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السيوطي:٤٢٣-١٣٣b

"عَنْ ابْن الدَّيْلَمى قَالَ: قُلتُ لعَبْدِ الله بْن عَمْرو، بَلَغَنى أَنَّكَ تَقُولُ إِنَّ

الْعِلْم قَدْ جَفَّ، فَقَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ الله ﷺ يَقُولُ، إِنَّ الله خَلَقَ النَّاسَ في ظُلمَةٍ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ نوَرًا مِنْ نُورِه فَأَلْقَاهُ عَلَيهمْ فَأَصَابَ مَنْ شَاءَ وَأخطَأَ مَنْ شَاءَ وَقَدْ عَلمَ مَنْ يُخْطِئُه مِمَّنْ يُصيِبُهُ فَمَنْ أَصَابَهُ منْ نُورِهِ شئٌ اهْتَدَى، وَمَنْ أخَطَأَهُ ضَلَّ، فَعِنْدَ ذَلكَ أَقُولُ إِنَّ الْعلْمَ جَفَّ".  

ابن جرير

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Collected by Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān
ahmad:6854

[Machine] And I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Verily, Allah created His creation, then He placed them in darkness, then He took from His light what He willed and cast it upon them. So whoever is touched by that light on that day has indeed been guided, and whoever is missed by it on that day has indeed gone astray. For this reason, I said, 'The pen has dried with what has and will occur.'"  

أحمد:٦٨٥٤م قَالَ

وَسَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ اللهَ خَلَقَ خَلْقَهُ ثُمَّ جَعَلَهُمْ فِي ظُلْمَةٍ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ مِنْ نُورِهِ مَا شَاءَ فَأَلْقَاهُ عَلَيْهِمْ فَأَصَابَ النُّورُ مَنْ شَاءَ أَنْ يُصِيبَهُ وَأَخْطَأَ مَنْشَاءَ فَمَنْ أَصَابَهُ النُّورُ يَوْمَئِذٍ فَقَدِ اهْتَدَى وَمَنْ أَخْطَأَهُ يَوْمَئِذٍ ضَلَّ فَلِذَلِكَ قُلْتُ جَفَّ الْقَلَمُ بِمَا هُوَ كَائِنٌ  

ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَنْ عِلْمِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا، مَنْ يُصِيبُهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ النُّورِ أَوْ يُخْطِئُهُ عِنْدَ خَلْقِهِ الْخَلْقَ فِي الظُّلْمَةِ

ibnhibban:6170ʿAlī b. al-Ḥusayn b. Sulaymān Bi-al-Fusṭāṭ > al-Ḥārith b. Miskīn > Ibn Wahb > Muʿāwiyah b. Ṣāliḥ > Rabīʿah b. Yazīd > Ibn al-Daylamī > ʿabd Allāh b. ʿAmr Balaghanī Annak > In al-Qalam Qad Jaf > Faqāl > Rasūl

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Indeed, Allah, the exalted and mighty, created people in darkness, then He took a part of His light and cast it upon them; whoever it reached, they found guidance, and whoever missed it, they went astray. Certainly, Allah knows well who deserves to be guided and who deserves to go astray." This is what I say: "Indeed, the pen has dried."  

ابن حبّان:٦١٧٠أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ بِالْفُسْطَاطِ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَارِثُ بْنُ مِسْكِينٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ حَدَّثَنِي مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ ابْنِ الدَّيْلَمِيِّ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو بَلَغَنِي أَنَّكَ تَقُولُ إِنَّ الْقَلَمَ قَدْ جَفَّ قَالَ فَقَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ جَلَّ وَعَلَا خَلَقَ النَّاسَ فِي ظُلْمَةٍ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ نُورًا مِنْ نُورِهِ فَأَلْقَاهُ عَلَيْهِمْ فَأَصَابَ مَنْ شَاءَ وَأَخْطَأَ مَنْ شَاءَ وَقَدْ عَلِمَ مَنْ يُخْطِئُهُ مِمَّنْ يُصِيبُهُ فَمَنْ أَصَابَهُ مِنْ نُورِهِ شَيْءٌ اهْتَدَى وَمَنْ أَخْطَأَهُ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ»؛ فَفِي ذَلِكَ مَا أَقُولُ إِنَّ الْقَلَمَ قَدْ جَفَّ