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“Verily, Allah when He created the creation, He wrote with His Hand concerning Himself, that: ‘My mercy prevails over My wrath.’” (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3543)   

السيوطي:٤٩٨٧a

"إِنَّ الله تَعَالى لمَّا خَلَقَ الْخَلْقَ كَتَبَ بِيدِه عَلَى نَفْسِهِ: إِنَّ رَحْمَتِى تَغْلِبُ غَضَبِي" .  

[هـ] ابن ماجة عن أَبي هريرة

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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Suyūṭī
bukhari:7404ʿAbdān > Abū Ḥamzah > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said, "When Allah created the Creation, He wrote in His Book--and He wrote (that) about Himself, and it is placed with Him on the Throne--'Verily My Mercy overcomes My Anger.'"  

البخاري:٧٤٠٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَمَّا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ الْخَلْقَ كَتَبَ فِي كِتَابِهِ هُوَ يَكْتُبُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ وَهْوَ وَضْعٌ عِنْدَهُ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ إِنَّ رَحْمَتِي تَغْلِبُ غَضَبِي  

muslim:2751aQutaybah b. Saʿīd > al-Mughīrah / al-Ḥizāmī > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

When Allah created the creation as He was upon the Throne, He put down in His Book: Verily, My mercy predominates My wrath.  

مسلم:٢٧٥١aحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُغِيرَةُ يَعْنِي الْحِزَامِيَّ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لَمَّا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ الْخَلْقَ كَتَبَ فِي كِتَابِهِ فَهُوَ عِنْدَهُ فَوْقَ الْعَرْشِ إِنَّ رَحْمَتِي تَغْلِبُ غَضَبِي  

muslim:2751cʿAlī b. Khashram > Abū Ḍamrah > al-Ḥārith b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿAṭāʾ b. Mīnāʾ > Abū Hurayrah

When Allah created the creation, He ordained for Himself and this document is with Him: Verily, My mercy predominates Mv wrath.  

مسلم:٢٧٥١cحَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ خَشْرَمٍ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو ضَمْرَةَ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ مِينَاءَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَمَّا قَضَى اللَّهُ الْخَلْقَ كَتَبَ فِي كِتَابِهِ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ فَهُوَ مَوْضُوعٌ عِنْدَهُ إِنَّ رَحْمَتِي تَغْلِبُ غَضَبِي  

tirmidhi:3543Qutaybah > al-Layth > Ibn ʿAjlān from his father > Abū Hurayrah

“Verily, Allah when He created the creation, He wrote with His Hand concerning Himself, that: ‘My mercy prevails over My wrath.’”  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ-Gharīb.
الترمذي:٣٥٤٣حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلاَنَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ حِينَ خَلَقَ الْخَلْقَ كَتَبَ بِيَدِهِ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ إِنَّ رَحْمَتِي تَغْلِبُ غَضَبِي  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ
ibnmajah:4295Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr And ʾAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Abū Khālid al-Aḥmar > Ibn ʿAjlān from his father > Abū Hurayrah

“When Allah created the universe, He decreed for Himself: ‘My mercy prevails over My wrath.’”  

ابن ماجة:٤٢٩٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَالِدٍ الأَحْمَرُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلاَنَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللَّهَ ﷻ لَمَّا خَلَقَ الْخَلْقَ كَتَبَ بِيَدِهِ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ إِنَّ رَحْمَتِي تَغْلِبُ غَضَبِي  

ahmad:9597Yaḥyá > Ibn ʿAjlān from my father > Abū Hurayrah

“When Allah created the universe, He decreed for Himself: ‘My mercy prevails over My wrath.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4295)   

أحمد:٩٥٩٧حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَمَّا خَلَقَ اللهُ الْخَلْقَ كَتَبَ بِيَدِهِ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ إِنَّ رَحْمَتِي تَغْلِبُ غَضَبِي  

ibnhibban:6143Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Sāmī > Aḥmad b. Yūnus > Sufyān al-Thawrī > al-Aʿmash > Dhakwān > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When Allah created the creation, He wrote in His Book, which is with Him, on Himself, while He was above His Throne: 'Indeed, My mercy overcomes My anger.'"  

ابن حبّان:٦١٤٣أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السَّامِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ ذَكْوَانَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَمَّا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ الْخَلْقَ كَتَبَ فِي كِتَابِهِ يَكْتُبُهُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ وَهُوَ مَرْفُوعٌ فَوْقَ الْعَرْشِ إِنَّ رَحْمَتِيَ تَغْلِبُ غَضْبَى»  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ كِتْبَةَ اللَّهِ الْكِتَابَ الَّذِي ذَكَرْنَاهُ كَتَبَهُ بِيَدِهِ

ibnhibban:6145Ismāʿīl b. Dāwud b. And Rdān Bimiṣr > ʿĪsá b. Ḥammād > al-Layth > Ibn ʿAjlān from his father > Abū Hurayrah

“Verily, Allah when He created the creation, He wrote with His Hand concerning Himself, that: ‘My mercy prevails over My wrath.’” (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3543)   

ابن حبّان:٦١٤٥أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ بْنِ وَرْدَانَ بِمِصْرَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ «حِينَ خَلَقَ اللَّهُ الْخَلْقَ كَتَبَ بِيَدِهِ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ الرَّحْمَةَ أَنَّ رَحْمَتِي غَلَبَتْ غَضَبِي»  

suyuti:4809a

“Verily, Allah when He created the creation, He wrote with His Hand concerning Himself, that: ‘My mercy prevails over My wrath.’” (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3543)   

السيوطي:٤٨٠٩a

"إِنَّ الله ﷻ حِينَ خلقَ الْخلقَ كتَب بِيَدِهِ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ: إِنَّ رَحْمَتِى تَغْلِبُ غَضَبِى".  

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