Part 37

a ny of the boo ks of hadeerh with an authent ic or fa ir cha in of

narrati ons, nor eve n a weak cha in of narrati ons. However, it

mi ght happen in sOlll e cases that on th e Day o f Resurrection , the

ki ll ed one wi ll see k j usti ce fro m hi s kill er and the good deeds

oftlIe ki ll er w ill be insuffic ient to compensa te for thi s inj ust ice.

In that case, the sins of th e ki ll ed one will be transferred to the

kill er, as is estab lished in th e Salteeh concernin g a ll inj usti ces,m

murd er bein g among th e grea test of them, and A llah kn ows

bes t. We have addressed all of thi s in Ta[seer, and to Al lah

be longs all pra ise.

Imam Ahmad, Abu Oawoocl , a nd A t ~ Ti rm i dhi report from

Sa'd ib n Ab i Waqq aas when the lima" be fe ll 'U thman ibn.

'Affaan, Sa'd sai d , " I bear w itness that A lla h's Messenger ~

sa id, ' There sha ll occ ur afill1ah in which the one silt ing is better

th an the one stand ing, the one stand in g will be bellcr th an the

one walking, and th e one walking w ill be belter than th e one

ru nn ing'." He sa id , "What if he enters my house an d stretches

out hi s hand to ki ll me?" He said, "Bc like the son of Adam."(J)

(1 ) It is without basis as the author has mcntioned ill F(/ylll/~Q"dee/" (4/5 06),

Al-iv\unallwi allributcs it to AlIlazzaar in his MII.I"II(/(/ on the aUlhority o f

(2) The aUlhor is referring to the /w(/eelh of 'the bankntpt perso n' reported by

Muslim: lJook: Right ions ofPmyer and Mannerism. Chapter: Impenll is·

sibly ofOppressioll. No. 258 t.

(3) Sallee": Ah mad (No. 16 12) and At· Tinnidhi (No. 2 194) report it fro m

Whal /-las Beell Said Regarding Ihe Creatioll ojAdam 17 1

As fo r the oth er (son), Imam Ahmad report s that Ibn Mas' ood

sai d: Allah 's M esse n ger ~ sa id, "No sou l shall be killed wrongly

except that a shnre of sin for it s blood belongs to the ori ginal

SOil orAdam, lor he was th e first persall to introduce l11urder. "(l)

At Mount Qasiyoon, north of Damascus, there is a cavern

kn own as th e Cavern or Blood wh ich is popularl y believed to

be the place where Qabee l kill ed I-Iabce !. Thi s is so me thing

that the peopl e learn ed frolll the Peopl e o f' the Book, and Alla h

alone knows how tme it is.

A ll ah, Mos t High, snys, ( "Then A ll ah sent a c row who

sera tehcd up th e ground to show him how to cove r the dead

body or hi s brothe r. I-Ie sa id: 'Woe to me! A m In ot eve n able

to be as thi s c row and cover th e dead body o r my brother'!'

Then he became one orl he remorsefu!. " ) (Al-Ma 'idah 5: 3 1)

Some have me ntioned that wh en he kill ed him , he carried

him on hi s bac k ror a yea r, oth ers have said a hundred yea rs.

He rcmained lik e that until Allah sent \wo crows - As-Suddi

report s with hi s isnod to the Compnni ons that they we re

brothe rs - w ho fou ght with one an othe r. On e kill ed th e othe r,

and so he started di gg in g a gra ve for him . I-Ie pushed him

into it , buri cd him , and cove red him up. When he saw him

doin g that, he sa id, "Woc to mc! Am 1 not cve n nb lc to be as

thi s crow a nd cove r the dead body of my brother?" The n he

became one of the rcmorsefu!' So he did as the crow did ; hc

cove red up hi s brothe r by buryin g him .

Mujahid Iw s stat ed that Qabeel rece ived immcdiate

punishm ent the day he killed hi s broth er. Hi s shin became

stu ck to hi s thigh, and his face became pointed towa rd the sun

wherever it went. Thi s wa s an exe mplary punishm ent for him

Sa"d: Abu Dawood (No. 4256) repons it on the authority of Abu Bakrah.

(I) Saheeh: Ahmad (No. 3623).

172 II'II(1 I /fm IJcL'1I Said Ht:gardillg 1i1(' CrC!alioll ojAdam

fo r his sin and for his jealousy of'hi s own fu ll brother.

It is reported in the hadeelll from Allah's Mcssc nge r ~ that

he said, " There is no sin morc fittin g thai A llah sho uld mete

out puni shm cnt for it in advan cc in this world nlong with

what \-I c has stored up for it s pcrpctrator in thc He rca Oer than

tra nsgress ion <lnd severing the tics of kin shi p."

