Arabic (Original)
قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْأَحْنَفِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ سَرِيعٍ أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ أَرْبَعَةٌ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ رَجُلٌ أَصَمُّ لَا يَسْمَعُ شَيْئًا وَرَجُلٌ أَحْمَقُ وَرَجُلٌ هَرَمٌ وَرَجُلٌ مَاتَ فِي فَتْرَةٍ فَأَمَّا الْأَصَمُّ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّ لَقَدْ جَاءَ الْإِسْلَامُ وَمَا أَسْمَعُ شَيْئًا وَأَمَّا الْأَحْمَقُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّ لَقَدْ جَاءَ الْإِسْلَامُ وَالصِّبْيَانُ يَحْذِفُونِي بِالْبَعْرِ وَأَمَّا الْهَرَمُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي لَقَدْ جَاءَ الْإِسْلَامُ وَمَا أَعْقِلُ شَيْئًا وَأَمَّا الَّذِي مَاتَ فِي الْفَتْرَةِ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّ مَا أَتَانِي لَكَ رَسُولٌ فَيَأْخُذُ مَوَاثِيقَهُمْ لَيُطِيعُنَّهُ فَيُرْسِلُ إِلَيْهِمْ أَنْ ادْخُلُوا النَّارَ قَالَ فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ لَوْ دَخَلُوهَا لَكَانَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ بَرْدًا وَسَلَامًا قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيٌّ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ مِثْلَ هَذَا غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ فِي آخِرِهِ فَمَنْ دَخَلَهَا كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِ بَرْدًا وَسَلَامًا وَمَنْ لَمْ يَدْخُلْهَا يُسْحَبُ إِلَيْهَا.
English Translation
He said: 'Ali ibn 'Abd Allah told us: Mu'adh ibn Hisham told us: My father told me, from Qatadah, from al-Ahnaf ibn Qays, from al-Aswad ibn Sari', that the Prophet of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Four kinds of people on the Day of Resurrection: a deaf man who hears nothing, a simpleton, a very old man, and a man who died during a period between prophets. The deaf man will say: My Lord, Islam came and I heard nothing. The simpleton will say: My Lord, Islam came while children were pelting me with dung. The very old man will say: My Lord, Islam came and I understood nothing. And the one who died in the interval between prophets will say: My Lord, no messenger came to me. So He will take their covenants that they will obey Him, then send to them: Enter the Fire. He said: By the One in whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, had they entered it, it would have been coolness and safety for them. He said: 'Ali told us: Mu'adh ibn Hisham told us: My father told me, from al-Hasan, from Abu Rafi', from Abu Hurayrah, similarly, except that he said at the end: whoever enters it, it is coolness and safety for him, and whoever does not enter it is dragged into it.