Musnad Ahmad 2483
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ الْعِجْلِيُّ وَكَانَتْ لَهُ هَيْئَةٌ رَأَيْنَاهُ عِنْدَ حَسَنٍ عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ
أَقْبَلَتْ يَهُودُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالُوا: يَا أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ، إِنَّا نَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ خَمْسَةِ أَشْيَاءَ، فَإِنْ أَنْبَأْتَنَا بِهِنَّ عَرَفْنَا أَنَّكَ نَبِيٌّ وَاتَّبَعْنَاكَ، فَأَخَذَ عَلَيْهِمْ مَا أَخَذَ إِسْرَائِيلُ عَلَى بَنِيهِ إِذْ قَالُوا: اللهُ عَلَى مَا نَقُولُ وَكِيلٌ، قَالَ: هَاتُوا، قَالُوا: أَخْبِرْنَا عَنْ عَلَامَةِ النَّبِيِّ ؟ قَالَ: تَنَامُ عَيْنَاهُ وَلَا يَنَامُ قَلْبُهُ، قَالُوا: أَخْبِرْنَا كَيْفَ تُؤْنِثُ الْمَرْأَةُ، وَكَيْفَ تُذْكِرُ ؟ قَالَ: يَلْتَقِي الْمَاءَانِ، فَإِذَا عَلَا مَاءُ الرَّجُلِ مَاءَ الْمَرْأَةِ أَذْكَرَتْ، وَإِذَا عَلَا مَاءُ الْمَرْأَةِ مَاءَ الرَّجُلِ آنَثَتْ، قَالُوا: أَخْبِرْنَا مَا حَرَّمَ إِسْرَائِيلُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ ؟ قَالَ: كَانَ يَشْتَكِي عِرْقَ النَّسَا، فَلَمْ يَجِدْ شَيْئًا يُلَائِمُهُ إِلَّا أَلْبَانَ كَذَا وَكَذَا - قَالَ أَبِي: قَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ: يَعْنِي: الْإِبِلَ - فَحَرَّمَ لُحُومَهَا، قَالُوا: صَدَقْتَ، قَالُوا: أَخْبِرْنَا مَا هَذَا الرَّعْدُ ؟ قَالَ: مَلَكٌ مِنْ مَلَائِكَةِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مُوَكَّلٌ بِالسَّحَابِ بِيَدِهِ، أَوْ فِي يَدِهِ مِخْرَاقٌ مِنْ نَارٍ يَزْجُرُ بِهِ السَّحَابَ يَسُوقُهُ حَيْثُ أَمَرَ اللهُ، قَالُوا: فَمَا هَذَا الصَّوْتُ الَّذِي نَسْمَعُ ؟ قَالَ: صَوْتُهُ، قَالُوا: صَدَقْتَ، إِنَّمَا بَقِيَتْ وَاحِدَةٌ وَهِيَ الَّتِي نُبَايِعُكَ إِنْ أَخْبَرْتَنَا بِهَا، فَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنْ نَبِيٍّ إِلَّا لَهُ مَلَكٌ يَأْتِيهِ بِالْخَبَرِ، فَأَخْبِرْنَا مَنْ صَاحِبُكَ ؟ قَالَ: جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، قَالُوا: جِبْرِيلُ ذَاكَ الَّذِي يَنْزِلُ بِالْحَرْبِ وَالْقِتَالِ وَالْعَذَابِ عَدُوُّنَا، لَوْ قُلْتَ: مِيكَائِيلُ الَّذِي يَنْزِلُ بِالرَّحْمَةِ وَالنَّبَاتِ وَالْقَطْرِ لَكَانَ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مَنْ كَانَ عَدُوًّا لِجِبْرِيلَ إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Abū Aḥmad
- ʿAbdullāh b. al-Walīd al-ʿIjlī and Kānat Lah Hayʾah Raʾaynāh ʿInd Ḥasan
- Bukayr b. Shihāb
- Saʿīd b. Jubayr
- Ibn ʿAbbās
✧ The Jews came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "O Abu al-Qasim, we ask you about five things. If you inform us about them, we will recognize that you are a prophet and we will follow you." He then took an oath from them similar to the oath taken by the Children of Israel, saying, "Allah is a witness to what we say." They said, "Inform us about the sign of a prophet." He replied, "The eyes of a prophet sleep, but his heart does not sleep." They asked, "Tell us about how to distinguish the feminine and masculine form in Arabic." He said, "When two waters meet, if the water of the man overpowers the water of the woman, it will be masculine. And if the water of the woman overpowers the water of the man, it will be feminine." They asked, "Tell us the prohibition that the Children of Israel imposed upon themselves." He said, "They suffered from a particular disease and could not find any remedy except for milk, so they prohibited its consumption. Some of them suggested that it referred to camels, so they prohibited their meat." They said, "You have spoken the truth." They asked, "Tell us about thunderbolts." He said, "They are angels from the angels of Allah who are appointed to handle the clouds. They have a piece of fire with which they drive the clouds as Allah commands." They asked, "What is this sound that we hear?" He said, "It is their voice." They said, "You have spoken the truth. Only one question remains, which is the one we will use to swear loyalty to you. If you inform us about it, then know that no prophet comes except with an angel who brings him news. So tell us who your companion is." He said, "Gabriel." They said, "That is the one who descends for war, fighting, and punishment. Our enemy. Had you said it was Michael, who descends with mercy, vegetation, and rain, then Allah would have revealed (the verse), 'Whoever is an enemy to Gabriel' (2:97) until the end of the verse."
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What scholars said about it
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- Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī
هذه طرق يقوي بعضها بعضا يعني طريق شهر عن ابن عباس وغيره يدل على أن سبب نزول الآية قول اليهودي المذكور لا قصة عبد الله بن سلام
machine translationThese are routes that strengthen one another, meaning the route of Shahr from Ibn ʿAbbās and others. They indicate that the reason for the revelation of the verse was the statement of the aforementioned Jew, not the story of ʿAbdullāh b. Salām.
in مسند أحمد, p. 2504 - Abū al-Ḥasan Nur al-Dīn ʿAlī b. Abi Bakr al-Haythamī
رجالهما ثقات
machine translationTheir narrators are trustworthy (thiqāt).
in مسند أحمد, p. 2504
Narrators
- One of the Companions who narrated most prolifically (mukthirūn).d. 65 AH, or 67 AH, or 68 AH, also said: 69 AH, also said: 70 AH; also said: 73 AHعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍأحد المكثرين من الصحابةعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), firmly reliable (thabt), a jurist (faqīh); his narration from ʿĀʾishah, Abū Mūsā and the like is mursald. 95 AH, from al-Fallās: 94 AHسَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍثقة ثبت فقيه ، وروايته عن عائشة وأبي موسى ونحوهما مرسلةعن
- acceptable (maqbūl)d. between 161 and 170 AHبُكَيْرِ بْنِ شِهَابٍمقبولعن
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. between 151 and 160 AHعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ الْعِجْلِيُّثقةحدثنا
- trustworthy and reliable (thiqah thabt), except that he may err in the narrations of al-Thawrīd. 203 AHأَبُو أَحْمَدَثقة ثبت إلا أنه قد يخطئ في حديث الثوريحدثنا
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), an authority (ḥujjah).d. 241 AH, Abū Umayyah Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Ṭarsūsī said: 242 AH, and no one followed him in his viewأحمد بن حنبلثقة حافظ فقيه حجة
Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com
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