Hadith #274
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ وَالْأَسْوَدُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ قُرَيْشًا أَتَوْا كَاهِنَةً فَقَالُوا لَهَا أَخْبِرِينَا بِأَقْرَبِنَا شَبَهًا بِصَاحِبِ هَذَا الْمَقَامِ فَقَالَتْ إِنْ أَنْت
ُمْ جَرَرْتُمْ كِسَاءً عَلَى هَذِهِ السَّهْلَةِ ثُمَّ مَشَيْتُمْ عَلَيْهَا أَنْبَأْتُكُمْ فَجَرُّوا ثُمَّ مَشَى النَّاسُ عَلَيْهَا فَأَبْصَرَتْ أَثَرَ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَتْ هَذَا أَقْرَبُكُمْ شَبَهًا بِهِ فَمَكَثُوا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً أَوْ قَرِيبًا مِنْ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً أَوْ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ بُعِثَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
Isnad Chain
عبد الرزاق
إسرائيل والأسود
إسرائيل
سماك
عكرمة
ابن عباس
English Translation
It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنهما) that the Quraysh went to a soothsayer woman and said: 'Tell us who among us most resembles the one destined for this honored station [Maqam Ibrahim].' She said: 'If you drag a cloak over this sandy ground and then walk upon it, I will tell you.' They dragged it, then people walked upon it. She looked at the footprints and said: 'This one most resembles him.' They remained [without knowing the prophecy's fulfillment] for twenty years — or approximately twenty years, or however long Allah willed — and then he (ﷺ) was sent as a Prophet.
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Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 10, Hadith 274
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 2912
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-39302