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[Machine] It was said, "O Messenger of Allah, when were you written as a prophet?" He said, "Adam was in between the spirit and the body."  

الطبراني:١٢٥٧١ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ الْبَجَلِيُّ الْكُوفِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ صُبَيْحٍ ثنا نَصْرُ بْنُ مُزَاحِمٍ ثنا قَيْسُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهُ مَتَى كُتِبْتَ نَبِيًّا؟ قَالَ «وَآدَمُ بَيْنَ الرُّوحِ وَالْجَسَدِ»  

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Collected by Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Ḥākim
tirmidhi:3609 – Abū Hammām al-Walīd b. Shujāʿ b. al-Walīd al-Baghdādī > al-Walīd b. Muslim > al-Awzāʿī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

"They said: 'O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! When was the Prophethood established for you?' He said: 'While Adam was between (being) soul and body.'"  

الترمذي:٣٦٠٩ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هَمَّامٍ الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ شُجَاعِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنِ الأَوْزَاعِيِّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَتَى وَجَبَتْ لَكَ النُّبُوَّةُ قَالَ وَآدَمُ بَيْنَ الرُّوحِ وَالْجَسَدِ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ حَدِيثِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ مَيْسَرَةَ الْفَجْرِ
ahmad:16623 – Surayj b. al-Nuʿmān > Ḥammād > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq > a man

"They said: 'O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! When was the Prophethood established for you?' He said: 'While Adam was between (being) soul and body.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3609)   

أحمد:١٦٦٢٣ – حَدَّثَنَا سُرَيْجُ بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ رَجُلٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَتَى جُعِلْتَ نَبِيًّا؟ قَالَ وَآدَمُ بَيْنَ الرُّوحِ وَالْجَسَدِ  

ahmad:23212 – Surayj b. al-Nuʿmān > Ḥammād > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq > a man

"They said: 'O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! When was the Prophethood established for you?' He said: 'While Adam was between (being) soul and body.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3609)   

أحمد:٢٣٢١٢ – حَدَّثَنَا سُرَيْجُ بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ رَجُلٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَتَى جُعِلْتَ نَبِيًّا؟ قَالَ وَآدَمُ بَيْنَ الرُّوحِ وَالْجَسَدِ  

ahmad:20596 – ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Manṣūr b. Saʿd > Budayl > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq > Maysarah al-Fajr

"They said: 'O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! When was the Prophethood established for you?' He said: 'While Adam was between (being) soul and body.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3609)   

أحمد:٢٠٥٩٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا مَنْصُورُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ بُدَيْلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ مَيْسَرَةَ الْفَجْرِ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَتَى كُتِبْتَ نَبِيًّا؟ قَالَ وآدَمُ بَيْنَ الرُّوحِ وَالْجَسَدِ  

hakim:4209 – Abū al-Naḍr al-Faqīh And ʾAḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Salamah al-ʿAnazī > ʿUthmān b. Saʿīd al-Dārimī And Muḥammad b. Sinān al-ʿAwaqī > Ibrāhīm b. Ṭahmān > Budayl b. Maysarah > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq > Maysarah al-Fakhr

[Machine] I said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , "When were you made a prophet?" He replied, "Adam was between the soul and the body."  

الحاكم:٤٢٠٩ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النَّضْرِ الْفَقِيهُ وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ الْعَنَزِيُّ قَالَا ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الدَّارِمِيُّ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ الْعَوَقِيُّ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ طَهْمَانَ عَنْ بُدَيْلِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ مَيْسَرَةَ الْفَخْرِ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَتَى كُنْتُ نَبِيًّا؟ قَالَ «وَآدَمُ بَيْنَ الرُّوحِ وَالْجَسَدِ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ وَشَاهِدُهُ حَدِيثُ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ الَّذِي صحيح