Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 3573

Sayyiduna Wathilah bin al-Asqa' (may Allah be pleased with him) says: A man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) who was in a sorry state, cross-eyed, short-necked, lame, dark, left-handed, with little flesh on his shoulders and a wide space between his thighs. He said: "O Messenger of Allah! Tell me what Allah Almighty has made obligatory upon me." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) told him, and he said: "I will do this regularly for the sake of Allah Almighty and I will not add anything to the obligatory." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Why is that?" He said: "Because Allah Almighty has created me in a sorry state, cross-eyed, dark, left-handed, with little flesh on my shoulders and a wide space between my thighs." Then that man went away. Sayyiduna Jibril (peace be upon him) came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Sayyiduna Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)! Where is the man who expressed displeasure with his Lord? He has expressed displeasure with a Generous Lord, so make him content." Sayyiduna Jibril said: "Tell him: 'Are you not pleased that on the Day of Resurrection you will be raised in the form of Sayyiduna Jibril (peace be upon him)?'" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent for that man and said: "You expressed displeasure with a Generous Lord, and He has made you content. Are you not pleased that on the Day of Resurrection Allah Almighty will raise you in the form and shape of Jibril?" He said: "Yes indeed, O Messenger of Allah!" Then he said: "Now I make a pledge in the name of Allah Almighty that whatever deed my body has the strength to do, by which Allah Almighty is pleased, I will do it."
This narration was recorded by Imam al-Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir; its chain contains a narrator, al-Ala bin Kathir al-Laythi, who is extremely "da'if" (weak).