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[Machine] "Who is your oldest father?" So I said, "I am Adam." He said, "Have you not heard the saying of Allah the Almighty, 'O Children of Adam' (Surah Al-A'raf 26)."  

الدارمي:٢٩٦٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنِ الْعَبْسِيِّ هُوَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مَعْقِلٍ قَالَ سُئِلَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ الْجَدِّ؟ فَقَالَ

«أَيُّ أَبٍ لَكَ أَكْبَرُ؟» فَقُلْتُ أَنَا آدَمُ قَالَ أَلَمْ تَسْمَعْ إِلَى قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى {يَا بَنِي آدَمَ} [الأعراف 26]  


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bayhaqi:12424Abū Saʿīd > Abū ʿAbdullāh > Muḥammad b. Naṣr > Isḥāq from Kitābih > Jarīr > al-Aʿmash > ʿAbdullāh b. Khālid > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Maʿqil > Jāʾ a man > Ibn ʿAbbās > Lah Kayf

[Machine] Is not your grandfather's grandfather older than you? So the man remained silent and did not answer him, as if he did not hear his response. So I said, "I am Adam." He said, "Do you not listen to the word of God, O son of Adam?"  

البيهقي:١٢٤٢٤وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ أنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ ثنا إِسْحَاقُ مِنْ كِتَابِهِ ثنا جَرِيرٌ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مَعْقِلٍ قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ كَيْفَ تَقُولُ فِي الْجَدِّ؟ قَالَ

إِنَّهُ لَا جَدَّ أِيُّ أَبٍ لَكَ أَكْبَرُ؟ فَسَكَتَ الرَّجُلُ فَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ وَكَأَنَّهُ عَيِيَ عَنْ جَوَابِهِ فَقُلْتُ أَنَا آدَمُ قَالَ أَفَلَا تَسْمَعُ إِلَى قَولِ اللهِ يَا بَنِي آدَمَ