Hadith No: 2
Al-Salihi al-Shami - Sabil al-Huda wa al-Rashad fi Sirat Khayr al-Ibad
The Collection of Chapters on His (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) Miracles Regarding What He Informed About Events After Him, and It Was as He Informed, Unlike What Preceded
Chapter Forty-Six: His (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) Prophecies About Matters Relating to Amr ibn al-Hamq (may Allah be pleased with him), and It Was as He Informed
Volume: (10) - Page Number: (112/113)
- Al-Tabarani narrated from Amr ibn al-Hamq (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) sent a military detachment, and they said, "O Messenger of Allah, you send us while we have no provisions, no food, and no knowledge of the way." He said, "You will come across a man with a pleasant face who will feed you from the food and give you to drink, and he will show you the way. He is from the people of Paradise." The people continued to act as if they were making arrangements, some of them signaling to each other and looking at me. I said, "What is it with you? You signal to each other and look at me." They replied, "Rejoice in the glad tidings of Allah and His Messenger (peace be upon him and his holy progeny), for we recognize in you the description of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny)." Then they told me what he had said to them. I fed them, gave them drink, and provided them with supplies, and I set out with them until I guided them on the way. Then I returned to my family and advised them about my camels. After that, I went out to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) and said, "What are you calling to?" He said, "I am calling to the testimony that there is no deity but Allah, and that I am the Messenger of Allah, the establishment of prayer, the giving of zakat, the pilgrimage to the Sacred House, and fasting in Ramadan." I said, "If we respond to you in this, will we be safe over our families, our lives, and our wealth?" He said, "Yes." So I accepted Islam and then returned to my family, informing them of my conversion. Many of them embraced Islam at my hands. Then I migrated to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny), and while I was with him one day,
he said, "O Amr, would you like me to show you a sign of Paradise that eats food, drinks beverages, and walks in the markets?" I said, "Yes, may my father and mother be sacrificed for you." He said, "This one and his people," and he pointed to Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him). He then said to me, "O Amr, would you like me to show you a sign of Hell that eats food, drinks beverages, and walks in the markets?" I said, "Yes, may my father and mother be sacrificed for you." He said, "This one," and he pointed to a man. When the fitnah (tribulation) occurred, I remembered the words of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) and fled from the sign of Hell to the sign of Paradise, and I saw the Banu Umayyah wanting to kill me after this." I said, "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said, "By Allah, even if I were a stone in the belly of a stone, the Banu Umayyah would extract me to kill me." My beloved, the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny), told me that my head would be the first head to be severed and displayed in Islam, and it would be transported from one city to another."