مسند اسحاق بن راهويه
Musnad Ishaq bin Rahwiya
كتاب الفضائلBook of Virtues
Emphasis on conveying the message of Prophethood
Hadith 561
وَبِهَذَا، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: ((إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَرْسَلَنِي بِرِسَالَةٍ فَضِقْتُ بِهَا ذَرْعًا، وَعَلِمْتُ أَنَّ النَّاسَ مُكَذِّبِيَّ فَأَوْعَدَنِي أَنْ أُبَلِّغَهَا أَوْ يُعَذِّبَنِي)).
With this same chain, it is narrated from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, that he said: "Allah Almighty sent me with the message, so my heart became constricted and I knew that people would belie me. Then Allah warned me that I must convey it or He would punish me."
Hadith 562
أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، نا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ بُرْقَانَ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْأَصَمِّ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: لَوْ كَانَ الدِّينُ بِالثُّرَيَّا لَذَهَبَ رِجَالٌ مِنْ فَارِسَ أَوْ أَبْنَاءِ فَارِسَ حَتَّى يَتَنَاوَلَهُ ".
Sayyiduna Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he (peace be upon him) said: "If the religion were at Thurayya (the Pleiades), even then people from Persia would reach there and acquire it (from there)."
