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5 Jumada II 1448 AH

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Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 467 — from Sayyiduna Thawban, the freed slave

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ خُلَيْدٍ قَالَ : نَا أَبُو تَوْبَةَ الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ قَالَ : نَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ سَلَّامٍ ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ سَلَّامٍ ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا سَلَّامٍ ، يَقُولُ : حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو أَسْمَاءَ الرَّحَبِيُّ .
أَنَّ ثَوْبَانَ ، مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - ، قَالَ : كُنْتُ قَائِمًا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَجَاءَ حَبْرٌ مِنْ أَحْبَارِ الْيَهُودِ ، فَقَالَ : السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ ، فَدَفَعْتُهُ دَفْعَةً كَادَ يَسْقُطُ مِنْهَا ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ : أَوَلَا تَقُولُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ فَقَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ : إِنَّمَا نَدْعُوهُ بِاسْمِهِ الَّذِي سَمَّاهُ بِهِ أَهْلُهُ . فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : إِنَّ اسْمِي مُحَمَّدٌ الَّذِي سَمَّانِي بِهِ أَهْلِي ، فَقَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ : جِئْتُ أَسْأَلُكَ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : I " يَنْفَعُكَ شَيْءٌ إِنْ حَدَّثْتُكَ ؟ I " قَالَ : أَسْمَعُ بِأُذُنَيَّ ، فَنَكَتَ بِعُودٍ كَانَ مَعَهُ ، فَقَالَ : I " سَلْ I " . فَقَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ : أَيْنَ النَّاسُ يَوْمَ تُبَدَّلُ الْأَرْضُ غَيْرَ الْأَرْضِ وَالسَّمَاوَاتُ ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : I " هُمْ فِي الظُّلْمَةِ دُونَ الْجِسْرِ I " . قَالَ : فَمَنْ أَوَّلُ النَّاسِ إِجَازَةً ؟ قَالَ : I " فُقَرَاءُ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ I " ، فَقَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ : فَمَا تَحِيَّتُهُمْ حِينَ يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ ؟ قَالَ : I " زِيَادَةُ كَبِدِ الْحُوتِ I " . قَالَ : فَمَا غَدَاؤُهُمْ عَلَى إِثْرِهَا ؟ قَالَ : I " يُنْحَرُ لَهُمْ نُونُ الْجَنَّةِ الَّذِي يَأْكُلُ مِنْ أَطْرَافِهَا I " . قَالَ : فَمَا شَرَابُهُمْ عَلَيْهِ ؟ قَالَ : I " مِنْ عَيْنٍ تُسَمَّى سَلْسَبِيلًا I " . قَالَ : صَدَقْتَ . قَالَ : وَجِئْتُ أَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ شَيْءٍ لَا يَعْلَمُهُ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ إِلَّا نَبِيٌّ ، أَوْ رَجُلٌ ، أَوْ رَجُلَانِ . قَالَ : I " يَنْفَعُكَ إِنْ حَدَّثْتُكَ ؟ I " قَالَ : أَسْمَعُ بِأُذُنَيَّ . قَالَ : جِئْتُ أَسْأَلُكَ عَنِ الْوَلَدِ . فَقَالَ : I " مَاءُ الرَّجُلِ أَبْيَضُ ، وَمَاءُ الْمَرْأَةِ أَصْفَرُ ، فَإِذَا اجْتَمَعَا فَعَلَا مَنِيُّ الرَّجُلِ مَنِيَّ الْمَرْأَةِ ، أَذْكَرَا بِإِذْنِ اللهِ ، وَإِذَا عَلَا مَنِيُّ الْمَرْأَةِ مَنِيَّ الرَّجُلِ ، آنَثَا بِإِذْنِ اللهِ I " . فَقَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ : لَقَدْ صَدَقْتَ ، وَإِنَّكَ نَبِيٌّ ، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ ، فَذَهَبَ . فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : I " لَقَدْ سَأَلَنِي عَمَّا سَأَلَنِي عَنْهُ ، وَمَا لِي عِلْمٌ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْهُ ، حَتَّى أَتَانِيَ اللهُ بِهِ .
لَا يُرْوَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ بِهَذَا التَّمَامِ عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ إِلَّا بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ ، تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ : مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ سَلَّامٍ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him), the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), that he said: "I was standing with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when one of the rabbis of the Jews came and said: 'As-salamu alayka ya Muhammad' (Peace be upon you, O Muhammad). I gave him such a push that he almost fell. I said to him: 'Can you not say "O Messenger of Allah"?' The Jew replied: 'We only call him by the name which his family gave him.' The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Indeed, my name is Muhammad, which my family gave me.' The Jew said: 'I have come to ask you something.' The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: 'If I tell you, will it be of any benefit to you?' He said: 'I will listen (to you) with my ears.' He (peace and blessings be upon him) had a stick with him, with which he began to scratch the ground, and he said: 'Ask.' The Jew asked: 'On the Day when the earth will be changed into another earth, and the heavens (as well), where will the people be?' The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'They will be in darkness, near the Bridge (al-Sirat).' He asked: 'Who among the people will be the first to cross it?' He said: 'The poor among the Muhajirun.' The Jew asked: 'When they enter Paradise, what will their first hospitality be?' He said: 'The extra lobe of the fish's liver.' He asked: 'What will be their morning meal after that?' He said: 'The fish of Paradise which feeds from its edges will be slaughtered for them.' He asked: 'What will they drink with it?' He said: 'From a spring which is named Salsabil.' He said: 'You have spoken the truth.' Then he said: 'I have come to ask you about something which no one on the face of the earth knows except a prophet or one or two men.' He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'If I tell you, will it benefit you?' He said: 'I will listen with my ears.' He said: 'I have come to ask you about the child (and how it is born).' He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'The fluid of the man is white and the fluid of the woman is yellow. When the two come together and the man's fluid prevails over the woman's fluid, a boy is born by the permission of Allah; and when the woman's fluid prevails over the man's fluid, a girl is born by the permission of Allah.' The Jew said: 'You have certainly spoken the truth, and you are indeed the Prophet of Allah.' Then he turned his back and left. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'He asked me about things of which I had no knowledge at all, until Allah Almighty granted me that knowledge.'"
This hadith, with all these words, is narrated from Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) only through this chain, and Mu'awiyah bin Sallam (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it.
Hadith Reference المعجم الأوسط / باب الألف / 467
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