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"قَال اللهُ -تَعَالى-: وَمَنْ أظلَمُ مِمَن ذَهبَ يَخْلُقُ خَلقا كَخَلقِى فَليَخْلُقُوا حَبةً أو لِيَخْلُقُوا ذَرة أو لِيَخْلُقُوا شُعَيَرةً".  

[حم] أحمد [خ] البخاري [م] مسلم عن أبي هريرة

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Collected by Bukhārī, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān
bukhari:7559Muḥammad b. al-ʿAlāʾ > Ibn Fuḍayl > ʿUmārah > Abū Zurʿah > Abū Hurayrah

I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, "Allah said, 'Who are most unjust than those who try to create something like My creation? I challenge them to create even a smallest ant, a wheat grain or a barley grain.' "  

البخاري:٧٥٥٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ فُضَيْلٍ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ قَالَ اللَّهُ ﷻ وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنْ ذَهَبَ يَخْلُقُ كَخَلْقِي فَلْيَخْلُقُوا ذَرَّةً أَوْ لِيَخْلُقُوا حَبَّةً أَوْ شَعِيرَةً  

ahmad:9824Yazīd > Muḥammad / Ibn ʿAmr > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Allah (mighty and majestic) said, "And who is more unjust than one who creates like My creation? Let them create a mosquito, or let them create a grain of sand."  

أحمد:٩٨٢٤حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَعْنِي قَالَ اللهُ ﷻ وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنْ يَخْلُقُ كَخَلْقِي فَلْيَخْلُقُوا بَعُوضَةً أَوْ لِيَخْلُقُوا ذَرَّةً  

ahmad:9082Aswad b. ʿĀmir > Sharīk > ʿUmārah b. al-Qaʿqāʿ > Abū Zurʿah > Abū Hurayrah Rafaʿ al-Ḥadīth

[Machine] And who could be more unjust than one who creates a creation like My creation? So let them create [even] a [single] atom or a fly or a grain [of sand].  

أحمد:٩٠٨٢حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ الْقَعْقَاعِ عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَفَعَ الْحَدِيثَ قَالَ

وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنْ خَلَقَخَلْقًا كَخَلْقِي فَلْيَخْلُقُوا مِثْلَ خَلْقِي ذَرَّةً أَوْ ذُبَابَةً أَوْ حَبَّةً  

ahmad:7521ʿAbd al-Wāḥid al-Ḥaddād > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Allah (subhanahu wa ta'ala) said, 'And who is more unjust than one who creates like My creation? Let them create a mosquito or let them create a grain.'"  

أحمد:٧٥٢١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ الْحَدَّادُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ اللهُ ﷻ وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنْ يَخْلُقُ كَخَلْقِي فَلْيَخْلُقُوا بَعُوضَةً أَوْ لِيَخْلُقُوا ذَرَّةً  

ahmad:10819Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd And ʾAbū ʿUbaydah > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allah ﷻ said, 'And who is more unjust than one who creates like My creation? Let them create a mosquito, and let them create a grain of sand.'" Abu Ubaidah said, "They cannot create."  

أحمد:١٠٨١٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ وَأَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ اللهُ ﷻ وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنْ خَلَقَ كَخَلْقِي فَلْيَخْلُقُوا بَعُوضَةً وَلْيَخْلُقُوا ذَرَّةً قَالَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ يَخْلُقُ  

ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَمَّا يَجِبُ عَلَى الْمَرْءِ مِنْ تَرْكِ التَّصْوِيرِ فِي هَذِهِ الدُّنْيَا عَلَى شَيْءٍ مِنَ الْأَشْيَاءِ

ibnhibban:5859Abū Yaʿlá > Abū Khaythamah > Jarīr > ʿUmārah b. al-Qaʿqāʿ > Abū Zurʿah

[Machine] I entered, along with Abu Hurayrah, a house belonging to Sa'eed or Marwan. He saw a picture being drawn on the wall, so he said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Allah, blessed and exalted be He, said, 'Who is more unjust than one who has the ability to create as I create? Let them create a grain or a small particle.'"  

ابن حبّان:٥٨٥٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ الْقَعْقَاعِ عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ قَالَ

دَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَأَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ دَارًا لِسَعِيدٍ أَوْ لِمَرْوَانَ فَرَأَى مُصَوِّرًا يُصَوِّرُ فِي الْجِدَارِ فَقَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «قَالَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى مَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنْ ذَهَبَ يَخْلُقُ كَخَلْقِي؟ فَلْيَخْلُقُوا حَبَّةً أَوْ لِيَخْلُقُوا ذَرَّةً»