Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ وَعَفَّانُ الْمَعْنَى قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ عَفَّانُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ابْتَعَثَ نَبِيَّهُ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِإِدْخَالِ رَجُلٍ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ فَدَخَلَ الْكَنِيسَةَ فَإِذَا هُوَ بِيَهُودَ وَإِذَا يَهُودِيٌّ يَقْرَأُ عَلَيْهِمْ التَّوْرَاةَ فَلَمَّا أَتَوْا عَلَى صِفَةِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَمْسَكُوا وَفِي نَاحِيَتِهَا رَجُلٌ مَرِيضٌ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَا لَكُمْ أَمْسَكْتُمْ قَالَ الْمَرِيضُ إِنَّهُمْ أَتَوْا عَلَى صِفَةِ نَبِيٍّ فَأَمْسَكُوا ثُمَّ جَاءَ الْمَرِيضُ يَحْبُو حَتَّى أَخَذَ التَّوْرَاةَ فَقَرَأَ حَتَّى أَتَى عَلَى صِفَةِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأُمَّتِهِ فَقَالَ هَذِهِ صِفَتُكَ وَصِفَةُ أُمَّتِكَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ مَاتَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ لُوا أَخَاكُمْ.
English Translation
Allah the Almighty sent His Prophet (peace be upon him) to admit a man into Paradise. He entered a synagogue where there were Jews, and a Jewish man was reciting the Torah to them. When they reached the description of the Prophet (peace be upon him), they stopped. In a corner of the synagogue was a sick man. The Prophet (peace be upon him) asked: 'Why did you stop?' The sick man said: 'They reached the description of a prophet and stopped.' The sick man then crawled over, took the Torah and read until he reached the description of the Prophet (peace be upon him) and his ummah. He said: 'This is your description and the description of your ummah. I bear witness that there is no deity except Allah, and that you are the Messenger of Allah.' Then he died. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said to his companions: 'Attend to your brother (for burial).'