Hadith #543
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانَ الْعَزْرَمِيَّ عَنْ أَبِي عَلِيٍّ رَجُلٍ مِنْ بَنِي كَاهِلٍ قَالَ خَطَبَنَا أَبُو مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيُّ فَقَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوا هَذَا الشِّرْكَ فَإِنَّهُ أَخْفَى مِنْ دَبِيبِ النَّمْلِ فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ حَزْنٍ وَقَيْسُ بْنُ المُضَارِبِ فَقَالَا وَاللَّهِ لَتَخْرُجَنَّ مِمَّا قُلْتَ أَوْ لَنَأْتِيَنَّ عُمَرَ مَأْذُونٌ لَنَا أَوْ غَيْرُ مَأْذُونٍ
قَالَ بَلْ أَخْرُجُ مِمَّا قُلْتُ خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فَقَالَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوا هَذَا الشِّرْكَ فَإِنَّهُ أَخْفَى مِنْ دَبِيبِ النَّمْلِ فَقَالَ لَهُ مَنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَقُولَ وَكَيْفَ نَتَّقِيهِ وَهُوَ أَخْفَى مِنْ دَبِيبِ النَّمْلِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ قُولُوا اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ أَنْ نُشْرِكَ بِكَ شَيْئًا نَعْلَمُهُ وَنَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِمَا لَا نَعْلَمُ
Isnad Chain
عبد الله بن نمير
عبد الملك ي
ابن أبي سليمان العزرمي
أبي علي رجل من بني كاهل
English Translation
ʿAbd Allāh ibn Numayr narrated to us, ʿAbd al-Malik — meaning Ibn Abī Sulaymān al-ʿAzramī — narrated to us, from Abū ʿAlī, a man from Banū Kāhil, who said: Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿarī addressed us and said: 'O people, beware of this shirk (associating partners with Allah), for it is more hidden than the creeping of an ant.' ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ḥazn and Qays ibn al-Muḍārib stood up and said: 'By Allah, you shall either provide evidence for what you said or we shall go to ʿUmar, whether we have permission or not.' He said: 'Rather, I shall provide evidence for what I said. the Messenger of Allah ﷺ addressed us one day and said: O people, beware of this shirk, for it is more hidden than the creeping of an ant.' Someone whom Allah willed to speak said: 'How can we guard against it when it is more hidden than the creeping of an ant, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'Say: O Allah, we seek refuge in You from knowingly associating anything with You, and we seek Your forgiveness for what we do not know.'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 36, Hadith 543
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 18781
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-55171