• Abū Hurayrah narrated: *❝Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ said: “When Allāh completed the creation, He wrote in His Book which is with Him above His Throne: ‘My Mercy overpowers My Anger.’”❞* عَنْ أبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، قالَ: «لَمّا خَلَقَ اللهُ الخَلْقَ، كَتَبَ فِي كِتابِهِ، فَهُوَ عِنْدَهُ فَوْقَ العَرْشِ: إنَّ رَحْمَتِي تَغْلِبُ غَضَبِي» 📚 (Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2852, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3201) • Abū Hurayrah narrated: *❝Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ said: “If somebody gives in charity something equal to a date from his honestly earned money, and nothing ascends to Allāh except good, then Allāh will take it in His Right (Hand) and bring it up for its owner as anyone of you brings up a baby horse, till it becomes like a mountain. Nothing ascends to Allāh except good.”❞* أبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قالَ: قالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «مَن تَصَدَّقَ بِعَدْلِ تَمْرَةٍ مِن كَسْبٍ طَيِّبٍ، ولاَ يَصْعَدُ إلى اللَّهِ إلّا الطَّيِّبُ، فَإنَّ اللَّهَ يَتَقَبَّلُها بِيَمِينِهِ، ثُمَّ يُرَبِّيها لِصاحِبِهِ، كَما يُرَبِّي أحَدُكُمْ فُلُوَّهُ، حَتّى تَكُونَ مِثْلَ الجَبَلِ» ورَواهُ ورْقاءُ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينارٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ يَسارٍ، عَنْ أبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ: «ولاَ يَصْعَدُ إلى اللَّهِ إلّا الطَّيِّبُ» 📚 (Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 7426) • Abū Hurayrah narrated: *❝The Prophet ﷺ said: “Angels keep on descending from and ascending to the Heaven in turn, some at night and some by daytime, and all of them assemble together at the time of the Fajr and ʿAṣr prayers. Then those who have stayed with you over-night, ascend up towards him (Allāh) Who asks them, and He knows the answer better than they: ‘How have you left My slaves?’ They reply: ‘We have left them praying as we found them praying.’”❞* أبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قالَ: قالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: «المَلاَئِكَةُ يَتَعاقَبُونَ مَلاَئِكَةٌ بِاللَّيْلِ، ومَلاَئِكَةٌ بِالنَّهارِ، ويَجْتَمِعُونَ فِي صَلاَةِ الفَجْرِ، وصَلاَةِ العَصْرِ، ثُمَّ يَعْرُجُ إلَيْهِ الَّذِينَ باتُوا فِيكُمْ، فَيَسْألُهُمْ وهُوَ أعْلَمُ، فَيَقُولُ: كَيْفَ تَرَكْتُمْ عِبادِي، فَيَقُولُونَ: تَرَكْناهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ، وأتَيْناهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ» 📚 (Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 7425) • Abū Mūsā al-Ashʾarī reported: *❝The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ was standing amongst us and he told us five things. He said: “Verily the Exalted and Mighty God does not sleep, and it does not befit Him to sleep. He lowers the scale and lifts it. The deeds in the night are taken up to Him before the deeds of the day, and the deeds of the day before the deeds of the night. His veil is the light. If he were to remove it (the veil), the splendour of His face would consume His creation so far as His sight reaches.”