Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from his father Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: Once I was in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when suddenly a man came to him (peace and blessings be upon him), very well-groomed in appearance and with a fine fragrance coming from him. He greeted with salam and said: "O Prophet of Allah, may I come near you?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Come near." He came near until he almost touched him (peace and blessings be upon him), then he said: "O Messenger of Allah, tell me, what is Islam?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That you bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is the Messenger of Allah, establish the prayer, pay the zakah and fast Ramadan." He said: "If I do all this, then am I a Muslim?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes." The man said: "You have spoken the truth."
Then he said: "O Prophet of Allah, tell me, what is faith (iman)?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That you believe in Allah, His angels, His Books, His Messengers and the resurrection after death, and that you believe in the whole of the divine decree, its good and its evil." He said: "If I do all this, then am I a believer?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes." The man said: "You have spoken the truth."
He said: "Then what is ihsan (excellence)?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That you fear Allah as though you see Him, and if you do not see Him, then (be certain that) He sees you, and that you love for people what you love for yourself." He said: "If I do this, then am I a muhsin (one who excels)?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes." The man said: "You have spoken the truth."
Then the man asked: "When will the Hour come?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The one being asked does not know more about it than the one asking, but it has some portents and signs." He said: "What are they?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When you see the barefoot, naked and destitute become the kings of the people, and you see the shepherds of sheep competing with one another in constructing tall buildings, and the slave-woman gives birth to her mistress." The man said: "You have spoken the truth."
Then he went away. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Bring the man back to me." Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) says: "We searched for him but could not find him." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allahu akbar! That was Jibril (peace be upon him); he wanted to teach you your religion."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Wabarah except Mujalid, and no one narrated it from Mujalid except Ubaydah bin al-Aswad; Abdullah bin Umar is alone in narrating it."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الأوسط / باب الميم / 5191
Hadith Takhrij«أخرجه مسلم فى «صحيحه» برقم: 8، وابن خزيمة فى «صحيحه» برقم: 1، 2504، 3065، (4/218) [دون رقم في الترقيم المختار]، وابن حبان فى «صحيحه» برقم: 168، 173، والضياء المقدسي فى «الأحاديث المختارة» برقم: 222، 223، والنسائي فى «المجتبى» برقم: 5005 / 1، والنسائي فى «السنن الكبرى» برقم: 5852، وأبو داود فى «سننه» برقم: 4695، (4/360)، (4/361) [دون رقم في الترقيم المختار]، والترمذي فى «جامعه» برقم: 2610 (م 1)، 2610 (م 2)، 2610، وابن ماجه فى «سننه» برقم: 63، (1/44) [دون رقم في الترقيم المختار]، والبيهقي فى «السنن الكبرى» برقم: 8702، 8846، 20930، 20931، والدارقطني فى «سننه» برقم: 2708، وأحمد فى «مسنده» برقم: 186، 196، 373، 374، 380، 381، 5961، 5962، والطيالسي فى «مسنده» برقم: 21، وأبو يعلى فى «مسنده» برقم: 242، والبزار فى «مسنده» برقم: 169، 170، 5990، وعبد الرزاق فى «مصنفه» برقم: 20072، وابن أبي شيبة فى «مصنفه» برقم: 14915، 31068، 38713، والطبراني فى «الكبير» برقم: 13581»