صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب الفضائل
The Book of Virtues
باب ذِكْرِ كَوْنِهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَاتَمَ النَّبِيِّينَ:
Chapter: He (SAW) Was The Seal Of The Prophets
Hadith 2287
This hadith is listed as number 5963 in Maktaba Shamila
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ ، حَدَّثَنَا سَلِيمُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مِينَاءَ ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " مَثَلِي وَمَثَلُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ ، كَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ بَنَى دَارًا فَأَتَمَّهَا وَأَكْمَلَهَا ، إِلَّا مَوْضِعَ لَبِنَةٍ ، فَجَعَلَ النَّاسُ يَدْخُلُونَهَا وَيَتَعَجَّبُونَ مِنْهَا ، وَيَقُولُونَ : لَوْلَا مَوْضِعُ اللَّبِنَةِ ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : فَأَنَا مَوْضِعُ اللَّبِنَةِ ، جِئْتُ فَخَتَمْتُ الْأَنْبِيَاءَ " .
Jabir reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: The similitude of mine and that of the Apostles is like that of a person who built a house and he completed it and made it perfect but for the space of a brick. People entered therein and they were surprised at it and said: Had there been a brick (it would have been complete in all respects). Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: I am that place where the brick (completing the building is to be placed), and I have come to finalise the chain of Apostles.
