Musnad Ahmad 17167
✧ My father, Aamer al-Ash'ari.
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي حُسَيْنٍ حَدَّثَنَا شَهْرُ بْنُ حَوْشَبٍ عَنْ عَامِرٍ أَوْ أَبِي عَامِرٍ أَوْ أَبِي مَالِكٍ
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بَيْنَمَا هُوَ جَالِسٌ فِي مَجْلِسٍ فِيهِ أَصْحَابُهُ جَاءَهُ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فِي غَيْرِ صُورَتِهِ، يَحْسِبُهُ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ، فَرَدَّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامَ، ثُمَّ وَضَعَ جِبْرِيلُ يَدَهُ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، وَقَالَ لَهُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَا الْإِسْلَامُ ؟ فَقَالَ: أَنْ تُسْلِمَ وَجْهَكَ لِلهِ، وَتَشْهَدَ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، وَتُقِيمَ الصَّلَاةَ، وَتُؤْتِيَ الزَّكَاةَ قَالَ: فَإِذَا فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ فَقَدْ أَسْلَمْتُ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَا الْإِيمَانُ ؟ قَالَ: أَنْ تُؤْمِنَ بِاللهِ، وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ، وَالْمَلَائِكَةِ، وَالْكِتَابِ، وَالنَّبِيِّينَ، وَالْمَوْتِ، وَالْحَيَاةِ بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ، وَالْجَنَّةِ وَالنَّارِ، وَالْحِسَابِ، وَالْمِيزَانِ، وَالْقَدَرِ كُلِّهِ خَيْرِهِ وَشَرِّهِ قَالَ: فَإِذَا فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ فَقَدْ آمَنْتُ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَا الْإِحْسَانُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ: أَنْ تَعْبُدَ اللهَ كَأَنَّكَ تَرَاهُ، فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ كُنْتَ لَا تَرَاهُ فَإِنَّهُ يَرَاكَ، قَالَ: فَإِذَا فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ فَقَدْ أَحْسَنْتُ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، وَنَسْمَعُ رَجْعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَيْهِ، وَلَا يُرَى الَّذِي يُكَلِّمُهُ وَلَا يُسْمَعُ كَلَامُهُ، قَالَ: فَمَتَى السَّاعَةُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: سُبْحَانَ اللهِ، خَمْسٌ مِنَ الْغَيْبِ لَا يَعْلَمُهَا إِلَّا اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: إِنَّ اللهَ عِنْدَهُ عِلْمُ السَّاعَةِ وَيُنَـزِّلُ الْغَيْثَ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِي الْأَرْحَامِ وَمَا تَدْرِي نَفْسٌ مَاذَا تَكْسِبُ غَدًا وَمَا تَدْرِي نَفْسٌ بِأَيِّ أَرْضٍ تَمُوتُ إِنَّ اللهَ عَلِيمٌ خَبِيرٌ فَقَالَ السَّائِلُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنْ شِئْتَ حَدَّثْتُكَ بِعَلَامَتَيْنِ تَكُونَانِ قَبْلَهَا ؟ فَقَالَ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Abū al-Yamān
- Shuʿayb
- ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Ḥusayn
- Shahr b. Ḥawshab
- ʿĀmir Aw Abū ʿĀmir Aw Abū Mālik
✧ On the authority of 'Amir, Abu 'Amir, or Abu Malik, that the Prophet ﷺ was sitting in a gathering with his companions when Gabriel came to him in a different form, appearing as a man from the Muslims. Gabriel greeted him and the Prophet ﷺ returned the greeting. Then Gabriel placed his hand on the Prophet's knee and asked, "O Messenger of Allah, what is Islam?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "It is to submit your face to Allah, to bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger, to establish the prayer, give the obligatory charity (zakat)." Gabriel asked again, "So if I do this, have I become a Muslim?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "Yes." Then Gabriel asked, "What is faith?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "It is to believe in Allah, the Last Day, the angels, the Divine Books, the prophets, life after death, heaven, hell, and fate, both its good and bad." Gabriel asked again, "So if I do this, have I believed?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "Yes." Then Gabriel asked, "What is excellence (ihsan), O Messenger of Allah?