أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ سَلاَمٍ، بَلَغَهُ مَقْدَمُ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم الْمَدِينَةَ، فَأَتَاهُ يَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ، فَقَالَ إِنِّي سَائِلُكَ عَنْ ثَلاَثٍ لاَ يَعْلَمُهُنَّ إِلاَّ نَبِيٌّ مَا أَوَّلُ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ وَمَا أَوَّلُ طَعَامٍ يَأْكُلُهُ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ وَمَا بَالُ الْوَلَدِ يَنْزِعُ إِلَى أَبِيهِ أَوْ إِلَى أُمِّهِ قَالَ " أَخْبَرَنِي بِهِ جِبْرِيلُ آنِفًا ". قَالَ ابْنُ سَلاَمٍ ذَاكَ عَدُوُّ الْيَهُودِ مِنَ الْمَلاَئِكَةِ. قَالَ " أَمَّا أَوَّلُ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ فَنَارٌ تَحْشُرُهُمْ مِنَ الْمَشْرِقِ إِلَى الْمَغْرِبِ، وَأَمَّا أَوَّلُ طَعَامٍ يَأْكُلُهُ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ، فَزِيَادَةُ كَبِدِ الْحُوتِ، وَأَمَّا الْوَلَدُ، فَإِذَا سَبَقَ مَاءُ الرَّجُلِ مَاءَ الْمَرْأَةِ نَزَعَ الْوَلَدَ، وَإِذَا سَبَقَ مَاءُ الْمَرْأَةِ مَاءَ الرَّجُلِ نَزَعَتِ الْوَلَدَ ". قَالَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ. قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إِنَّ الْيَهُودَ قَوْمٌ بُهُتٌ، فَاسْأَلْهُمْ عَنِّي قَبْلَ أَنْ يَعْلَمُوا بِإِسْلاَمِي، فَجَاءَتِ الْيَهُودُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " أَىُّ رَجُلٍ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ فِيكُمْ ". قَالُوا خَيْرُنَا وَابْنُ خَيْرِنَا وَأَفْضَلُنَا وَابْنُ أَفْضَلِنَا. فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَسْلَمَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ ". قَالُوا أَعَاذَهُ اللَّهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ. فَأَعَادَ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَقَالُوا مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِمْ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ. قَالُوا شَرُّنَا وَابْنُ شَرِّنَا. وَتَنَقَّصُوهُ. قَالَ هَذَا كُنْتُ أَخَافُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ.
When the news of the arrival of the Prophet (ﷺ) at Medina reached `Abdullah bin Salam, he went to himto ask him about certain things, He said, "I am going to ask you about three things which only aProphet can answer: What is the first sign of The Hour? What is the first food which the people ofParadise will eat? Why does a child attract the similarity to his father or to his mother?" The Prophet (ﷺ)replied, "Gabriel has just now informed me of that." Ibn Salam said, "He (i.e. Gabriel) is the enemy ofthe Jews amongst the angels. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "As for the first sign of The Hour, it will be a fire thatwill collect the people from the East to the West. As for the first meal which the people of Paradisewill eat, it will be the caudate (extra) lobe of the fish-liver. As for the child, if the man's dischargeproceeds the woman's discharge, the child attracts the similarity to the man, and if the woman'sdischarge proceeds the man's, then the child attracts the similarity to the woman."On this, `Abdullah bin Salam said, "I testify that None has the right to be worshipped except Allah,and that you are the Messenger of Allah." and added, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Jews invent such lies as makeone astonished, so please ask them about me before they know about my conversion to I slam . " TheJews came, and the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "What kind of man is `Abdullah bin Salam among you?" Theyreplied, "The best of us and the son of the best of us and the most superior among us, and the son ofthe most superior among us. "The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "What would you think if `Abdullah bin Salam shouldembrace Islam?" They said, "May Allah protect him from that." The Prophet (ﷺ) repeated his question andthey gave the same answer. Then `Abdullah came out to them and said, "I testify that None has theright to be worshipped except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah!" On this, the Jewssaid, "He is the most wicked among us and the son of the most wicked among us." So they degradedhim. On this, he (i.e. `Abdullah bin Salam) said, "It is this that I was afraid of, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ).