Sahih al-Bukhari

Hadith 4701

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The Statement of Allāh تعالى:“Except him (devil) that gains hearing bystealing, he is pursued by a clear flamingfire.” (V.15:18)

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Darussalam · Volume 6

65 - THE BOOK OF COMMENTARY:(Interpretation of the Qur'an)

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الحديث: 4701 ¦ الجزء: 6 ¦ الصفحة: 80

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رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ 4701. Narrated Abū HurairahThe Prophet ﷺ said, “When Allāh hasordained some affair in the heaven, theangels beat with their wings in obedience toHis Statement, which sounds like a chaindragged over a rock. (‘Ali and othersubnarrators said, “The sound reachesthem.”) So much so that when fear isbanished from their (angels’) hearts, they(angels) say, ‘What is it that your Lord hassaid?’ They say, ‘The truth. And He is theMost High, the Most Great.’ (V.34:23)Then he who gains a hearing by stealing(i.e., the devil) will hear Allāh’s Statement.Those who gain a hearing by stealing, (standone over the other like this). (Sufyān, toillustrate this, spread the fingers of his right hand and placed them one over the other horizontally.) A clear flaming fire may overtake and burn the eavesdropper before conveying the news to the one below him; or it may not overtake him till he has conveyed it to the one below him, who in his turn, conveys it to the one below him, and so on till they convey the news to the earth. (Or probably Sufyān said, "Till the news reaches the earth.") Then the news is inspired to a sorcerer (or a foreteller) who would add a hundred lies to it. His prophecy will prove true (as far as the heavenly news is concerned). The people will say, 'Didn't he tell us that on such and such a day, such and such a thing will happen? We have found that is true because of the true news heard from heaven.' Narrated Abū Hurairah رضي الله عنه: (The same Hadīth above, starting: 'When Allāh has ordained some affair...') In this narration the word 'foreteller' is added to the word 'wizard.' (See H. 4800)

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4701 - حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، يَبْلُغُ بِهِ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: " إِذَا قَضَى اللَّهُ الأَمْرَ فِي السَّمَاءِ، ضَرَبَتِ المَلاَئِكَةُ بِأَجْنِحَتِهَا خُضْعَانًا لِقَوْلِهِ، كَالسِّلْسِلَةِ عَلَى صَفْوَانٍ - قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: وَقَالَ غَيْرُهُ: صَفْوَانٍ يَنْفُذُهُمْ ذَلِكَ - فَإِذَا فُزِّعَ عَنْ قُلُوبِهِمْ، قَالُوا: مَاذَا قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ، قَالُوا لِلَّذِي قَالَ: الحَقَّ، وَهُوَ العَلِيُّ الكَبِيرُ، فَيَسْمَعُهَا مُسْتَرِقُو السَّمْعِ، وَمُسْتَرِقُو السَّمْعِ هَكَذَا وَاحِدٌ فَوْقَ آخَرَ - وَوَصَفَ سُفْيَانُ بِيَدِهِ، وَفَرَّجَ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِ يَدِهِ اليُمْنَى، نَصَبَهَا بَعْضَهَا فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ - فَرُبَّمَا أَدْرَكَ الشِّهَابُ المُسْتَمِعَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَرْمِيَ بِهَا إِلَى صَاحِبِهِ فَيُحْرِقَهُ، وَرُبَّمَا لَمْ يُدْرِكْهُ حَتَّى يَرْمِيَ بِهَا إِلَى الَّذِي يَلِيهِ، إِلَى الَّذِي هُوَ أَسْفَلَ مِنْهُ، حَتَّى يُلْقُوهَا إِلَى الأَرْضِ - وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ سُفْيَانُ: حَتَّى تَنْتَهِيَ إِلَى الأَرْضِ - فَتُلْقَى عَلَى فَمِ السَّاحِرِ، فَيَكْذِبُ مَعَهَا مِائَةَ كَذْبَةٍ، فَيُصَدَّقُ فَيَقُولُونَ: أَلَمْ يُخْبِرْنَا يَوْمَ كَذَا وَكَذَا، يَكُونُ كَذَا وَكَذَا، فَوَجَدْنَاهُ حَقًّا؟ لِلْكَلِمَةِ الَّتِي سُمِعَتْ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ " حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرٌو، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ: «إِذَا قَضَى اللَّهُ الأَمْرَ»، وَزَادَ «وَالكَاهِنِ»، وَحَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، فَقَالَ: قَالَ عَمْرٌو: سَمِعْتُ عِكْرِمَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: «إِذَا قَضَى اللَّهُ الأَمْرَ»، وَقَالَ: «عَلَى فَمِ السَّاحِرِ» قُلْتُ لِسُفْيَانَ: أَأَنْتَ سَمِعْتَ عَمْرًا؟ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عِكْرِمَةَ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قُلْتُ لِسُفْيَانَ: إِنَّ إِنْسَانًا رَوَى عَنْكَ، عَنْ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَيَرْفَعُهُ أَنَّهُ قَرَأَ: «فُرِّغَ»، قَالَ سُفْيَانُ: هَكَذَا قَرَأَ عَمْرٌو، فَلاَ أَدْرِي سَمِعَهُ هَكَذَا أَمْ لاَ، قَالَ سُفْيَانُ: وَهِيَ قِرَاءَتُنَا "

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