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السيوطي:١٦١٩٣a

"قَال اللهُ -تَعَالى (*) -: إِنَّ أُمَّتَكَ لَا يَزَالُونَ يَقُولونَ: مَا كذَا؟ مَا كذَا؟ حَتَّى يَقُولُوا: هَذَا اللهُ خَلَقَ الْخَلقَ فَمَنْ خَلَقَ اللهَ؟ ".  

[حم] أحمد [م] مسلم وأَبو عوانة عن أَنس

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muslim:136aʿAbdullāh b. ʿĀmir b. Zurārah al-Ḥaḍramī > Muḥammad b. Fuḍayl > Mukhtār b. Fulful > Anas b. Mālik

Verily your people would constantly question about this and that till they would say: Well, it is Allah Who created the creation, but who created Allah?  

مسلم:١٣٦aحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَامِرِ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ عَنْ مُخْتَارِ بْنِ فُلْفُلٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ قَالَ اللَّهُ ﷻ إِنَّ أُمَّتَكَ لاَ يَزَالُونَ يَقُولُونَ مَا كَذَا مَا كَذَا حَتَّى يَقُولُوا هَذَا اللَّهُ خَلَقَ الْخَلْقَ فَمَنْ خَلَقَ اللَّهَ  

ahmad:11995Muḥammad b. Fuḍayl > al-Mukhtār b. Fulful > Anas

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, Allah said to me that my nation will continue to question each other until they say, 'This is Allah who created the people, so who created Allah?'"  

أحمد:١١٩٩٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ عَنْ الْمُخْتَارِ بْنِ فُلْفُلٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللهَ قَالَ لِي إِنَّ أُمَّتَكَ لَا يَزَالُونَ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ فِيمَا بَيْنَهُمْ حَتَّى يَقُولُوا هَذَا اللهُ خَلَقَ النَّاسَ فَمَنْ خَلَقَ اللهَ؟  

ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَنْ خَوْضِ النَّاسِ فِي الْأُغْلُوطَاتِ مِنَ الْمَسَائِلِ الَّتِي أُغْضِيَ لَهُمْ عَنْهَا

ibnhibban:6722Ibn Qutaybah > Ibn Abū al-Sarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Hammām b. Munabbih > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "They will continue to seek guidance through consultation until one of them will say, 'This Allah created everything, so who created Allah?'"  

ابن حبّان:٦٧٢٢أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي السَّرِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ هَمَّامِ بْنِ مُنَبِّهٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا يَزَالُونَ يُسْتَفْتُونَ حَتَّى يَقُولَ أَحَدُهُمْ هَذَا اللَّهُ خَلَقَ الْخَلْقَ فَمَنْ خَلَقَ اللَّهَ؟! »