Darussalam · Volume 5
39. THE BOOK OFTHE SUNNAHSunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 4721 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 231
Source no. 4721 · Volume 1 · Page 2
Sahih
صحيح، الصحيحة (١١٦ - ١١٧)
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4721. It was narrated from Hishām, from his father, from Abū Hurairah, who said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'The people will keep asking, until one of them says: "Allāh created the creation, but who created Allāh?" Whoever comes across any such thing, let him say: "I believe in Allāh." (Sahih)
4721 - حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ مَعْرُوفٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " لَا يَزَالُ النَّاسُ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ حَتَّى يُقَالَ: هَذَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ الْخَلْقَ فَمَنْ خَلَقَ اللَّهَ، فَمَنْ وَجَدَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا فَلْيَقُلْ: آمَنْتُ بِاللَّهِ "
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Meaning, the people will keep asking about matters of the unseen that the details of which were not revealed, until they reach this ugly state. As for the Jahmiyyah, they are the people named after Jahm bin Šafwān, who deny the attributes of Allāh, and among these attributes is that He is the Eternal the Living.