مسند أحمد
Musnad Ahmad Hadith 15997
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حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، قَالَ: عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْعَبْلِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ بْنُ جُبَيْرٍ، مَوْلَى الْحَكَمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْعَاصِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ أَبِي مُوَيْهِبَةَ، مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ جَوْفِ اللَّيْلِ، فَقَالَ: " يَا أَبَا مُوَيْهِبَةَ، إِنِّي قَدْ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَسْتَغْفِرَ لِأَهْلِ الْبَقِيعِ فَانْطَلِقْ مَعِي "، فَانْطَلَقْتُ مَعَهُ، فَلَمَّا وَقَفَ بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِهِمْ قَالَ: " السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ يَا أَهْلَ الْمَقَابِرِ، لِيَهْنِ لَكُمْ مَا أَصْبَحْتُمْ فِيهِ، مِمَّا أَصْبَحَ فِيهِ النَّاسُ، لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ مَا نَجَّاكُمُ اللهُ مِنْهُ، أَقْبَلَتِ الْفِتَنُ كَقِطَعِ اللَّيْلِ الْمُظْلِمِ، يَتْبَعُ أَوَّلُهَا آخِرَهَا (١) ، الْآخِرَةُ شَرٌّ مِنَ الْأُولَى " قَالَ: ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيَّ فَقَالَ: " يَا أَبَا مُوَيْهِبَةَ، إِنِّي قَدْ أُوتِيتُ مَفَاتِيحَ خَزَائِنِ الدُّنْيَا، وَالْخُلْدَ فِيهَا، ثُمَّ الْجَنَّةَ، وَخُيِّرْتُ بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ، وَبَيْنَ لِقَاءِ رَبِّي عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَالْجَنَّةِ " قَالَ: قُلْتُ: بِأَبِي وَأُمِّي، فَخُذْ مَفَاتِيحَ الدُّنْيَا، وَالْخُلْدَ فِيهَا، ثُمَّ الْجَنَّةَ، قَالَ: " لَا وَاللهِ يَا أَبَا مُوَيْهِبَةَ، لَقَدِ اخْتَرْتُ لِقَاءَ رَبِّي، وَالْجَنَّةَ " ثُمَّ اسْتَغْفَرَ لِأَهْلِ الْبَقِيعِ، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ فَبُدِئَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي، ، وَجَعِهِ الَّذِي قبَضَهُ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فِيهِ حِينَ أَصْبَحَ (١)، ،
Translation
English translation
Abu Muwayhibah, who was a freed slave of the Prophet (ﷺ), says that once the Prophet (ﷺ) received the command to pray for the people of Baqi’. So the Prophet (ﷺ) prayed for them three times in one night. On the second night, the Prophet (ﷺ) said to me: "Abu Muwayhibah, saddle my mount for me." Then the Prophet (ﷺ) mounted, and I walked on foot until we reached Jannat al-Baqi’. Upon arrival, the Prophet (ﷺ) dismounted, I held the rope of the mount, and the Prophet (ﷺ) stood by their graves and said: "Congratulations to you for the blessings you are in, having been spared from the conditions of the people. Trials are descending like the dark portions of the night, coming one after another, and each subsequent one is harsher than the previous. So congratulations to you for the blessings you are in." After this, the Prophet (ﷺ) returned and said: "I have been given the choice: either the keys to the conquests my Ummah will achieve after me and Paradise, or to meet my Lord." I said: "O Messenger of Allah! May my parents be sacrificed for you, please tell us about your preference." The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "After me, my Ummah will do whatever Allah wills, so I have chosen to meet my Lord." Thus, seven or eight days after this incident, the Prophet (ﷺ) passed away.
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This is Hadith 15997 in Musnad Ahmad. It appears in Book 257, Hadith of Abu Muwayhibah, the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), as in-book entry 2.
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مسند احمد / مسند المكيين / 15997
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