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Sahih Muslim 450a

I asked ‘Alqama if Ibn Masud was present with the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) on the night of the Jinn (the night when the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) met them).

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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى، عَنْ دَاوُدَ، عَنْ عَامِرٍ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ عَلْقَمَةَ هَلْ

كَانَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ شَهِدَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَيْلَةَ الْجِنِّ قَالَ فَقَالَ عَلْقَمَةُ أَنَا سَأَلْتُ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ فَقُلْتُ: هَلْ شَهِدَ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَيْلَةَ الْجِنِّ قَالَ: لَا وَلَكِنَّا كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَفَقَدْنَاهُ فَالْتَمَسْنَاهُ فِي الأَوْدِيَةِ وَالشِّعَابِ فَقُلْنَا اسْتُطِيرَ أَوِ اغْتِيلَ (قَالَ) فَبِتْنَا بِشَرِّ لَيْلَةٍ بَاتَ بِهَا قَوْمٌ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحْنَا إِذَا هُوَ جَاءٍ مِنْ قِبَلِ حِرَاءٍ (قَالَ) فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَدْنَاكَ فَطَلَبْنَاكَ فَلَمْ نَجِدْكَ فَبِتْنَا بِشَرِّ لَيْلَةٍ بَاتَ بِهَا قَوْمٌ.

فَقَالَ: «أَتَانِي دَاعِي الْجِنِّ فَذَهَبْتُ مَعَهُ فَقَرَأْتُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقُرْآنَ». قَالَ فَانْطَلَقَ بِنَا فَأَرَانَا آثَارَهُمْ وَآثَارَ نِيرَانِهِمْ وَسَأَلُوهُ الزَّادَ فَقَالَ: «لَكُمْ كُلُّ عَظْمٍ ذُكِرَ اسْمُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ يَقَعُ فِي أَيْدِيكُمْ أَوْفَرَ مَا يَكُونُ لَحْمًا وَكُلُّ بَعَرَةٍ عَلَفٌ لِدَوَابِّكُمْ».

فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «فَلَا تَسْتَنْجُوا بِهِمَا فَإِنَّهُمَا طَعَامُ إِخْوَانِكُمْ»

I asked ‘Alqama if Ibn Masud was present with the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) on the night of the Jinn (the night when the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) met them).

He (Ibn Masuad) said: No, but we were in the company of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) one night and we missed him. We searched for him in the valleys and the hills and said. He has either been taken away (by jinn) or has been secretly killed.

He (the narrator) said. We spent the worst night which people could ever spend. When it was dawn we saw him coming from the side of Hiri’. He (the narrator) reported.

We said: Messenger of Allah, we missed you and searched for you, but we could not find you and we spent the worst night which people could ever spend. He (the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam)) said: There came to me an inviter on behalf of the Jinn and I went along with him and recited to them the Qur’an.

He (the narrator) said: He then went along with us and showed us their traces and traces of their embers. They (the Jinn) asked him (the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam)) about their provision and he said: Every bone on which the name of Allah is recited is your provision. The time it will fall in your hand it would be covered with flesh, and the dung of (the camels) is fodder for your animals.

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: Don’t perform istinja with these (things) for these are the food of your brothers (Jinn).

আবূ বাকর ইবনু আবূ শাইবাহ (রহঃ) ..... হাম্মাদ ইবনু সালামাহ্ (রাযিঃ) এর সূত্রে অনুরূপ বর্ণনা করেছেন। তবে এতে তিনি আরো বলেন, তারপর রাসূলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম এ আয়াত তিলাওয়াত করেনঃ "যারা ভাল আমল করে তাদের জন্য আছে কল্যাণ (জান্নাত) এবং আরো অধিক কিছু (আল্লাহর দর্শন)" (সূরাহ ইউনুস ১০ঃ ২৬)।

(عبد الرحمن بن مہدی کےبجائے ) یزید بن ہارون نے حماد بن سلمہ سے اسی سند کے ساتھ حدیث بیان کی ۔ اس میں یہ اضافہ ہے : پھر آپ نے یہ آیت پڑھی : ﴿لِلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا الْحُسْنَى وَزِيَادَةٌ ﴾ ’’جن لوگوں نے بھلائی کی ان کے لیے خوبصورت ( جزا ) اور مزید ( دیدار الہٰی ) ہے ۔ ‘ ‘

Bunu bize Ebu Bekr b. Ebi Şeybe de tahdis etti. Bize Yezid b. Harun, Hammad b. Seleme'den bu isnad ile tahdis etti ve şunu ekledi: Sonra da şu: "İhsan da bulunanlara el-Hüsna ve daha fazlası vardır." (Yunus, 26) ayetini okudu. Tahric bilgisi 448 ile aynı. DAVUDOĞLU AÇIKLAMA: Hadis-i Şerif bütün tarikleriyle mu'minlerin cennet'te Allah Tealayı göreceklerine delâlet etmektedir.

