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ahmad:21313ʿAffān > Hammām > Qatādah > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq

[Machine] I said to Abu Dharr, "If I had seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , I would have asked him something." He asked, "And what would you have asked him?" I said, "I would have asked him whether he has seen his Lord." Abu Dharr said, "Indeed, I have asked him about that, and he said, 'I have seen Him as a light. How can I see Him?' Abu Dharr said, 'I have heard it from Ibn Hisham, meaning Mu'adh, who narrated it from his father, just as Humam has said, 'I have seen it.'"  

أحمد:٢١٣١٣حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي ذَرٍّ لَوْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَسَأَلْتُهُ قَالَ وَمَا كُنْتَ تَسْأَلُهُ؟ قَالَ كُنْتُ أَسْأَلُهُ هَلْ رَأَى رَبَّهُ؟ قَالَ فَإِنِّي قَدْ سَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ قَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ نُورًا أَنَّى أَرَاهُ؟ قَالَ عَفَّانُ وَبَلَغَنِي عَنِ ابْنِ هِشَامٍ يَعْنِي مُعَاذًا أَنَّهُ رَوَاهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ كَمَا قَالَ هَمَّامٌ قَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ  


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Collected by Muslim, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān
muslim:178b[Chain 1] Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Muʿādh b. Hishām from my father [Chain 2] Ḥajjāj b. al-Shāʿir > ʿAffān b. Muslim > Hammām > Qatādah > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq

I said to Abu Dharr: Had I seen the Messenger of Allah, I would have asked him. He (Abu Dharr) said: What is that thing that you wanted to inquire of him? He said: I wanted to ask him whether he had seen his Lord. Abu Dharr said: I, in fact, inquired of him, and he replied: I saw Light.  

مسلم:١٧٨bحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي ح وَحَدَّثَنِي حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الشَّاعِرِ حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ كِلاَهُمَا عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لأَبِي ذَرٍّ لَوْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ عَنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ كُنْتَ تَسْأَلُهُ قَالَ كُنْتُ أَسْأَلُهُ هَلْ رَأَيْتَ رَبَّكَ قَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ قَدْ سَأَلْتُ فَقَالَ رَأَيْتُ نُورًا  

ahmad:21498Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Yazīd b. Ibrāhīm > Qatādah > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq

[Machine] I said to Abu Dharr, "If I had the opportunity to see the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , I would ask him..." He interrupted and asked, "About what?" I replied, "I would ask him if Muhammad has seen his Lord." Abu Dharr then said, "I did ask him, and he replied, 'It was a light, how can I see Him?'"  

أحمد:٢١٤٩٨حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي ذَرٍّ لَوْ كُنْتُ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَسَأَلْتُهُ قَالَ عَنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ؟ قُلْتُ أَسْأَلُهُ هَلْ رَأَى مُحَمَّدٌ رَبَّهُ؟ قَالَ فَقَالَ قَدْ سَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ نُورًا أَنَّى أَرَاهُ  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الدَّالِّ عَلَى صِحَّةِ مَا ذَكَرْنَاهُ

ibnhibban:58Abū Yaʿlá > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar al-Qawārīrī > Muʿādh b. Hishām from his father > Qatādah > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq al-ʿUqaylī

[Machine] I said to Abu Dharr, "If I had seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I would have asked him about everything." He asked, "About what would you have asked him?" I replied, "I would have asked him if he has seen his Lord." He said, "I asked him and he replied, 'I saw a light.'"  

ابن حبّان:٥٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْقَوَارِيرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ الْعُقَيْلِيِّ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي ذَرٍّ لَوْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ فَقَالَ عَنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ كُنْتَ تَسْأَلُهُ؟ قَالَ كُنْتُ أَسْأَلُهُ هَلْ رَأَيْتَ رَبَّكَ؟ فَقَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ «رَأَيْتُ نُورًا»