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Sahih Muslim 2654

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Hani with the same chain of transmitters, but there is no mention of His Throne was upon water.

Humaydnarrated it
Sahihgraded sahih
5names in the chain
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حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا الْمُقْرِئُ، حَدَّثَنَا حَيْوَةُ، ح وَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ التَّمِيمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ، أَخْبَرَنَا نَافِعٌ، (يَعْنِي ابْنَ يَزِيدَ) كِلَاهُمَا عَنْ أَبِي هَانِئٍ

بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ مِثْلَهُ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُمَا لَمْ يَذْكُرَا وَعَرْشُهُ عَلَى الْمَاءِ

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Hani with the same chain of transmitters, but there is no mention of His Throne was upon water.

আবূ তাহির (রহঃ) .... ইবনু শিহাব (রহঃ) থেকে এ সানাদে অনুরূপ বর্ণনা করেছেন।

ابو طاہر عبداللہ ، عبداللہ بن وہب ، مالک بن انس ، حضرت ابن شہاب رضی اللہ تعالیٰ عنہ سے اس سند کے ساتھ مذکورہ حدیث کی طرح روایت کیا گیا ہے ۔

{…} Bana Ebu't-Tâhir rivayet etti. (Dediki) Bize Abdullah b. Vehb rivayet etti, (Dediki: Bana Mâlik b. Enes, İbni Şihab'dan bu isnadla bu hadîsin mislini haber verdi)

Sahih Muslim 2654, Book 46, The Book of Destiny, Hadith 28. 1 min read

What it means

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) informed that the hearts of all the children of Adam are between two Fingers of the Most Compassionate, like a single heart; He directs it as He wills. If He wills, He keeps the heart firm upon the truth, and if He wills, He leads it away from the truth. His control over all hearts is like His control over one, as nothing distracts Him from any matter.

Then the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated, saying: O Allah, the Turner of the hearts, sometimes towards obedience, sometimes towards disobedience, sometimes towards remembrance, and sometimes towards heedlessness, direct our hearts towards Your obedience.

What it teaches

  • Affirming destiny and that Allah directs the hearts of His slaves according to the destiny He has predetermined for them.
  • A Muslim must continuously ask his Lord to keep him firm upon the truth and guidance.
  • Fear of Allah and reliance upon Him alone, without any partners.
  • Al-Ājurri said: People of the truth describe Allah Almighty with what He has described Himself and with what His Messenger (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) described Him, and with what the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) described Him, and this is the methodology of the scholars who have complied and did not innovate in religion. End quote. So, Ahl-us-Sunnah establish for Allah what He has established for Himself of the names and attributes without Tahrīf (distortion), Ta‘tīl (negation), Takyīf (asking how), or Tamthīl (likening). They negate from Allah what He has negated from Himself and keep silent regarding what has neither been negated nor established. Allah Almighty says: {There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.}

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. 2Ibn Abi Umar al-AdaniTold us, Fourth generation, died 243 AH
  3. 3Abdullah ibn Yazid al-AdviTold us, Third generation, died 212 AH
  4. 4Haywah ibn ShurayhTold us, Third generation, died 158 AH
  5. 5Humayd ibn HaniFrom, Successor, died 142 AH

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