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Al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 774 — The states of the dying person

وَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ : حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ ، عَنِ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ هُوَ الْجُعْفِيُّ ، عَنِ ابْنِ سَابِطٍ هُوَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سَابِطٍ ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ - رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ - قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : تَحَدَّثُوا عَنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ ، فَإِنَّهُ كَانَتْ فِيهِمْ أَعَاجِيبُ .
ثُمَّ أَنْشَأَ يُحَدِّثُ قَالَ : خَرَجَتْ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْهُمْ ، فَأَتَوْا مَقْبَرَةً مِنْ مَقَابِرِهِمْ فَقَالُوا : لَوْ صَلَّيْنَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ ، وَدَعَوْنَا اللهَ تَعَالَى يُخْرِجُ إِلَيْنَا بَعْضَ الْأَمْوَاتِ يُخْبِرُنَا عَنِ الْمَوْتِ ؟ قَالَ : فَفَعَلُوا ، فَبَيْنَمَا هُمْ كَذَلِكَ إِذْ أَطْلَعَ رَجُلٌ رَأْسَهُ مِنْ قَبْرٍ حَبَشِيٍّ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ أَثَرُ السُّجُودِ ، فَقَالَ : يَا هَؤُلَاءِ ، مَا أَرَدْتُمْ إِلَيَّ ، فَوَاللهِ لَقَدْ مُتُّ مُنْذُ مِائَةِ سَنَةٍ ، فَمَا سَكَنَتْ عَنِّي حَرَارَةُ الْمَوْتِ حَتَّى كَانَ الْآنَ ، فَادْعُوا اللهَ تَعَالَى أَنْ يُعِيدَنِي كَمَا كُنْتُ .
774 \ 2 - رَوَاهُ عَبْدٌ ، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ .
774 \ 3 - وَقَالَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ : حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ ، عَنْ رَبِيعِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ الْجُعْفِيِّ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَابِطٍ - رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ - قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : حَدِّثُوا عَنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَلَا حَرَجَ ، فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ فِيهِمُ الْأَعَاجِيبُ .
قَالَ : وَحَدَّثَنَا جَابِرٌ - رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ - فِي ذَلِكَ الْمَجْلِسِ أَنَّ قَوْمًا مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ خَرَجُوا يَمْشُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَيُفَكِّرُونَ فِيهَا ، فَمَرُّوا بِمَقْبَرَةٍ ، فَذَكَرَهُ ، وَفِيهِ : فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِمْ رَجُلٌ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ أَثَرُ السُّجُودِ ، أَسْوَدُ أَوْ حَبَشِيٌّ ، أَحَدُهُمَا ، وَفِيهِ : مَا أَرَدْتُمْ إِلَيَّ ؟ لَقَدْ رَكَنْتُمْ مِنِّي أَمْرًا عَظِيمًا ، وَاللهِ لَقَدْ وَجَدْتُ طَعْمَ الْمَوْتِ وَحَرَارَتَهُ مُنْذُ أَرْبَعِينَ عَامًا ، فَوَافَقَتْ دَعْوَتُكُمْ سُكُونَهُ عَنِّي ، فَادْعُوا اللهَ تَعَالَى أَنْ يُعِيدَنِي كَمَا كُنْتُ فَدَعَوْا ، فَأَعَادَهُ كَمَا كَانَ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Narrate about the Children of Israel, for very wondrous events took place among them." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) began to narrate an incident and said: "A group of them went out and came to one of their graveyards. There they consulted one another: 'How good it would be if we prayed two rak'ahs and implored Allah Almighty to bring out for us one of the dead who would tell us about the reality of death!'" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "So they did that. While they were still occupied with it, suddenly an Abyssinian man put out his head from a grave, with the mark of prostration prominent on his forehead. He said: O people! What do you want from me? By Allah! A hundred years have passed since I died, yet the heat and burning of death had not cooled from me until now, only now have I found some relief. So pray to Allah Almighty, 'fad'u Allaha ta'ala an yu'idani kama kuntu' (so pray to Allah Almighty that He return me (as dead) as I was before)."
Imam Abd narrated this report from Imam Abu Bakr.
In the narration of Imam Ahmad bin Mani', it is narrated from Abd al-Rahman bin Sabit (may Allah have mercy on him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Narrate the accounts of the Children of Israel, and there is no harm in it, for astonishing events were found among them." Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) related in that same gathering that some people of the Children of Israel went out to reflect upon the earth, and they passed by a graveyard; then the narrator mentioned the above-mentioned story, except that in it are these words: a black or Abyssinian man appeared before them with the mark of prostration on his forehead. He said: What do you want from me? You have attempted a very great matter through me. By Allah! For forty years I had been feeling the taste of death and its burning, and your supplication arrived just when some relief had come to my pain. So pray to Allah, 'fad'u Allaha ta'ala an yu'idani kama kuntu' (so pray to Allah Almighty that He return me to the state I was in). So they prayed, and Allah returned him to the state he was in before.
Hadith Reference المطالب العالية بزوائد المسانيد الثمانية / كتاب الجنائز / 774
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