Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَنِ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي صَخْرٍ الْعُقَيْلِيِّ حَدَّثَنِي رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَعْرَابِ قَالَ جَلَبْتُ جَلُوبَةً إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ فِي حَيَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَمَّا فَرَغْتُ مِنْ بَيْعَتِي قُلْتُ لَأَلْقَيَنَّ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ فَلَأَسْمَعَنَّ مِنْهُ قَالَ فَتَلَقَّانِي بَيْنَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ يَمْشُونَ فَتَبِعْتُهُمْ فِي أَقْفَائِهِمْ حَتَّى أَتَوْا عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْ الْيَهُودِ نَاشِرًا التَّوْرَاةَ يَقْرَؤُهَا يُعَزِّي بِهَا نَفْسَهُ عَلَى ابْنٍ لَهُ فِي الْمَوْتِ كَأَحْسَنِ الْفِتْيَانِ وَأَجْمَلِهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْشُدُكَ بِالَّذِي أَنْزَلَ التَّوْرَاةَ هَلْ تَجِدُ فِي كِتَابِكَ ذَا صِفَتِي وَمَخْرَجِي فَقَالَ بِرَأْسِهِ هَكَذَا أَيْ لَا فَقَالَ ابْنُهُ إِنِّي وَالَّذِي أَنْزَلَ التَّوْرَاةَ إِنَّا لَنَجِدُ فِي كِتَابِنَا صِفَتَكَ وَمَخْرَجَكَ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ أَقِيمُوا الْيَهُودَ عَنْ أَخِيكُمْ ثُمَّ وَلِيَ كَفَنَهُ وَحَنَّطَهُ وَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ.
English Translation
Isma'il narrated to us, from al-Jurayri, from Abu Sakhr al-'Uqayli: a man of the Bedouins narrated to me, who said: I brought livestock for sale to Medina during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. When I had finished my sale, I said: I shall indeed meet this man and hear from him. He said: I encountered him walking between Abu Bakr and Umar, so I followed behind them until they came upon a Jewish man spreading out the Torah, reading it, consoling himself with it over a son of his who was dying — the finest and most handsome of young men. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: I adjure you by Him who revealed the Torah, do you find in your book a description of me and where I shall emerge? He shook his head like this — meaning no. Then his son said: By Him who revealed the Torah, indeed we do find in our book your description and where you emerge, and I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that you are the Messenger of Allah. So he said: Take the Jew away from your brother. Then he took charge of his shrouding and embalming, and prayed over him.