Part 36

166 IVlwl lias Been Said Regarding the Creatioll uJAdam

(Ahl AI-Yollleell) and the People of the Left I-land (Ahl AI-

Shill/aaf), and He said , "These arc fo r Paradi se and I do not

ca re, and these arc for the Fire and I do not care."!l)

As for ta king w itnesses aga inst them or makin g the m verbally

acknow ledge His Oneness, this is not me nt ioned ill lhe aut hentic

A/wdeelil. Therefore, to interp ret the Verse in Soorall A/~A 'raof

to be referring to these reports is quest ionab le, as we exp la ined

thcrc,(2) and we men tio ned the Ahadeerh a nd at/war in full

w ith their cha ins of narrat ions and the ir wordi ngs. T he refore,

whoever wo uld li ke to verify the matter shou ld refe r to it there.

As for the hadeelh reported by Imam Ahmad from Ibn 'Abbas

that the Prophet 31ii said, "Allah took the covenant from Adam's

back in Na'maan the Day of' Arafah,(l) and brought fo rth from

his loins all his offspring whom He has crea ted and He scattered

them before Him. He then spoke to them direc tly. He said, 'Am I

not your Lord?' They said: ' Yes! We testify,' lest you shou ld say

on the Day of Res urrecti on, ' Veril y, we we re unaware of th is' ."

(Al-A 'maf 7: 172).(4) This hadeel" has a good: strong chai n of

narratio ns meeting the cri terion of Muslim.

Anas ibn Malik reports that the Prophet ~ sai d, "/\ man fro m

the People orlhe Fire will be asked on the Day of Resurrection,

' Ir YOLI had all that is in the earth, wou ld you ransom yourse lf

with it?' He will say, 'Yes. ' He wi ll say, ' J wanted from you

th at whi ch is easier than tha t. I too k a covenant froll1 you in

( I) Sallee/' : Ahmad (No. 17207).

(2) in hi s Taft·eer.

(3) The printed edition of MII,m adAhll/adstalcs, "NlI'lIlliall, meaning: ' Ara-

fah." Na' maan is the name of a place near 'Arnfah on the path between

Makkah and Ta·ir. cr, Mir'llnl AIMaJlIa/eeh, 112 12,

(4) Sahee": Ahmad (No. 245 1),

Whal lIas Been Said Uegarclillg lite CrealiolJ ojAd(lm 167

the back of Adam to not assoc iate partners wi th Me, ye t YOli

insisted on assoc iating partners with Me." '11 Al-Bu khari and

Mu slim report it via Shu 'bah. m

Imam Ahm ad reports th aI Abu Hura ira h sa id : All ah's

Messe nge r :ti said , "W hen th e son of Adam rec ites a (Verse

of) prost ra tion and prostrates, S'lI an leaves hi m and weeps,

say ing, 'Woe to me, the son of Adam was ordered to prosta te

and has do ne so, so he shall have Pa radi se, whil e I was ordered

to pros tra te bu t I di sobeyed. so I sha ll ha ve the Fi re'.'"!J)

Once Adam was made to dwe ll in Paradi se in whi ch he

dwe lled, regardless or wheth cr it is in th e Hea ven or th e Earth -

as thcre is a di i'fc rell ce o f op inion whic h was ment ioned earli er

- he a nd his wire Hawwa , peace be upon thc m, wo uld cat fro m

it in abundance and rrom whe reve r th ey liked. However, w hen

they a te rrom the tree from wh ich they had been prohi bited,

they wcre stripped or their ga rmcnts nnd sent down to the

Earth. We have also me nti oned the differen t opi nions about th e

place whe re he came down.

Th ey also di sagreed about the length o r tim e Ihat he spe nt

in Pa radi se. On e view is th at it was just part or a day by the

lengt h orl he days or this worl d. And we mentioned the hadeeth

reported by Musli m 011 th e auth ority of Abu '-Iu ra irah Iha t the

Prophe t ~ said. " He c rea ted Ada m 011 the last hour 0 11 the day

or Friday. " (4 )

We al so menti oned the hadeelh th at on tha t day " j-Ie crea ted

(I) Saheeh : Ahm;](1(No. 11~ 80) .

( 2) AI-Bukhari: Book o rlhc Allfldec/ll o rlhc Prophets: Ch. Creation or Adam

'b!.' and I-lis OlTsprin!:\. No. 3334: Muslim, No. 2805.

(3) Sallee": Ahmad (No. 9~20).

(4) ~ Iu s l im: No. 2789.

