I was standing beside the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when a rabbi from among the rabbis of the Jews came and said, "Peace be upon you, Muhammad."I shoved him so hard that he nearly fell over.He said, "Why did you push me?"I replied, "Why do you not say, 'Messenger of Allah'?"The Jew said, "We only call him by the name his family gave him."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "My name is Muhammad, the name my family gave me."The Jew said, "I have come to ask you something."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, "Will it benefit you if I tell you?"He said, "I will listen with my ears."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ poked the ground with a stick he had with him and said, "Ask."The Jew said, "Where will people be on the day when the earth is changed into another earth, and likewise the heavens?"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "They will be in darkness, beneath the bridge."He asked, "Who will be the first of people to cross?"He said, "The poor among the Emigrants."The Jew asked, "What will be their welcoming gift when they enter Paradise?"He said, "The extra lobe of the fish's liver."He asked, "What will their meal be after that?"He said, "The bull of Paradise that used to graze at its edges will be slaughtered for them."He asked, "What will their drink be with it?"He said, "From a spring in it called Salsabil."He said, "You have spoken the truth."Then he said, "I have come to ask you about something that none of the people of the earth knows except a prophet, or one or two men."He said, "Will it benefit you if I tell you?"He said, "I will listen with my ears."He said, "I have come to ask you about the child."He said, "The man's fluid is white and the woman's fluid is yellow. When they meet, if the man's fluid prevails over the woman's fluid, it becomes male by Allah's permission, and if the woman's fluid prevails over the man's fluid, it becomes female by Allah's permission."The Jew said, "You have spoken the truth, and you are indeed a prophet." Then he turned away and left.The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "This man asked me about what he asked, and I had no knowledge of any of it until Allah brought it to me."
كنت قائما عند رسول الله ﷺ، فجاء حبر من أحبار اليهود فقال: السلام عليك يا محمد! فدفعته دفعة كاد يصرع منها، فقال: لم تدفعني؟ فقلت: ألا تقول يا رسول الله! فقال اليهودي: إنما ندعوه باسمه الذي سماه به أهله، فقال رسول الله ﷺ: إن اسمي محمد الذي سماني به أهلي فقال اليهودي: جئت أسألك، فقال له رسول الله ﷺ: أينفعك شيء إن حدثتك؟ قال: أسمع بأذني، فنكت رسول الله ﷺ بعود معه، فقال: ﷺ سل فقال اليهودي: أين يكون الناس يوم تبدل الأرض غير الأرض والسماوات؟ فقال رسول الله ﷺ: هم في الظلمة دون الجسر قال: فمن أول الناس إجازة؟ قال: فقراء المهاجرين قال اليهودي فما تحفتهم حين يدخلون الجنة؟ قال: زيادة كبد النون قال: فما غذاؤهم على إثرها؟ قال: ينحر لهم ثور الجنة الذي كان يأكل من أطرافها قال: فما شرابهم عليه؟ قال: من عين فيها تسمى سلسبيلا قال: صدقت، قال: وجئت أسألك عن شيء لا يعلمه أحد من أهل الأرض، إلا نبي أو رجل أو رجلان، قال: ينفعك إن حدثتك؟ قال: أسمع بأذني، قال: جئت أسألك عن الولد؟ قال: ماء الرجل أبيض وماء المرأة أصفر، فإذا اجتمعا، فعلا مني الرجل مني المرأة، أذكرا بإذن الله، وإذا علا مني المرأة مني الرجل آنثا بإذن الله قال اليهودي: لقد صدقت، وإنك لنبي، ثم انصرف فذهب، فقال رسول الله ﷺ: لقد سألني هذا عن الذي سألني عنه، وما لي علم بشيء منه، حتى أتاني الله به.
Muslim narrated it in Hayd (34:315), from Hasan bin Ali Hulwani, who said, Abu Tuba (that is, Rabi bin Nafi) told us, Muawiya (meaning Ibn Salam) told us, from Zayd (meaning his brother), that he heard Abu Salam say, Abu Asma Rahbi told me that Thawban, the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, told him, and he related it.