Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3234
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ، عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ اللَّجْلاَجِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " أَتَانِي رَبِّي فِي أَحْسَنِ صُورَةٍ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ قُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ رَبِّي وَسَعْدَيْكَ قَالَ فِيمَ يَخْتَصِمُ الْمَلأُ الأَعْلَى قُلْتُ رَبِّي لاَ أَدْرِي فَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ بَيْنَ كَتِفَىَّ فَوَجَدْتُ بَرْدَهَا بَيْنَ ثَدْيَىَّ فَعَلِمْتُ مَا بَيْنَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ . فَقُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ رَبِّ وَسَعْدَيْكَ قَالَ فِيمَ يَخْتَصِمُ الْمَلأُ الأَعْلَى قُلْتُ فِي الدَّرَجَاتِ وَالْكَفَّارَاتِ وَفِي نَقْلِ الأَقْدَامِ إِلَى الْجَمَاعَاتِ وَإِسْبَاغِ الْوُضُوءِ فِي الْمَكْرُوهَاتِ وَانْتِظَارِ الصَّلاَةِ بَعْدَ الصَّلاَةِ وَمَنْ يُحَافِظْ عَلَيْهِنَّ عَاشَ بِخَيْرٍ وَمَاتَ بِخَيْرٍ وَكَانَ مِنْ ذُنُوبِهِ كَيَوْمَ وَلَدَتْهُ أُمُّهُ " . قَالَ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ . قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ وَعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَائِشٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم . وَقَدْ رُوِيَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِطُولِهِ ، وَقَالَ : " إِنِّي نَعَسْتُ فَاسْتَثْقَلْتُ نَوْمًا فَرَأَيْتُ رَبِّي فِي أَحْسَنِ صُورَةٍ ، فَقَالَ : فِيمَ يَخْتَصِمُ الْمَلَأُ الْأَعْلَى "
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ibn ‘Abbas reported that the Prophet said: ‘My Lord came to me in the finest form and said, “Muhammad!” I replied, “At Your service, my Lord.” He asked, “What is the highest assembly disputing about?” I said, “My Lord, I do not know.” He placed His hand between my shoulders, and I felt its coolness between my breasts; then I knew what lay between east and west. He said, “Muhammad!” I replied, “At Your service, my Lord.” He asked, “What is the highest assembly disputing about?” I said, “The acts that raise ranks and the acts that expiate: walking to congregational prayers, performing ablution thoroughly despite hardship, and waiting for one prayer after another. Whoever keeps to these will live in goodness and die in goodness, and his sins will be as on the day his mother gave birth to him.”’ Abu ‘Isa said: This is a hasan gharib hadith through this route. There are related reports from Mu‘adh ibn Jabal and ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn ‘A’ish from the Prophet. A longer version of this hadith is also reported from Mu‘adh ibn Jabal from the Prophet, which says: ‘I became drowsy and fell into a deep sleep, and I saw my Lord in the finest form. He said, “What is the highest assembly disputing about?”’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Preserved the three practices named here, distinct from the separate report’s list of expiatory deeds. Included the gharib grading, parallel reports, and the beginning of the longer Mu‘adh version.