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ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ قَوْلَهُ ﷺ «لَمَّا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ الْخَلْقَ» أَرَادَ بِهِ: لَمَّا قَضَى خَلْقَهُمْ

ibnhibban:6144Ibn Zuhayr > Aḥmad b. al-Miqdām > Muʿtamir > Abū > Qatādah > Abū Rāfiʿ > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "When Allah completed the creation, He wrote in a book near Him: 'My mercy prevails over My wrath.' "  

ابن حبّان:٦١٤٤أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ زُهَيْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْمِقْدَامِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرٌ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِيَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَمَّا قَضَى اللَّهُ الْخَلْقَ كَتَبَ فِي كِتَابٍ عِنْدَهُ غَلَبَتْ أَوْ قَالَ سَبَقَتْ رَحْمَتِي غَضْبَى  


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bukhari:3194Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Mughīrah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Qurashī > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When Allah completed the creation, He wrote in His Book which is with Him on His Throne, "My Mercy overpowers My Anger."  

البخاري:٣١٩٤حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُغِيرَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْقُرَشِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَمَّا قَضَى اللَّهُ الْخَلْقَ كَتَبَ فِي كِتَابِهِ فَهْوَ عِنْدَهُ فَوْقَ الْعَرْشِ إِنَّ رَحْمَتِي غَلَبَتْ غَضَبِي  

bukhari:7404ʿAbdān > Abū Ḥamzah > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said, "When Allah created the Creation, He wrote in His Book--and He wrote (that) about Himself, and it is placed with Him on the Throne--'Verily My Mercy overcomes My Anger.'"  

البخاري:٧٤٠٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَمَّا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ الْخَلْقَ كَتَبَ فِي كِتَابِهِ هُوَ يَكْتُبُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ وَهْوَ وَضْعٌ عِنْدَهُ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ إِنَّ رَحْمَتِي تَغْلِبُ غَضَبِي  

bukhari:7422Abū al-Yamān > Shuʿayb > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said, "When Allah had finished His creation, He wrote over his Throne: 'My Mercy preceded My Anger.'  

البخاري:٧٤٢٢حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَمَّا قَضَى الْخَلْقَ كَتَبَ عِنْدَهُ فَوْقَ عَرْشِهِ إِنَّ رَحْمَتِي سَبَقَتْ غَضَبِي  

bukhari:7453Ismāʿīl > Mālik > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When Allah created the creations, He wrote with Him on His Throne: 'My Mercy has preceded My Anger."  

البخاري:٧٤٥٣حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَمَّا قَضَى اللَّهُ الْخَلْقَ كَتَبَ عِنْدَهُ فَوْقَ عَرْشِهِ إِنَّ رَحْمَتِي سَبَقَتْ غَضَبِي  

bukhari:7553Lī Khalīfah b. Khayyāṭ > Muʿtamir from my father > Qatādah > Abū Rāfiʿ > Abū Hurayrah

I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Before Allah created the creations, He wrote a Book (wherein He has written): My Mercy has preceded my Anger." and that (Book) is written with Him over the Throne."  

البخاري:٧٥٥٣وَقَالَ لِي خَلِيفَةُ بْنُ خَيَّاطٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرٌ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَمَّا قَضَى اللَّهُ الْخَلْقَ كَتَبَ كِتَابًا عِنْدَهُ غَلَبَتْ أَوْ قَالَ سَبَقَتْ رَحْمَتِي غَضَبِي فَهْوَ عِنْدَهُ فَوْقَ الْعَرْشِ  

muslim:2751aQutaybah b. Saʿīd > al-Mughīrah / al-Ḥizāmī > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

When Allah created the creation as He was upon the Throne, He put down in His Book: Verily, My mercy predominates My wrath.  

مسلم:٢٧٥١aحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُغِيرَةُ يَعْنِي الْحِزَامِيَّ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لَمَّا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ الْخَلْقَ كَتَبَ فِي كِتَابِهِ فَهُوَ عِنْدَهُ فَوْقَ الْعَرْشِ إِنَّ رَحْمَتِي تَغْلِبُ غَضَبِي  

muslim:2751cʿAlī b. Khashram > Abū Ḍamrah > al-Ḥārith b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿAṭāʾ b. Mīnāʾ > Abū Hurayrah

When Allah created the creation, He ordained for Himself and this document is with Him: Verily, My mercy predominates Mv wrath.  

