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ahmad:21527Yazīd / Ibn Hārūn > Yazīd b. Ibrāhīm > Qatādah > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq

"I said to Abu Dharr: 'If I saw the Prophet ﷺ then I would asked him." He said: 'What is it that you would have asked him about?' I said: 'I would have asked him if Muhammad saw his Lord?' He said: 'I did ask him that, and he ﷺ said: I saw light.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3282)   

أحمد:٢١٥٢٧حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ هَارُونَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ شَقِيقٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي ذَرٍّ لَوْ أَدْرَكْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَسَأَلْتُهُ قَالَ وَعَمَّا كُنْتَ تَسْأَلُهُ؟ قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ هَلْ رَأَى رَبَّهُ ﷻ؟ قَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ قَدْ سَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ نُورٌ أَنَّى أَرَاهُ  


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Collected by Muslim, Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Suyūṭī

The Prophet ﷺ did not see Allah

muslim:178aAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ > Yazīd b. Ibrāhīm > Qatādah > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq > Abū Dhar

I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: Did you see thy Lord? He said: (He is) Light; how could I see Him?  

مسلم:١٧٨aحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ هَلْ رَأَيْتَ رَبَّكَ قَالَ نُورٌ أَنَّى أَرَاهُ  

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  

tirmidhi:3282Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Wakīʿ Wayazīd b. Hārūn > Yazīd b. Ibrāhīm al-Tustarī > Qatādah > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq

"I said to Abu Dharr: 'If I saw the Prophet ﷺ then I would asked him." He said: 'What is it that you would have asked him about?' I said: 'I would have asked him if Muhammad saw his Lord?' He said: 'I did ask him that, and he ﷺ said: I saw light.'"  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan.
الترمذي:٣٢٨٢حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ وَيَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ التُّسْتَرِيِّ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لأَبِي ذَرٍّ لَوْ أَدْرَكْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ عَمَّا كُنْتَ تَسْأَلُهُ قُلْتُ كُنْتُ أَسْأَلُهُ هَلْ رَأَى مُحَمَّدٌ رَبَّهُ فَقَالَ قَدْ سَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ نُورٌ أَنَّى أَرَاهُ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ
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  

ahmad:21392Wakīʿ Wabahz > Yazīd b. Ibrāhīm > Qatādah > Bahz > Qatādah > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq

[Machine] I said to Abu Dharr, "If I had met the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I would have asked him." He said, "About what?" I said, "Have you seen your Lord?" He said, "I have asked him and he responded, 'I saw a light. How could I see Him when He is on the path of affirmation?'"  

أحمد:٢١٣٩٢حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ وَبَهْزٌ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي ذَرٍّ لَوْ أَدْرَكْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ سَأَلْتُهُ قَالَ عَنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ؟ قُلْتُ هَلْ رَأَيْتَ رَبَّكَ؟ فَقَالَ قَدْ سَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ نُورٌ أَنَّى أَرَاهُ يَعْنِي عَلَى طَرِيقِ الْإِيجَابِ  

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السيوطي:٢٣٩٤٤a

"نُورٌ أَنَّى أَرَاهُ".  

[ط] الطيالسي [حم] أحمد [م] مسلم [ت] الترمذي وابن خزيمة، [حب] ابن حبّان عن أَبي ذر، قال: سألت رسول الله ﷺ هل رأَيتَ ربَّكَ؟ قال: فذكره