Hadith #373
Arabic Text
قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي يَعْلَى بْنُ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ وَكِيعِ بْنِ حُدُسٍ عَنْ عَمِّهِ أَبِي رَزِينٍ الْعُقَيْلِيِّ
أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيْنَ كَانَ رَبُّنَا عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ قَالَ فِي عَمَاءٍ مَا فَوْقَهُ هَوَاءٌ وَتَحْتَهُ هَوَاءٌ ثُمَّ خَلَقَ عَرْشَهُ عَلَى الْمَاءِ
Isnad Chain
حماد بن سلمة
يعلى بن عطاء
وكيع بن حدس
عمه أبي رزين العقيلي
English Translation
Bahz narrated to us, Ḥammād ibn Salamah narrated to us, Yaʿlā ibn ʿAṭāʾ informed me, from Wakīʿ ibn Ḥudus, from his uncle Abū Razīn al-ʿUqaylī who said: 'O Messenger of Allāh, where was our Lord عز وجل before He created the heavens and the earth?' He said: 'In a cloud, with nothing above it of air and nothing below it of air. Then He created His Throne upon the water.'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 31, Hadith 373
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 15611
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-52001