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(3). 3076. Abū Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "When Allāh created Ādam He wiped his back and every person that He created among his offspring until the Day of Resurrection fell out of his back. He placed a ray of light between the eyes of every person. Then He showed them to Ādam and he said: 'O Lord! Who are these people?' He said: 'These are your offspring.' He saw one of them whose ray between his eyes amazed him, so he said: 'O Lord! Who is this?' He said: 'This is a man from the latter nations of your offspring called Dāwud.' He said: 'Lord! How long did You make his lifespan?' He said: 'Sixty years.' He said: 'O Lord! Add forty years from my life, to his.' So at the end of Ādam's life the Angel of death came to him, and he said: 'Do I not have forty years remaining?' He said: 'Did you not give them to your son Dāwud?'" He said: "Ādam denied, so his offspring denied, and Ādam forgot and his offspring forgot, and Ādam sinned, so his offspring sinned." (Hasan)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Ṣaḥīḥ. It has been reported through other routes from Abū Hurairah from the Prophet ﷺ.
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Commentary
The meaning of this Hadīth is that a person sometimes commits some acts unknowingly and unintentionally, which has nothing to do with his intention and perception; these matters are part of human nature and origin because of his being the offspring of Ādam. Doing something forgetfully, making a
mistake unknowingly or denial of something is a result of this human nature.
