Arabic (Original)
Ḥadīth | Ṭabarānī (الطبراني) tabarani:4238 حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ ثنا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا ضَمْرَةُ بْنُ رَبِيعَةَ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ عَنْ ذِي الْأَصَابِعِ قَالَ قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِ ابْتُلِينَا بَعْدَكَ بِالْبَقَاءِ أَيْنَ تَأْمُرُنَا؟ قَالَ «عَلَيْكُمْ بِبَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ فَلَعَلَّهُ أَنْ يَنْشَأَ لَكُمْ ذُرِّيَّةٌ يَغْدُونَ إِلَى ذَلِكَ الْمَسْجِدِ وَيَرُوحُونَ»
English Translation
Dhu al-Asabi' said: We said: "O Messenger of Allah, if we are tested with surviving after you, where do you command us to go?" He said: "You must go to Bayt al-Maqdis (Jerusalem). Perhaps offspring will be born to you who will go to that mosque and return from it (in worship)."