صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب الفضائل
The Book of Virtues
باب إِذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى رَحْمَةَ أُمَّةٍ قَبَضَ نَبِيَّهَا قَبْلَهَا:
Chapter: When Allah Wants To Show Mercy To A Nation, He takes Their Prophet Before Them
Hadith 2288
This hadith is listed as number 5965 in Maktaba Shamila
قَالَ مُسْلِم : وَحُدِّثْتُ عَنْ أَبِي أُسَامَةَ ، وَمِمَّنْ رَوَى ذَلِكَ عَنْهُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْجَوْهَرِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ ، حَدَّثَنِي بُرَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِذَا أَرَادَ رَحْمَةَ أُمَّةٍ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ ، قَبَضَ نَبِيَّهَا قَبْلَهَا ، فَجَعَلَهُ لَهَا فَرَطًا وَسَلَفًا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا ، وَإِذَا أَرَادَ هَلَكَةَ أُمَّةٍ ، عَذَّبَهَا وَنَبِيُّهَا حَيٌّ ، فَأَهْلَكَهَا وَهُوَ يَنْظُرُ ، فَأَقَرَّ عَيْنَهُ بِهَلَكَتِهَا حِينَ كَذَّبُوهُ ، وَعَصَوْا أَمْرَهُ " .
Abu Musa reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: When Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, intends to show mercy to an Umma from amongst His servants He calls back His Apostle (ﷺ) to his eternal home and makes him a harbinger and recompense in the world to come; and when He intends to cause destruction to an Umma, He punishes it while its Apostle (ﷺ) is alive and He destroys it as he (the Apostle) witnesses it and he cools his eyes by destruction as they had belied him and disobeyed his command.
