Hadith #154
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا لَيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُقَيْلٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَمْلَةَ أَنَّ أَبَا نَمْلَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ بَيْنَمَا هُوَ جَالِسٌ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ الْيَهُودِ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ هَلْ تَتَكَلَّمُ هَذِهِ الْجَنَازَةُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ أَنَا أَشْهَدُ أَنَّهَا تَتَكَلَّمُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا حَدَّثَكُمْ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ فَلَا تُصَدِّقُوهُمْ وَلَا تُكَذ
ِّبُوهُمْ وَقُولُوا آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ حَقًّا لَمْ تُكَذِّبُوهُمْ وَإِنْ كَانَ بَاطِلًا لَمْ تُصَدِّقُوهُمْ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي نَمْلَةَ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ حَدَّثَهُ قَالَ بَيْنَمَا أَنَا جَالِسٌ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ الْيَهُودِ فَذَكَرَ مِثْلَهُ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ وَكِتَابِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ
Isnad Chain
حجاج
ليث بن سعد
عقيل
ابن شهاب
ابن أبي نملة
English Translation
Ḥajjāj narrated to us: Layth ibn Saʿd informed us, he said: ʿUqayl narrated to me, from Ibn Shihāb, from Ibn Abī Namlah, that Abū Namlah al-Anṣārī informed him that while he was sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, a man from the Jews came and said: 'O Muḥammad, does this funeral bier speak?' the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Allah knows best.' The Jew said: 'I testify that it speaks.' the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'When the People of the Book tell you something, neither believe them nor disbelieve them, and say: We believe in Allah, His Books, and His Messengers. If it is true, you will not have disbelieved them; and if it is false, you will not have believed them.' ʿUthmān ibn ʿUmar narrated to us: Yūnus narrated to us, from al-Zuhrī, he said: Ibn Abī Namlah informed me that his father narrated to him, he said: While I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, a man from the Jews came — and he mentioned the like of it, except that he said: 'His Book and His Messengers.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 33, Hadith 154
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 16592
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-52982