And prayers and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
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The reader: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions:
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) transmitted, in the context of the hadiths in the chapter on the hadiths of the Dajjal and the signs of the Hour, among other things:
"From Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:Riyad as-Salihin 1831.
In a narration:Riyad as-Salihin 1831.
In another narration:Riyad as-Salihin 1831 Al-Bukhari narrated it.
And from Abu Thalhah al-Khushani (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), that he said:Riyad as-Salihin 1832 A good hadith, narrated by al-Daraqutni and others.
And from Abdullah ibn Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with them both), who said:Bulugh al-Maram 12:4.
In another narration: Agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim.
And from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Ibn Majah 3982Sahih (Darussalam) Agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim.
The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful:
These scattered hadiths that the author (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned at the end of his book *Riyad al-Salihin*: The hadith of Jabir, in which there is a sign from the signs of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and a sign for the Messenger (may the prayers and peace of Allah be upon him).
Know that Allah the Exalted did not send a prophet except that He gave him of the signs what would make people believe in his like, because if He had sent a messenger without a sign indicating that he is a messenger of Allah, no one would have believed him, and people would have had an excuse to reject his words. But Allah the Exalted, by His wisdom and mercy, did not send a messenger except that He gave him of the signs what would make people believe in his like.
The signs mean: the indicators that point to his truthfulness. The signs of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) are many, and whoever wants to increase in them should refer to two books, one of which is *Al-Jawab al-Sahih li Man Badala Din al-Masih* (The Correct Answer for Whoever Changed the Religion of Jesus). In this book, the Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned at the end of it, from the cosmic and legal signs of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), what was not granted to anyone else—(may Allah grant him a wide mercy)—and likewise Ibn Kathir, who is the second book, *Al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya* (The Beginning and the End).
So the signs of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) are many, among them what Jabir mentioned: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) used to preach on Friday to a palm trunk in the mosque. When a woman from the Ansar made for him a pulpit from the tamarisk of the forest, a chair upon which to preach, he (peace and blessings be upon him) preached on it the first Friday. So this trunk to which he used to preach began to moan with the moaning of a camel in labor, foaming like a camel, and sometimes weeping with the weeping of a child for the loss of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Allah is the Greatest!! An inanimate trunk weeps for the loss of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and now great sunnahs have been lost for which no one weeps. May Allah help us and you to remember Him, thank Him, and worship Him well.
, and it is inanimate, so it became quiet. The trunk became quiet because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came down and soothed it, so it became quiet. So in this there were two signs:
The first sign: The crying of the trunks when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was lost.
And the second sign: Its quieting when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came down to soothe it, so it became quiet. A parallel to this is a sign that occurred to Musa (peace and blessings be upon him): Musa (peace and blessings be upon him) was harmed by the Children of Israel; they harmed him greatly, as Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Ahzab 33:69]: Among what they said about him was: : "Adhir" means having large testicles, and it is a defect. : A stone that runs, that hastens. Sahih Muslim 339: Meaning, give me my garment, O stone, and the stone is walking. And praise be to Allah.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions:
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) transmitted, in the context of the hadiths in the chapter on the hadiths of the Dajjal and the signs of the Hour, among other things:
"From Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:
There was a trunk of a date-palm tree upon which the Prophet (ﷺ) used to recline while delivering Khutbah (sermon). When a pulpit was placed in the mosque, we heard the trunk crying out like a pregnant she-camel. the Prophet (ﷺ) came down from the pulpit and put his hand on the trunk and it became quiet.
كان جذع يقوم إليه النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم، يعني في الخطبة. فلما وضع المنبر، سمعنا للجذع مثل صوت العشار، حتى نزل النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فوضع يده عليه فسكنIn a narration:
and when it was Friday, the Prophet (ﷺ) sat on the pulpit [to deliver the Khutbah (sermon)] and the trunk of the date- palm on which he used to recline cried out as if it would split asunder.
فلما كان يوم الجمعة قعد النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم على المنبر ، فصاحت النخلة التي كان يخطب عندها حتى كادت أن تنشقIn another narration:
It cried like a child and the Prophet (ﷺ) descended (from the pulpit) and embraced it while it continued moaning like a child being quietened. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "It was crying for (missing) what it used to hear of Dhikr near it."
فصاحت صياح الصبي، فنزل النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم حتى أخذها فضمها إليه ، فجعلت تئن أنين الصبي الذي يُسكَّت حتى استقرت، قال : بكت على ما كانت تسمع من الذكرAnd from Abu Thalhah al-Khushani (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), that he said:
Allah, the Exalted, has laid down certain duties which you should not neglect, and has put certain limits which you should not transgress, and has kept silent about other matters out of mercy for you and not out of forgetfulness, so do not seek to investigate them.
إن الله تعالى فرض فرائض فلا تضيعوها ، وحد حدوداً فلا تعتدوها ، وحرم أشياء فلا تنتهكوها ، وسكت عن أشياء رحمة لكم غير نسيان فلا تبحثوا عنهاAnd from Abdullah ibn Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with them both), who said:
We went on seven expeditions with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and we ate locusts.
غزونا مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم سبع غزوات نأكل الجرادIn another narration:
We ate locusts with him.
نأكل معه الجرادAnd from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The believer should not be stung from the same hole twice.
لا يلدغ المؤمن من جحر مرتينThe Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful:
These scattered hadiths that the author (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned at the end of his book *Riyad al-Salihin*: The hadith of Jabir, in which there is a sign from the signs of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and a sign for the Messenger (may the prayers and peace of Allah be upon him).
Know that Allah the Exalted did not send a prophet except that He gave him of the signs what would make people believe in his like, because if He had sent a messenger without a sign indicating that he is a messenger of Allah, no one would have believed him, and people would have had an excuse to reject his words. But Allah the Exalted, by His wisdom and mercy, did not send a messenger except that He gave him of the signs what would make people believe in his like.
The signs mean: the indicators that point to his truthfulness. The signs of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) are many, and whoever wants to increase in them should refer to two books, one of which is *Al-Jawab al-Sahih li Man Badala Din al-Masih* (The Correct Answer for Whoever Changed the Religion of Jesus). In this book, the Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned at the end of it, from the cosmic and legal signs of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), what was not granted to anyone else—(may Allah grant him a wide mercy)—and likewise Ibn Kathir, who is the second book, *Al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya* (The Beginning and the End).
So the signs of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) are many, among them what Jabir mentioned: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) used to preach on Friday to a palm trunk in the mosque. When a woman from the Ansar made for him a pulpit from the tamarisk of the forest, a chair upon which to preach, he (peace and blessings be upon him) preached on it the first Friday. So this trunk to which he used to preach began to moan with the moaning of a camel in labor, foaming like a camel, and sometimes weeping with the weeping of a child for the loss of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Allah is the Greatest!! An inanimate trunk weeps for the loss of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and now great sunnahs have been lost for which no one weeps. May Allah help us and you to remember Him, thank Him, and worship Him well.
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came down and began to soothe it, just as a mother soothes her child.
نزل النبي عليه الصلاة والسلام وجعل يسكته كما تسكت الأم صبيهاThe first sign: The crying of the trunks when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was lost.
And the second sign: Its quieting when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came down to soothe it, so it became quiet. A parallel to this is a sign that occurred to Musa (peace and blessings be upon him): Musa (peace and blessings be upon him) was harmed by the Children of Israel; they harmed him greatly, as Allah the Exalted said: