حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ وَابْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْمَعْنَى قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَامَ فِينَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِمَوْعِظَةٍ فَقَالَ إِنَّكُمْ مَحْشُورُونَ إِلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى حُفَاةً عُرَاةً غُرْلًا كَمَا بَدَأْنَا أَوَّلَ خَلْقٍ نُعِيدُهُ وَعْدًا عَلَيْنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا فَاعِلِينَ فَأَوَّلُ الْخَلَائِقِ يُكْسَى إِبْرَاهِيمُ خَلِيلُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قَالَ ثُمَّ يُؤْخَذُ بِقَوْمٍ مِنْكُمْ ذَاتَ الشِّمَالِ قَالَ ابْنُ جَعْفَرٍ وَإِنَّهُ سَيُجَاءُ بِرِجَالٍ مِنْ أُمَّتِي فَيُؤْخَذُ بِهِمْ ذَاتَ الشِّمَالِ فَأَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ أَصْحَابِي قَالَ فَيُقَالُ لِي إِنَّكَ لَا تَدْرِي مَا أَحْدَثُوا بَعْدَكَ لَمْ يَزَالُوا مُرْتَدِّينَ عَلَى أَعْقَابِهِمْ مُذْ فَارَقْتَهُمْ فَأَقُولُ كَمَا قَالَ الْعَبْدُ الصَّالِحُ وَكُنْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ شَهِيدًا مَا دُمْتُ فِيهِمْ الْآيَةَ إِلَى إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 2096
It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas (RA) said: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) stood before us, exhorting us, and he said: "You will be gathered unto Allah barefoot, naked and uncircumcised. 'As We began the first creation. We shall repeat it. (It is) a promise binding upon Us. Truly, We shall do it' [al-Anbiya' 21:104], The first of mankind to be clothed will be Ibraheem, the Close Friend of the Most Merciful ( Khaleelur-Rahman ). Then some of you will be taken to the left - Ibn )a'far said; Some men of my ummah will be brought and taken to the left - and I shall say: 'My Lord, my companions!' but it will be said to me: 'You do not know what they introduced after you were gone; they kept turning on their heels since you left them.' And I shall say the same as the righteous slave ['Eesa] said: 'And I was a witness over them while I dwelt amongst them, but when You took me up, You were the Watcher over them; and You are a Witness to all things. If You punish them, they are Your slaves, and if You forgive them, verily. You, only You, are the All- Mighty, the All- Wise' [al-Ma'idah 5:117}.’
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020