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عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مِقْسَمٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

tabarani:13327Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb al-ʿAllāf al-Miṣrī > Saʿīd b. Abū Maryam > Ibn Abū Ḥāzim > ʿUbaydullāh b. Miqsam > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

[Machine] That he heard Abdullah bin Umar saying, "I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the pulpit, and he was saying, 'The Almighty takes his heavens and earth in his hands.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then closed his hand and then opened it, and he said, 'I am the Most Merciful, I am the King. Where are the tyrants? Where are the arrogant ones?' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ leaned his body away from his right and left until I saw the pulpit shaking from under something of it, to the extent that I said, 'Is it going to fall on the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ?'  

الطبراني:١٣٣٢٧حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ الْعَلَّافُ الْمِصْرِيُّ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ أنا ابْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مِقْسَمٍ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ يَقُولُ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ «يَأْخُذُ الْجَبَّارُ سَمَاوَاتِهِ وَأَرْضَهُ بِيَدَيْهِ» وَقَبَضَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَدَهُ وَجَعَلَ يَقْبِضُهَا وَيَبْسُطُهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ فَيَقُولُ «أَنَا الرَّحْمَنُ أَنَا الْمَلِكُ أَيْنَ الْجَبَّارُونَ؟ أَيْنَ الْمُتَكَبِّرُونَ؟» وَتَمَايَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَعَنْ شِمَالِهِ حَتَّى نَظَرْتُ إِلَى الْمِنْبَرِ يَتَحَرَّكُ مِنْ أَسْفَلِ شَيْءٍ مِنْهُ حَتَّى أَقُولُ أَسَاقِطٌ هُوَ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟  


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muslim:2788bSaʿīd b. Manṣūr > Yaʿqūb / Ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Ḥāzim > ʿUbaydullāh b. Miqsam

Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, would take in His hand His Heavens and His Earth, and would say: I am Allah. And He would clench His fingers and then would open them (and say): I am your Lord. I saw the pulpit in commotion from underneath because of something (vib-ating) there. And (I felt this commotion so much) that I said (to myself): It may not fall with Allah's Massenger ﷺ upon it.  

مسلم:٢٧٨٨bحَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو حَازِمٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مِقْسَمٍ

أَنَّهُ نَظَرَ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ كَيْفَ يَحْكِي رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ يَأْخُذُ اللَّهُ ﷻ سَمَوَاتِهِ وَأَرَضِيهِ بِيَدَيْهِ فَيَقُولُ أَنَا اللَّهُ وَيَقْبِضُ أَصَابِعَهُ وَيَبْسُطُهَا أَنَا الْمَلِكُ حَتَّى نَظَرْتُ إِلَى الْمِنْبَرِ يَتَحَرَّكُ مِنْ أَسْفَلِ شَىْءٍ مِنْهُ حَتَّى إِنِّي لأَقُولُ أَسَاقِطٌ هُوَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ  

ibnmajah:198Hishām b. ʿAmmār And Muḥammad b. al-Ṣabbāḥ > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Abū Ḥāzim from my father > ʿUbaydullāh b. Miqsam > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

"I heard the Messenger of Allah say, when he was on the pulpit: 'The Compeller will seize the heavens and the earth in His Hand' and he clenched his fist and began to open and close it. Then He will say: "I am the Compeller! Where are the tyrants? Where are the arrogant?" He said, the Messenger of Allah was turning to his right and to his left, until he saw the pulpit moving from below and I thought: 'What if it falls with the Messenger of Allah on it?'"  

ابن ماجة:١٩٨حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مِقْسَمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ يَقُولُ يَأْخُذُ الْجَبَّارُ سَمَوَاتِهِ وَأَرْضَهُ بِيَدِهِ وَقَبَضَ بِيَدِهِ فَجَعَلَ يَقْبِضُهَا وَيَبْسُطُهَا ثُمَّ يَقُولُ أَنَا الْجَبَّارُ أَيْنَ الْجَبَّارُونَ أَيْنَ الْمُتَكَبِّرُونَ قَالَ وَيَتَمَيَّلُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَعَنْ يَسَارِهِ حَتَّى نَظَرْتُ إِلَى الْمِنْبَرِ يَتَحَرَّكُ مِنْ أَسْفَلِ شَىْءٍ مِنْهُ حَتَّى إِنِّي أَقُولُ أَسَاقِطٌ هُوَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ  

ibnmajah:4275Hishām b. ʿAmmār And Muḥammad b. al-Ṣabbāḥ > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Abū Ḥāzim from my father > ʿUbaydullāh b. Miqsam > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

“I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say on the pulpit: ‘The Compeller (Al-Jabbar) will seize His heavens and His earths in His Hand’ – and he clenched his hand and started to open and close it – ‘Then He will say: “I am the Compeller, I am the King. Where are the tyrants? Where are the arrogant?” And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was leaning to his right and his left, until I could see the pulpit shaking at the bottom, and I thought that it would fall along with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.”  

