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ahmad:11995Muḥammad b. Fuḍayl > al-Mukhtār b. Fulful > Anas

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, Allah said to me that my nation will continue to question each other until they say, 'This is Allah who created the people, so who created Allah?'"  

أحمد:١١٩٩٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ عَنْ الْمُخْتَارِ بْنِ فُلْفُلٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللهَ قَالَ لِي إِنَّ أُمَّتَكَ لَا يَزَالُونَ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ فِيمَا بَيْنَهُمْ حَتَّى يَقُولُوا هَذَا اللهُ خَلَقَ النَّاسَ فَمَنْ خَلَقَ اللهَ؟  


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bukhari:7296al-Ḥasan b. Ṣabbāḥ > Shabābah > And Rqāʾ > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Anas b. Mālik

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "People will not stop asking questions till they say, 'This is Allah, the Creator of everything, then who created Allah?' "  

البخاري:٧٢٩٦حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ صَبَّاحٍ حَدَّثَنَا شَبَابَةُ حَدَّثَنَا وَرْقَاءُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَنْ يَبْرَحَ النَّاسُ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ حَتَّى يَقُولُوا هَذَا اللَّهُ خَالِقُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ فَمَنْ خَلَقَ اللَّهَ  

muslim:136aʿAbdullāh b. ʿĀmir b. Zurārah al-Ḥaḍramī > Muḥammad b. Fuḍayl > Mukhtār b. Fulful > Anas b. Mālik

Verily your people would constantly question about this and that till they would say: Well, it is Allah Who created the creation, but who created Allah?  

مسلم:١٣٦aحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَامِرِ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ عَنْ مُخْتَارِ بْنِ فُلْفُلٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ قَالَ اللَّهُ ﷻ إِنَّ أُمَّتَكَ لاَ يَزَالُونَ يَقُولُونَ مَا كَذَا مَا كَذَا حَتَّى يَقُولُوا هَذَا اللَّهُ خَلَقَ الْخَلْقَ فَمَنْ خَلَقَ اللَّهَ  

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"قَال اللهُ -تَعَالى (*) -: إِنَّ أُمَّتَكَ لَا يَزَالُونَ يَقُولونَ: مَا كذَا؟ مَا كذَا؟ حَتَّى يَقُولُوا: هَذَا اللهُ خَلَقَ الْخَلقَ فَمَنْ خَلَقَ اللهَ؟ ".  

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