Musnad Ahmad 13011

Translation

✧ We had been forbidden in the Quran to ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about anything. He said: And it pleased us when an intelligent man from the desert people would come and ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said: A man came and said: “O Muhammad, your messenger came to us and claimed to us that you claim that Allah [Mighty and Majestic] sent you?” He said: “He spoke the truth.” He said: “Then who created the sky?” He said: “Allah.” He said: “Then who created the earth?” He said: “Allah.” He said: “Then who set up these mountains?” He said: “Allah.” He said: “Then by the One who created the sky and created the earth and set up the mountains, did Allah send you?” He said: “Yes.” He said: “And your messenger claimed that we owe five prayers in our day and night?” He said: “He spoke the truth.” He said: “Then by the One who sent you, did Allah command you with this?” He said: “Yes.” He said: “And your messenger claimed that we owe zakat on our wealth.” He said: “He spoke the truth.” He said: “Then by the One who sent you, did Allah command you with this?” He said: “Yes.” He said: “And your messenger claimed that we owe fasting the month of Ramadan in our year.” Affan said: He said: “He spoke the truth.” He said: “Then by the One who sent you, did Allah command you with this?” He said: “Yes.” “And your messenger claimed that we owe the Hajj for whoever can find a way to it.” He said: “He spoke the truth.” He said: “Then by the One who sent you, did Allah command you with this?” He said: “Yes.” Affan said: Then he turned away, then said: “By the One who sent you with the truth, I will not add to them or subtract from them anything.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “If he is truthful, he will surely enter Paradise.”

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What scholars said about it

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• Dāraquṭnī

  وحماد بن سلمة أثبت الناس في حديث ثابت

  in مسند أحمد, p. 13154
• Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr

  طرق صحاح

  in مسند أحمد, p. 13154

Other narrations of this report

Sahih Muslim 12aSunan an-Nasa'i 2091

Narrators

1. 1
   Anas b. Mālik

   Companion (ṣaḥābī)d. 90 AH
   أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍصحابي
   قال
2. 2
   Thābit al-Bunānī

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. 122 AH
   ثَابِتٌثقة
   عن
3. 3
   سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. 165 AH
   حدثنا
4. 4
   بَهْزٌ

   trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 197 AH
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal

   trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 241 AH
   أحمد بن حنبلثقة حافظ

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