مسند اسحاق بن راهويه
Musnad Ishaq bin Rahwiya
كتاب الفضائلBook of Virtues
Angels visiting someone other than a prophet
Hadith 545
أَخْبَرَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ الْبُنَانِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ رَجُلًا، كَانَ يَزُورُ أَخًا لَهُ فِي قَرْيَةٍ أُخْرَى، وَكَانَ عَلَى مَدْرَجَتِهِ مَلِكٌ، فَقَالَ: لَهُ أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ؟ فَقَالَ: أَزُورُ أَخًا لِي فِي قَرْيَةٍ أُخْرَى، فَقَالَ لَهُ: فَهَلْ لَهُ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ نِعْمَةٍ تَرُبُّهَا، فَقَالَ: لَا وَلَكِنِّي أَحْبَبْتُهُ لِلَّهِ، فَقَالَ: فَإِنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ إِلَيْكَ بِأَنِّي قَدْ أَحْبَبْتُكَ بِمَا أَحْبَبْتَهُ فِيَّ.
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man used to visit his (Muslim) brother in another town. On his way, there was an angel who said to him: "Where are you intending to go?" He replied: "I am going to visit my brother in another town." The angel asked: "Is there any favor of his upon you which you are mindful of?" He said: "No, but I love him for the sake of Allah." The angel said: "I am a messenger from Allah to you (He has said) that just as you love him for My sake, so do I love you."
