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bukhari:7296al-Ḥasan b. Ṣabbāḥ > Shabābah > And Rqāʾ > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Anas b. Mālik

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "People will not stop asking questions till they say, 'This is Allah, the Creator of everything, then who created Allah?' "  

البخاري:٧٢٩٦حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ صَبَّاحٍ حَدَّثَنَا شَبَابَةُ حَدَّثَنَا وَرْقَاءُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَنْ يَبْرَحَ النَّاسُ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ حَتَّى يَقُولُوا هَذَا اللَّهُ خَالِقُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ فَمَنْ خَلَقَ اللَّهَ  

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muslim:135dMuḥammad b. Ḥātim > Kathīr b. Hishām > Jaʿfar b. Burqān > Yazīd b. al-Aṣam > Abū Hurayrah

I heard Abu Huraira saying that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ observed: people will certainly ask you about everything till they will propound: Allah created every thing, but who created Allah?  

مسلم:١٣٥dحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا كَثِيرُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ بُرْقَانَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ الأَصَمِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَيَسْأَلَنَّكُمُ النَّاسُ عَنْ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ حَتَّى يَقُولُوا اللَّهُ خَلَقَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ فَمَنْ خَلَقَهُ  

ahmad:11995Muḥammad b. Fuḍayl > al-Mukhtār b. Fulful > Anas

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, Allah said to me that my nation will continue to question each other until they say, 'This is Allah who created the people, so who created Allah?'"  

أحمد:١١٩٩٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ عَنْ الْمُخْتَارِ بْنِ فُلْفُلٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللهَ قَالَ لِي إِنَّ أُمَّتَكَ لَا يَزَالُونَ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ فِيمَا بَيْنَهُمْ حَتَّى يَقُولُوا هَذَا اللهُ خَلَقَ النَّاسَ فَمَنْ خَلَقَ اللهَ؟  

adab:1286

Anas ibn Malik said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'People will continue to ask about things that do not exist to such an extent that they will say, "Allah created everything, so who created Allah?"'"  

الأدب المفرد:١٢٨٦وَعَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ السَّكُونِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعْدٍ سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَرْزُبَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَنْ يَبْرَحَ النَّاسُ يَسْأَلُونَ عَمَّا لَمْ يَكُنْ حَتَّى يَقُولُوا اللَّهُ خَالِقُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ فَمَنْ خَلَقَ اللَّهَ