عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ كُنَّا جُلُوسًا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ ((يَطْلُعُ عَلَيْكُمُ الْآنَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ)) فَطَلَعَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ تَنْطِفُ لِحْيَتُهُ مِنْ وُضُوئِهِ قَدْ تَعَلَّقَ نَعْلَيْهِ فِي يَدِهِ الشِّمَالِ فَلَمَّا كَانَ الْغَدُ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ فَطَلَعَ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى مِثْلِ الْمَرَّةِ الْأُولَى فَلَمَّا كَانَ الْيَوْمُ الثَّالِثُ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِثْلَ مَقَالَتِهِ أَيْضًا فَطَلَعَ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى مِثْلِ حَالِهِ الْأُولَى فَلَمَّا قَامَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَبِعَهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ فَقَالَ إِنِّي لَاحَيْتُ أَبِي فَأَقْسَمْتُ أَنْ لَا أَدْخُلَ عَلَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا فَإِنْ رَأَيْتَ أَنْ تُؤْوِيَنِي إِلَيْكَ حَتَّى تَمْضِيَ فَعَلْتَ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ أَنَسٌ وَكَانَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّهُ بَاتَ مَعَهُ تِلْكَ اللَّيَالِيَ الثَّلَاثَ فَلَمْ يَرَهُ يَقُومُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ شَيْئًا غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ إِذَا تَعَارَّ وَتَقَلَّبَ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ ذَكَرَ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَكَبَّرَ حَتَّى يَقُومَ لِصَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ غَيْرَ أَنِّي لَمْ أَسْمَعْهُ يَقُولُ إِلَّا خَيْرًا فَلَمَّا مَضَتِ الثَّلَاثُ لَيَالٍ وَكِدْتُ أَنْ أَحْتَقِرَ عَمَلَهُ قُلْتُ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي لَمْ يَكُنْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ أَبِي غَضَبٌ وَلَا هَجْرٌ ثَمَّ وَلَكِنْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ لَكَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ ((يَطْلُعُ عَلَيْكُمُ الْآنَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ)) فَطَلَعْتَ أَنْتَ الثَّلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ آوِيَ إِلَيْكَ لِأَنْظُرَ مَا عَمَلُكَ فَأَقْتَدِيَ بِهِ فَلَمْ أَرَكَ تَعْمَلُ كَثِيرَ عَمَلٍ فَمَا الَّذِي بَلَغَ بِكَ مَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ مَا هُوَ إِلَّا مَا رَأَيْتَ قَالَ فَلَمَّا وَلَّيْتُ دَعَانِي فَقَالَ مَا هُوَ إِلَّا مَا رَأَيْتَ غَيْرَ أَنِّي لَا أَجِدُ فِي نَفْسِي لِأَحَدٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ غِشًّا وَلَا أَحْسُدُ عَلَى خَيْرٍ أَعْطَاهُ اللَّهُ إِيَّاهُ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ هَذِهِ الَّتِي بَلَغَتْ بِكَ وَهِيَ الَّتِي لَا نُطِيقُ
Narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: We were sitting with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Now a man from among the people of Paradise is about to come to you. Then an Ansari man came, water was dripping from his beard due to ablution, and he was carrying his shoes in his left hand. The next day, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said the same thing again, and the same man came in the same condition as before. When it was the third day, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) again said the same thing: A man from among the people of Paradise is about to come to you. And (by Allah’s will) the same man came in his previous state. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin Al-As (may Allah be pleased with them both) followed that man and said to him: I have had a dispute with my father, and I have sworn not to go to him for three days. If you give me a place to stay with you until this period is over, what do you think about it? He said: Yes, come in. Then Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrated that he spent three nights with that man. He did not stand in prayer at night at all, but whenever he woke up and turned on his bed, he would remember Allah Almighty and recite takbirs, until he got up for the Fajr prayer. Besides this, his quality was that he only spoke good and virtuous words. When three nights had passed and I was about to consider his deeds insignificant, I said to him: O servant of Allah! There was no anger or severance between me and my father. The reason for my stay with you is that I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say three times: Now a man from among the people of Paradise is about to come to you. And three times, it was you who came. So I intended to stay in your house to observe your deeds and then follow your example, but I saw that you do not do much in terms of deeds. Now tell me, what is that quality in you because of which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned this hadith (and you became its subject)? He said: My deeds are only what you have seen. Then, when I was about to leave, he called me back and said: My deeds are only what you have seen, but this is certain: there is no deceit in my heart against any Muslim, and for any good that Allah Almighty has given to any Muslim, I do not envy him for it. Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: This is the very thing that has brought you to this rank, and this is the deed for which we do not have the strength.