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4480. Narrated Anas رضي الله عنه: 'Abdullāh bin Salām heard the news of the arrival of Allāh's Messenger ﷺ (at Al-Madīna) while he was on a farm collecting its fruits. So he came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "I will ask you about three things which nobody knows unless he be a Prophet — What is the first portent of the Hour? What is the first meal of the people of Paradise? And what makes a baby resemble its father or mother?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "Just now Jibrīl (Gabriel) has informed me about that." 'Abdullāh said, "Jibrīl?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "Yes." 'Abdullāh said, "He, among the angels is the enemy of the Jews." On that the Prophet ﷺ recited this Holy Verse: '...Whoever is an enemy to Jibrīl (let him die in his fury), for indeed he has brought it (this Qur'ān) down to your heart...' (V.2:97) Then he added, "As for the first portent of the Hour, it will be a fire that will collect the people from the east to west. And as for the first meal of the people of Paradise, it will be the caudate (i.e., extra lobe) of the fish liver. And if a man's discharge preceded that of the women, then the child resembles the father, and if the woman's discharge preceded that of the man, then the child resembles the mother." On hearing that, =So, Allāh punished them severely by sending on them punishment in the form of an epidemic of plague (disease). See also Vol.4, Hadīth No. 3403. (1) (Ch. 6) Thus Jibrīl (Gabriel), Mikā'el (Michael) and Isrāfil (Sarāfil) each means Allāh's slave. ‘Abdullāh said, “I testify that Lā ilāha illallāh (none has the right to be worshipped but Allāh) and that you are the Messenger of Allāh, O Allāh’s Messenger; the Jews are liars, and if they should come to know that I have embraced Islām, they would accuse me of being a liar.” In the meantime some Jews came (to the Prophet ﷺ) and he asked them, “What is ‘Abdullāh’s status amongst you?” They replied, “He is the best amongst us, and he is our chief and the son of our chief.” The Prophet ﷺ said, “What would you say if ‘Abdullāh bin Salām embraced Islām?” They replied, “May Allāh protect him from this!” Then ‘Abdullāh came out and said, “I testify that Lā ilāha illallāh (none has the right to be worshipped but Allāh) and that Muḥammad ﷺ is the Messenger of Allāh.” The Jews then said, “Abdullāh is the worst of us, and the son of the worst of us,” and disparaged him. On that ‘Abdullāh said, “O Allāh’s Messenger! This is what I was afraid of!”