❞* أَبِي مُوسَى، قَالَ قَامَ فِينَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِخَمْسِ كَلِمَاتٍ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لاَ يَنَامُ وَلاَ يَنْبَغِي لَهُ أَنْ يَنَامَ يَخْفِضُ الْقِسْطَ وَيَرْفَعُهُ يُرْفَعُ إِلَيْهِ عَمَلُ اللَّيْلِ قَبْلَ عَمَلِ النَّهَارِ وَعَمَلُ النَّهَارِ قَبْلَ عَمَلِ اللَّيْلِ حِجَابُهُ النُّورُ لَوْ كَشَفَهُ لأَحْرَقَتْ سُبُحَاتُ وَجْهِهِ مَا انْتَهَى إِلَيْهِ بَصَرُهُ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ 📚 (Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 170) • ʿĀmir Ibn Saʾd narrated from his father that: *❝Saʾd passed a judgement concerning the Banū Qurayẓah, that every one upon whom Mūsā’s image fell (i.e. the Jews) should be killed, and their children should be taken as captives, and their wealth should be distributed. This was mentioned to the Prophet ﷺ, and he said: “You passed judgement upon them with the judgement of Allāh, who passed judgement above the seven heavens.”❞* عامِرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ أبِيهِ، أنَّ سَعْدًا، حَكَمَ عَلى بَنِي قُرَيْظَةَ أنْ يُقْتَلَ مِنهُمْ كُلُّ مَن جَرَتْ عَلَيْهِ المُوسى، وأنْ تُسْبى ذَرارِيُّهُمْ، وأنْ تُقْسَمَ أمْوالُهُمْ، فَذُكِرَ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقالَ: «حَكَمْتَ فِيهِمْ بِحُكْمِ اللهِ الَّذِي حَكَمَ بِهِ فَوْقَ سَبْعِ سَمَواتٍ» 📚 (Sunan al-Kubrā 6117 by al-Nasāʾī) • ʿAbbās Ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib narrated: *❝The Prophet ﷺ said: “Do you know the distance between Heaven and Earth? They (the Saḥābah) replied: “We do not know.” He then said: “The distance between them is seventy-one, seventy-two, or seventy-three years. The heaven which is above it is at a similar distance (going on till he counted seven heavens). Above the seventh heaven there is a sea, the distance between whose surface and bottom is like that between one heaven and the next. Above that there are eight mountain goats whose hoofs and haunches are like the distance between one heaven and the next. Then Allāh, the Blessed and the Exalted, is above that.”❞* «هَلْ تَدْرُونَ ما بُعْدُ ما بَيْنَ السَّماءِ والأرْضِ؟» قالُوا: لا نَدْرِي، قالَ: «إنَّ بُعْدَ ما بَيْنَهُما إمّا واحِدَةٌ أوِ اثْنَتانِ أوْ ثَلاثٌ وسَبْعُونَ سَنَةً، ثُمَّ السَّماءُ فَوْقَها كَذَلِكَ» حَتّى عَدَّ سَبْعَ سَماواتٍ «ثُمَّ فَوْقَ السّابِعَةِ بَحْرٌ بَيْنَ أسْفَلِهِ وأعْلاهُ مِثْلُ ما بَيْنَ سَماءٍ إلى سَماءٍ، ثُمَّ فَوْقَ ذَلِكَ ثَمانِيَةُ أوْعالٍ بَيْنَ أظْلافِهِمْ ورُكَبِهِمْ مِثْلُ ما بَيْنَ سَماءٍ إلى سَماءٍ، ثُمَّ عَلى ظُهُورِهِمُ العَرْشُ ما بَيْنَ أسْفَلِهِ وأعْلاهُ مِثْلُ ما بَيْنَ سَماءٍ إلى سَماءٍ، ثُمَّ اللَّهُ تَبارَكَ وتَعالى فَوْقَ ذَلِكَ» 📚 (Sunan Abī Dāwud 4642, Sunan al-Tirmidhī 3630) • Jābir Ibn ʿAbdullāh narrated: *❝They (the audience) said: “We will bear witness that you have conveyed [the message], discharged and given wise counsel.” He (the Prophet ﷺ) then raised his forefinger towards the sky and pointing it at the people (said): “O Allāh, bear witness. O Allāh, bear witness”, saying it thrice.