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ahmad:10014 – Wakīʿ > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When Allah finished creating, He wrote on His Throne: 'My mercy precedes my wrath.'"  

أحمد:١٠٠١٤ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَمَّا فَرَغَ اللهُ مِنَ الْخَلْقِ كَتَبَ عَلَى عَرْشِهِ رَحْمَتِي سَبَقَتْ غَضَبِي  

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bukhari:7453 – Ismāʿīl > Mālik > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When Allah created the creations, He wrote with Him on His Throne: 'My Mercy has preceded My Anger."  

البخاري:٧٤٥٣ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَمَّا قَضَى اللَّهُ الْخَلْقَ كَتَبَ عِنْدَهُ فَوْقَ عَرْشِهِ إِنَّ رَحْمَتِي سَبَقَتْ غَضَبِي  

ahmad:7528 – ʿAlī b. Ḥafṣ > And Rqāʾ > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When Allah created the creation, He wrote in a book that is with Him, above the Throne: 'Indeed, My mercy has preceded My anger.'"  

أحمد:٧٥٢٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَفْصٍ أَخْبَرَنَا وَرْقَاءُ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَمَّا خَلَقَ اللهُ الْخَلْقَ كَتَبَ كِتَابًا فَهُوَ عِنْدَهُ فَوْقَ الْعَرْشِ إِنَّ رَحْمَتِي سَبَقَتْ غَضَبِي  

nasai-kubra:7704 – Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Wakīʿ Waʾabū Dāwud al-Ḥafarī > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When Allah finished creating, He wrote on His throne, 'My mercy precedes my wrath.'" Abu Dawud said, "My mercy overcomes my wrath and it is above the throne."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٧٠٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ وَأَبُو دَاوُدَ الْحَفَرِيُّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَمَّا فَرَغَ اللهُ مِنَ الْخَلْقِ كَتَبَ عَلَى عَرْشِهِ إِنَّ رَحْمَتِي سَبَقَتْ غَضَبِي» قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ «رَحْمَتِي تَغْلِبُ غَضَبِي وَهُوَ فَوْقَ الْعَرْشِ»