Musnad al-Bazzar 5388
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وَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ، نَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، نَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الزَّاهِرِيَّةِ، عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ:
سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقِيلَ: أَرَأَيْتَ الْأَرْضَ عَلَى مَا هِيَ ؟ فَقَالَ: الْأَرْضُ عَلَى الْمَاءِ، فَقِيلَ: الْمَاءُ عَلَى مَا هُوَ ؟ فَقَالَ: عَلَى صَخْرَةٍ خَضْرَاءَ، فَقِيلَ: الصَّخْرَةُ عَلَى مَا هِيَ ؟ قَالَ: عَلَى ظَهْرِ حُوتٍ يَلْتَقِي طَرَفَاهُ بِالْعَرْشِ، قِيلَ: فَالْحُوتُ عَلَى مَا هُوَ ؟ فَقَالَ: عَلَى كَاهِلِ مَلَكٍ قَدَمَاهُ فِي الْهَوَاءِ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad
- Abū al-Yamān
- Saʿīd b. Sinān
- Abū al-Zāhiriyyah
- Kathīr b. Murrah
- Ibn ʿUmar
✧ The Prophet ﷺ was asked: “What do you think the earth rests upon?” He said: “The earth is upon water.” It was said: “Upon what is the water?” He said: “Upon a green rock.” It was said: “Upon what is the rock?” He said: “Upon the back of a whale whose two ends meet at the Throne.” It was said: “Upon what is the whale?” He said: “Upon the shoulders of an angel whose feet are in the air.”
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- Abū al-Ḥasan Nur al-Dīn ʿAlī b. Abi Bakr al-Haythamī
رواه البزار عن شيخه عبد الله بن أحمد يعني ابن شبيب وهو ضعيف
in مسند البزار, p. 5388 - ابن عدي
عامة ما يرويه سعيد بن سنان خاصة عن أبي الزاهرية غير محفوظ
in مسند البزار, p. 5388
Narrators
- One of the Companions who narrated most often, and one of the ʿAbādilah; he was among the people most strict in following the narrations (athar).d. 72 AH, or 73 AH, or 74 AH, also said: 75 AHعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِأحد المكثرين من الصحابة والعبادلة ، وكان من أشد الناس اتباعا للأثرعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah); whoever counted him among the Companions was mistaken (wahima)d. between 71 and 80 AHكَثِيرِ بْنِ مُرَّةَثقة ، ووهم من عده في الصحابةعن
- truthful (ṣadūq)d. at the turn of 100 AH, or 127 AH, or: 129 AHأَبِي الزَّاهِرِيَّةِصدوقعن
- abandoned (matrūk)d. 163 AH or 168 AHسَعِيدُ بْنُ ج١٢ / ص١٧سِنَانٍمتروكنا
- trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 221 AH, or 222 AHأَبُو الْيَمَانِثقة ثبتنا
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 290 AH, or 297عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَثقةنا
- d. 291 AH or 292 AH or 294 AHالبزار
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