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tabarani:16576 – [Chain 1] ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > Hudbah b. Khālid [Chain 2] Abū Yazīd al-Qarāṭīsī > Asad b. Mūsá > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Yaʿlá b. ʿAṭāʾ > Wakīʿ b. Ḥudus > Bī Razīn

[Machine] We said, "O Messenger of Allah, will we see our Lord on the Day of Resurrection? And what is the evidence for that in His creation?" He said, "Do you not all see the shining moon?". We said, "Yes". He said, "Then Allah is greater".  

الطبراني:١٦٥٧٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ ثنا هُدْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَزِيدَ الْقَرَاطِيسِيُّ ثنا أَسَدُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَا ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ وَكِيعِ بْنِ حُدُسٍ عَنْ أبِي رَزِينٍ قَالَ

قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَكُلُّنَا يَرَى رَبَّهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ؟ وَمَا آيَةُ ذَلِكَ فِي خَلْقِهِ؟ قَالَ «أَلَيْسَ كُلُّكُمْ يَرَى الْقَمَرَ مَجْلِيًّا بِهِ؟» قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَاللهُ أَعْظَمُ»  

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ibnmajah:180 – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Yaʿlá b. ʿAṭāʾ > Wakīʿ b. Ḥudus from his uncle Abū Razīn

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, will we see Allah on the Day of Resurrection? And what is the sign of that in His creation?' He said: 'O Abu Razin, do each of you not see the moon individually?' I said: 'Of course.' He said: 'Allah is Greater, and that is His sign in His creation.'"  

ابن ماجة:١٨٠ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَنْبَأَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ وَكِيعِ بْنِ حُدُسٍ عَنْ عَمِّهِ أَبِي رَزِينٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَكُلُّنَا يَرَى اللَّهَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَمَا آيَةُ ذَلِكَ فِي خَلْقِهِ قَالَ يَا أَبَا رَزِينٍ أَلَيْسَ كُلُّكُمْ يَرَى الْقَمَرَ مُخْلِيًا بِهِ قَالَ قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ فَاللَّهُ أَعْظَمُ وَذَلِكَ آيَتُهُ فِي خَلْقِهِ  

ahmad:16186 – Yazīd b. Hārūn > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Yaʿlá b. ʿAṭāʾ > Wakīʿ b. Ḥudus from his uncle Abū Razīn

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, will we see Allah on the Day of Resurrection? And what is the sign of that in His creation?' He said: 'O Abu Razin, do each of you not see the moon individually?' I said: 'Of course.' He said: 'Allah is Greater, and that is His sign in His creation.'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 180)   

أحمد:١٦١٨٦ – حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ وَكِيعِ بْنِ حُدُسٍ عَنْ عَمِّهِ أَبِي رَزِينٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَكُلُّنَا يَرَى اللهَ ﷻ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ؟ وَمَا آيَةُ ذَلِكَ فِي خَلْقِهِ؟ قَالَ يَا أَبَا رَزِينٍ أَلَيْسَ كُلُّكُمْ يَرَى الْقَمَرَ مُخْلِيًا بِهِ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ فَاللهُ أَعْظَمُ  

ahmad:16198 – ʿAbd al-Raḥman And Bahz > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Yaʿlá b. ʿAṭāʾ > Wakīʿ b. ʿUdus from his uncle Abū Razīn > Bahz al-ʿUqaylī

[Machine] I asked the Messenger of Allah, "Do we eat the provision that Allah sees?" He replied, "Abdul Rahman, how can we see our Lord on the Day of Judgment? And what is the sign of that in His creation?" So I said, "Don't all of you look at the moon, hanging in the sky?" I said, "Yes." He said, "Indeed, it is greater."  

أحمد:١٦١٩٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ وَبَهْزٌ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْيَعْلَى بْنِ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ وَكِيعِ بْنِ عُدُسٍ عَنْ عَمِّهِ أَبِي رَزِينٍ قَالَ بَهْزٌ الْعُقَيْلِيِّ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ بَهْزٌ أَكُلُّنَا يَرَى رَبَّهُ ﷻ؟ قَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ كَيْفَ نَرَى رَبَّنَا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ؟ وَمَا آيَةُ ذَلِكَ فِي خَلْقِهِ؟ فَقَالَ أَلَيْسَ كُلُّكُمْ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى الْقَمَرِ مُخْلِيًا بِهِ قَالَ قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ فَإِنَّهُ أَعْظَمُ