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "It is to worship Allah as if you see Him, and if you do not see Him, then truly He sees you." Gabriel asked again, "So if I do this, have I excelled?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "Yes." And we heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ return to him, but we could not see the one speaking to him, nor could we hear his words. The questioner asked, "O Messenger of Allah, when is the Hour?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "Glory be to Allah, it has five signs which only Allah knows: Allah possesses knowledge of the Hour, He sends down rain, He knows what is in the wombs, no soul knows what it will earn tomorrow, and no soul knows in which land it will die. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Acquainted." (Surah Luqman, 34) The questioner then said, "O Messenger of Allah, if you wish, I can inform you of two signs that will precede it." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Inform me." The questioner said, "When you see a slave woman giving birth to her mistress, and when you see the barefooted, naked, impoverished shepherds competing in constructing tall buildings." The questioner asked, "And who are they, O Messenger of Allah?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "The Bedouins." Then he turned away, and when we did not see him on his way back, we said, "Glory be to Allah! This is Gabriel who came to teach the people their religion. The hand of Muhammad is in the hand of Gabriel, every time he came to him, I had not received any message except that I already knew it, except for this time."
Notes
حَدِّثْنِي فَقَالَ إِذَا رَأَيْتَ الْأَمَةَ تَلِدُ رَبَّهَا وَيَطُولُ أَهْلُ الْبُنْيَانِبِالْبُنْيَانِ وَعَادَ الْعَالَةُ الْحُفَاةُ رُءُوسَ النَّاسِ قَالَ وَمَنْ أُولَئِكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ الْعَرِيبُ قَالَ ثُمَّ وَلَّى فَلَمَّا لَمْ نَرَ طَرِيقَهُ بَعْدُ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ ثَلَاثًا هَذَا جِبْرِيلُ جَاءَ لِيُعَلِّمَ النَّاسَ دِينَهُمْ وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ مَا جَاءَنِي قَطُّ إِلَّا وَأَنَا أَعْرِفُهُ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ هَذِهِ الْمَرَّةُ
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What scholars said about it
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- Abū al-Ḥasan Nur al-Dīn ʿAlī b. Abi Bakr al-Haythamī
رواه أحمد وفي إسناده شهر بن حوشب
in مسند أحمد, p. 17373 - Badr al-Dīn al-ʿAynī
إسناد حسن
machine translationIts chain of transmission (isnād) is good (ḥasan).
in مسند أحمد, p. 17373
Other narrations of this report
Narrators
- Companion (ṣaḥābī)d. 18 AHأَبُو مَالِكٍ الْأَشْعَرِيُّصحابيعن
- Truthful (ṣadūq), frequently narrated mursal reports (kathīr al-irsāl) and made many errors (awhām)d. 98 AH, or 99 AH, or 100 AH, or 101 AH, or 111 AH, or 112 AHشَهْرُ بْنُ حَوْشَبٍصدوق , كثير الإرسال والأوهامحدثنا
- trustworthy (thiqah), knowledgeable in the rites of pilgrimage (al-manāsik)d. between 121 and 130 AHعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي حُسَيْنٍثقة ، عالم بالمناسكحدثنا
- trustworthy (thiqah), devout (ʿābid)d. 162 AH, or 163 AHشُعَيْبٌثقة عابدأخبرنا
- trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 221 AH, or 222 AHأَبُو الْيَمَانِثقة ثبتحدثنا
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), an authority (ḥujjah).d. 241 AH, Abū Umayyah Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Ṭarsūsī said: 242 AH, and no one followed him in his viewأحمد بن حنبلثقة حافظ فقيه حجة
Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com
Latin names and English verdicts with a dotted underline are machine translations, not reviewed.