Sabeans ......................................

In the Name of Allah, The Most Gracious, The Most Merciful.

And if only the People of the Scripture had believed and feared Allah, We would have removed from them their misdeeds and admitted them to Gardens of Pleasure. And if only they upheld [the law of] the Torah, the Gospel, and what has been revealed to them from their Lord, they would have consumed [provision] from above them and from beneath their feet. Among them is a moderate community, but many of them - evil is that which they do. O Messenger, announce that which has been revealed to you from your Lord, and if you do not, then you have not conveyed His message. And Allah will protect you from the people. Indeed, Allah does not guide the disbelieving people. Say, "O People of the Scripture, you are [standing] on nothing until you uphold [the law of] the Torah, the Gospel, and what has been revealed to you from your Lord." And that which has been revealed to you from your Lord will surely increase many of them in transgression and disbelief. So do not grieve over the disbelieving people. Indeed, those who have believed [in Prophet Muhammad] and those [before Him] who were Jews or Sabeans or Christians - those [among them] who believed in Allah and the Last Day and did righteousness - no fear will there be concerning them, nor will they grieve. We had already taken the covenant of the Children of Israel and had sent to them messengers. Whenever there came to them a messenger with what their souls did not desire, *a party [of messengers] they denied, and another party they killed. And they thought there would be no [resulting] punishment, so they became blind and deaf. Then Allah turned to them in forgiveness; then [again] many of them became blind and deaf. And Allah is Seeing of what they do. – The Holy Qur’an 5:65-71.

Hadith:

Narrated by Anas (RA): When the news of the arrival of the Prophet at Medina reached 'Abdullah bin Salam,

he went to him to ask him about certain things, He said, "I am going to ask you about three things which only

a Prophet can answer: What is the first sign of The Hour? What is the first food which the people of 

Paradise will eat? Why does a child attract the similarity to his father or to his mother?" The Prophet 

replied, "Gabriel has just now informed me of that." Ibn Salam said, "He (i.e. Gabriel) is the enemy of 

the Jews amongst the angels. The Prophet said, "As for the first sign of The Hour, it will be a fire that 

will collect the people from the East to the West. As for the first meal which the people of Paradise 

will eat, it will be the caudate (extra) lobe of the fish-liver. As for the child, if the man's discharge 

precedes the woman's discharge, the child attracts the similarity to the man, and if the woman's discharge

precedes 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 Apostle of Allah."

and added, "O Allah's Apostle! Jews invent such lies as make one astonished, so please ask them about me

before they know about my conversion to I slam. “The Jews came, and the Prophet said, "What kind of man is

'Abdullah bin Salam among you?" They replied, "The best of us and the son of the best of us and the most

superior among us, and the son of the most superior among us. "The Prophet said, "What would you think if

'Abdullah bin Salam should embrace Islam?" They said, "May Allah protects him from that." The Prophet repeated

his question and they gave the same answer. Then 'Abdullah came out to them and said, "I testify that none has the

right to be worshipped except Allah and that Muhammad( P.B.U.H.) is the Apostle of Allah!" On this, the Jews said,

"He is the most wicked among us and the son of the most wicked among us." So they degraded him. On this, he (i.e.

'Abdullah bin Salam) said, "It is this that I was afraid of, O Allah's Apostle.  –Shahi Bukhari Vol.5, No. 275.

Mecca-birth place of Prophet(PBUH)