Sahih Muslim Book 1 – Hadith 247-259
Sahih Muslim Book
1 - Hadith 247-259
Chapter 60: Clarifying the Waswasah (Whispers,
Bad Thoughts) with regard to faith, and what the one who experiences that
should say.
It
is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that some people from amongst the
Companions of the Apostle (ﷺ) came to him and said:
Verily
we perceive in our minds that which every one of us considers it too grave to
express. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Do you really perceive it? They said: Yes.
Upon this he remarked: That is the faith manifest. (Sahih
Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 247)
The same hadith has been transmitted
by Muhammad b. 'Amr, Abu Baker b. Ishaq, Abu'l-Jawwab, A'mash and Abu Huraira.
(Sahih
Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 248)
It
is narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah b. Mas'ud that the Apostle (ﷺ) was
asked about evil prompting, to which he replied:
It
is pure faith. (Sahih
Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 249)
It
is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
said:
Men
will continue to question one another till this is propounded: Allah created
all things but who created Allah? He who found himself confronted with such a
situation should say: I affirm my faith in Allah. (Sahih
Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 250)
This
hadith has been transmitted by Mahmud b. Ghailan by another chain of
transmitters (and the words are):
The
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: The Satan will come to everyone of you and say:
Who created the heaven, who created the earth? (And the man) replies: It is
Allah, Then the remaining part of the hadith was narrated as mentioned above
and the words 'His prophets" were added to it. (Sahih
Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 251)
It
is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allah may
peace be upon him) observed:
The
Satan comes to everyone. of you and says: Who created this and that? till he
questions: Who created your Lord? When he comes to that, one should seek refuge
in Allah and keep away (from such idle thoughts). (Sahih
Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 252)
This
hadith is transmitted by Urwa b. Zubair on the authority of Abu Huraira (and
the words are):
The
Satan comes to the bondsman (of Allah) and says: Who created this and that? The
remaining part of the hadith is the same. (Sahih
Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 253)
It
is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
observed:
People
will constantly ask you questions pertaining to knowledge till they would say:
Allah created us, but who created Allah? he (the narrator) says: he (Abu
Huraira) was (at the time of narrating this hadith) catching hold of the hand
of a man and he said: Allah and the Messenger told the truth. Two persons have
already put me this question, and this is the third one, or he said: One man
has put me this question and he is the second one. (Sahih
Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 254)
It
is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that he said:
The
people will constantly, and the rest of the hadith is the same as that
transmitted by 'Abdul-Warith with the exception that there is no mention of the
Messenger of Allah in that, but he observed at the end of the hadith: Allah and
His Messenger told the truth. (Sahih
Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 255)
Abu
Huraira reported:
The
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me: they (the people) till constantly ask you,
Abu Huraira, (about different things pertaining to religion) the they would
say: Well, there is Allah, but after all who created Allah? He (Abu Huraira)
narrated: Once we were in the mosque that some of the Bedouins came there and
said: Well, there is Allah, but who created Allah? He (the narrator) said: I
took hold of the pebbles in my fist and flung at them and remarked: Stand up,
stand up (go away) my friend (the Holy Prophet) told the truth. (Sahih
Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 256)
Yazid
b. al-Asamm said:
I
heard Abu Huraira saying that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) observed: people will
certainly ask you about everything till they will propound: Allah created every
thing, but who created Allah? (Sahih
Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 257)
Anas
b. Malik transmitted it from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) that the Great and
Glorious Allah said:
Verily
your people would constantly question about this and that till they would say:
Well, it is Allah Who created the creation, but who created Allah? (Sahih
Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 258)
This
hadith has been narrated by another chain of transmitters with the exception
that Ishaq made no mention of this:
Allah said: Verily your people. (Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 259)
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