Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 2350
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ، حَدَّثَنَا سِمَاكُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّ قُرَيْشًا، أَتَوُا امْرَأَةً كَاهِنَةً فَقَالُوا لَهَا أَخْبِرِينَا أَشْبَهَنَا أَثَرًا بِصَاحِبِ الْمَقَامِ . فَقَالَتْ إِنْ أَنْتُمْ جَرَرْتُمْ كِسَاءً عَلَى هَذِهِ السِّهْلَةِ ثُمَّ مَشَيْتُمْ عَلَيْهَا أَنْبَأْتُكُمْ . قَالَ فَجَرُّوا كِسَاءً ثُمَّ مَشَى النَّاسُ عَلَيْهَا فَأَبْصَرَتْ أَثَرَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم . فَقَالَتْ هَذَا أَقْرَبُكُمْ إِلَيْهِ شَبَهًا . ثُمَّ مَكَثُوا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً أَوْ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ بَعَثَ اللَّهُ مُحَمَّدًا صلى الله عليه وسلم .
Muhammad bin Yahya narrated to us: Muhammad bin Yusuf narrated to us: Israel narrated to us: Simak bin Harb narrated to us, from Ikrimah, from Ibn Abbas: Quraysh went to a woman who practiced divination and said to her: Tell us which of us most resembles the man of the station. She said: If you spread a cloth over this flat ground and then walk on it, I will tell you. So they spread a cloth, and the people walked over it. She saw the footprint of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: This one among you is the closest to him in resemblance. Then they remained for twenty years—or for however long Allah willed—and afterward Allah sent Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him).