The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Narrate from the Children of Israel, there is no harm, for indeed wondrous things occurred among them."Then he began to narrate, saying, "A group of the Children of Israel went out until they came to one of their graveyards. They said, 'What if we prayed two units of prayer and asked Allah, Mighty and Majestic, to bring forth for us a man who had died, so we may ask him about death?' So they did.While they were in this state, a man raised his head from one of the graves. He was of mixed complexion, with the mark of prostration between his eyes. He said, 'You people, what do you want from me? I died a hundred years ago, yet the heat of death has not subsided from me until now. Pray to Allah to return me as I was.'"
قال رسول الله ﷺ: حدثوا عن بني اسرائيل ولا حرج، فإنه كانت فيهم الأعاجيب. ثم أنشأ يحدث قال: خرجت طائفة من بني اسرائيل، حتى أتوا مقبرة لهم من مقابرهم، فقالوا لو صلينا ركعتين، ودعونا الله عز و جل أن يخرج لنا رجلا ممن قد مات نسأله عن الموت، قال: ففعلوا، فبينما كذلك إذ اطلع رجل رأسه من قبر من تلك المقابر خلاسي بين عينيه أثر السجود، فقال: يا هؤلاء ما أردتم إلي فقد مت منذ مائة سنة فما سكنت عني حرارة الموت حتى كان الآن، فادعوا الله عز وجل لي يعيدني كما كنت.
Imam Ahmad narrated it in Zuhd (p. 23), and Ibn Abu Shayba in his Musnad as found in Matalib Aliyah (774), both from Waki, who said, Rabi bin Saad Jufi narrated to us, he heard it from Abdul-Rahman bin Sabit, from Jabir bin Abdullah, who said, and then he related it.Its chain of transmission is hasan because of Rabi bin Saad Jufi, whom Ibn Main deemed trustworthy, while Abu Hatim said, "There is no harm in him," and he does not fall below the rank of saduq. However, his statement in the hadith, "for there were wonders among them," is munkar because he alone transmitted it.His statement, "A group from Banu Israil went out..." to the end of it, is not from the words of the Prophet ﷺ, but rather it is from the words of Jabir bin Abdullah, as is made explicit in the version of Ahmad bin Mani in Matalib Aliyah (774:3). Some scholars have held that it is instead from the words of Abdul-Rahman bin Sabit.As for Ibn Main's statement that "Abdul-Rahman bin Sabit's transmission from Jabir is mursal," the correct view is that he did indeed meet Jabir and heard from him. For details, see the chapter on the merit of Husayn bin Ali bin Abu Talib in the Book of Merits.Regarding the word "khilasi," khals means a brownish complexion, from which comes the expression "a khilasi child," meaning one who is between white and black.