Sayyiduna Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) went out in search of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He did not find the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); he searched for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in his houses and did not find him. He kept searching for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), passing through one street after another, until near Jabal Thawab he was told about the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). So he climbed Jabal Thawab and looked right and left, and his eye fell on a cave which people used as a way to Masjid al-Fath. Sayyiduna Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was in prostration. He did not raise his head, until I had ill thoughts about him; I thought that perhaps his soul had been taken. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Jibril came to me at this place and said: 'Allah Almighty sends you greetings of peace and says to you: What would you like Me to do with your Ummah?' I said: 'Allah knows best.' He went away, then came back to me and said: 'The Lord says to you: I will not displease you concerning your Ummah.' So I went into prostration, because the most excellent thing by which a servant draws near to Allah Almighty is prostration."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat and al-Mu'jam al-Saghir. Its chain contains a narrator, Ishaq bin Ibrahim al-Madani, the mawla (freed slave) of Banu Muzaynah; Abu Zur'ah and others declared him da'if (weak).
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