Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 161

Arabic hadith text

عَن ربيعَة الجرشِي يَقُول أُتِي النَّبِي صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقِيلَ لَهُ لِتَنَمْ عَيْنُكَ وَلِتَسْمَعْ أُذُنُكَ وَلِيَعْقِلْ قَلْبُكَ قَالَ فَنَامَتْ عَيْنَايَ وَسَمِعَتْ أُذُنَايَ وَعَقَلَ قَلْبِي قَالَ فَقِيلَ لِي سيد بنى دَارا فَصنعَ مَأْدُبَةً وَأَرْسَلَ دَاعِيًا فَمَنْ أَجَابَ الدَّاعِيَ دَخَلَ الدَّارَ وَأَكَلَ مِنَ الْمَأْدُبَةِ وَرَضِيَ عَنْهُ السَّيِّدُ وَمَنْ لَمْ يُجِبِ الدَّاعِيَ لَمْ يَدْخُلِ الدَّارَ وَلم يطعم مِنَ الْمَأْدُبَةِ وَسَخِطَ عَلَيْهِ السَّيِّدُ قَالَ فَاللَّهُ السَّيِّدُ وَمُحَمَّدٌ الدَّاعِي وَالدَّارُ الْإِسْلَامُ وَالْمَأْدُبَةُ الْجَنَّةُ. رَوَاهُ الدَّارمِيّ

Translation

Rabīʿa al-Jurashī reported: The Prophet was brought and told, ‘Let your eyes sleep, your ears hear, and your heart understand.’ He said: My eyes slept, my ears heard, and my heart understood. Then I was told: ‘A master built a house, prepared a feast, and sent out an inviter. Whoever responds to the inviter enters the house, eats from the feast, and pleases the master. Whoever does not respond to the inviter neither enters the house nor eats from the feast, and the master is displeased with him.’ He said: ‘God is the Master, Muhammad is the inviter, the house is Islam, and the feast is Paradise.’ Al-Dārimī transmitted it.