T he meanin g of "S heeth " is: " G ift of A ll a h", I-li s paren ts

named him thu s because they were blessed w ith him after the

'A bdu ll ah Ibn A I-Imam Ahmad reported o n the autho rity or

'Utayy - who was the SOil o r Dhamrah As-Sa ' di - that he said,

'" saw a n old man spea kin g in AI-Mad inah a nd I asked about

him and they said, 'Th is is Ubayy Ibn Ka'b -#0.' I-I e (Ubayy)

said, "W hen death approac hed Adam ~ , he sai d to hi s so ns,

"0. my sons ! I long ror the rrui ts orParad ise." So Ihey went out

to search for somethin g ror him. Whil e they we re searchi ng,

they were m el by the angels, who had with the m Adam's

shrouds, emba lming fluid and di ggi ng tools rrom A llah, rrom

174 Aiel/riOIl of rlie Delilli of Adam alld !-lis A(iI'ice fo I-!i.\'

Paradi se. T hey sa id , " 0, sons of Adam! what cia YO ll intend

and w hat is it that yo u sec k?" T hcy answered, "Our f~lI h er is

il1 , nnd he longs for the fruit s of Paradi se." T he a nge ls sai d ,

" Return , for the time has come for your fath er to die." So they

nil ca me and Eve recogni zed them. She clung to A dam ~

and he sa id , HLeave me! Fo r I surely came be fo rc you. Let

mc be alone w ith the angel s of my Lo rd , the Mos t Glorified ,

Most H igh." Then they lOok out h is so ul , gave hi s body a bath ,

s hro ud ed the body, emba lm ed it and dug a grave fo r him and

offered h is fu nera l prayer and lowered hi m in the g nwe and

closed the grave over hi m with ea rt h. Then they sai d, " 0, sons

of Adam! T his is 10 be you r tradi tion. " It s iSllad is authenti c. t l)

Ibn ' Asakir narrated on the au thority of ' A bdu ll ah Ibn 'A bbas

~ that the Messenger of A llah ~ said, " The a nge ls said,

"Allahu Akbar (Allah is Grea test)" over Ad am ~ fo ur ti mes;

ancl A bu Bakl' sa id. '"Allallll Akbar" over Fati mah four times;

and ' Umar said, "Alla!w Akbar" four times over Abu Bakr; and

Suhaib said , "A llallll Akbar" four time s o ver 'U ma r." (2) Ibn

'Asak ir snid , " It was a lso narra ted by ot hers on th e au thori ty

of Maimoo n, who reported it o n the authority of' Abdu ll ah Ibn

Scho lars have offe red different opi ni on s as to where he was

buri ed ; T he most favored op inion is that Adam ~ was buried

ncar mounta in in India w he re he had descended [rom Parad ise.

It was also said that he was buried near Mount Qubai s in

Makkah. A nd it was said that when it was th e ti me of the Great

Flood, Noah carri ed the bod ies of Adam and Eve in a caske t and

( I) Narrated by Ahmad in hi s MlI,w od (20734).

(2) Narrated by Ibn 'Asakir in a II/mfou' ronn (7/458) it contains in its iSliad

onc Muhammad Ibn Ziyad AlYashkuri, who used to rabricate almdeel".

It was also narrated by At-Hakim in AI-MII.J/adrak, but according to Adh-

Dhahabi and Ad-Daraqutni. its iSllad also contains unacceptable narrators.

Melltiull of the Death a/Adam (lmillis Adllicc /() His 175

buried the m in Bail AIMaqdis (Jeru sa le m). T hi s W,IS relat ed

by Ibn Ja rce r At-Taba ri . They also di sagreed regarding hi s

lifespan - peace be upon him : We have previously re ferred to

the hadeelll repo n ed 011 th e auth ority of' Abdull ah Ibn ' Abbas

..$. and Abu Hura ira h 4c in a 11/01/00 ' fo rm , in wh ich it was

stated tha t: " His lifespa n was ordained in AI-Lall'h Af-Malljooz

(the Prese rved Table t) to be a thousand yea rs:' (I)

This is not contradicted by what is writte n in the Torah ,

which stat es tha t he lived for nine hundred and thi rt ee n years,

because thi s say in g of theirs is di scred ited and rejected ,

s ince it co ntrad ic ts th e truth which is in our hand s, that

be in g prese rve d from the one who wa s protected from error.

In addition , it is poss ib le to reconci le th is say in g of theirs

with what is narrated in the hC/deeth - if it is correct - may