168 lI'//(// I las fleell Said Regal't/illg fiu: Creatio/l ufAdalll

Adam and o n that day he was sent out fro m there."(1)

The StOlY of Adam's Two Sons: Qabeel (Cain)

Allah -$; sa id , " And recit e to them th e story of the two sons of

Adam in trut h; wlwl1 each offered a sacrifice, it was accepted

fTom the one but not fTom the other. The latter said to th e former,

' I will surely kill you.' Thc former said, 'Veril y, Allah accepts

o nly from those mindful of Him. Ir you do stretch you r hand

agains t me to kill me, 1 sha ll never stretch my hand aga inst

you to kill you, fo r I fcar Allah; th e Lord or the Worlds. Verily,

I intend to let you draw my sin on yourself as we ll as yours,

then you wi ll be one of the dwellers of the Fi re, and that is

the reco mpense of the wrongdoers. Bu t his soul enticed him

to murde r his brothe r; he murdered hi m and became one orlhe

losers. Then Allah sent a crow who scratched up th e ground

to show him how to cover the dead body of his brothe r. He

said: 'Woe to me! Am I not even able to be as this crow and

cover the dead body of my brother?' Then he became one of

the rel110 rsefu I." (A /-/v/ci 'idail 5:27 -31)

Al-Sudd ee has re,pon ed from Ibn ' Abbas, Ibn Mas'ood, and

a gro up of the Compan ions thaI Adam wou ld marry off the

ma le offspring of every pregnancy wi th the fema le of another.

Habee l had wa nted to marry the (tw in) sister of Qabeel, and

he was older than Habcel. The sister of J-Iabecl was mo re

beautifu l (than Qabeel 's sisler), so he wanted to keep her fro m

hi s brother.(2) Adam, peace be upon him, ordered him to marry

(2) The vcrsion of this narrntion mentioncd in Taf~eer AI-Tabaree states that the

sister of Qabccl was morc beautiful and so it was he who refllsed to marry

off his sister. What is mentioned here might be a Iypogrnphica\ error.

WIIlII lias Beell Said Regardill}.: Ihe Crealioll ojAdam

her to hi m but he refused. Therefo re, he orde red th em both to

make an olTe rin g while Ada m we nt otT to Makkah to perfO nll

flajj. Upon departure, he req uested the heavens to guard his

SO il S but th ey refused. I-I e as ked the earths and th e mountai ns

but they refu sed, but Qabecl agreed 10 guard the m.

When he had left , they bo th made the ir o fTe ring. I-labecl o fTered

a fat la mb as he was an o\Vner of sheep, while Qabeel made an

onering o f a bu nd le of c rops ta ken from those of his c rops

Ihal we re o f poor qua li ty. A fire came down and consumed the

oITe ring o f I-I abeel but le ft th e o ITerin g of Qabee l. He becam e

angry and said , " I w ill ki ll you so tha t you cannot marry my

sister." He responded, "A ll ah only accepts from th ose mindful

Whe n he threa te ned to kill him , he sa id, " I f you do stretch

your hand against me to kill me , I shall neve r stretch my hand

against you to kill YOll, for I fe'lf A lI ah; the Lord of the Worlds:'

T his indicates hi s good c haracter and his fe ar of Allah , Most

Hi gh. He refrained from responding to his brothe r \V il h an ev il

li ke th e one he int ended. T his is as has been reported in the t\Vo

Sa/wells that A lla h's Messe nger ~ said , "When two Muslim s

meet one another w it h their swords, then both the ki ll er and the

ki ll ed a rc in th e fire." T hey sa id, " 0 Messenger of A ll ah , one

was a killer, bu t what of th e Olle killed?" J-Ie replied, " I-Ie was

kee n to ki ll hi s co mpa ni on."f!)

He sa id , ( " Veri ly, I intend to let you dra w my sin on yourself

as well as yours, the n you w ill be one of the dwe ll ev s or the

firc. and th at is thc rccompc usc of th e Za/illlooll . (A/~ M(f 'idall

5:29)" ) meani ng, I want YO ll to bea r lh e sin o f ki ll ing l11 e <l long

w ith yo ur past sin s be fore tha I. Th is was sta led by Mujahid , A I~

Suddi, ibn Jarecr, and olhe rs.

(1) At· Bukhari (No. 31). Musli m (No. 2888).

170 IVlwl lIas Beell Said Regardillg Ihe Cr eatioll of Adall1

It does no t mean that th e sin s o ra person kill ed pass on to the

kil ler simpl y by virt ue o f hi s ki ll ing him as some people might

und erstand . Ibn Ja recr has c ited 11 consenslls tha t thi s is not the

As fo r th e hadeeth quoted by sOllle who ha ve no know ledge

from the Prophe t ,~ that he sa id, ''The kill er has nol le l1 the

killed with a s in." (I) il is withou t bas is, and it is not known in