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ahmad:9027ʿAffān > Abū ʿAwānah > ʿUmar b. Abū Salamah from his father > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said, "They will continue to ask until it is said, 'This is Allah, who created us. So who created Allah?'" Abu Huraira said, "By Allah, one day I was sitting when a man from the people of Iraq asked me, 'Who created us? So who created Allah?' I placed my finger in my ear, then I regained my senses and said, 'Allah and His Messenger speak the truth. Allah is the One, the Eternal, who neither begets nor is born, and there is none comparable or equal to Him."  

أحمد:٩٠٢٧حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يَزَالُونَ يَسْأَلُونَ حَتَّى يُقَالُ هَذَا اللهُ خَلَقَنَا فَمَنْ خَلَقَ اللهَ ﷻ؟ قَالَ فَقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ فَوَاللهِ إِنِّي لَجَالِسٌ يَوْمًا إِذْ قَالَ لِي رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ هَذَا اللهُ خَلَقَنَا فَمَنْ خَلَقَ اللهَ ﷻ؟ قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ فَجَعَلْتُ أُصْبُعَيَّ فِي أُذُنَيَّ ثُمَّ صِحْتُ فَقُلْتُ صَدَقَ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ اللهُ الْوَاحِدُ الصَّمَدُ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