Adam's creation and the years given to David
[AI] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "When Allah ﷻ created Adam and breathed the spirit into him, he sneezed and said, "Praise be to Allah," by Allah's leave. His Lord said to him, "May your Lord have mercy on you, O Adam." Then He said, "Go to that assembly of angels who are sitting and say: Peace be upon you." They said, "And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah." Then he returned to his Lord ﷻ, and He said, "This is your greeting and the greeting of your descendants among themselves." Then He said to him, while His two hands were closed, "Choose whichever of them you wish." He said, "I have chosen the right hand of my Lord, and both hands of my Lord are right and blessed." Then He opened it, and there were Adam and his descendants in it; every person among them had his lifespan written with him. Adam had one thousand years. There were men among them upon whom there was light, and among them was a man who was the brightest of them, or among the brightest of them, for whom only forty years had been written. He said, "O my Lord, who is this?" He said, "This is your son David." He said, "O my Lord, add to his lifespan." He said, "That is what I have written for him." He said, "Then I will deduct sixty years from my lifespan for him." He said, "It is between you and that." Then Adam dwelt in Paradise for as long as Allah willed, then he was sent down from it, and he used to count for himself. The Angel of Death came to him, and he said, "You have come early. Did Allah not write one thousand years for me?" He said, "Yes, but you assigned sixty of them to your son David." He said, "I did not do that." He said: So he denied, and his descendants denied; and he forgot, and his descendants forgot. On that day, writing and witnesses were commanded."
Regarding this hadith, we do not know of anyone who narrated it from Said al-Maqburi, from Abu Hurayrah, except al-Harith ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Dhubab. Nor do we know that al-Harith narrated from Said, from Abu Hurayrah, except this hadith. Uthman ibn Muhammad al-Akhnasi, from al-Maqburi, from Abu Hurayrah.
قَالَ رَسُول اللهِ ﷺ: «لما خلق الله تبارك وتعالى آدم، ونفخ فيه الروح، عطس، فقال: الحمد لله بإذن الله، فقال له ربه: رحمك ربك يا آدم، ثُمَّ قال: اذهب إلى أولئك الملأ من الملائكة جلوس، فقل: السلام عليكم، فقالوا: وعليكم السلام ورحمة الله، ثُمَّ رجع إلى ربه تبارك وتعالى، فقال: هذه تحيتك وتحية ذريتك بينهم، ثُمَّ قال له ويداه مقبوضتان: اختر أيهما شئت، فقال: اخترت يمين ربي، وكلتا يدي ربي يمين مباركة، ثم بسطها، فإذا فيها آدم وذريته، وإذا كل إنسان منهم عمره مكتوب عنده، وإذا لآدم ألف سنة، وإذا رجال منهم عليهم النور، ومنهم رجل أنورهم أو من أنورهم، لم يكتب له إلاَّ أربعين سنة، قال: أي رب من هذا؟ قال: هذا ابنك داود، قال: أي رب زد في عمره، قال: ذاك الذي كتبت له، قال: فإني أنقص له من عمري ستين سنه، قال: أنت وذاك، ثُمَّ أسكن آدم الجنة ما شاء الله، ثُمَّ أهبط منها، فكان يعد لنفسه، فأتاه ملك الموت، فقال: عجلت، أليس قد كتب الله لي ألف سنة؟ قال: بلى، ولكنك جعلت لابنك داود منها ستين سنة، قال: ما فعلت، قال: فجحد فجحدت ذريته، ونسي فنسيت ذريته، فيومئذ أمر بالكتابة والشهود».
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