ابن ماجة:٤٢٧٥حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مِقْسَمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ يَقُولُ يَأْخُذُ الْجَبَّارُ سَمَوَاتِهِ وَأَرَضِيهِ بِيَدِهِ وَقَبَضَ يَدَهُ فَجَعَلَ يَقْبِضُهَا وَيَبْسُطُهَا ثُمَّ يَقُولُ أَنَا الْجَبَّارُ أَنَا الْمَلِكُ أَيْنَ الْجَبَّارُونَ أَيْنَ الْمُتَكَبِّرُونَ قَالَ وَيَتَمَايَلُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَعَنْ شِمَالِهِ حَتَّى نَظَرْتُ إِلَى الْمِنْبَرِ يَتَحَرَّكُ مِنْ أَسْفَلِ شَىْءٍ مِنْهُ حَتَّى إِنِّي لأَقُولُ أَسَاقِطٌ هُوَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ  

ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَمَّا يَفْعَلُ اللَّهُ بِالسَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرَضِينَ فِي الْقِيَامَةِ

ibnhibban:7324Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm a freed slave of Thaqīf > Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Yaʿqūb b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Ḥāzim > ʿUbaydullāh b. Miqsam > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, would take in His hand His Heavens and His Earth, and would say: I am Allah. And He would clench His fingers and then would open them (and say): I am your Lord. I saw the pulpit in commotion from underneath because of something (vib-ating) there. And (I felt this commotion so much) that I said (to myself): It may not fall with Allah's Massenger ﷺ upon it. (Using translation from Muslim 2788b)   

ابن حبّان:٧٣٢٤أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مَوْلَى ثَقِيفٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مِقْسَمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ «يَأْخُذُ اللَّهُ سَمَاوَاتِهِ وَأَرَضِيهِ بِيَدِهِ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ أَنَا اللَّهُ وَيَقْبِضُ أَصَابِعَهُ وَيَبْسُطُهَا أَنَا الرَّحْمَنُ أَنَا الْمَلِكُ» حَتَّى نَظَرْتُ إِلَى الْمِنْبَرِ يَتَحَرَّكُ مِنْ أَسْفَلِ مِنْهُ حَتَّى إِنِّي لَأَقُولُ أَسَاقِطٌ هُوَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ؟ «  

nasai-kubra:7642al-Ḥusayn b. Ḥurayth > ʿAbdullāh b. Nāfiʿ al-Zubayrī > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Abū Ḥāzim from his father > ʿUbaydullāh > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

"I heard the Messenger of Allah say, when he was on the pulpit: 'The Compeller will seize the heavens and the earth in His Hand' and he clenched his fist and began to open and close it. Then He will say: "I am the Compeller! Where are the tyrants? Where are the arrogant?" He said, the Messenger of Allah was turning to his right and to his left, until he saw the pulpit moving from below and I thought: 'What if it falls with the Messenger of Allah on it?'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 198)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٦٤٢أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حُرَيْثٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ نَافِعٍ الزُّبَيْرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ يَأْخُذُ الْجَبَّارُ سَمَوَاتِهِ وَأَرَضَهُ بِيَدِهِ وَقَبَضَ يَدَيْهِ فَجَعَلَ يَقْبِضُهُمَا وَيَبْسُطُهُمَا ثُمَّ يَقُولُ أَنَا الْجَبَّارُ فَأَيْنَ الْجَبَّارُونَ؟ أَيْنَ الْمُتَكَبِّرُونَ؟ قَالَ وَيَمِيلُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَعَنْ شِمَالِهِ حَتَّى نَظَرْتُ إِلَى الْمِنْبَرِ تَحَرَّكَ مِنْ أَسْفَلِ شَيْءٍ مِنْهُ حَتَّى إِنِّي لَأَقُولُ سَاقِطٌ هُوَ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ  

nasai-kubra:7662Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Yaʿqūb > Abū Ḥāzim > ʿUbaydullāh b. Miqsam > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, would take in His hand His Heavens and His Earth, and would say: I am Allah. And He would clench His fingers and then would open them (and say): I am your Lord. I saw the pulpit in commotion from underneath because of something (vib-ating) there. And (I felt this commotion so much) that I said (to myself): It may not fall with Allah's Massenger ﷺ upon it. (Using translation from Muslim 2788b)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٦٦٢أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مِقْسَمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ يَأْخُذُ اللهُ سَمَوَاتِهِ وَأَرَضِيهِ بِيَدَيْهِ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ أَنَا اللهُ وَيَقْبِضُ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِهِ وَيَبْسُطُهَا أَنَا الرَّحْمَنُ أَنَا الْمَلِكُ حَتَّى نَظَرْتُ إِلَى الْمِنْبَرِ يَتَحَرَّكُ مِنْ أَسْفَلِ شَيْءٍ مِنْهُ حَتَّى إِنِّي لَأَقُولُ أَسَاقِطٌ هُوَ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