Sahih Muslim Book - 43, Hadith - 5963

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ ، حَدَّثَنَا سَلِيمُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مِينَاءَ ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : مَثَلِي وَمَثَلُ الأَنْبِيَاءِ ، كَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ بَنَى دَارًا فَأَتَمَّهَا وَأَكْمَلَهَا إِلاَّ مَوْضِعَ لَبِنَةٍ ، فَجَعَلَ النَّاسُ يَدْخُلُونَهَا وَيَتَعَجَّبُونَ مِنْهَا ، وَيَقُولُونَ : لَوْلاَ مَوْضِعُ اللَّبِنَةِ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : فَأَنَا مَوْضِعُ اللَّبِنَةِ ، جِئْتُ فَخَتَمْتُ الأَنْبِيَاءَ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ.

It was narrated from Jabir that the Prophet (s.a.w) said: “The likeness of myself and the (previous) Prophets is that of a man who built a house and made it perfect and complete, except the space of a brick. The people started to enter it and admire it, and they said: ‘were it not for the space of a brick.”’ The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: “I am the space of that brick, I have come and sealed the (succession) Prophets.”