❞* قالُوا: نَشْهَدُ أنَّكَ قَدْ بَلَّغْتَ وأدَّيْتَ ونَصَحْتَ، فَقالَ: بِإصْبَعِهِ السَّبّابَةِ، يَرْفَعُها إلى السَّماءِ ويَنْكُتُها إلى النّاسِ «اللهُمَّ، اشْهَدْ، اللهُمَّ، اشْهَدْ» ثَلاثَ مَرّاتٍ 📚 (Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1231) • Jābir Ibn ʿAbdullāh narrated: *❝The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “While the people of paradise are enjoying their blessings, a light will shine upon them, and they will raise their heads, and they will see their Lord looking upon them from above. He will say: ‘Peace be upon you, O people of paradise.’ This is what Allāh says in the ayah: {Salām - a Word from the Lord (Allah), The Most Merciful}. He will look at them, and they will look at Him, and they will not pay any attention to the delights [of paradise] so long as they look at Him, until He will screen Himself from them. But His light and blessing will remain with them in their bodies.”❞* جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ بَيْنَا أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ فِي نَعِيمِهِمْ إِذْ سَطَعَ لَهُمْ نُورٌ فَرَفَعُوا رُءُوسَهُمْ فَإِذَا الرَّبُّ قَدْ أَشْرَفَ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ فَوْقِهِمْ فَقَالَ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ يَا أَهْلَ الْجَنَّةِ . قَالَ وَذَلِكَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ {سَلاَمٌ قَوْلاً مِنْ رَبٍّ رَحِيمٍ} قَالَ فَيَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِمْ وَيَنْظُرُونَ إِلَيْهِ فَلاَ يَلْتَفِتُونَ إِلَى شَىْءٍ مِنَ النَّعِيمِ مَا دَامُوا يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَيْهِ حَتَّى يَحْتَجِبَ عَنْهُمْ وَيَبْقَى نُورُهُ وَبَرَكَتُهُ عَلَيْهِمْ فِي دِيَارِهِمْ 📚 (Sunan Ibn Mājah 183)
• Muḥammad Ibn Jubayr Ibn Muṭʾim said from his father on the authority of his grandfather: *❝The Prophet ﷺ said: “A Bedouin came to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh, our souls are tired, our families are lost, our wealth is depleted, and our livestock have perished. So, ask Allāh for rain for us, for we seek intercession with you before Allāh, and we seek intercession with Allāh through you.’ The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: ‘Woe to you! Do you know what you are saying?’ Then the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ glorified Allāh, and he continued to do so until it was recognized in the faces of his companions. Then he said: ‘Woe to you! No one should seek intercession with Allāh for anyone from His creation; the affairs of Allah are greater than that. Woe to you! Do you know who Allāh is? Indeed, His Throne is above His heavens like this’, and he gestured with his fingers resembling a dome over him, ‘and indeed, He creaks it as one would creak a saddle with a rider.’”* أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ 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 ﷺ: «وَيْحَكَ أَتَدْرِي مَا تَقُولُ؟» وَسَبَّحَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ، 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» *Ibn Bashār said in his narration: “Indeed, Allāh is above His Throne, and His Throne is above His heavens.” This ḥadīth was transmitted by Aḥmad Ibn Saʾīd with a sound chain of transmission, and a group of scholars agreed with him, including Yaḥyā Ibn Maʾīn and ʿAlī Ibn al-Madīnī. It was narrated by a group from Ibn Isḥāq, as Aḥmad also mentioned. Moreover, the hearing of ʿAbd al-Aʾlā, Ibn al-Muthannā, and Ibn Bashār came from a single manuscript to the best of my knowledge.”