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قَوْلُهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى: {وَعَلَّمَ آدَمَ الْأَسْمَاءَ كُلَّهَا} [البقرة: 31]

nasai-kubra:10917Ibrāhīm b. al-Ḥasan > al-Ḥārith b. ʿAṭiyyah > Hishām al-Dastuwāʾī > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The believers will gather on the Day of Resurrection and say, 'If only we could intercede with our Lord to relieve us from this place.' So they will come to Adam and say, 'O Adam, you are the father of mankind, Allah created you with His own hand, and the angels prostrated to you and He taught you the names of everything. Intercede for us with your Lord so that He may relieve us from this place.' and he will relate the lengthy narration of intercession."  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٩١٧أَخْبَرَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَارِثُ بْنُ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ هِشَامٍ الدَّسْتُوَائِيِّ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ يَجْتَمِعُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَيَقُولُونَ لَوِ اسْتَشْفَعْنَا إِلَى رَبِّنَا حَتَّى يُرِيحَنَا مِنْ مَكَانِنَا هَذَا؟ فَيَأْتُونَ آدَمَ فَيَقُولُونَ يَا آدَمُ أَنْتَ أَبُو النَّاسِ خَلَقَكَ اللهُ بِيَدِهِ وَأَسْجَدَ لَكَ مَلَائِكَتَهُ وَعَلَّمَكَ أَسْمَاءَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ فَاشْفَعْ لَنَا إِلَى رَبِّكَ حَتَّى تُرِيحَنَا مِنْ مَكَانِنَا هَذَا وَسَاقَ حَدِيثَ الشَّفَاعَةِ بِطُولِهِ  


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bukhari:7516Muslim b. Ibrāhīm > Hishām > Qatādah > Anas

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The believers will be assembled on the Day of Resurrection and they will say, 'Let us look for someone to intercede for us with our Lord so that He may relieve us from this place of ours.' So they will go to Adam and say, 'You are Adam, the father of mankind, and Allah created you with His Own Hands and ordered the Angels to prostrate before you, and He taught you the names of all things; so please intercede for us with our Lord so that He may relieve us.' Adam will say, to them, 'I am not fit for that,' and then he will mention to them his mistake which he has committed.' "  

البخاري:٧٥١٦حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُجْمَعُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَيَقُولُونَ لَوِ اسْتَشْفَعْنَا إِلَى رَبِّنَا فَيُرِيحُنَا مِنْ مَكَانِنَا هَذَا فَيَأْتُونَ آدَمَ فَيَقُولُونَ لَهُ أَنْتَ آدَمُ أَبُو الْبَشَرِ خَلَقَكَ اللَّهُ بِيَدِهِ وَأَسْجَدَ لَكَ الْمَلاَئِكَةَ وَعَلَّمَكَ أَسْمَاءَ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ فَاشْفَعْ لَنَا إِلَى رَبِّنَا حَتَّى يُرِيحَنَا فَيَقُولُ لَهُمْ لَسْتُ هُنَاكُمْ فَيَذْكُرُ لَهُمْ خَطِيئَتَهُ الَّتِي أَصَابَ