مسلم:٢٧٥١cحَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ خَشْرَمٍ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو ضَمْرَةَ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ مِينَاءَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَمَّا قَضَى اللَّهُ الْخَلْقَ كَتَبَ فِي كِتَابِهِ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ فَهُوَ مَوْضُوعٌ عِنْدَهُ إِنَّ رَحْمَتِي تَغْلِبُ غَضَبِي  

ahmad:8958ʿAlī b. Baḥr > Muʿtamir b. Sulaymān from his father > Qatādah > Abū Rāfiʿ > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said, "When Allah created His creation, He wrote down that His mercy will overcome or precede His anger, and it is with Him above His throne."  

أحمد:٨٩٥٨حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ بَحْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَمَّا خَلَقَ اللهُ ﷻ خَلْقَهُ كَتَبَ غَلَبَتْ أَوْ سَبَقَتْ رَحْمَتِي غَضَبِي فَهُوَ عِنْدَهُ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ  

ahmad:7500Yazīd > Muḥammad > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When Allah completed the creation, He wrote in His Book which is with Him on His Throne, "My Mercy overpowers My Anger." (Using translation from Bukhārī 3194)  

أحمد:٧٥٠٠حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنْ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَمَّا قَضَى اللهُ الْخَلْقَ كَتَبَ فِي كِتَابِهِ فَهُوَ عِنْدَهُ فَوْقَ الْعَرْشِ إِنَّ رَحْمَتِي سَبَقَتْ غَضَبِي  

ahmad:7528ʿAlī b. Ḥafṣ > And Rqāʾ > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When Allah created the creation, He wrote in a book that is with Him, above the Throne: 'Indeed, My mercy has preceded My anger.'"  

أحمد:٧٥٢٨حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَفْصٍ أَخْبَرَنَا وَرْقَاءُ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَمَّا خَلَقَ اللهُ الْخَلْقَ كَتَبَ كِتَابًا فَهُوَ عِنْدَهُ فَوْقَ الْعَرْشِ إِنَّ رَحْمَتِي سَبَقَتْ غَضَبِي  

ahmad:8700Ḥusayn > Ibn Abū al-Zinād from his father > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "When Allah the Almighty finished creating the creation, He wrote in His book which is with Him, above the Throne: 'Verily, My mercy has overcome My anger.'"  

أحمد:٨٧٠٠حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لَمَّاقَضَى الله ﷻ الْخَلْقَ كَتَبَ فِي كِتَابٍه فَهُوَ عِنْدَهُ فَوْقَ الْعَرْشِ إِنَّ رَحْمَتِي غَلَبَتْ غَضَبِي  

ahmad:8127

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When Allah completed the creation, He wrote in His Book which is with Him on His Throne, "My Mercy overpowers My Anger." (Using translation from Bukhārī 3194)  

أحمد:٨١٢٧

وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَمَّا قَضَى اللهُ الْخَلْقَ كَتَبَ كِتَابًا فَهُوَ عِنْدَهُ فَوْقَ الْعَرْشِ إِنَّ رَحْمَتِي غَلَبَتْ غَضَبِي  

nasai-kubra:7709Shuʿayb b. Shuʿayb b. Isḥāq > Zayd b. Yaḥyá > Mālik > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When Allah completed the creation, He wrote in His Book which is with Him on His Throne, "My Mercy overpowers My Anger." (Using translation from Bukhārī 3194)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٧٠٩أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبُ بْنُ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَمَّا قَضَى اللهُ الْخَلْقَ كَتَبَ فِي كِتَابِهِ وَهُوَ عِنْدَهُ فَوْقَ الْعَرْشِ إِنَّ رَحْمَتِي سَبَقَتْ غَضَبِي»  

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"لَمَّا قَضَى اللهُ الْخَلْقَ كَتَبَ فِي كتَابِه - فَهُوَ عِنْدَهُ فَوْقَ الْعَرْشِ - إِنَّ رَحْمَتِى غَلَبَتْ غَضَبِى".  

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