A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "Messenger of Allah, by Allah, you are more beloved to me than my own self, more beloved to me than my family, and more beloved to me than my children. I am in my house and I remember you, and I cannot bear it until I come to you and look at you. But when I think of my death and your death, I realize that when you enter Paradise you will be raised with the prophets, and if I enter Paradise I fear I will not see you."The Prophet ﷺ did not answer him until Jibreel descended with this verse, "And whoever obeys Allah and the Messenger, those will be with the ones upon whom Allah has bestowed favor of the prophets, the steadfast affirmers of truth..." [Nisa 4:69].
جاء رجل إلى النبي ﷺ، فقال: يا رسول الله، والله إنك لأحب إلي من نفسي، وإنك لأحب إلي من أهلي، وأحب إلي من ولدي، وإني لأكون في البيت فأذكرك فما أصبر حتى آتيك، فأنظر إليك، وإذا ذكرت موتي وموتك عرفت أنك إذا دخلت الجنة رفعت مع النبيين، وإني إذا دخلت الجنة خشيت أن لا أراك. فلم يرد عليه النبي ﷺ حتى نزل جبريل بهذه الآية {ومن يطع الله والرسول فأوليك مع الذين أنعم الله عليهم من النبيين والصديقين} الآية.
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Narrated by Tabarani in al-Awsat (480), Abu Naeem in al-Hilyah (4/239–240), and from him Wahidi in Asbab al-Nuzul (p. 159), and Ibn Mardawayh in his Tafsir (as quoted by Ibn Kathir), all of them through the hadith of Abdullah bin Imran al-Abidi, who said, "Fudayl bin Iyad narrated to us, from Mansur, from Aswad, from Ayesha," and he related it.Its chain is hasan because of Abdullah bin Imran bin Razin (with a fatha on the raa and a kasra on the zaa) al-Abidi al-Makki, who is truthful. Haythami said in al-Majma (7/7), "Its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih, except for Abdullah bin Imran, who is trustworthy."Ibn Kathir quoted from Hafiz Abu Abdullah al-Maqdisi that he said, "I see no problem with its chain."