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قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: {وَكَتَبْنَا لَهُ فِي الْأَلْوَاحَ} [الأعراف: 145]

nasai-kubra:11123Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd > Sufyān > ʿAmr > Ṭāwus > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Moses said to Adam, 'You are the one who caused the people to be disappointed and expelled them from Paradise?' Adam replied, 'You are the one whom Allah chose and wrote the Torah for with His own hand. Do you blame me for something that Allah had decreed upon me forty years before He created me?'"  

الكبرى للنسائي:١١١٢٣أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرٍوٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مُوسَى لِآدَمَ أَنْتَ الَّذِي خَيَّبْتَ النَّاسَ وَأَخْرَجْتَهُمْ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ؟ فَقَالَ آدَمُ أَنْتَ الَّذِي اصْطَفَاكَ اللهُ وَكَتَبَ لَكَ بِيَدِهِ التَّوْرَاةَ أَتَلُومُنِي عَلَى أَمْرٍ قَدْ قَدَرَهُ اللهُ عَلَيَّ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَنِي بِأَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً؟  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad
bukhari:4738Qutaybah > Ayyūb b. al-Najjār > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Moses argued with Adam and said to him (Adam), 'You are the one who got the people out of Paradise by your sin, and thus made them miserable." Adam replied, 'O Moses! You are the one whom Allah selected for His Message and for His direct talk. Yet you blame me for a thing which Allah had ordained for me before He created me?." Messenger of Allah ﷺ further said, "So Adam overcame Moses by this Argument."  

البخاري:٤٧٣٨حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ بْنُ النَّجَّارِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ حَاجَّ مُوسَى آدَمَ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَنْتَ الَّذِي أَخْرَجْتَ النَّاسَ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ بِذَنْبِكَ وَأَشْقَيْتَهُمْ قَالَ قَالَ آدَمُ يَا مُوسَى أَنْتَ الَّذِي اصْطَفَاكَ اللَّهُ بِرِسَالَتِهِ وَبِكَلاَمِهِ أَتَلُومُنِي عَلَى أَمْرٍ كَتَبَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَىَّ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَنِي أَوْ قَدَّرَهُ عَلَىَّ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَنِي قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَحَجَّ آدَمُ مُوسَى  

muslim:2652aMuḥammad b. Ḥātim And ʾIbrāhīm b. Dīnār And Ibn Abū ʿUmar al-Makkī And Aḥmad b. ʿAbdah al-Ḍabbī > Ibn ʿUyaynah Wa-al-Lafẓ Ibn Ḥātim And Ibn Dīnār > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > ʿAmr > Ṭāwus > Abū Hurayrah

There was argument between Adam and Moses. Moses said to Adam: You are our father. You did us harm and caused us to get out of Paradise. Adam said to him: You are Moses. Allah selected you (for direct conversation with you) and wrote with His own Hand the Book (Torah) for you. Despite this you blame me for an act which Allah had ordained for me forty years before He created me. Allah's Apostle ﷺ said:. This is how Adam came the better of Moses and Adam came the better of Moses.  

مسلم:٢٦٥٢aحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ وَإِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ دِينَارِ وَابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ الْمَكِّيُّ وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ الضَّبِّيُّ جَمِيعًا عَنِ ابْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ وَاللَّفْظُ لاِبْنِ حَاتِمٍ وَابْنِ دِينَارٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ طَاوُسٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ احْتَجَّ آدَمُ وَمُوسَى فَقَالَ مُوسَى يَا آدَمُ أَنْتَ أَبُونَا خَيَّبْتَنَا وَأَخْرَجْتَنَا مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ فَقَالَ لَهُ آدَمُ أَنْتَ مُوسَى اصْطَفَاكَ اللَّهُ بِكَلاَمِهِ وَخَطَّ لَكَ بِيَدِهِ أَتَلُومُنِي عَلَى أَمْرٍ قَدَّرَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَىَّ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَنِي بِأَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَحَجَّ آدَمُ مُوسَى فَحَجَّ آدَمُ مُوسَى وَفِي حَدِيثِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَرَ وَابْنِ عَبْدَةَ قَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا خَطَّ وَقَالَ الآخَرُ كَتَبَ لَكَ التَّوْرَاةَ بِيَدِهِ  

abudawud:4701[Chain 1] Musaddad > Sufyān [Chain 2] Aḥmad b. Ṣāliḥ al-Maʿná > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Ṭāwus > Abū Hurayrah

Adam and Moses held a disputation. Moses said : Adam you are our father. You deprived us and caused us to come out from Paradise. Adam said : You are Moses Allah chose you for his speech and wrote the Torah for you with his hand. Do you blame me for doing a deed which Allah had decreed that I should do forty year before he created me? So Adam got the better of Moses in argument. Ahmad b. Salih said from 'Amr from Tawus who heard Abu Hurairah.  

أبو داود:٤٧٠١حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ الْمَعْنَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ سَمِعَ طَاوُسًا يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يُخْبِرُ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ احْتَجَّ آدَمُ وَمُوسَى فَقَالَ مُوسَى يَا آدَمُ أَنْتَ أَبُونَا خَيَّبْتَنَا وَأَخْرَجْتَنَا مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ فَقَالَ آدَمُ أَنْتَ مُوسَى اصْطَفَاكَ اللَّهُ بِكَلاَمِهِ وَخَطَّ لَكَ التَّوْرَاةَ بِيَدِهِ تَلُومُنِي عَلَى أَمْرٍ قَدَّرَهُ عَلَىَّ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَنِي بِأَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً فَحَجَّ آدَمُ مُوسَى قَالَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ طَاوُسٍ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ  

tirmidhi:2134Yaḥyá b. Ḥabīb b. ʿArabī > al-Muʿtamir b. Sulaymān from my father > Sulaymān al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

"Adam and Musa argued, Musa said: "O Adam! You are the one that Allah created with His Hand, and blew into you of His Spirit, and you misled the people and caused them to be expelled from Paradise.' So Adam said: 'You are Musa, the one Allah selected with His Speech! Are you blaming me for something I did which Allah had decreed for me, before creating the heavens and the earth?'" He said: " So Adam confuted Musa."  

