The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was one day sitting in the open among the people when a man came walking up to him and asked, "Messenger of Allah, what is faith?"He replied, "Faith is to believe in Allah, His angels, His books, His messengers, the meeting with Him, and to believe in the final resurrection."The man asked, "Messenger of Allah, what is Islam?"He replied, "Islam is that you worship Allah and associate nothing with Him, establish the prayer, pay the obligatory alms, and fast Ramadan."The man asked, "Messenger of Allah, what is excellence?"He replied, "Excellence is that you worship Allah as though you see Him, for if you do not see Him, He surely sees you."The man asked, "Messenger of Allah, when is the Hour?"He replied, "The one questioned about it knows no more than the one asking, but I will tell you of its signs. When a woman gives birth to her own mistress, that is among its signs. When the barefoot and naked become the leaders of the people, that is among its signs. It is among five things known only to Allah," then he recited, "Indeed, Allah has knowledge of the Hour and sends down the rain and knows what is in the wombs" [Luqman 31:34].Then the man departed, and the Prophet ﷺ said, "Bring him back to me." They went to bring him back but saw no one. He then said, "That was Jibril, who came to teach the people their religion."
حدثني إسحاق عن جرير عن أبي حيان عن أبي زرعة
أن رسول الله ﷺ كان يوما بارزا للناس إذ أتاه رجل يمشي فقال يا رسول الله ما الإيمان قال الإيمان أن تؤمن بالله وملائكته وكتبه ورسله ولقائه وتؤمن بالبعث الآخر قال يا رسول الله ما الإسلام قال الإسلام أن تعبد الله ولا تشرك به شيئا وتقيم الصلاة وتؤتي الزكاة المفروضة وتصوم رمضان قال يا رسول الله ما الإحسان قال الإحسان أن تعبد الله كأنك تراه فإن لم تكن تراه فإنه يراك قال يا رسول الله متى الساعة قال ما المسئول عنها بأعلم من السائل ولكن سأحدثك عن أشراطها إذا ولدت المرأة ربتها فذاك من أشراطها وإذا كان الحفاة العراة رءوس الناس فذاك من أشراطها في خمس لا يعلمهن إلا الله {إن الله عنده علم الساعة وينزل الغيث ويعلم ما في الأرحام} ثم انصرف الرجل فقال ردوا علي فأخذوا ليردوا فلم يروا شيئا فقال هذا جبريل جاء ليعلم الناس دينهم