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Abdullah [ibn Mas'ud] related: The Messenger of Allah
(SAW) sent for me, so we set out until I reached
such-and-such a place, and He traced a line for me and
told me: "Stay between the two edges of this – don’t go
outside of it; if you go outside of it, it’s over for
you." Abdullah said: And so I stayed there. Then the
Messenger of Allah (SAW) went off a stone’s throw away
or a little farther (or something like that). Then he
[Abdullah] mentioned a group of male members [haneen,
i.e. men] who looked like Zutt people. ‘Affan narrated
(or something like what 'Affan said, Allah willing):
They didn't have any clothes on, but I couldn't see
their genitals, and they were tall and scrawny. He
[Abdullah] said: And they came and started to ride
[yarkaboun] the Messenger of Allah (SAW), and the
Prophet of Allah (SAW) began to recite to them. And they
started to move closer and lean around me, and get in my
way, and I became intensely terrified of them, so I sat
down (or something like that). And when the morning
light broke, they began to go away (or something like
that). Then the Messenger of Allah (SAW) came back
exhausted and in pain, or practically in pain, from how
they had ridden him; He said: "Indeed I am exhausted"
(or something like that). Then the Messenger of Allah
(SAW) put his head in my lap (or something like that).
And the men came with tall white garments on, but the
Messenger of Allah (SAW) had fallen asleep. And I became
more intensely terrified of them than I was the first
time. ‘Arim said in his hadith: Then some of them said
to the others: "This man has been given good things" (or
something like that) – "indeed his eyes sleep" – or they
said: "His eye" (or something like that) – "but his
heart is awake." ‘Arim and ‘Affan narrated: Some of them
said to the others: "Come, let us make a riddle about
him" (or something like that). And some of them said to
the others: "Make a riddle about him, and we will solve
it" – or: "We will make a riddle, and you all can solve
it." Then some of them said to the others: "He is like a
master, who built a well-fortified building, then sent
out food to people" (or something like that) "and
whoever does not take his food" – or he said: "Whoever
does not follow him – He punishes him severely" (or
something like that). And the others replied: "Indeed
the master is the Lord of the Worlds, and indeed the
building is Islam, and the food is Jannah, and this is
he who bids people to come; and whoever follows after
him will be in Jannah." ‘Arim said in his hadith (or
something like it) – "and whoever does not follow after
him will be punished" (or something like that). Then the
Messenger of Allah (SAW) woke up and said: "What did you
see, oh Ibn Umm ‘Abd?" And Abdullah said: "I saw this
and that." And the Prophet of Allah (SAW) said: "Nothing
of what they said has been hidden from me?" The Prophet
of Allah (SAW) said: "They were a group of angels" – or
He said: "They were angels." (Or whatever Allah wills.)