حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مُجَالِدٍ عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ قَالَ نَاسٌ مِنْ الْيَهُودِ لِأُنَاسٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ هَلْ يَعْلَمُ نَبِيُّکُمْ کَمْ عَدَدُ خَزَنَةِ جَهَنَّمَ قَالُوا لَا نَدْرِي حَتَّی نَسْأَلَ نَبِيَّنَا فَجَائَ رَجُلٌ إِلَی النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ غُلِبَ أَصْحَابُکَ الْيَوْمَ قَالَ وَبِمَا غُلِبُوا قَالَ سَأَلَهُمْ يَهُودُ هَلْ يَعْلَمُ نَبِيُّکُمْ کَمْ عَدَدُ خَزَنَةِ جَهَنَّمَ قَالَ فَمَا قَالُوا قَالَ قَالُوا لَا نَدْرِي حَتَّی نَسْأَلَ نَبِيَّنَا قَالَ أَفَغُلِبَ قَوْمٌ سُئِلُوا عَمَّا لَا يَعْلَمُونَ فَقَالُوا لَا نَعْلَمُ حَتَّی نَسْأَلَ نَبِيَّنَا لَکِنَّهُمْ قَدْ سَأَلُوا نَبِيَّهُمْ فَقَالُوا أَرِنَا اللَّهَ جَهْرَةً عَلَيَّ بِأَعْدَائِ اللَّهِ إِنِّي سَائِلُهُمْ عَنْ تُرْبَةِ الْجَنَّةِ وَهِيَ الدَّرْمَکُ فَلَمَّا جَائُوا قَالُوا يَا أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ کَمْ عَدَدُ خَزَنَةِ جَهَنَّمَ قَالَ هَکَذَا وَهَکَذَا فِي مَرَّةٍ عَشَرَةٌ وَفِي مَرَّةٍ تِسْعَةٌ قَالُوا نَعَمْ قَالَ لَهُمْ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَا تُرْبَةُ الْجَنَّةِ قَالَ فَسَکَتُوا هُنَيْهَةً ثُمَّ قَالُوا خْبْزَةٌ يَا أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْخُبْزُ مِنْ الدَّرْمَکِ قَالَ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ إِنَّمَا نَعْرِفُهُ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ مُجَالِدٍ
جامع ترمذی · Hadith 3327
Jabir [bin Abdullah] said: “Some people from the Jews said to some people among the Companions of the Prophet: ‘Does your Prophet know how many keepers are there in Jahannam?’ They said: ‘We do not know until we ask our Prophet and said: ‘O Muhammad! Your Companions were defeated today.’ He said: ‘In what were they defeated?’ He said: ‘Some Jews asked them if their Prophet knew how many keepers are there in Jahannam.’ He said: ‘So what did they say?’ He said: ‘They said: “We do not know until we ask our Prophet.” He said: ‘Are a people defeated who are asked about something that they do not know, merely because they said, “We do not know until we ask our Prophet?” Rather, there (people) did ask their Prophet, they said: “Show us Allah plainly.” I should ask the enemies of Allah about the Darmak.’ So when they came to him they said: ‘O Abul-Qasim! How many keepers are there in Jahannum?’ He said: ‘This and that many.’ One time ten, and one time nine. They said: ‘Yes.’ He said to them: ‘What is the dirt of Paradise?’” He said: “They were silent for a while, then they said: ‘Is it bread O Abul-Qasim?’ So the Prophet said: ‘The bread is made of Ad-Darmak.’”
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020