❞* 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 📚 (Sunan Abī Dāwud 4625) • Abū Razīn narrated: *❝I said: “O Messenger of Allāh, where was our Lord before He created His creation?” He said: “He was above the clouds, below which was air, and above which was air and water. Then He created His Throne above the water.”❞* أَبِي رَزِينٍ، قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيْنَ كَانَ رَبُّنَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ خَلْقَهُ قَالَ كَانَ فِي عَمَاءٍ مَا تَحْتَهُ هَوَاءٌ وَمَا فَوْقَهُ هَوَاءٌ ثُمَّ خَلَقَ الْعَرْشَ عَلَى الْمَاءِ 📚 (Sunan Ibn Mājah 181) • Salmān al-Fārsī narrated: *❝The Prophet ﷺ said: “Your Lord is munificent and generous, and is ashamed to turn away when his servant raises his hands up towards Him.”❞* سَلْمانَ، قالَ: قالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «إنَّ رَبَّكُمْ تَبارَكَ وتَعالى حَيِيٌّ كَرِيمٌ، يَسْتَحْيِي مِن عَبْدِهِ إذا رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ إلَيْهِ، أنْ يَرُدَّهُما صِفْرًا» 📚 (Sunan Abū Dāwud 1481) • Usāmah Ibn Zayd narrated: *❝The Prophet ﷺ said regarding Shaʾbān: “That is a month that people neglect between Rajab and Ramaḍān, and it is a month in which deeds are raised up towards the Lord of the worlds.”❞* ذاكَ شَهْرٌ يَغْفُلُ النّاسُ عَنْهُ بَيْنَ رَجَبٍ ورَمَضانَ، وهُوَ شَهْرٌ تُرْفَعُ فِيهِ الأعْمالُ إلى رَبِّ العالَمِينَ 📚 (Musnad al-Imām Aḥmad 21753) • Mūsā Ibn Hārūn narrated: *❝ʿAmr Ibn Ḥammād narrated to us, saying: Asbāṭ narrated to us from al-Suddī, regarding a report he mentioned from Abū Mālik, and from Abū Ṣāliḥ, from Ibn ʿAbbās, from Murrah, from Ibn Masʾūd, and from some companions of the Prophet ﷺ: “When Allāh finished creating what He willed, He ascended over the Throne, and He placed Iblis over the dominion of the heavens of the world. He was from a group of the angels called the Jinn, so named because they are hidden, and they were assigned as the keepers of Paradise. Iblīs, with his dominion, was also a treasurer. However, arrogance developed in his heart, and he said: ‘Allāh has only given me this for a specific advantage.’”❞* حَدَّثَنِي بِهِ، مُوسَى بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ حَمَّادٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَسْبَاطٌ، عَنِ السُّدِّيِّ، فِي خَبَرٍ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِي مَالِكٍ، وَعَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، وَعَنْ مُرَّةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، وَعَنْ نَاسٍ، مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ: «لَمَّا فَرَغَ اللَّهُ مِنْ خَلْقِ مَا أَحَبَّ، اسْتَوَى عَلَى الْعَرْشِ فَجَعَلَ إِبْلِيسُ عَلَى مُلْكِ سَمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا، وَكَانَ مِنْ قَبِيلَةٍ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ يُقَالُ لَهُمُ الْجِنُّ؛ وَإِنَّمَا سُمُّوا الْجِنَّ لِأَنَّهُمْ خُزَّانُ الْجَنَّةِ. وَكَانَ إِبْلِيسُ مَعَ مُلْكِهِ خَازِنًا، فَوَقَعَ فِي صَدْرِهِ كِبْرٌ وَقَالَ: مَا أَعْطَانِي اللَّهُ هَذَا إِلَّا لِمَزِيَّةٍ لِي، 📚 (Tafsīr al-Ṭabarī 1/486)