الترمذي:٢١٣٤حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَبِيبِ بْنِ عَرَبِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ احْتَجَّ آدَمُ وَمُوسَى فَقَالَ مُوسَى يَا آدَمُ أَنْتَ الَّذِي خَلَقَكَ اللَّهُ بِيَدِهِ وَنَفَخَ فِيكَ مِنْ رُوحِهِ أَغْوَيْتَ النَّاسَ وَأَخْرَجْتَهُمْ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ قَالَ فَقَالَ آدَمُ وَأَنْتَ مُوسَى الَّذِي اصْطَفَاكَ اللَّهُ بِكَلاَمِهِ أَتَلُومُنِي عَلَى عَمَلٍ عَمِلْتُهُ كَتَبَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَىَّ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ قَالَ فَحَجَّ آدَمُ مُوسَى  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عُمَرَ وَجُنْدَبٍ وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ سُلَيْمَانَ التَّيْمِيِّ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ وَقَدْ رَوَى بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ نَحْوَهُ وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ مِنْ غَيْرِ وَجْهٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ
ibnmajah:80Hishām b. ʿAmmār And Yaʿqūb b. Ḥumayd b. Kāsib > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Ṭāwus > Abū Hurayrah

"I heard Abu Hurairah narrating that the Prophet ﷺ said: 'Adam and Musa debated, and Musa said to him: "O Adam, you are our father but have deprived us and caused us to be expelled from Paradise because of your sin." Adam said to him: "O Musa, Allah chose you to speak with, and he wrote the Tawrah for you with His own Hand. Are you blaming me for something which Allah decreed for me forty years before He created me?" Thus Adam won the argument with Musa, thus Adam won the argument with Musa.'"  

ابن ماجة:٨٠حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ وَيَعْقُوبُ بْنُ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ كَاسِبٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ سَمِعَ طَاوُسًا يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يُخْبِرُ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ احْتَجَّ آدَمُ وَمُوسَى فَقَالَ لَهُ مُوسَى يَا آدَمُ أَنْتَ أَبُونَا خَيَّبْتَنَا وَأَخْرَجْتَنَا مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ بِذَنْبِكَ فَقَالَ لَهُ آدَمُ يَا مُوسَى اصْطَفَاكَ اللَّهُ بِكَلاَمِهِ وَخَطَّ لَكَ التَّوْرَاةَ بِيَدِهِ أَتَلُومُنِي عَلَى أَمْرٍ قَدَّرَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَىَّ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَنِي بِأَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً فَحَجَّ آدَمُ مُوسَى فَحَجَّ آدَمُ مُوسَى فَحَجَّ آدَمُ مُوسَى ثَلاَثًا  

ahmad:7387Sufyān > ʿAmr > Ṭāwus > Abū Hurayrah

"I heard Abu Hurairah narrating that the Prophet ﷺ said: 'Adam and Musa debated, and Musa said to him: "O Adam, you are our father but have deprived us and caused us to be expelled from Paradise because of your sin." Adam said to him: "O Musa, Allah chose you to speak with, and he wrote the Tawrah for you with His own Hand. Are you blaming me for something which Allah decreed for me forty years before He created me?" Thus Adam won the argument with Musa, thus Adam won the argument with Musa.'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 80)   

أحمد:٧٣٨٧حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو سَمِعَ طَاوُسًا سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ احْتَجَّ آدَمُ وَمُوسَى عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ فَقَالَ مُوسَى يَا آدَمُ أَنْتَ أَبُونَا خَيَّبْتَنَا وَأَخْرَجْتَنَا مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ فَقَالَ لَهُ آدَمُ يَا مُوسَى أَنْتَ اصْطَفَاكَ اللهُ بِكَلَامِهِ وَقَالَ مَرَّةً بِرِسَالَتِهِ وَخَطَّ لَكَ بِيَدِهِ أَتَلُومُنِي عَلَى أَمْرٍ قَدَّرَهُ اللهُ عَلَيَّ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَنِي بِأَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً؟ قَالَ حَجَّ آدَمُ مُوسَى حَجَّ آدَمُ مُوسَى حَجَّ آدَمُ مُوسَى  

ahmad:7856Ayyūb b. al-Najjār > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Adam replied to Musa: 'O Adam, it is you who expelled people from Paradise with your sin and caused their misery?' Adam said to him: 'O Musa, it is you whom Allah has chosen among people with His messages and words, so why do you blame me for something that Allah had written for me or destined upon me before He created me?' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then said: 'Thus, Adam debated with Musa.'"  

أحمد:٧٨٥٦حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ بْنُ النَّجَّارِ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَاجَّ آدَمُ مُوسَى فَقَالَ يَا آدَمُ أَنْتَ الَّذِي أَخْرَجْتَ النَّاسَ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ بِذَنْبِكَ وَأَشْقَيْتَهُمْ؟ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُ آدَمُ أَنْتَ الَّذِي اصْطَفَاكَ اللهُ عَلَى النَّاسِ بِرِسَالَاتِهِ وَكَلَامِهِ فَتَلُومُنِي عَلَى أَمْرٍ كَتَبَهُ اللهُ عَلَيَّ أَوْ قَدَّرَهُ عَلَيَّ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَنِي؟ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَحَجَّ آدَمُ مُوسَى