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ahmad:16193Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Yaʿlá b. ʿAṭāʾ > Wakīʿ b. ʿUdus > Abū Razīn ʿAmmih

[Machine] I asked, "O Messenger of Allah, how does Allah bring the dead back to life?" He said, "Have you passed by a valley that was barren, then you passed by it and it was verdant?" Shu'bah said that he repeated this more than twice, "Similarly, Allah brings the dead back to life."  

أحمد:١٦١٩٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ وَكِيعِ بْنِ عُدُسٍ عَنْ أَبِي رَزِينٍ عَمِّهِ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كَيْفَ يُحْيِي اللهُالْمَوْتَى؟ فَقَالَ أَمَا مَرَرْتَ بِالْوَادِي مُمْحِلًا ثُمَّ تَمُرُّ بِهِ خَضِرًا؟ قَالَ شُعْبَةُ قَالَهُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ مَرَّتَيْنِ كَذَلِكَ يُحْيِي اللهُالْمَوْتَى  


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tabarani:16581[Chain 1] ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah [Chain 2] al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Ghundar > Shuʿbah > Yaʿlá b. ʿAṭāʾ > Wakīʿ b. ʿUdus from his uncle Abū Razīn

[Machine] I asked, "O Messenger of Allah, how does Allah bring the dead back to life?" He said, "Have you not passed by a valley of your people that was once barren, then you passed by it and it was green, then you passed by it and it was barren again, then you passed by it and it was green? This is how Allah brings the dead back to life."  

الطبراني:١٦٥٨١حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَا ثنا غُنْدَرٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ وَكِيعِ بْنِ عُدُسٍ عَنْ عَمِّهِ أَبِي رَزِينٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كَيْفَ يُحْيِي اللهُ الْمَوْتَى؟ قَالَ «أَوَمَا مَرَرْتَ بِوَادِي قَوْمِكَ قَحْلًا ثُمَّ مَرَرْتَ بِهِ خَضْرَاءَ ثُمَّ مَرَرْتَ بِهِ قَحْلًا ثُمَّ مَرَرْتَ بِهِ خَضْرَاءَ؟ كَذَلِكَ يُحْيِي اللهُ الْمَوْتَى»