• Abū Juray Jābir narrated: *❝I travelled to seek knowledge, and when I came to Makkah for this purpose, I found the Prophet ﷺ sitting. I greeted him, saying: “Peace be upon you, O Messenger of Allāh,” and he responded: “And upon you.” I said: “We, the people of the Bedouin, are rough. Teach me something that Allāh will benefit me with.” He said: “Fear Allāh, and do not belittle any act of goodness, even if it is as little as giving half a date. Beware of extravagance in clothes, as it is a form of arrogance, and Allāh does not like arrogance.” A man asked: “O Messenger of Allāh, you mentioned avoiding extravagance in clothes. What if there is an injury or something shameful on the leg of a person?” The Prophet replied: “No harm in wearing the garment halfway down the shin or to the ankles. A man from those before you wore a Burdah (a garment) and arrogantly trailed it behind him. Allāh looked at him from above His Throne and disapproved of him. He ordered the earth, and it swallowed him up. So, beware of Allāh’s disapproval.’”❞* قَالَ أَبُو جُرَيٍّ جَابِرٌ: رَكِبْتُ قَعُودًا لِي، فَأَتَيْتُ مَكَّةَ فِي طَلَبِهِ، فَإِذَا هُوَ جَالِسٌ ﷺ، فَقُلْتُ: السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، فَقَالَ: «وَعَلَيْكَ» قُلْتُ: إِنَّا مَعْشَرَ أَهْلِ الْبَادِيَةِ قَوْمٌ مِنَّا الْجَفَاءُ، فَعَلِّمْنِي كَلَامًا يَنْفَعُنِي اللهُ بِهِ؟ قَالَ: «اتَّقِ اللهَ، وَلَا تَحْقِرَنَّ مِنَ الْمَعْرُوفِ أَوِ الْخَيْرِ شَيْئًا، وَإِيَّاكَ وَإِسْبَالَ الْإِزَارِ فَإِنَّهُ مِنَ الْمَخِيلَةِ، وَإِنَّ اللهَ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُخْتَالَ»، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، ذَكَرْتَ إِسْبَالَ الْإِزَارِ، وَقَدْ يَكُونُ بِسَاقِ الرَّجُلِ الْقُرَحُ أَوِ الشَّيْءُ يَسْتَحِيِي مِنْهُ؟ فَقَالَ: «لَا بَأْسَ إِلَى نِصْفِ السَّاقِ، أَوْ إِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِ، إِنَّ رَجُلًا مِمَّنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ لَبِسَ بُرْدَةً فَتَبَخْتَرَ فِيهَا، فَنَظَرَ اللهُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ فَوْقِ عَرْشِهِ، فَمَقَتَهُ، فَأَمَرَ الْأَرْضَ فَأَخَذْتُهُ، فَهُوَ يَتَجَلْجَلُ بَيْنَ الْأَرْضِ، فَاحْذَرُوا مَقْتَ اللهِ» 📚 (Muʾjam al-Ṭabarānī al-Kabīr 6384) • ʿAbdullāh Ibn Masʾūd narrated: *❝Oh Messenger of Allāh, why did you smile and raise your head towards the sky? He replied: “I was astonished by two angels coming down from heaven seeking a believing slave in his place of prayer, and he was praying there, but they did not find him. So they ascended up towards Allāh and said: ‘O Lord, your servant so-and-so. We used to write for him deeds on such and such a day and night…’”❞* يا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بِمَ تَبَسَّمْتَ فَرَفَعْتَ رَأْسَكَ إلى السَّماءِ قالَ: «عَجِبْتُ مِن مَلَكَيْنِ نَزَلا مِنَ السَّماءِ يَلْتَمِسانِ عَبْدًا مُؤْمِنًا فِي مُصَلّاهُ كانَ يُصَلِّي فِيهِ فَلَمْ يَجِداهُ فِيهِ فَعَرَجا إلى اللَّهِ فَقالا: يا رَبِّ عَبْدُكَ فُلانٌ كُنّا نَكْتُبُ لَهُ مِنَ العَمَلِ فِي يَوْمٍ ولَيْلَةٍ كَذا وكَذا 📚 (Al-Marḍ al-Kafārāt p. 74-75 by Ibn Abī Dunyā) • Muʾāwīyah Ibn al-Ḥakam after slapping his slave girl said: *❝I came to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and felt (this act of mine) as something grievous I said: ‘Messenger of Allāh , should I not grant her freedom?’ He (the Prophet ﷺ) said: ‘Bring her to me.’ So I brought her to him. He said to her: ‘Where is Allāh?’ She said: ‘Above (fī al-samāʾ).’ He said: ‘Who am I?’ She said: You are the Messenger of Allāh. He said: Grant her freedom, she is a believing woman.”❞* فَأتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَعَظَّمَ ذَلِكَ عَلَيَّ، قُلْتُ: يا رَسُولَ اللهِ أفَلا أُعْتِقُها؟ قالَ: «ائْتِنِي بِها» فَأتَيْتُهُ بِها، فَقالَ لَها: «أيْنَ اللهُ؟» قالَتْ: فِي السَّماءِ، قالَ: «مَن أنا؟» قالَتْ: أنْتَ رَسُولُ اللهِ، قالَ: «أعْتِقْها، فَإنَّها مُؤْمِنَةٌ» 📚 (Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 527) • Abū Saʾīd al-Khudrī narrated: *❝ʿAlī Ibn Abī Ṭālib sent a piece of gold not yet taken out of its ore, in a tanned leather container to Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ. Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ distributed that amongst four Persons: ʿUyaynah Ibn Badr, Aqraʾ Ibn Ḥābis, Zayd al-Khayl and the fourth was either ʿAlqamah or ʿĀmir Ibn al-Ṭufayl. On that, one of his companions said: “We are more deserving of this (gold) than these (persons).” When that news reached the Prophets ﷺ, he said: “Don't you trust me though I am the truth worthy man of the One above (fī al-samāʾ), and I receive the news of Heaven both in the morning and in the evening?”❞* أبا سَعِيدٍ الخُدْرِيَّ، يَقُولُ: بَعَثَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أبِي طالِبٍ إلى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنَ اليَمَنِ بِذُهَيْبَةٍ فِي أدِيمٍ مَقْرُوظٍ، لَمْ تُحَصَّلْ مِن تُرابِها، قالَ: فَقَسَمَها بَيْنَ أرْبَعَةِ نَفَرٍ، بَيْنَ عُيَيْنَةَ بْنِ بَدْرٍ، وأقْرَعَ بْنِ حابِسٍ، وزَيْدِ الخَيْلِ، والرّابِعُ: إمّا عَلْقَمَةُ وإمّا عامِرُ بْنُ الطُّفَيْلِ، فَقالَ رَجُلٌ مِن أصْحابِهِ: كُنّا نَحْنُ أحَقَّ بِهَذا مِن هَؤُلاَءِ، قالَ: فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقالَ: «ألاَ تَأْمَنُونِي وأنا أمِينُ مَن فِي السَّماءِ، يَأْتِينِي خَبَرُ السَّماءِ صَباحًا ومَساءً» 📚 (Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4333, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1064) • Abū Dardāʾ narrated: *❝I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: “If any of you is suffering from anything or his brother is suffering, he should say: Our Lord is Allāh who is above (fī al-samāʾ), holy is your name, your command reigns supreme in the heaven and the earth.”❞* عَنْ أبِي الدَّرْداءِ، قالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: «مَن اشْتَكى مِنكُمْ شَيْئًا، أوْ اشْتَكاهُ أخٌ لَهُ فَلْيَقُلْ رَبَّنا اللَّهُ الَّذِي فِي السَّماءِ، تَقَدَّسَ اسْمُكَ، أمْرُكَ فِي السَّماءِ والأرْضِ 📚 (Sunan Abī Dāwud 3844) • ʿAbdullāh Ibn ʿAmr narrated: *❝The Prophet ﷺ said: “The merciful are shown mercy by al-Raḥman. Be merciful on the earth, and you will be shown mercy from who is above (fī al-samāʾ).”❞* عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قالَ: قالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: الرّاحِمُونَ يَرْحَمُهُمُ الرَّحْمَنُ، ارْحَمُوا مَن فِي الأرْضِ يَرْحَمْكُمْ مَن فِي السَّماءِ 📚 (Sunan al-Tirmidhī 2049) • Abū Hurayrah narrated: *❝The Prophet ﷺ said: “When Ibrāhīm was thrown in the fire he said: ‘Allāh, you are the one above (fī al-samāʾ), and I am the one on earth, I worship you.’”❞* أبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قالَ: قالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «لَمّا أُلْقِيَ إبْراهِيمُ فِي النّارِ قالَ: اللَّهُمَّ إنَّكَ فِي السَّماءِ واحِدٌ، وأنا فِي الأرْضِ واحِدٌ أعْبُدُكَ» 📚 (Al-Radd ʿAlā al-Jahmīyyah 75)
