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قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: {وَإِذْ أَخَذَ رَبُّكَ مِنْ بَنِي آدَمَ مِنْ ظُهُورِهِمْ} [الأعراف: 172]

nasai-kubra:11127Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥīm > al-Ḥusayn b. Muḥammad > Jarīr b. Ḥāzim > Kulthūm b. Jabr > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] About the Prophet ﷺ , he said: "Allah, the Glorified and Exalted, took the covenant from the back of Adam, son of Nu'man, meaning Arafah. Then He extracted from his loins all the descendants that He had created and scattered them in front of Him as tiny particles that spread out like dust. Then He addressed them and recited to them the verse (of the Qur'an): 'Am I not your Lord?' They all replied: 'Yes, we testify.' This is so you cannot say on the Day of Resurrection: 'We were not aware of this.'" (Qur'an, Surah Al-A'raf, 7:172) Abu 'Abdur-Rahman said: "This Hadith is not strong and his narration is not reliable."  

الكبرى للنسائي:١١١٢٧أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ أَخْبَرَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ عَنْ كُلْثُومِ بْنِ جَبْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ أَخَذَ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى الْمِيثَاقَ مِنْ ظَهْرِ آدَمَ بِنَعْمَانَ يَعْنِي عَرَفَةَ فَأَخْرَجَ مِنْ صُلْبِهِ كُلَّ ذُرِّيَّةٍ ذَرَأَهَا فَنَثَرَهُمْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ كَالذَّرِّ ثُمَّ كَلَّمَهُمْ فَتَلَا قَالَ {أَلَسْتُ بِرَبِّكَمْ قَالُوا بَلَى شَهِدْنَا أَنْ تَقُولُوا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِنَّا كُنَّا عَنْ هَذَا غَافِلِينَ} [الأعراف 172] إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَكُلْثُومٌ هَذَا لَيْسَ بِالْقَوِيِّ وَحَدِيثُهُ لَيْسَ بِالْمَحْفُوظِ  


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ahmad:2455Ḥusayn b. Muḥammad > Jarīr / Ibn Ḥāzim > Kulthūm b. Jabr > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] "Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said, Allah took a covenant from the back of Adam near Arafah and extracted from his loins all his descendants and spread them before Him like small particles, and then spoke to them saying, 'Am I not your Lord?' They replied, 'Yes, we testify.' [This] was lest you should say on the Day of Resurrection, 'Certainly we were unaware of this.'" [Al-A'raf, 7:172]  

أحمد:٢٤٥٥حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ حَازِمٍ عَنْ كُلْثُومِ بْنِ جَبْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ أَخَذَ اللهُ الْمِيثَاقَ مِنْ ظَهْرِ آدَمَ بِنَعْمَانَ يَعْنِي عَرَفَةَ فَأَخْرَجَ مِنْ صُلْبِهِ كُلَّ ذُرِّيَّةٍ ذَرَأَهَا فَنَثَرَهُمْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ كَالذَّرِّ ثُمَّ كَلَّمَهُمْ قِبَلًا قَالَ {أَلَسْتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ قَالُوا بَلَى شَهِدْنَا أَنْ تَقُولُوا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِنَّا كُنَّا عَنْ هَذَا غَافِلِينَ أَوْ تَقُولُوا إِنَّمَا أَشْرَكَ آبَاؤُنَا مِنْ قَبْلُ وَكُنَّا ذُرِّيَّةً مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ أَفَتُهْلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ الْمُبْطِلُونَ} [الأعراف 173]  

Details of the mithaq (the Covenant), also known as yawm alastu (Am I not your Lord?)

hakim:4000ʿAbd al-Ṣamad b. ʿAlī b. Mukram> Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad al-Ṣāʾigh > al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad al-Marwazī > Jarīr b. Ḥāzim > Kulthūm b. Jabr > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Allah took the covenant from the back of Adam at 'Arafah, meaning by mentioning the mountain of 'Arafah. Then, He extracted from his loins all of the offspring that He would create and dispersed them before Him like seeds, and then He addressed them from all sides and said: 'Am I not your Lord?' They replied: 'Indeed, we bear witness to it.' [This] He did lest they should say on the Day of Resurrection: 'We were not aware of this.' [This is mentioned] in His saying: 'Or [lest] you say, 'It was only that our fathers associated [others in worship] with Allah before, and we were but descendants after them. Then would You destroy us for what the falsifiers have done?' [Al-A'raf: 172-173] This is an authentic Hadith, and they did not exclude it from their collections."  

الحاكم:٤٠٠٠أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُكْرَمٍ بِبَغْدَادَ ثنا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّائِغُ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ ثنا جَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ عَنْ كُلْثُومِ بْنِ جَبْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ: "أَخَذَ اللَّهُ الْمِيثَاقَ مِنْ ظَهْرِ آدَمَ بِنَعْمَانَ، يَعْنِي بِعَرَفَةَ، فَأَخْرَجَ مِنْ صُلْبِهِ كُلَّ ذُرِّيَّةٍ ذَرَأَهَا فَنَثَرَهُمْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ كَالذَّرِّ، ثُمَّ كَلَّمَهُمْ قُبُلًا وَقَالَ: ﴿أَلَسْتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ قَالُوا بَلَى شَهِدْنَا أَنْ تَقُولُوا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ﴾ [الأعراف: ١٧٢] إِلَى قَوْلِهِ ﴿بِمَا فَعَلَ الْمُبْطِلُونَ﴾ [الأعراف: ١٧٣] «هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ»  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ» صحيح
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"إِنَّ الله تعالى أَخذ الْمِيثاق مِن ظهرِ آدَم بنَعْمانَ يَوْمَ عَرَفةَ، وأخْرَج مِن صُلبه كلَّ ذُرية ذرَأَها، فنثرهم بَين يَديه كالذَّر، ثم كلَّمَهمَ قبَلًا قبَلًا قال: أَلسْتُ بِربِّكم؟ قالوا: بلى" .  

[حم] أحمد [ن] النسائي [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك [ق] البيهقى في السنن في الأسماء عن ابن عباس