ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ جَلَّ وَعَلَا كَانَ وَلَا شَيْءَ غَيْرُهُ

[Machine] "I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when a group of Banu Tamim came to him. He said, 'Receive the good news, O people of Tamim.' They said, 'You have already given us good news, O Messenger of Allah, so give us something.' Then some people from the people of Yemen came to him, and he said, 'Receive the good news, O people of Yemen, as the people of Tamim did not accept it.' They said, 'We have already accepted it, O Messenger of Allah. We came to learn about the religion and ask you about the beginning of this matter.' He said, 'Allah was and there was nothing before Him. His throne was over the water, then He created the heavens and the earth and wrote in the Reminder about everything.'"

إِنِّي لَجَالِسٌ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذْ جَاءَهُ قَوْمٌ مِنْ بَنِي تَمِيمٍ فَقَالَ «اقْبَلُوا الْبُشْرَى يَا بَنِي تَمِيمٍ» قَالُوا قَدْ بَشَّرْتَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَأَعْطِنَا فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ فَقَالَ «اقْبَلُوا الْبُشْرَى يَا أَهْلَ الْيَمَنِ إِذْ لَمْ يَقْبَلْهَا بَنُو تَمِيمٍ» قَالُوا قَدْ قَبِلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ جِئْنَا لِنَتَفَقَّهُ فِي الدِّينِ وَنَسْأَلَكَ عَنْ أَوَّلِ هَذَا الْأَمْرِ مَا كَانَ؟ فَقَالَ «كَانَ اللَّهُ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ شَيْءٌ قَبْلَهُ وَكَانَ عَرْشُهُ عَلَى الْمَاءِ ثُمَّ خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَكَتَبَ فِي الذِّكْرِ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ»