CHAPTER: A PERSON WOULD BE ALONG WITH HIM WHOM HE LOVES
No. 6378
Anas b. Malik reported that a desert Arab said to Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam): When would be the Last Hour? Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: What preparation have you made for that? Thereupon he said: The love of Allaah and of His Messenger (that is my preparation for the Last Hour) (for the Day of Resurrection). Thereupon he (the Prophet) said: You would be along with one whom you love.
No. 6379
Anas reported that a person said to Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam): When would be the Last Hour? He (the Prophet) said: What preparation have you made for that? And he gave no details, but said: I love Allaah and His Messenger. Thereupon he (the Prophet) said: You would be along with one whom you love. Anas b. Malik reported through another chain of transmitters that a desert Arab came to Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam), the rest of the hadith is the same but with this variation that he said: I have not made much preparations which merit appreciation for myself.
No. 6380
Anas b. Malik reported that a person came to Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) and said to Allaah's Messenger: When would be the Last Hour? Thereupon he (the Prophet) said: What preparation have you made for the Last Hour? He said: The love of Allaah and of His Messenger (is my only preparation). Thereupon he (the Prophet) said: You would be along with one whom you love. Anas said: Nothing pleased us more after accepting Islam than the words of Allaah's Prophet: You would be along with one whom you love. And Anas said. I love Allaah and His Messenger and Abu Bakr and Umar, and I hope that I would be along with them although I have not acted like them.
No. 6381
Anas b. Malik reported Allaah's Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) this hadith through another chain of transmitters but he did not make mention of the words of Anas: I love, and what follows subsequently.
No. 6382
Anas b. Malik reported: Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) and I were coming out of the mosque that we met a person on the threshold of the mosque and he said to Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam): When would be the Last Hour? Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: What preparation have you made for that? The man became silent and then said: Allaah's Messenger, I have made no significant preparation with prayer and fasting and charity but I, however, love Allaah and His Messenger. Thereupon (the Prophet) said: You would be along with one whom you love.
No. 6383
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Anas through another chain of transmitters.
No. 6384
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Anas with a different chain of transmitters.
No. 6385
'Abdullah reported that a person came to Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) and said to Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam): What is your opinion about the person who loves the people but his (acts or deeds are not identical to theirs)? Thereupon Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: A person would be along with one whom he loves.
No. 6386
A hadith like this has been transmitted on the authority of 'Abdullah.
No. 6387
Abu Musa, reported that a person came to Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) ; the rest of the hadith is the same.