Hadith #361
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَخْبَرَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ وَكِيعِ بْنِ عُدُسٍ عَنْ عَمِّهِ أَبِي رَزِينٍ
قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيْنَ كَانَ رَبُّنَا عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ خَلْقَهُ قَالَ كَانَ فِي عَمَاءٍ مَا تَحْتَهُ هَوَاءٌ وَمَا فَوْقَهُ هَوَاءٌ ثُمَّ خَلَقَ عَرْشَهُ عَلَى الْمَاءِ
Isnad Chain
يزيد بن هارون
حماد بن سلمة
يعلى بن عطاء
وكيع بن عدس
عمه أبي رزين
English Translation
Yazīd ibn Hārūn narrated to us, Ḥammād ibn Salamah informed us, from Yaʿlā ibn ʿAṭāʾ, from Wakīʿ ibn ʿUdus, from his uncle Abū Razīn who said: I said: 'O Messenger of Allāh, where was our Lord عز وجل before He created His creation?' He said: 'He was in a cloud, with nothing below it of air and nothing above it of air. Then He created His Throne upon the water.'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 31, Hadith 361
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 15599
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-51989