Abu Huraira reported: One day the Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him) appeared before the public that a man came to him and said: Prophet of
Allah, (tell me) what is Iman. Upon this he (the Holy Prophet) replied: That you affirm
your faith in Allah, His angels, His Books, His meeting, His Messengers and that you
affirm your faith in the Resurrection hereafter. He (again) said: Messenger of Allah,
(tell me) what does al-Islam signify. He (the Holy Prophet) replied: Al-Islam signifies
that you worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him and you establish obligatory
prayer and you pay the obligatory poor-rate (Zakat) and you observe the fast of Ramadan.
He (the inquirer) again said: Messenger of Allah, what does al-Ihsan imply? He (the Holy
Prophet) replied: That you worship Allah as if you are seeing Him, and in case you fail to
see Him, then observe prayer (with this idea in your mind) that (at least) He is seeing
you. He (the inquirer ) again said: Messenger of Allah, when would there be the hour (of
Doom)? He (the Holy Prophet) replied: The one who is asked about it is no better informed
than the inquirer. I, however, narrate some of its signs (and these are): when the
slave-girl will give birth to he master, when the naked, barefooted would become the
chiefs of the people - these are some of the signs of (Doom). (Moreover) when the
shepherds of the black (camels) would exult themselves in buildings, this is one of the
signs of (Doom). (Doom) is one of the five (happenings wrapped in the unseen) which no one
knows but Allah. Then he (the Messenger of Allah) recited (the verse):" Verily Allah!
with Him alone is the knowledge of the hour and He it is Who sends (down the rain) and
knows that which is in the wombs and no person knows whatsoever he shall earn tomorrow,
and a person knows not in whatsoever land he shall die. Verily Allah is Knowing, Aware. He
(the narrator, Abu Huraira) said: Then the person turned back and went away. The Messenger
of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Bring that man back to me. They (the Companions of
the Holy Prophet present there) went to bring him back, but they saw nothing there. Upon
this the Messenger of Allah remarked: he was Gabriel, who came to teach the people their
religion.
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