Sunan Abi Dawud
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Chapter 42 · Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الرِّبَاطِيُّ، قَالُوا: أخبرنا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ، قَالَ أَحْمَدُ: كَتَبْنَاهُ مِنْ نُسْخَتِهِ، وَهَذَا لَفْظُهُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ إِسْحَاق يُحَدِّثُ، عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ، عَنْ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، قَالَ: أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، جُهِدَتِ الْأَنْفُسُ، وَضَاعَتِ الْعِيَالُ، وَنُهِكَتِ الْأَمْوَالُ، وَهَلَكَتِ الْأَنْعَامُ، فَاسْتَسْقِ اللَّهَ لَنَا، فَإِنَّا نَسْتَشْفِعُ بِكَ عَلَى اللَّهِ، وَنَسْتَشْفِعُ بِاللَّهِ عَلَيْكَ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: وَيْحَكَ، أَتَدْرِي مَا تَقُولُ ؟، وَسَبَّحَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَمَا زَالَ يُسَبِّحُ حَتَّى عُرِفَ ذَلِكَ فِي وُجُوهِ أَصْحَابِهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: وَيْحَكَ، إِنَّهُ لَا يُسْتَشْفَعُ بِاللَّهِ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ، شَأْنُ اللَّهِ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، وَيْحَكَ، أَتَدْرِي مَا اللَّهُ ؟ إِنَّ عَرْشَهُ عَلَى سَمَاوَاتِهِ لَهَكَذَا، وَقَالَ بِأَصَابِعِهِ مِثْلَ الْقُبَّةِ عَلَيْهِ، وَإِنَّهُ لَيَئِطُّ بِهِ أَطِيطَ الرَّحْلِ بِالرَّاكِبِ ، قال ابْنُ بَشَّارٍ فِي حَدِيثِهِ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ فَوْقَ عَرْشِهِ، وَعَرْشُهُ فَوْقَ سَمَاوَاتِهِ، وَسَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ، وقَالَ عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى، وَابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، وَابْنُ بَشَّارٍ، عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ، وَجُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، قَالَ أبو داود: وَالْحَدِيثُ بِإِسْنَادِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ هُوَ الصَّحِيحُ، ووَافَقَهُ عَلَيْهِ جَمَاعَةٌ مِنْهُمْ: يَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمَدِينِيِّ، وَرَوَاهُ جَمَاعَةٌ، عَنْ ابْنِ إِسْحَاق، كَمَا قَالَ أَحْمَدُ أَيْضًا، وَكَانَ سَمَاعُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى، وَابْنِ الْمُثَنَّى، وَابْنِ بَشَّارٍ مِنْ نُسْخَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ فِيمَا بَلَغَنِي.
Translation
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The Arabic text and the translations come from our previous collection: English from hadithapi.com, German and Turkish machine-translated (Gemini) and unreviewed. A new translation from the Arabic with the chain of narration will follow.
An A’rab (a nomadic Arab) came to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم and said: People suffering distress, the children are hungry, the crops are withered, and the animals are perished, so ask Allah to grant us rain, for we seek you as our intercessor with Allah, and Allah as intercessor with you. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: Woe to you: Do you know what you are saying? Then the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم declared Allah’s glory and he continued declaring His glory till the effect of that was apparent in the faces of his Companions. He then said: Woe to you: Allah is not to be sought as intercessor with anyone. Allah’s state is greater than that. Woe to you! Do you know how great Allah is? His throne is above the heavens thus (indicating with his fingers like a dome over him), and it groans on account of Him as a saddle does because of the rider. Ibn Bashshar said in his version: Allah is above the throne, and the throne is above the heavens. He then mentioned the rest of the tradition. Abdul-A’la, Ibn al- Muthana and Ibn Bashshar transmitted it from Ya’qub bin ‘Utbah and Jubair bin Muhammad bin Jubair from his father on the authority of his grandfather. Abu Dawud said: This tradition with the chain of Ahmad bin Saad is sound. It has been approved by the body (of traditionists), which includes Yahya bin Ma’in and Ali bin al-Madani, and a group has transmitted it from Ibn Ishaq, as Ahmad also said. And so far as I have been informed Abdul-A’la, Ibn al-Muthanna, and Ibn Bashshar had heard from the same copy (of the collection of tradition).