• ʿImrān Ibn Ḥuṣayn narrated: *❝The Prophet ﷺ said to my father: “‘O Ḥuṣayn, how many deities do you worship now?‘ He said: ‘Seven. Six in the earth, and one above (fī al-samāʾ).’ He said: ‘So which of them do you take for your ardent requests and fears?’ He said: ‘The one above (fī al-samāʾ).’ He said: ‘O Ḥuṣayn, if you would but accept Islām, I would teach you two phrases that would benefit you.’” He said: “So when Ḥuṣayn accepted Islām, he said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh, teach me the two phrases you promised me.’ So he ﷺ said: ‘Say: O Allāh, inspire me with my guidance, and protect me from the evil of my soul.’”❞* عِمْرانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ، قالَ: قالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لأبِي: يا حُصَيْنُ كَمْ تَعْبُدُ اليَوْمَ إلَهًا؟ قالَ أبِي: سَبْعَةً سِتَّةً فِي الأرْضِ وواحِدًا فِي السَّماءِ. قالَ: فَأيُّهُمْ تَعُدُّ لِرَغْبَتِكَ ورَهْبَتِكَ؟ قالَ: الَّذِي فِي السَّماءِ. قالَ: يا حُصَيْنُ أما إنَّكَ لَوْ أسْلَمْتَ عَلَّمْتُكَ كَلِمَتَيْنِ تَنْفَعانِكَ. قالَ: فَلَمّا أسْلَمَ حُصَيْنٌ قالَ: يا رَسُولَ اللهِ عَلِّمْنِيَ الكَلِمَتَيْنِ اللَّتَيْنِ وعَدْتَنِي، فَقالَ: قُلْ: اللَّهُمَّ ألْهِمْنِي رُشْدِي، وأعِذْنِي مِن شَرِّ نَفْسِي. 📚 (Sunan al-Tirmidhī 3809) • Abū Hurayrah narrated: *❝The Prophet ﷺ said: “Angels come to the dying person, and if the man was righteous, they say: ‘Come out, O good soul that was in a good body, come out praiseworthy and receive glad tidings of mercy and fragrance and a Lord Who is not angry.’ And this is repeated until it comes out, then it is taken up to heaven, and it is opened for it, and it is asked: ‘Who is this?’ They say: ‘So-and-so.’ It is said: ‘Welcome to the good soul that was in a good body. Enter praiseworthy and receive the glad tidings of mercy and fragrance and a Lord Who is not angry.’ And this is repeated until it is brought to the above, where Allāh is.”❞* أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ :الْمَيِّتُ تَحْضُرُهُ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ فَإِذَا كَانَ الرَّجُلُ صَالِحًا قَالُوا: اخْرُجِي أَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الطَّيِّبَةُ كَانَتْ فِي الْجَسَدِ الطَّيِّبِ اخْرُجِي حَمِيدَةً وَأَبْشِرِي بِرَوْحٍ وَرَيْحَانٍ وَرَبٍّ غَيْرِ غَضْبَانَ فَلاَ يَزَالُ يُقَالُ لَهَا ذَلِكَ حَتَّى تَخْرُجَ ثُمَّ يُعْرَجُ بِهَا إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَيُفْتَحُ لَهَا فَيُقَالُ : مَنْ هَذَا فَيَقُولُونَ: فُلاَنٌ. فَيُقَالُ: مَرْحَبًا بِالنَّفْسِ الطَّيِّبَةِ، كَانَتْ فِي الْجَسَدِ الطَّيِّبِ ادْخُلِي حَمِيدَةً، وَأَبْشِرِي بِرَوْحٍ وَرَيْحَانٍ وَرَبٍّ غَيْرِ غَضْبَانَ. فَلاَ يَزَالُ يُقَالُ لَهَا ذَلِكَ حَتَّى يُنْتَهَى بِهَا إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الَّتِي فِيهَا اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ 📚 (Sunan Ibn Mājah 4296) • Abū Hurayrah narrated: *❝The Prophet ﷺ said: “By the one whom my life is in his hand, when a man calls his wife to his bed, and she does not respond, the One Who is above (fī al-samāʾ) is displeased with her until he (her husband) is pleased with her.”