Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 39315 — Reports on the sending of the Prophet

Al-Hasan said: Allah Almighty once sent the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to bring a man into Paradise. The narrator said: He (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by one of the places of worship of the Jews and went in to them while they were reading their book. When they saw him (peace and blessings be upon him), they closed the book and went out. In one corner of the place of worship a man lay close to death. The narrator said: He (peace and blessings be upon him) came to this man, and the man said: "What has stopped them (the Jews) from reading is that you have come to them, and they were (at that moment) reading the attributes of a prophet, who is none other than you." Then the man came to the book, opened it, read it and said: "I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is the Messenger of Allah." Then the man's soul was taken. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Take care of your brother." The narrator said: So the Companions washed him, shrouded him and applied hunut (burial perfume) to him, and then he (peace and blessings be upon him) offered the funeral prayer over him.