Caution: Translations of Quran and Ḥadīth may lead to possible misapplications and misinterpretations. This site is intended for students of sacred knowledge that are proficient in comprehending classical Arabic and have a strong foundation in Islamic sciences. Also note that religious injunctions rely on several aspects beyond what one may glean through reading individual aḥādīth.
Qurʾān Bukhārī Muslim Nasāʾī Abū Dāwūd Tirmidhī Ibn Mājah Mālik Aḥmad Dārimī Ḥākim Ibn Ḥibbān Ṭabarānī Nasāʾī's Kubrá Bayhaqī al-Luʾluʾ wa-al-Marjān Ibn Rajab's Fifty Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn Aḥmad's Zuhd Suyūṭī
hakim:4210 – Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq > Sulaymān b. Muḥammad b. al-Faḍl > Muḥammad b. Hāshim al-Baʿlabakkī > Abū al-Walīd b. Muslim > al-Awzāʿī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah > Qīl Lilnnabī ﷺ Matá And Jabat Lak al-Nubuwwah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ was asked, "When did Prophethood become obligatory for you?" He replied, "Between the creation of Adam and the blowing of the soul into him."  

الحاكم:٤٢١٠ – حَدَّثَنَاهُ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ أَنْبَأَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ هَاشِمٍ الْبَعْلَبَكِّيُّ ثنا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قِيلَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ مَتَى وَجَبَتْ لَكَ النُّبُوَّةُ؟ قَالَ «بَيْنَ خَلْقِ آدَمَ وَنَفْخِ الرُّوحِ فِيهِ»  

See similar narrations below:

Collected by Tirmidhī, Suyūṭī
tirmidhi:3609 – Abū Hammām al-Walīd b. Shujāʿ b. al-Walīd al-Baghdādī > al-Walīd b. Muslim > al-Awzāʿī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

"They said: 'O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! When was the Prophethood established for you?' He said: 'While Adam was between (being) soul and body.'"  

الترمذي:٣٦٠٩ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هَمَّامٍ الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ شُجَاعِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنِ الأَوْزَاعِيِّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَتَى وَجَبَتْ لَكَ النُّبُوَّةُ قَالَ وَآدَمُ بَيْنَ الرُّوحِ وَالْجَسَدِ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ حَدِيثِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ مَيْسَرَةَ الْفَجْرِ
suyuti:651-192b – Abiá Hurayrah Rḍy Allāh > h
Request/Fix translation

  

السيوطي:٦٥١-١٩٢b –

"عَنْ أَبِى هُرَيْرَةَ - ؓ - قَالَ: سُئِلَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ فَقِيلَ: مَتَى وَجَبْت لَكَ النُّبُوَّةُ؟ قَالَ: فِيمَا بَيْنَ خَلْقِ آدَمَ وَنَفْخِ الرُّوحِ فِيهِ".  

[كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه