Hadith #523
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ التَّيْمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ بَيْنَمَا أَنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ حِينَ وَجَبَتْ الشَّمْسُ قَالَ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ أَيْنَ تَذْهَبُ الشَّمْسُ قُلْتُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُه
ُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ فَإِنَّهَا تَذْهَبُ حَتَّى تَسْجُدَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَبِّهَا عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ثُمَّ تَسْتَأْذِنُ فَيُؤْذَنُ لَهَا وَكَأَنَّهَا قَدْ قِيلَ لَهَا ارْجِعِي مِنْ حَيْثُ جِئْتِ فَتَطْلُعُ مِنْ مَكَانِهَا وَذَلِكَ مُسْتَقَرٌّ لَهَا قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ { وَالشَّمْسُ تَجْرِي لِمُسْتَقَرٍّ لَهَا }
Isnad Chain
ابن نمير ومحمد بن عبيد
الأعمش
إبراهيم التيمي
أبيه
English Translation
It was narrated from Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet دلوالله asked him about where the sun goes. He said: "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said: "It goes until it prostrates before its Lord the Exalted, then seeks permission and is granted it. And as if it were told: 'Return to where you came from.' So it will rise from the west. That is its fixed course." Then he recited: "And the sun runs on its fixed course" [Quran 36:38]."
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 39, Hadith 523
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 20561
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-56951