Musnad Ahmad 17502
✧ My father Aamir al-Ash'ari
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي حُسَيْنٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي شَهْرُ بْنُ حَوْشَبٍ عَنْ عَامِرٍ أَوْ أَبِي عَامِرٍ 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؟ قَالَ: « 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 فَهُوَ يَرَاكَ » قَالَ: فَإِذَا فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ فَقَدْ أَحْسَنْتُ؟ قَالَ: « نَعَمْ ». وَيَسْمَعُ رَجْعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَيْهِ، وَلَا يَرَى الَّذِي يُكَلِّمُهُ، وَلَا يَسْمَعُ كَلَامَهُ، قَالَ: فَمَتَى السَّاعَةُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: « سُبْحَانَ اللهِ، خَمْسٌ مِنَ الْغَيْبِ لَا يَعْلَمُهَا إِلَّا اللهُ 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 قَالَ السَّائِلُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنْ شِئْتَ حَدَّثْتُكَ بِعَلَامَتَيْنِ تَكُونَانِ قَبْلَهَا، فَقَالَ: «
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Chain of narrators
- Abū al-Yamān
- Shuʿayb
- ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Ḥusayn
- Shahr b. Ḥawshab
- ʿĀmir Aw Abū ʿĀmir Abū Mālik
✧ Narrated by 'Amir or Abu 'Amir, Abu Malik, that the Prophet ﷺ was sitting in a gathering with his companions when Jibril came to him in a form other than his usual shape and saluted him. The Prophet ﷺ returned the greeting and then Jibril placed his hand on the Prophet's knee and said, "O Messenger of Allah, what is Islam?" He replied, "To testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah, and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, to establish the prayer, to give the Zakat, to perform Hajj, and to fast in Ramadan." Jibril then asked him, "You have spoken the truth, so what is Iman (faith)?" He replied, "To believe in Allah, His angels, His books, His messengers, the Last Day, and to believe in predestination and that every good and bad is from Allah." Jibril asked again, "You have spoken the truth, so what is Ihsan (perfection)?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "To worship Allah as if you see Him, and if you cannot achieve this state of devotion, then be aware that He sees you." Jibril continued to ask the Prophet ﷺ about the signs of the Day of Judgment until he asked, "When will the Hour be?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "The one being asked does not know more than the one asking. But I will inform you of its signs. When you see barefoot, naked, destitute shepherds competing in the construction of tall buildings, that will be one of its signs. And when you see the hunched-backed, barefoot uncivilized Bedouins competing in building great structures, that will be one of its signs." Then he (Jibril) left. The Prophet ﷺ kept silent for a while and then said, "O Abu Huraira, did you mark or memorize everything?" I said, "O Messenger of Allah, even I cannot memorize all this." Then Allah's Messenger ﷺ passed his hand over my chest and I felt its coolness in my chest, and I knew all that he had said.
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حَدِّثْنِي فَقَالَ إِذَا رَأَيْتَ الْأَمَةَ تَلِدُ رَبَّهَا وَيَطُولُ أَهْلُ الْبُنْيَانِ بِالْبُنْيَانِ وَكَانَ الْعَالَةُ الْحُفَاةُ رُءُوسَ النَّاسِ قَالَ وَمَنْ أُولَئِكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ الْعَرِيبُ قَالَ ثُمَّ وَلَّى فَلَمْ يُرَ طَرِيقُهُ بَعْدُ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ ثَلَاثًا جَاءَ لِيُعَلِّمَ النَّاسَ دِينَهُمْ وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ مَا جَاءَ لِي قَطُّ إِلَّا وَأَنَا أَعْرِفُهُ إِلَّا أَنْ تَكُونَ هَذِهِ الْمَرَّةُ
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- Badr al-Dīn al-ʿAynī
إسناد حسن
machine translationIts chain of transmission (isnād) is good (ḥasan).
in مسند أحمد, p. 17707
Other narrations of this report
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- 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 والأوهامحدثني
- 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
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