(حديث مرفوع) (حديث موقوف) وَبِإِسْنَادِهِ " وَمَثَلُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ ، كَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ بَنَى بُنْيَانًا ، فَأَحْسَنَهُ ، وَأَكْمَلَهُ ، وَأَجْمَلَهُ ، فَجَعَلَ النَّاسُ يُطِيفُونَ بِهِ ، يَقُولُونَ مَا رَأَيْنَا بُنْيَانًا أَحْسَنَ مِنْ هَذَا ، إِلَّا هَذِهِ الثُّلْمَةَ ، فَأَنَا تِلْكَ الثُّلْمَةُ " . وَقِيلَ لِسُفْيَانَ مَنْ ذَكَرَ هَذِهِ ؟ قَالَ : أَبُو الزِّنَادِ ، عَنِ ، عَنْ .
And the example of the noble Prophets (peace be upon them) is like a man who built a building, made it beautiful, splendid, and perfect. People would walk around it and say, "We have never seen a building more beautiful than this, except that if this gap were also filled, how good it would be." (Of the building of the finality of Prophethood) I am that gap (who has now completed this building).