Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 4-1007b
"عَنْ أبى هريرة قال: تُوُفِّىَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ يَوْمَ الاثْنَيْنِ لاِثْنَتَىْ عَشْرَةَ لَيْلَةً خَلَتْ مِنْ شَهْرِ رَبِيعٍ الأَوَّلِ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ صَبِيحَةُ الْخَمِيسِ إِذَا نَحْنُ بِشَيْخٍ قَدْ جَاءَ فَقَالَ: أَنَا حَبْرٌ مِنْ أَحْبَارِ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ، فَقَالَ: يَا عِلِىُّ! صِفْ لِى صِفَاتِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كَأَنِّى أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: بِأَبِى وَأُمِّى! لَمْ يَكُنْ بالطَّوِيلِ الذاَهِبِ، وَلاَ بِالقَصيرِ، كَانَ رَبْعَةً مِنَ الرِّجَال، أَبْيَضَ مُشْربًا بِحُمْرَةٍ، جَعْدَ الْمَفْرِقِ، شَعَرُهُ إِلَى شَحْمَة أُذُنَيْهِ، صَلْتَ المجبِينِ، سَبْطَ الأَظْفَارِ، أَقْنَى الأَنْفِ، دَقِيقَ الْمَسْرُبَةِ، مُفَلَّجَ الثَّنَايَا، كَثَّ اللِّحْيَةِ، كَأَنَّ عُنُقَهُ إِبْرِيقُ فِضَّةٍ، كَأَنَّ الذَّهَبَ يَجْرِى فِى تَرَاقِيهِ، عَرَقُهُ فِى وَجْهِهِ كَاللُّؤْلُؤِ، شَثْنَ الْكَفَّيْنِ والْقَدَمَينِ، لَهُ شَعَرَاتٌ مَا بَيْنَ لَبَّتِهِ إِلَى صَدْرِهِ، تَجْرِى كَالْقَضِيبِ، لَمْ يَكُنْ عَلَى بَطنِهِ وَلاَ عَلَى ظَهْرِهِ شَعَرَاتٌ غَيْرُهَا، يَفُوحُ منْهُ رِيحُ المِسْكِ، إِذَا قَامَ غَمَرَ النَّاسَ، وَإِذَا مَشَى فَكَأَنَّمَا يَتَقَلَعُّ مِنْ صَخْرةٍ، إِذَا التَفَتَ الْتَفَتَ جَمِيعًا، وَإذَا انْحَدَرَ فَكَأَنَّمَا يَنْحَدِرُ فِى صَبَبٍ، أَطْهَرَ النَّاسِ خُلُقًا، وَأَشْجَعَ النَّاسِ قَلْبًا، وَأَسْمَىَ النَّاسِ كَفّا، لَمْ يَكُنْ قَبْلَهُ مِثْلُهُ، وَلاَ يَكُونُ بَعْدَهُ مِثْلُهُ أَبَدًا، فَقَالَ الْحَبْرُ: يَا عَلِىُّ! إِنِّى أَصَبْتُ فِى التَّوْرَاةِ هَذِهِ الصِّفَةَ، وقد أَيْقَنْتُ أَنَّهُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ الله، وَأَنْ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ الله".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Bá Hryrh
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Abu Hurayrah said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ died on Monday, twelve nights into the month of Rabi' al-Awwal. When it was the morning of Thursday, behold, a shaykh came and said: "I am a rabbi from the rabbis of Bayt al-Maqdis." He said: "O 'Ali! Describe to me the attributes of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as if I were looking at him." He said: "May my father and mother be ransomed for him! He was not too tall nor too short, he was of medium height among men, white tinged with red, wavy-haired, the parting of his hair curly, his hair reaching the lobes of his ears, broad-foreheaded, long-nailed, aquiline-nosed, with a fine line of hair, with gaps between his front teeth, thick-bearded, his neck like a silver ewer, the gold seemed to flow in his chest, his sweat on his face like pearls, thick-palmed and thick-footed, with a few hairs between the base of his neck and his chest, flowing like a line, with no other hairs on his belly or back, fragrance of musk emanating from him. When he stood, he towered over the people; when he walked, it was as though he was striding from a rock; when he turned, he turned fully; when he descended, it was as though he was descending a slope. He was the most virtuous of people in character, the most courageous of people in heart, and the most generous of people in hand. No one before him was like him, and no one after him will ever be like him." The rabbi said: "O 'Ali! I have found this description in the Torah, and I am certain that there is no god but Allah, and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah."
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Notes
[كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه
machine translation[Kar] Ibn ʿAsākir, in his Tārīkh.
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