Geçen bâblardada izah ettiğimiz gibi Allah Teâlâ'yı görmek bütün ehl-i sünnet imamlarına göre aklen caizdir. mu'minlerin cennette onu göreceklerine dair icma-i ümmet vardır. Vakıa ehl-i bid'attan Mu'tezile ile Hariciler ve Mürcie taifesinin bazıları Allah Teâlâ'yi mahlukâtından hiç biri göremez onu görmek aklen imkânsızdır, demişlerse de bu kavil hem sarih bir hata, hemde kabih bir cehildir.

Zaten İcma-i ümmetten sonra ortaya atılmış bir bid'attır. Âhirette mu'minlerin Allah'ı göreceği, kitap, sünnet ve icma-ı ümmetle sabittir. Eshab-ı kiram ile onlardan sonra gelen selef-i salihin bu hususta icma' etmişlerdir. Ehl-i bid'atın esassız iddialarına ehl-i sünnet ulemâsının verdiği cevaplar meşhurdur, bunlar kelâm kitaplarında görülebilir.

Yine geçen bâblarda görmüştük ki; dünya gözü ile Allah Tealayı görmenin mümkün olup olmadığı ehl-i sünnet ulemâsı arasında ihtilaflıdır. Mümkündür diyenler olduğu gibi; değildir diyenlerde olmuştur. Hatta Selef ve halefin kelâm ulemâsına göre; Teâlâ Hazretleri dünya gözü ile görülemez. İmam-ı Kuşeyri meşhur Risalesinde imam Ebu'l-Hasen el-Eşarî 'den iki kavil rivayet eder.

Onların birine göre Allah Tealayı dünyada görmek caiz diğerine göre caiz değildir. Nasr b. Alî hadisi müteşabihattandır. Yani, mânasını bu dünyada anlamak imkânsızdır. Çünkü Hadis-i Şerifte geçen ridâ ve kibriya lâfızları bizim, bildiğimiz örtü, âbâ, azamet ve büyüklenme mânalarına değildir. Kurtubî «Azamet ve kibriya elbise cinsinden değildir.

Bunlar mecazdır. Münasebet şudur ki; abâ ile gömlek nasıl insana mahsus ve bu bâbta ona müşarik yoksa azamet, kibriya da Allah Tealaya mahsustur. Bu hususta ona ortak olan yoktur.» diyor. Müteşabih âyet ve hadisler hakkında söz etmekten çekinen selef-i saHhin: «Bunların te'vilini ancak Allah' bilir» deyip geçerler te'vil eden ulemâ ise; buradaki veehden murâd Allah'ın zâtından, ridâ da azametinden kinayedir derler

Sahih Muslim 450a, Book 4, The Book of Prayers, Hadith 169. 1 min read

What it means

‘Āmir Ash-Sha‘bi (may Allah have mercy upon him) asked ‘Alqamah (may Allah have mercy upon him) — both were venerable Tābi‘īn — whether ‘Abdullāh ibn Mas‘ūd (may Allah be pleased with him) witnessed the night when the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) met the Jinn.

‘Alqamah said that he asked Ibn Mas‘ūd about that, and he told him that none of the Companions witnessed that. However, one night, they were with the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) but they suddenly could not find him. Therefore, they searched for him in the valleys, roads, and among mountains, but they could not find him.

So they feared that the Prophet was assassinated or kidnapped by the Jinn. This prospect was so upsetting to them that they spent the night in grief. In the morning, they saw the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) coming from the direction of the mount of Hirā'.

They told him that they missed him and had looked for him but could not find him, which made them spend the night in great sorrow and grief. However, the Prophet told them that an emissary from he Jinn had come to him, so the Prophet went along with him and read the Qur’an to the Jinn. The Prophet went with the Companions and showed them the traces of the Jinn and the traces of their embers.

He told the Companions that the Jinn had asked him for food, so he told them that their food would be every bone on which the name of Allah was mentioned. If such bones fell in their hands, they would find them covered with meat. Likewise, the dung of animals would be fodder for their beasts. Then the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the Muslims to cleanse themselves after defecation with bones and animal dung, for these belong to the food of their brethren from among the Jinn.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam Muslim back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam MuslimCompiler, died 261 AH
  2. 2Muhammad ibn al-MuthannaTold us, Fourth generation, died 252 AH
  3. 3Abd al-Ala ibn Abd al-AlaTold us, Third generation, died 184 AH
  4. 4Dawud ibn Abi HindFrom, Successor, died 139 AH
  5. 5Amir ash-ShabiFrom, Successor, died 103 AH
  6. 6عَلْقَمَةَ هَلْAsked

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