Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 32330 — Reports on faith and Islam

Thabit (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: We had been forbidden from asking the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about anything, so we used to like it when an intelligent man from the people of the countryside would come and question him (peace and blessings be upon him) while we listened. Then a Bedouin man came and said: "O Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)! Your envoy came to us and claimed that Allah has sent you as a Messenger." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "He spoke the truth." He asked: "Who created the sky?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah." He asked: "Who created the earth?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah." He asked: "Who fixed these mountains in place?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah." He said: "Then by the One who created the sky and created the earth and fixed the mountains: has Allah sent you (peace and blessings be upon him) as a Messenger?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes." He said: "Your envoy also claimed that five prayers are obligatory upon us in the day and night." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "He spoke the truth." He asked: "Then by the One who created the sky and created the earth and fixed the mountains: has Allah commanded you with this?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes." He said: "Your envoy also said that it is obligatory upon us to pay zakah on our wealth." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "He spoke the truth." He asked: "Then by the One who created the sky and created the earth and fixed the mountains: has Allah commanded you with this?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes." He said: "Your envoy also said that it is binding upon us to fast Ramadan in the year." He said: "He spoke the truth." He asked: "Then by the One who created the sky and the earth and fixed the mountains: has Allah commanded you with this?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes." He said: "Your envoy said that Hajj is obligatory upon those of us who are able to find a way to it." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "He spoke the truth." He asked: "Then by the One who created the sky and the earth and fixed the mountains: has Allah commanded you with this?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes." Then he turned back and said: "By the One who has sent you with the truth, I will neither add anything to this nor take anything away from it." So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If he has spoken the truth, he will enter Paradise."