Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 644

‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Shaybah narrated to us, saying: ‘Abd Allah ibn Nafi‘ al-Sa’igh informed me, from ‘Isam ibn Zayd—whom Ibn Shaybah praised favorably—from Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir, from Jabir ibn ‘Abd Allah: The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, ascended the pulpit. When he climbed the first step, he said, “Amen.” Then he climbed the second and said, “Amen,” and then the third and said, “Amen.” They said, “Messenger of Allah, we heard you say ‘Amen’ three times.” He said: “When I climbed the first step, Jibril, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, came to me and said, ‘Wretched is the servant who reaches Ramadan, then it passes away from him without his being forgiven.’ I said, ‘Amen.’ Then he said, ‘Wretched is the servant whose parents, or one of them, are alive, but they do not bring him into the Garden.’ I said, ‘Amen.’ Then he said, ‘Wretched is the servant in whose presence you are mentioned, yet he does not send blessings upon you.’ I said, ‘Amen.’”