CHAPTER: PERTAINING TO EVIIL SUGGESTION OR PROMPTING IN FAITH AND WHAT SHOULD BE SAID WHEN IT OCCURS TO THE MIND OF A MAN
No. 239
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that some people from amongst the Companions of the Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) came to him and said: Verily we perceive in our minds that which every one of us considers it too grave to express. He (the Prophet) said: Do you really perceive it? They said: Yes. Upon this he remarked: That is the faith manifest.
It is narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah b. Mas'ud that the Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) was asked about evil prompting, to which he replied: It is pure faith.
حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الصَّفَّارُ، حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَثَّامٍ، عَنْ سُعَيْرِ بْنِ الْخِمْسِ، عَنْ مُغِيرَةَ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنِ الْوَسْوَسَةِ قَالَ " تِلْكَ مَحْضُ الإِيمَانِ " .
No. 242
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: Men will continue to question one another till this is propounded: Allaah created all things but who created Allaah? He who found himself confronted with such a situation should say: I affirm my faith in Allaah.
This hadith has been transmitted by Mahmud b. Ghailan by another chain of transmitters (and the words are): The Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: The Satan will come to everyone of you and say: Who created the heaven, who created the earth? (And the man) replies: It is Allaah, Then the remaining part of the hadith was narrated as mentioned above and the words 'His prophets" were added to it.
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allaah sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) observed: The Satan comes to everyone. of you and says: Who created this and that? till he questions: Who created your Lord? When he comes to that, one should seek refuge in Allaah and keep away (from such idle thoughts).
This hadith is transmitted by Urwa b. Zubair on the authority of Abu Huraira (and the words are): The Satan comes to the bondsman (of Allaah) and says: Who created this and that? The remaining part of the hadith is the same.
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Prophet of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) observed: People will constantly ask you questions pertaining to knowledge till they would say: Allaah created us, but who created Allaah? he (the narrator) says: he (Abu Huraira) was (at the time of narrating this hadith) catching hold of the hand of a man and he said: Allaah and the Messenger told the truth. Two persons have already put me this question, and this is the third one, or he said: One man has put me this question and he is the second one.
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that he said: The people will constantly, and the rest of the hadith is the same as that transmitted by 'Abdul-Warith with the exception that there is no mention of the Prophet of Allaah in that, but he observed at the end of the hadith: Allaah and His Messenger told the truth.
Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said to me: they (the people) till constantly ask you, Abu Huraira, (about different things pertaining to religion) the they would say: Well, there is Allaah, but after all who created Allaah? He (Abu Huraira) narrated: Once we were in the mosque that some of the Bedouins came there and said: Well, there is Allaah, but who created Allaah? He (the narrator) said: I took hold of the pebbles in my fist and flung at them and remarked: Stand up, stand up (go away) my friend (the Prophet) told the truth.
Yazid b. al-Asamm said: I heard Abu Huraira saying that the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) observed: people will certainly ask you about everything till they will propound: Allaah created every thing, but who created Allaah?
Anas b. Malik transmitted it from the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) that the Great and Glorious Allaah said: Verily your people would constantly question about this and that till they would say: Well, it is Allaah Who created the creation, but who created Allaah?