حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا فُلَيْحُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا هِلاَلُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ قَالَ: لَقِيتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ فَقُلْتُ: أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ صِفَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ: أَجَلْ وَاللَّهِ، إِنَّهُ لَمَوْصُوفٌ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ بِبَعْضِ صِفَتِهِ فِي الْقُرْآنِ: ﴿يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ شَاهِدًا وَمُبَشِّرًا وَنَذِيرًا﴾ [الأحزاب: 45]، وَحِرْزًا لِلأُمِّيِّينَ، أَنْتَ عَبْدِي وَرَسُولِي، سَمَّيْتُكَ الْمُتَوَكِّلَ، لَيْسَ بِفَظٍّ وَلاَ غَلِيظٍ، وَلاَ صَخَّابٍ فِي الأَسْوَاقِ، وَلاَ يَدْفَعُ بِالسَّيِّئَةِ السَّيِّئَةَ، وَلَكِنْ يَعْفُو وَيَغْفِرُ، وَلَنْ يَقْبِضَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى حَتَّى يُقِيمَ بِهِ الْمِلَّةَ الْعَوْجَاءَ، بِأَنْ يَقُولُوا: لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ، وَيَفْتَحُوا بِهَا أَعْيُنًا عُمْيًا، وَآذَانًا صُمًّا، وَقُلُوبًا غُلْفًا.
It is narrated from Ata bin Yasar (may Allah have mercy on him) that I met Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with them both), so I requested him to tell me about those attributes of the Prophet (peace be upon him) which are mentioned in the Torah. He said: Certainly! By Allah, there are several attributes of the Prophet (peace be upon him) in the Torah which are exactly as mentioned in the Qur'an (as it is in the Qur'an): «﴿يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ شَاهِدًا وَمُبَشِّرًا وَنَذِيرًا﴾» [الأحزاب: 45] "O Prophet! We have sent you as a witness, a bearer of glad tidings, and a warner." And sent you as a protector for the unlettered (from misguidance). You are My servant and My messenger, I have named you 'Mutawakkil' (the one who puts his trust in Allah). You are neither harsh in speech, nor hard-hearted, nor one who makes noise in the markets. And you do not repay evil with evil, rather you forgive and overlook. And Allah, the Exalted, will not cause you to die until He straightens the crooked nation through you, so that they declare 'La ilaha illallah' (there is no god but Allah). And through you, Allah will open blind eyes, deaf ears, and closed hearts.