The Curse of Hazrat Jibreel (‘alaihis salaam) and Hazrat Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam)

عن كعب بن عجرة قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: احضروا المنبر فحضرنا فلما ارتقى درجة قال: آمين فلما ارتقى الدرجة الثانية قال: آمين فلما ارتقى الدرجة الثالثة قال: آمين فلما نزل قلنا: يا رسول الله لقد سمعنا منك اليوم شيئا ما كنا نسمعه قال: إن جبريل عليه الصلاة والسلام عرض لي فقال: بعدا لمن أدرك رمضان فلم يغفر له قلت: آمين فلما رقيت الثانية قال: بعدا لمن ذكرت عنده فلم يصل عليك قلت: آمين فلما رقيت الثالثة قال: بعدا لمن أدرك أبواه الكبر عنده أو أحدهما فلم يدخلاه الجنة قلت: آمين (المستدرك على الصحيحين للحاكم، الرقم: ٧٢٥٦، وقال: هذا حديث صحيح الإسناد ولم يخرجاه وأقره الذهبي)

Hazrat Ka’b bin Ujrah (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) reports the following: On one occasion, Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) called out to the Sahaabah (radhiyallahu ‘anhum), “Come to the mimbar.” When we assembled around the mimbar, Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) ascended the first step and said, “Aameen.” He then ascended the second step and said, “Aameen.” Then, Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) ascended the third step and said, “Aameen.” After delivering the khutbah, when Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) descended from the mimbar, we asked, “O Rasul of Allah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam)! We heard you say something today that we did not hear you say before (i.e. saying aameen thrice while ascending the mimbar).” Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) replied, “(When I ascended the first step,) Jibreel (‘alaihis salaam) appeared before me and said, ‘Woe to him who witnessed the blessed month of Ramadhaan, yet he let it pass without gaining forgiveness (i.e. he did not fulfill the rights of this month).’ I said aameen to this dua. When I ascended the second step, he said, ‘Woe to him before whom your name is mentioned, yet he does not send Durood upon you.’ I said aameen to this dua. When I ascended the third step, he said, “Woe to him in whose presence both of his parents or one of them attain old age, yet (due to not serving them,) they do not become the means for him to enter Jannah. I said aameen to this dua.”

The Experience of Shaikh Abul Khair Aqta’ (rahimahullah)

Shaikh Abul Khair Aqta’ (rahimahullah) says:

When I came to Madinah Tayyibah and had spent five days there, I experienced poverty and difficulty. I therefore went to the mubaarak grave of Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) and greeted him, and also to the graves of Abu Bakr and Umar (radhiyallahu ‘anhuma). I then said to Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam), “O Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam), today I want to be your guest.”

Thereafter, I left that spot and went to sleep behind the mimbar. In a dream, I had seen Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) with Abu Bakr (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) on his right, and Umar (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) on his left, and Ali (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) in front of him. Ali (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) came to me and said, “Rise up, Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) has come.” I hastily rose from my resting place and kissed Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) between his eyes. He gave me some bread, from which I ate one half and kept the other half. When I awoke from the dream, the other half of the bread was still in my hand. (Al-Qowlul Badee’ Pg. 338)