ تَجِدُكَ؟» فَلَمْ يُحِرْ إِلَيْهِ شَيْئًا فَقِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّهُ عَنْكَ مَشْغُولٌ فَقَالَ «خَلُّوا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ» فَخَرَجَ النِّسَاءُ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ وَتَرَكُوا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَرَفَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَدَهُ وَأَشَارَ الْمَرِيضُ أَنْ أَعِدْ يَدَكَ حَيْثُ كَانَتْ ثُمَّ نَادَى «يَا فُلَانُ مَا تَجِدُ؟» قَالَ أَجِدُ خَيْرًا وَقَدْ حَضَرَنِي اثْنَانِ أَحَدُهُمَا أَسْوَدُ وَالْآخَرُ أَبْيَضُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَيُّهُمَا أَقْرَبُ مِنْكَ؟» قَالَ الْأَسْوَدُ قَالَ «إِنَّ الْخَيْرَ قَلِيلٌ وَإِنَّ الشَّرَّ كَثِيرٌ» قَالَ فَمَتِّعْنِي مِنْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ بِدَعْوَةٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اللهُمَّ اغْفِرِ الْكَثِيرَ وَأَنْمِ الْقَلِيلَ» ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَا تَرَى؟» قَالَ خَيْرًا بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي الْخَيْرُ يَنْمُو وَأَرَى الشَّرَّ يَضْمَحِلُّ وَقَدِ اسْتَأْخَرَ مِنِّي الْأَسْوَدُ قَالَ «أَيُّ عَمَلِكَ كَانَ أَمْلَكُ بِكَ؟» قَالَ كُنْتُ أَسْقِي الْمَاءَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اسْمَعْ يَا سَلْمَانُ هَلْ تُنْكِرُ مِنِّي شَيْئًا؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ بِأَبِي وَأُمِّي قَدْ رَأَيْتُكَ فِي مَوَاطِنَ فَمَا رَأَيْتُكَ عَلَى مِثْلِ حَالِكَ الْيَوْمَ قَالَ «إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ مَا يَلْقَى مَا مِنْهُ عِرْقٌ إِلَّا وَهُوَ الْمَوْتُ عَلَى حِدَتِهِ»