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hakim:103 – al-Ḥākim Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ Imlāʾ Fī Shahr Rabīʿ al-Ākhir Sanah Thalāth And Tisʿīn Wathalāth Miāʾah > Abū Aḥmad Bakr b. Muḥammad al-Ṣayrafī Bimarw > Abū Ismāʿīl Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl > Abū al-Nuʿmān Muḥammad b. al-Faḍl > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Ziyād > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Jawharī > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Muḥammad b. Maʿmar b. Ribʿī al-Qaysī > Abū Hishām al-Mughīrah b. Salamah al-Makhzūmī > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Ziyād > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Aṣam > Yazīd b. al-Aṣam > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] A man came to the Prophet Muhammad and said, "O Muhammad, do you see a paradise as wide as the heavens and the earth? So, where is the fire?" The Prophet replied, "Have you not seen the night that covers everything? So, where does it put the day?" Allah knows best. The man said, "Indeed, Allah can do whatever He wills."  

الحاكم:١٠٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَاكِمُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْحَافِظُ إِمْلَاءً فِي شَهْرِ رَبِيعٍ الْآخِرِ سَنَةَ ثَلَاثٍ وَتِسْعِينَ وَثَلَاثِ مِائَةٍ أَنْبَأَ أَبُو أَحْمَدَ بَكْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّيْرَفِيُّ بِمَرْوَ ثنا أَبُو إِسْمَاعِيلَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ثنا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ وَأَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْجَوْهَرِيُّ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ أَنْبَأَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَعْمَرِ بْنِ رِبْعِيٍّ الْقَيْسِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هِشَامٍ الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ الْمَخْزُومِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ ثنا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْأَصَمِّ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ الْأَصَمِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَرَأَيْتَ جَنَّةً عَرْضُهَا السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالْأَرْضُ فَأَيْنَ النَّارُ؟ قَالَ «أَرَأَيْتَ اللَّيْلَ الَّذِي قَدْ أَلْبَسَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ فَأَيْنَ جَعَلَ النَّهَارَ؟» قَالَ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ «كَذَلِكَ يَفْعَلُ اللَّهُ مَا يَشَاءُ»  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَا أَعْلَمُ لَهُ عِلَّةً وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ» على شرطهما ولا أعلم له علة

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ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الدَّالِّ عَلَى إِبَاحَةِ إِجَابَةِ الْعَالِمِ السَّائِلَ بِالْأَجْوِبَةِ عَلَى سَبِيلِ التَّشْبِيهِ، وَالْمُقَايَسَةِ دُونَ الْفَصْلِ فِي الْقِصَّةِ

ibnhibban:103 – Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm a freed slave of Thaqīf > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Ḥanẓalī > al-Makhzūmī > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Ziyād > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh al-Aṣam > Yazīd b. al-Aṣam > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "O Muhammad, do you see a paradise whose width is the heavens and the earth? Where is the Hellfire?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "Do you see this night, that it was there and now it is gone? Where do you think it has been placed?" The man said, "Allah knows best." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Indeed, Allah does whatever He wills."  

ابن حبّان:١٠٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مَوْلَى ثَقِيفٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْحَنْظَلِيُّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا الْمَخْزُومِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَصَمُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ الْأَصَمِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَرَأَيْتَ جَنَّةً عَرْضُهَا السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالْأَرْضُ فَأَيْنَ النَّارُ؟ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَرَأَيْتَ هَذَا اللَّيْلَ * قَدْ كَانَ ثُمَّ لَيْسَ شَيْءٌ أَيْنَ جُعِلَ؟ » قَالَ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ «فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يَفْعَلُ مَا يَشَاءُ»