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Darussalam · Volume 5

63 - THE MERITS OF AL-ANŠĀR

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الحديث: 3938 ¦ الجزء: 5 ¦ الصفحة: 69

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3938. Narrated Anas رضي الله عنه: When the news of the arrival of the Prophet ﷺ at Al-Madīna reached 'Abdullāh bin Salām, he went to the Prophet ﷺ to ask him about certain things. He said, "I am going to ask you about three things which only a Prophet can answer: What is the first sign of the Hour? What is the first food which the people of Paradise will eat? Why does a child attract the similarity to his father or to his mother?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "Jibrīl (Gabriel) has just now informed me of that." Ibn Salām said, "He (Jibrīl) is the enemy of the Jews from amongst the angels." The Prophet ﷺ said, "As for the first sign of the Hour, it will be a fire that will collect or gather the people from the east to the west. As for the first meal which the people of Paradise will eat, it will be the caudate (extra) lobe of the fish-liver. As for the child, if the man's discharge precedes the woman's discharge, the child attracts the similarity to the man, and if the woman's discharge precedes the man's, then the child attracts the similarity to the woman." On this, 'Abdullāh bin Salām said, "I testify that Lā ilāha illallāh (none has the right to be worshipped but Allāh)', and that you are the Messenger of Allāh," and added, "O Allāh's Messenger! Jews invent such lies as make one astonish, so please ask them about me before they know about my conversion to Islām." The Jews came, and the Prophet ﷺ said, "What kind of man is 'Abdullāh bin Salām among you?" They replied, "The best of us and the son of the best of us and the most superior among us, and the son of the most superior among us." The Prophet ﷺ said, "What would you think if 'Abdullāh bin Salām should embrace Islām?" They said, "May Allāh protect him from that." The Prophet ﷺ repeated his question and they gave the same answer. Then 'Abdullāh (bin Salām) came out to them and said, "I testify that Lā ilāha illallāh, and that Muḥammad (ﷺ) is the Messenger of Allāh!" On this, the Jews said, "He is the most wicked among us and the son of the most wicked among us." So they degraded him. On this, he (i.e., 'Abdullāh bin Salām) said, "It is this that I was afraid of, O Allāh's Messenger ﷺ."

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: 3938 - حَدَّثَنِي حَامِدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، عَنْ بِشْرِ بْنِ المُفَضَّلِ، حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسٌ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ سَلاَمٍ، بَلَغَهُ مَقْدَمُ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ المَدِينَةَ فَأَتَاهُ يَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ، فَقَالَ: إِنِّي سَائِلُكَ عَنْ ثَلاَثٍ لاَ يَعْلَمُهُنَّ إِلَّا نَبِيٌّ، مَا أَوَّلُ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ؟، وَمَا أَوَّلُ طَعَامٍ يَأْكُلُهُ أَهْلُ الجَنَّةِ؟، وَمَا بَالُ الوَلَدِ يَنْزِعُ إِلَى أَبِيهِ أَوْ إِلَى أُمِّهِ؟، قَالَ: «أَخْبَرَنِي بِهِ جِبْرِيلُ آنِفًا» قَالَ ابْنُ سَلاَمٍ: ذَاكَ عَدُوُّ اليَهُودِ مِنَ المَلاَئِكَةِ، قَالَ: «أَمَّا أَوَّلُ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ فَنَارٌ تَحْشُرُهُمْ مِنَ المَشْرِقِ إِلَى المَغْرِبِ، وَأَمَّا أَوَّلُ طَعَامٍ يَأْكُلُهُ أَهْلُ الجَنَّةِ فَزِيَادَةُ كَبِدِ الحُوتِ، وَأَمَّا الوَلَدُ فَإِذَا سَبَقَ مَاءُ الرَّجُلِ مَاءَ المَرْأَةِ نَزَعَ الوَلَدَ، وَإِذَا سَبَقَ مَاءُ المَرْأَةِ مَاءَ الرَّجُلِ نَزَعَتِ الوَلَدَ» قَالَ: أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، وَأَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ، قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ: إِنَّ اليَهُودَ قَوْمٌ بُهُتٌ فَاسْأَلْهُمْ عَنِّي، قَبْلَ أَنْ يَعْلَمُوا بِإِسْلاَمِي، فَجَاءَتِ اليَهُودُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَيُّ رَجُلٍ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ فِيكُمْ؟» قَالُوا: خَيْرُنَا وَابْنُ خَيْرِنَا، وَأَفْضَلُنَا وَابْنُ أَفْضَلِنَا، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَسْلَمَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ» قَالُوا: أَعَاذَهُ اللَّهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، «فَأَعَادَ عَلَيْهِمْ»، فَقَالُوا: مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِمْ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ: أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ، قَالُوا: شَرُّنَا وَابْنُ شَرِّنَا، وَتَنَقَّصُوهُ، قَالَ: هَذَا كُنْتُ أَخَافُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ

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