What Has Been Related About The Moon Splitting
Darussalam · Volume 4
31. Chapters On Al-Fitan From The Messenger Of Allāh ﷺJami at-Tirmidhi Darussalam English translation
الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 51
Source no. 2182 · Volume 5 · Page 182
Sahih
صحيح
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2182. Ibn 'Umar said: "The moon split during the time of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, so the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Bear witness.'" (Sahih) [Abū 'Eisā said:] There are narrations on this topic from Ibn Mas'ūd, Anas, and Jubair bin Mu'tam. This Hadīth is Ḥasan Sahih.
٢١٨٢ - حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلَانَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ: «انْفَلَقَ الْقَمَرُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ»، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: اشْهَدُوا. وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، وَأَنَسٍ، وَجُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ. وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ.
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It so happened, before the Messenger of Allāh's ﷺ Emigration, that a party of the idolaters who were seated with him ﷺ in Minā, asked him to show them a sign (miracle). So, Allāh, in His Supreme Might and Power, cleft the moon asunder in two. Chapter 54 of the Qur'ān in fact opens with the mention of this miracle. A miracle, by definition, is the demonstration of a Prophet's veracity and of the Supreme Might of Allāh. It would, therefore, be in vain to deny it, and there is absolutely no need for anyone to apologetically explain it or misrepresent it in any way.