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[716] 34 - (315) Thawbân the freed slave of the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: "I was standing beside the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ when one of the Jewish rabbis came and said: 'Peace be upon you, O Muḥammad.' I gave him a shove that almost made him fall over. He said: 'Why did you push me?' I said: 'Why don't you say, "O Messenger of Allâh"?" The Jew said: 'We only call him by the name that his family gave him.' The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: 'My name is Muḥammad, (a name) that my family gave to me.' The Jew said: 'I have come to ask you something.' The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: 'Will it benefit you anything if I tell you?' He said: 'I will listen.' The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ scratched the ground with a stick that he had with him, and said: 'Ask.' The Jew said: 'Where will the people be on the Day when the earth is changed to another earth, and the heavens (likewise)?' The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: 'They will be in darkness near the Bridge.' He said: 'Who will be the first people to cross (the Bridge)?' He said: 'The poor Muhājirin
(emigrants).” The Jew said: ‘What will be presented to them when they enter Paradise?’ He said: “The caudate (extra) lobe of the fish liver.” He said: ‘What food will be given to them after that?’ He said: ‘The bull of Paradise, which used to graze along its edges, will be slaughtered for them.’ He said: ‘What will their drink be?’ He said: ‘From a spring there that is called Salsabil.’ He said: ‘You have spoken the truth. I came to ask you about something that no one on earth knows except a Prophet, or one or two men.’ He (ﷺ) said: ‘Will it benefit you anything if I tell you?’ He said: ‘I will listen. I have come to ask you about the child.’ He (ﷺ) said: ‘The water of the man is white and the water of the woman is yellow. If they meet and the Manî of the man prevails over the Manî of the woman, it will be a male, by Allâh’s leave. If the Manî (seminal fluid) of the woman prevails over the Manî (seminal fluid) of the man, it will be a female, by Allâh’s leave.’ The Jew said: ‘You have spoken the truth; you are indeed a Prophet.’ Then he left and went away. The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: ‘This man asked me what he asked me, and I had no knowledge of any of that until Allâh granted it to me.’”
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