What Was Created First

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عَنْ أَنَسٍ رضى اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ

Anas, may Allah be pleased with him, said:

بَلَغَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَلَامٍ مَقْدَمُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْمَدِينَةَ

News reached Abdullah ibn Salam that the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, had arrived in the city.

فَأَتَاهُ فَقَالَ

So he came to him and said,

إِنِّي سَائِلُكَ عَنْ ثَلاَثٍ لَا يَعْلَمُهُنَّ إِلَّا نَبِيٌّ

I ask you about three things that no one knows except a prophet.

قَالَ مَا أَوَّلُ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ

He said, "What are the first signs of the Hour?"

وَمَا أَوَّلُ طَعَامٍ يَأْكُلُهُ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ

And what is the first food the people of Paradise will eat?

وَمِنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ يَنْزِعُ الْوَلَدُ إِلَى أَبِيهِ

And what draws the child to his father?

وَمِنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ يَنْزِعُ إِلَى أَخْوَالِهِ

And what draws him to his maternal uncles?

فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

The Messenger of God, may blessings and peace be upon him, said:

خَبَّرَنِي بِهِنَّ آنِفَا جِبْرِيلُ

Gabriel told me about them a short while ago.

قَالَ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ ذَاكَ عَدُوُّ الْيَهُودِ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ

Then Abdullah said, "That one is the enemy of the Jews from among the angels."

فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّّمَ

Then the Messenger of God, blessings and peace be upon him, said:

أَمَّا أَوَّلُ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ فَنَارٌ تَحْشُرُ النَّاسَ

As for the first of the signs of the Hour, it is a fire that will gather the people.

مِنَ الْمَشْرِقِ إِلَى الْمَغْرِبِ

From the east to the west.

وَأَمَّا أَوَّلُ طَعَامٍ يَأْكُلُهُ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ

As for the first food the people of Paradise will eat.

فَزِيَادَةُ كَبِدِ حُوتٍ

And an extra portion of a whale's liver.

وَأَمَّا الشَّبَهُ فِي الْوَلَدِ

As for the doubt concerning the child.

فَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ إِذَا غَشِيَ الْمَرْأَةَ

If a man has intercourse with a woman.

فَسَبَقَهَا مَاءُهُ كَانَ الشَّبَهُ لَهُ،

If his seminal fluid came first, the resemblance was his.

وَإِذَا سَبَقَ مَاءُهَا كَانَ الشَّبَهُ لَهَا

And if her fluid came first, the resemblance was hers.

قَالَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ

He said, "I bear witness that you are the Messenger of God."

ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ الْيَهُودَ قَوْمٌ بُهْتٌ

Then he said, 'O Messenger of God, the Jews are a bewildered people.'

إِنْ عَلِمُوا بِإِسْلاَمِي قَبْلَ أَنْ تَسْأَلَهُمْ بَهَتُونِي عِنْدَكَ

If they had known of my Islam before you asked them, they would have been astonished in your presence.

فَجَاءَ الْيَهُوْدُ

Then the Jews came.

وَدَخَلَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ الْبَيْتَ

And Abdullah entered the house.

فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

Then the Messenger of Allah said.

أَيُّ رَجُلٍ فِيكُمْ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ

Which man among you is Abdullah ibn Salam?

قَالُوا أَعْلَمُنَا وَابْنُ أَعْلَمُنَا وَأَخْبَرَنَا وَابْنُ أَخْبَرَنَا

They said, "He was more learned than we are, and the son of someone more learned than we are, and he informed us, and the son of the one who informed us."

فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

Then the Messenger of Allah said:

أَفَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَسْلَمَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ

Have you considered what would happen if Abdullah were to become Muslim?

قَالُوا أَعَاذَهُ اللَّهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ

They said, "May God protect him from that."

فَخَرَجَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ إِلَيْهِمْ

Then Abdullah went out to them.

فَقَالَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ

Then he said, "I bear witness that there is no god but God."

وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ

And I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of God.

فَقَالُوا شَرُّنَا وَابْنُ شَرِّنَا وَوَقَعُوا فِيهِ

So they said, "Our evil and the son of our evil," and they fell into it.