مشكوة المصابيح Mishkat al-Masabih كتاب المناقب The Book of Merits
(فَضِيلَةُ التَّابِعِينَ وَمَنْ بَعْدَهُمْ بِسَبَبِ الإِيمَانِ بِالغَيْبِ)

(The virtue of the Tabi’un and those after them due to their faith in the unseen)

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Hadith 6288
وَعَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَيُّ الْخَلْقِ أَعْجَبُ إِلَيْكُمْ إِيمَانًا؟» قَالُوا: فالنبيون قَالَ: «ومالهم لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ وَالْوَحْيُ يَنْزِلُ عَلَيْهِمْ؟» قَالُوا: فَنَحْنُ. قَالَ: «ومالكم لَا تُؤْمِنُونَ وَأَنَا بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِكُمْ؟» قَالَ: فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِن أَعْجَبَ الْخَلْقِ إِلَيَّ إِيمَانًا لَقَوْمٌ يَكُونُونَ مِنْ بَعْدِي يَجِدُونَ صُحُفًا فِيهَا كِتَابٌ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِمَا فِيهَا»
`Amr b. Shu'aib, on his father's authority, told that his grandfather reported God's messenger as saying, "Which people's faith pleases you most?" On receiving the reply that they were the angels he said, "But why should they not believe when they are with their Lord?" It was suggested that they were the prophets to which he replied, "Why should they not believe when inspiration descends on them?" The people suggested themselves and he said, "Why should you not believe when I am among you?" He told that God's messenger then said, "The people whose faith pleases me most are people who will come after my time who will find sheets containing a Book in whose contents they will believe."
Hadith Reference Mishkat al-Masabih / The Book of Merits / Hadith: 6288
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Hadith Takhrij ´تحقيق و تخريج: محدث العصر حافظ زبير على زئي رحمه الله` «إسناده ضعيف، رواه البيھقي في دلائل النبوة (6/ 548) ¤٭ والمغيرة بن قيس: ذکره ابن حبان في الثقات (9/ 168) و قال أبو حاتم الرازي: ’’منکر الحديث‘‘ (الجرح والتعديل 228/8) و الجرح فيه مقدم .»