TODAY'S HADITH

 It was narrated on the authority of Umar (may Allah be
pleased with him), who said:
While we were one day sitting with the Messenger of Allah
(peace be upon him), there appeared before us a man dressed in
extremely white clothes and with very black hair. No traces of
journeying were visible on him, and none of us knew him. He sat
down close by the Prophet (peace be upon him), rested his knee
against his thighs, and said, "O Muhammad! Inform me about
Islam."
The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said, "Islam is that
you should testify that there is no deity except Allah and that
Muhammad is His Messenger, that you should perform salah, pay
the Zakah, fast during Ramadan, and perform Hajj to the House,
if you are able to do so."
The man said, "You have spoken truly." We were astonished at his
questioning him (the Messenger) and telling him that he was right,
but he went on to say, "Inform me about iman."
He (the Messenger of Allah) answered, "It is that you believe in
Allah and His angels and His Books and His Messengers and in the
Last Day, and in qadar (fate), both in its good and in its evil
aspects." He said, "You have spoken truly."
Then he (the man) said, "Inform me about Ihsan." He (the
Messenger of Allah) answered, "It is that you should serve Allah
as though you could see Him, for though you cannot see Him yet
(know that) He sees you."
He said, "Inform me about the Hour." He (the Messenger of Allah)
said, "About that, the one questioned knows no more than the
questioner." So he said, "Well, inform me about the signs thereof."
He said, "They are that the slave-girl will give birth to her
mistress, that you will see the barefooted, naked, destitute, the
herdsmen of the sheep (competing with each other) in raising
lofty buildings." Thereupon the man went of. I waited a while, and
then he (the Messenger of Allah) said, "O Umar, do you know who
that questioner was?" I replied, "Allah and His Messenger know
better." He said, "That was Jibril (the Angel Gabriel). He came to
teach you your religion."”