❞* أبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قالَ: قالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: «والَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ، ما مِن رَجُلٍ يَدْعُو امْرَأتَهُ إلى فِراشِها، فَتَأْبى عَلَيْهِ، إلّا كانَ الَّذِي فِي السَّماءِ ساخِطًا عَلَيْها حَتّى يَرْضى عَنْها» 📚 (Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1458) • ʿAbdullāh Ibn ʿAbbās narrated: *❝When the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ was taken on the Night Journey (Isrāʾ) and Ascension (Miʾrāj), a pleasant fragrance was detected. He asked, “O Jibrīl, what is this fragrance?” Jibrīl replied: “This is the fragrance of the hairdresser of the daughter of Pharaoh and her children. She was combing their hair, and the comb fell from her hand. She said: ‘In the name of Allāh.’ Her daughter asked: ‘My father?’ She replied: ‘No, He is your Lord and the Lord of your father.’ The daughter then asked, ‘Shall I inform my father of this?’ She replied: ‘Yes.’” So, the Pharaoh sent for her and said: “Who is your Lord? Do you have a lord other than me?” She said: “My Lord and your Lord is the One who is above (fī al-samāʾ).”❞* ابْنِ عَبّاسٍ أنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَمّا أُسْرِيَ بِهِ مَرَّتْ رائِحَةٌ طَيِّبَةٌ، فَقالَ: «يا جِبْرِيلُ ما هَذِهِ الرّائِحَةُ؟»، فَقالَ: هَذِهِ رائِحَةُ ماشِطَةِ ابْنَةِ فِرْعَوْنَ وأوْلادِها، كانَتْ تُمَشِّطُها، فَوَقَعَ المُشْطُ مِن يَدِها، فَقالَتْ: بِسْمِ اللَّهِ فَقالَتِ ابْنَتُهُ: أبِي؟ قالَتْ: لا، ولَكِنْ رَبِّي ورَبُّ أبِيكِ اللَّهُ، فَقالَتْ أُخْبِرُ بِذَلِكَ أبِي؟ فَقالَتْ: نَعَمْ، فَأخْبَرَتْهُ، فَدَعا بِها، فَقالَ: مَن رَبُّكِ؟، هَلْ لَكِ رَبٌّ غَيْرِي؟ قالَتْ: رَبِّي ورَبُّكَ الَّذِي فِي السَّماءِ 📚 (Al-Radd ʿAlā al-Jahmīyyah p. 51)
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته Brother you seem to have made a mistake. Sunan Ibn Majah 181 does not speak about where allah was before creation rather 182 does. حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، أَنْبَأَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ عَطَاءٍ، عَنْ وَكِيعِ بْنِ حُدُسٍ، عَنْ عَمِّهِ أَبِي رَزِينٍ، قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيْنَ كَانَ رَبُّنَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ خَلْقَهُ قَالَ " كَانَ فِي عَمَاءٍ مَا تَحْتَهُ هَوَاءٌ وَمَا فَوْقَهُ هَوَاءٌ ثُمَّ خَلَقَ الْعَرْشَ عَلَى الْمَاءِ " . Waki' bin Hudus narrated that his paternal uncle Abu Razin said: "I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, where was our Lord before He created His creation?' He said: He was above the clouds, below which was air, and above which was air and water. Then He created His Throne above the water.'" Sunan Ibn Majah 182 sunnah.com/ibnmajah:182
السَّلامُ عَلَيْكُمْ ورَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وبَرَكاتُهُ I used the print of Dār al-Taʾṣīl which does indeed have that narration at number 181, so my numbering was correct. I posted a screenshot of the scan which you see on my twitter thread here: x.com/ibmsulaymani/status/1802792277812896073 Although there was an editing mistake at 5:02 where I showed the wrong scan for the narration, which I mentioned in the description.
