Sahih al-Bukhari 3775 (Book 63, Hadith 163)
to ask him about certain things, He said, “I am going to ask you about three things which only a
Prophet can answer: What is the first sign of The Hour? What is the first food which the people of
Paradise will eat? Why does a child attract the similarity to his father or to his mother?” The Prophet (ﷺ)
replied, “Gabriel has just now informed me of that.” Ibn Salam said, “He (i.e. Gabriel) is the enemy of
the Jews amongst the angels. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “As for the first sign of The Hour, it will be a fire that
will collect the people from the East to the West. As for the first meal which the people of Paradise
will eat, it will be the caudate (extra) lobe of the fish-liver. As for the child, if the man’s discharge
proceeds the woman’s discharge, the child attracts the similarity to the man, and if the woman’s
discharge proceeds the man’s, then the child attracts the similarity to the woman.”
On this, `Abdullah bin Salam said, “I testify that None has the right to be worshipped except Allah,
and that you are the Messenger of Allah.” and added, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! Jews invent such lies as make
one astonished, so please ask them about me before they know about my conversion to I slam . ” The
Jews came, and the Prophet (ﷺ) said, “What kind of man is `Abdullah bin Salam among you?” They
replied, “The best of us and the son of the best of us and the most superior among us, and the son of
the most superior among us. “The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “What would you think if `Abdullah bin Salam should
embrace Islam?” They said, “May Allah protect him from that.” The Prophet (ﷺ) repeated his question and
they gave the same answer. Then `Abdullah came out to them and said, “I testify that None has the
right to be worshipped except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah!” On this, the Jews
said, “He is the most wicked among us and the son of the most wicked among us.” So they degraded
him. On this, he (i.e. `Abdullah bin Salam) said, “It is this that I was afraid of, O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ).
Sahih al-Bukhari 3775 (Book 63, Hadith 163)
The above hadith is from the Sahih al-Buhari collection of hadiths. The monumental hadith collection Sahih al-Bukhari was authored by the renowned scholar al-Bukhārī approximately in the year 847. It is universally regarded as one of the most valued and authentic texts in Sunni Islamic scholarship, second only to the Quran in authority. This work is a primary member of the Kutub al-Sittah, a group of six trusted hadith collections that also includes the works of Muslim, Abu Dawood, Tirmidhi, Nasa’i, and ibn Majah. Al-Bukhārī’s compilation is vast, featuring 7,563 hadiths systematically arranged across 97 different books.
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