O Jibrīl, go to Muhammad and say: Verily, We will please you with regard to your Ummah and will not displease you

عن عبد الله بن عمرو رضي الله عنهما أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم تَلَا قَوْلَ اللهِ عز وجل فِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ صلى الله عليه وسلم : {رَبِّ إِنَّهُنَّ أَضْلَلْنَ كَثِيرًا مِنَ النَّاسِ فَمَنْ تَبِعَنِي فَإِنَّهُ مِنِّي} [إبراهيم: 36] الآية، وقَوْلَ عِيسَى صلى الله عليه وسلم : {إِنْ تُعَذِّبْهُم فَإِنَّهُم عِبَادُكَ وَإِنْ تَغْفِرْ لَهُم فَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ العَزِيزُ الحَكِيمُ} [المائدة: 118] فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ وقَالَ: «اللهُمَّ أُمَّتِي أُمَّتِي» وبَكَى، فقالَ اللهُ عز وجل : «يا جِبْرِيلُ، اذْهَبْ إِلَى مُحَمَّدٍ -ورَبُّكَ أَعْلَمُ- فَسَلْهُ مَا يُبْكِيهِ؟» فَأَتَاهُ جِبْرِيلُ، فَأَخْبَرْهُ رسولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بما قَالَ -وهو أعلم- فقالَ اللهُ تعالى : «يَا جِبْرِيلُ، اذْهَبْ إِلَى مُحَمَّدٍ، فَقُلْ: إِنَّا سَنُرْضِيكَ فِي أُمَّتِكَ وَلَا نَسُوءُكَ».

‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Amr ibn al-‘Ās (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) recited the words of Allah, the Exalted, about Prophet Ibrahīm (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) who said: {My Lord, indeed they have led astray many among the people. So whoever follows me - then he is of me} [Sūrat Ibrahīm :36], and those of Jesus (peace be upon him) who said: {If You punish them, they are Your slaves, and if You forgive them, verily, You, only You, are the All-Mighty, the All-Wise} [Sūrat al-Mā'idah: 118]. Then, he (Prophet Muhammad) raised up his hands and said: "O Allah, my Ummah, my Ummah" and wept; Allah, the Exalted, said: "O Jibrīl, go to Muhammad and ask him: 'What makes you weep?'" So angel Jibrīl went to him and asked him (what made him weeping) and the Messenger of Allah informed him what he had said (though Allah knew it well). Upon this Allah said: "O Jibrīl, go to Muhammad and say: 'Verily, We will please you with regard to your Ummah and will not displease you.'"

Source · Narrated by Muslim

From the Hadith Encyclopedia (hadeethenc.com).