Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 420-496b

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"On the authority of Maymun ibn Mihran, from Ibn 'Abbas, who said: I passed by the Prophet ﷺ after he had finished the Zuhr prayer, and I was wearing white garments. He was conversing with Dihyah al-Kalbi, as I thought, but it was Jibril, and I did not know. Jibril said to the Prophet ﷺ: O Messenger of Allah, this is Ibn 'Abbas. If he had greeted us, we would have returned his greeting. Indeed, he is very particular about the appearance of his garments and clothing (and his descendants after him will wear black). When Jibril ascended and the Prophet ﷺ left, he said: What prevented you from greeting us when you passed by just now? I said: O Messenger of Allah, I passed by you while you were conversing with Dihyah al-Kalbi, so I disliked interrupting your private conversation by returning your greeting. He said: You have looked intently. That was Jibril, and no one who sees him remains except a prophet, and anyone else who sees him loses his sight. Your sight will be lost, but it will be returned to you on the day of your death. He said: When Ibn 'Abbas died and was wrapped in his shroud, a white bird swooped down, entered between his shrouds, and was searched for but was not found. 'Ikrimah, the freed slave of Ibn 'Abbas, said: Are you foolish? This is his sight, which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ promised would be returned to him on the day of his death. When they brought him to the grave and placed him in his lahd, a word was addressed to him that was heard by those on the edge of the grave: {O reassured soul (27) Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him] (28) So enter among My servants (29) And enter My Paradise (30)}."

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