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3367. Abū Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "When Allāh created Ādam, He breathed the soul into him, then he sneezed and said: 'All praise is due to Allāh.' So he praised Allāh by His permission. Then his Lord said to him: 'May Allāh have mercy upon you O Ādam. Go to those angels – to that gathering of them sitting – so say: "As-Salāmu 'Alaikum"'" They replied: 'Wa 'Alaikas-Salāmu, Wa Rahmatullāh' Then he returned to his Lord, He said: 'This is your greeting and the greeting of your children among each other.' Then Allāh said to him – while His Two Hands were closed – 'Choose which of them you wish.' He said: 'I chose the right My Lord and both of the Hands of my Lord are right, blessed.' Then He extended it, and there was Ādam and his offspring in it.' So he said: 'What are these
O my Lord?' He said: 'These are your offspring?' Each one of them had his age written between his eyes. But among them there was a man who was the most illuminating of them – or among the most illuminating of them. He said: 'O Lord! Who is this?' He said: 'This is your son Dāwud, I wrote forty years for him.' He said: 'O Lord! Add to his age.' He said: 'That is what I have written for him.' He said: 'O Lord! Give him sixty of my years.' He said: 'So you shall have it.'" He said: "Then, he resided in Paradise as long as Allāh willed, then he was cast from it, so Ādam was counting for himself." He said: "So the Angel of death came to him, and Ādam said to him: 'You are hasty, one-thousand years were written for me.' He said: 'Of course! But you gave sixty years to your son Dāwud.' So he rejected, and his offspring rejected, and he forgot, and his offspring forgot." He said: "So ever since that day, what is written and witnessed has been decreed." (Hasan)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Ḥasan Gharīb from this route. It has been reported through other routes from Abū Hurairah from the Prophet ﷺ. [Through the narration of Zaid bin Aslam, from Abū Sālih, from Abū Hurairah from the Prophet ﷺ].
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Commentary
To know the condition, shape and nature of Allāh's Hands is impossible for us. This Hadīth tells us that the practice of greeting with 'Assalāmu Alaikum' among the children of Ādam was taught since the creation of Ādam ; also saying 'Al-Hamdu Lillāh' (praise be to Allāh) after sneezing and the answer to it by other person with 'Yarhamuk-Allāh' (may Allāh be merciful to you) were taught at the same time. Saying something and then to forget it and deny it is human nature, therefore it is commanded to write it down and to make witness for one's own safety.
