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المعجم الأوسط
Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat (Tabarani)
باب الألف
Names Beginning with the Letter Alif
مَنِ اسْمُهُ أَحْمَدُ
Those Named Ahmad
Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 1130 — one day the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said
وَبِهِ : عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ . عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ الْحُصَيْنِ قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ -صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ- يَوْمًا : عُرِضَ عَلَيَّ الْأَنْبِيَاءُ ، فَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ يَجِيءُ وَلَيْسَ مَعَهُ إِلَّا الرَّجُلُ ، وَيَجِيءُ الْآخَرُ لَيْسَ مَعَهُ إِلَّا الرَّجُلَانِ ، وَيَجِيءُ النَّبِيُّ لَيْسَ مَعَهُ إِلَّا النَّفَرُ الْيَسِيرُ كَذَلِكَ ، وَعُرِضَتْ عَلَيَّ أُمَّتِي ، فَرَفَعْتُ رَأْسِي ، فَإِذَا الظِّرَابُ قَدْ سَدَّ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ الْأُفُقِ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Imran bin Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) that one day the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The prophets (peace be upon them) were shown to me, and (I saw that) a prophet would come with only one man with him, another prophet would come with only two men with him, and a prophet would come with only a small group with him. Then my ummah was shown to me, and I raised my head, and suddenly (because of the great number of people) the hills had covered the view between me and the horizon."
