Mu'jam Kabir Tabarani 13524 — O Abu Abd al-Rahman! We travel and meet

A man came to Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) and said: O Abu Abd al-Rahman! We travel and meet people who say there is no such thing as divine decree (qadar). He said: When you meet those people, tell them that Ibn Umar is free of them. We were with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when suddenly a man came, with a handsome face, a fragrant scent and clean clothes, and said: Peace be upon you, O Messenger of Allah! May I come near you? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Come near." He came one step closer, and he kept doing so several times until his knees touched the knees of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Then he asked: O Messenger of Allah! What is Islam? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "To bear witness that there is no true god except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, to establish the prayer, to pay the zakah, to perform Hajj to the House, to fast Ramadan, and to take the ritual bath (ghusl) from major impurity (janabah)." He said: So if I do all this, am I a Muslim? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes." He said: You have spoken the truth. Then he asked: What is iman (faith)? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Iman is that you believe in Allah, His angels, His Books, His Messengers, Paradise, Hell, the Resurrection, and the divine decree, its good and its evil, its sweet and its bitter, all of it being from Allah." He said: So if I do all this, am I a believer? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Yes. He said: You have spoken the truth. Then he asked: What is ihsan (excellence)? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That you worship Allah as though you see Him, and if you do not see Him, He certainly sees you." He said: So if I do this, am I a muhsin (one who excels)? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes." He said: You have spoken the truth. We said: We have never seen a man with a more handsome face, a more fragrant scent, or greater reverence for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and (strange was) his saying to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): You have spoken the truth. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Bring the man to me." We got up, and I stood on one of the roads of Madinah, but we saw nothing. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do you know who that was?" The people said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That was Jibril (peace be upon him); he came to teach you the rites of your religion. He has never come to me in any form without my recognising him, except this form."