Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ سَلَامٍ أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَقْدَمَهُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي سَائِلُكَ عَنْ ثَلَاثِ خِصَالٍ لَا يَعْلَمُهُنَّ إِلَّا نَبِيٌّ قَالَ سَلْ قَالَ مَا أَوَّلُ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ وَمَا أَوَّلُ مَا يَأْكُلُ مِنْهُ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ وَمِنْ أَيْنَ يُشْبِهُ الْوَلَدُ أَبَاهُ وَأُمَّهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَخْبَرَنِي بِهِنَّ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام آنِفًا قَالَ ذَلِكَ عَدُوُّ الْيَهُودِ مِنْ الْمَلَائِكَةِ قَالَ أَمَّا أَوَّلُ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ فَنَارٌ تَخْرُجُ مِنْ الْمَشْرِقِ فَتَحْشُرُ النَّاسَ إِلَى الْمَغْرِبِ وَأَمَّا أَوَّلُ مَا يَأْكُلُ مِنْهُ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ زِيَادَةُ كَبِدِ حُوتٍ وَأَمَّا شَبَهُ الْوَلَدِ أَبَاهُ وَأُمَّهُ فَإِذَا سَبَقَ مَاءُ الرَّجُلِ مَاءَ الْمَرْأَةِ نَزَعَ إِلَيْهِ الْوَلَدُ وَإِذَا سَبَقَ مَاءُ الْمَرْأَةِ مَاءَ الرَّجُلِ نَزَعَ إِلَيْهَا قَالَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ الْيَهُودَ قَوْمٌ بُهْتٌ وَإِنَّهُمْ إِنْ يَعْلَمُوا بِإِسْلَامِي يَبْهَتُونِي عِنْدَكَ فَأَرْسِلْ إِلَيْهِمْ فَاسْأَلْهُمْ عَنِّي أَيُّ رَجُلٍ ابْنُ سَلَامٍ فِيكُمْ قَالَ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ أَيُّ رَجُلٍ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ فِيكُمْ قَالُوا خَيْرُنَا وَابْنُ خَيْرِنَا وَعَالِمُنَا وَابْنُ عَالِمِنَا وَأَفْقَهُنَا وَابْنُ أَفْقَهِنَا قَالَ أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَسْلَمَ تُسْلِمُونَ قَالُوا أَعَاذَهُ اللَّهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ قَالَ فَخَرَجَ ابْنُ سَلَامٍ فَقَالَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ قَالُوا شَرُّنَا وَابْنُ شَرِّنَا وَجَاهِلُنَا وَابْنُ جَاهِلِنَا فَقَالَ ابْنُ سَلَامٍ هَذَا الَّذِي كُنْتُ أَتَخَوَّفُ مِنْهُ.
English Translation
Ibn Abi Adiyy narrated to us from Humayd, from Anas: that Abd Allah ibn Salam came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, upon his arrival in Madinah, and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I am going to ask you about three matters which no one knows except a prophet." He said, "Ask." He said, "What is the first sign of the Hour? What is the first thing the people of Paradise will eat? And from what does a child resemble its father and mother?" The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "Gabriel, peace be upon him, has just informed me of them." He said, "That one is the enemy of the Jews among the angels." He said, "As for the first sign of the Hour, it is a fire that will emerge from the east and gather the people to the west. As for the first thing the people of Paradise will eat, it is the extra lobe of a fish's liver. As for the resemblance of the child to its father and mother: if the man's fluid precedes the woman's fluid, the child resembles him; and if the woman's fluid precedes the man's fluid, the child resembles her." He said, "I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that you are the Messenger of Allah." And he said, "O Messenger of Allah, the Jews are a people of slander; if they learn of my conversion to Islam before I tell them, they will slander me before you, so send for them and ask them about me, what kind of man is Ibn Salam among you?" So he sent for them and said, "What kind of man is Abd Allah ibn Salam among you?" They said, "The best of us and the son of the best of us, our most learned and the son of our most learned, and the most understanding of us and the son of the most understanding of us." He said, "What do you think - if he embraced Islam, would you embrace Islam?" They said, "Allah forbid that he should do that." He said: So Ibn Salam came out and said, "I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah." They said, "He is the worst of us and the son of the worst of us, our most ignorant and the son of our most ignorant." Ibn Salam said, "This is what I feared."