English translation
4726. It was narrated from Jubair bin Muḥammad bin Jubair bin Muṭʿim, from his father that his grandfather said: “A Bedouin came to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, and said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh, people are facing hardship, their dependents are suffering, their wealth is destroyed and their flocks
are dying. Pray to Allāh for rain for us, for we seek your intercession with Allāh, and we seek Allāh's intercession with you.' The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Woe to you, do you know what you are saying?' The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ glorified Allāh (said the Tasbīh) and continued to do so until the effect of that could be seen on the faces of his Companions. Then he said: 'Woe to you, Allāh is not to be sought as an intercessor with any of His creation; Allāh is greater than that. Woe to you, do you know what Allāh is? His Throne is above the heavens like this' – and he gestured with his fingers like a dome over him. 'And it creaks on account of Him, as the saddle creaks on account of its rider.' Ibn Bash-shār (one of the narrators) said in his Hadīth: 'Allāh is above His Throne, and His Throne is above His heavens,' and he quoted the Hadīth." 'Abdul-A'lā, Ibn Al-Muthanna, and Ibn Bash-shār said: "From Ya'qūb bin 'Utbah, and Jubair bin Muḥammad bin Jubair, from his father, from his grandfather." (Da'if)
Abū Dāwūd said: The Hadīth with the chain of Aḥmad bin Sa'eed[1] is Ṣaḥīḥ, and a group has agreed (narrating it similarly) with him. Among them are Yahyā bin Ma'n and 'Alī bin Al-Madīnī. And a group also reported it from Ibn
Ishāq just as Ahmad did. And 'Abdul-A'lā Ibn Al-Muthanna, and Ibn Bash-shār heard it from the same manuscript, according to what has been conveyed to me.[1]
Arabic text
4726 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الرِّبَاطِيُّ، قَالُوا: حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ، قَالَ أَحْمَدُ: كَتَبْنَاهُ مِنْ نُسْخَتِهِ وَهَذَا لَفْظُهُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ إِسْحَاقَ، يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ، عَنْ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، قَالَ: أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، جُهِدَتِ الْأَنْفُسُ، وَضَاعَتِ الْعِيَالُ، وَنُهِكَتِ الْأَمْوَالُ، وَهَلَكَتْ الْأَنْعَامُ، فَاسْتَسْقِ اللَّهَ لَنَا فَإِنَّا نَسْتَشْفِعُ بِكَ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَنَسْتَشْفِعُ بِاللَّهِ عَلَيْكَ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «وَيْحَكَ أَتَدْرِي مَا تَقُولُ؟» وَسَبَّحَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَمَا زَالَ يُسَبِّحُ حَتَّى عُرِفَ ذَلِكَ فِي وُجُوهِ أَصْحَابِهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: «وَيْحَكَ إِنَّهُ لَا يُسْتَشْفَعُ بِاللَّهِ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ، شَأْنُ اللَّهِ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، وَيْحَكَ أَتَدْرِي مَا اللَّهُ، إِنَّ عَرْشَهُ عَلَى سَمَاوَاتِهِ لَهَكَذَا» وَقَالَ بِأَصَابِعِهِ مِثْلَ الْقُبَّةِ عَلَيْهِ «وَإِنَّهُ لَيَئِطُّ بِهِ أَطِيطَ الرَّحْلِ بِالرَّاكِبِ» قَالَ ابْنُ بَشَّارٍ فِي حَدِيثِهِ: «إِنَّ اللَّهَ فَوْقَ عَرْشِهِ، وَعَرْشُهُ فَوْقَ سَمَاوَاتِهِ» وَسَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ، وَقَالَ عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى: وَابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، وَابْنُ بَشَّارٍ، عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ، وَجُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ وَالْحَدِيثُ بِإِسْنَادِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ هُوَ الصَّحِيحُ وَافَقَهُ عَلَيْهِ جَمَاعَةٌ مِنْهُمْ يَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ، وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمَدِينِيِّ، وَرَوَاهُ جَمَاعَةٌ عَنِ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، كَمَا قَالَ أَحْمَدُ، أَيْضًا وَكَانَ سَمَاعُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى، وَابْنِ الْمُثَنَّى، وَابْنِ بَشَّارٍ مِنْ نُسْخَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ فِيمَا بَلَغَنِي
