Hadith #29
Chapter: Beginning of Creation
Beginning of Creation
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ ذَرٍّ، ح قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ ذَرٍّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله ع
نهما ـ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لِجِبْرِيلَ " أَلاَ تَزُورُنَا أَكْثَرَ مِمَّا تَزُورُنَا " قَالَ فَنَزَلَتْ {وَمَا نَتَنَزَّلُ إِلاَّ بِأَمْرِ رَبِّكَ لَهُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِينَا وَمَا خَلْفَنَا} الآيَةَ.
Isnad Chain
أبو نعيم
عمر بن ذر، ح
يحيى بن جعفر
وكيع
عمر بن ذر
أبيه
سعيد بن جبير
ابن عباس ـ
English Translation
Ibn `Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that Allah's Messenger ﷺ asked Gabriel, "Why don't you visit us more often than you do?" Then the following Holy Verse was revealed (in this respect):-- "And we (angels) descend not but by the order of your Lord. To Him belongs what is before us and what is behind us, and what is between those two and your Lord was never forgetful
Quran References
Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari, Beginning of Creation, Hadith 29
Sunnah.com ref: bukhari:3397
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-03397