al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 3974
✧ Translation: Explanation of Surah al-Fil
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أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا الْعَنْبَرِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ السَّلَامِ ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَنْبَأَ جَرِيرٌ عَنْ قَابُوسَ بْنِ أَبِي ظَبْيَانَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ
أَقْبَلَ أَصْحَابُ الْفِيلِ حَتَّى إِذَا دَنَوْا مِنْ مَكَّةَ اسْتَقْبَلَهُمْ عَبْدُ الْمُطَّلِبِ فَقَالَ لِمَلِكِهِمْ مَا جَاءَ بِكَ إِلَيْنَا مَا عَنَاكَ يَا رَبَّنَا أَلَا بَعَثْتَ فَنَأْتِيكَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ أَرَدْتَ؟ فَقَالَ أُخْبِرْتُ بِهَذَا الْبَيْتِ الَّذِي لَا يَدْخُلُهُ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا آمَنَ فَجِئْتُ أُخِيفُ أَهْلَهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّا نَأْتِيكَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ تُرِيدُ فَارْجِعْ فَأَبَى إِلَّا أَنْ يَدْخُلَهُ وَانْطَلَقَ يَسِيرُ نَحْوَهُ وَتَخَلَّفَ عَبْدُ الْمُطَّلِبِ فَقَامَ عَلَى جَبَلٍ فَقَالَ لَا أَشْهَدُ مَهْلِكَ هَذَا الْبَيْتِ وَأَهْلِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ [البحر الكامل] اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ لِكُلِّ إِلَهٍ حَلَالًا فَامْنَعْ حَلَالَكْ لَا يَغْلِبَنَّ مُحَالُهُمْ أَبَدًا مِحَالَكْ اللَّهُمَّ فَإِنْ فَعَلْتَ فَأْمُرْ مَا بَدَا لَكْ فَأَقْبَلَتْ مِثْلُ السَّحَابَةِ مِنْ نَحْوِ الْبَحْرِ حَتَّى أَظَلَّتْهُمْ طَيْرٌ أَبَابِيلُ الَّتِي قَالَ اللَّهُ ﷻ {تَرْمِيهِمْ بِحِجَارَةٍ مِنْ سِجِّيلٍ} [الفيل 4] قَالَ فَجَعَلَ الْفِيلُ يَعُجُّ عَجًّا {فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَأْكُولٍ}
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Abū Zakariyyā al-ʿAnbarī
- Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Salām
- Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm Anbaʾ Jarīr
- Qābūs b. Abū Ẓabyān
- his father
- Ibn ʿAbbās
✧ The companions of the elephant advanced until they drew near Makkah, and ‘Abd al-Muttalib met them and said to their king, “What has brought you to us? We have nothing for you, O our Lord. Did You not send us so that we might bring You whatever You wanted?” He said, “I was told about this House which no one enters except that he is safe, so I came to frighten its people.” He said, “We will bring you whatever you want, so go back.” But he refused except to enter it, and he went on advancing toward it. ‘Abd al-Muttalib stayed behind and stood on a mountain, saying, “I will not witness the destruction of this House and its people.” Then he said: “O Allah, every deity has a sacred place, so protect Your sacred place; let their cunning never overcome Your plan. O Allah, if You act, then command whatever You will.” Then birds in flocks, like a cloud, approached from the direction of the sea until they overshadowed them—the birds that Allah, Exalted is He, mentioned: {Striking them with stones of baked clay} [al-Fil:4]. He said: The elephant began to bellow loudly, {and He made them like eaten straw}.
Notes
[الفيل 5] «هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ» صحيح
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- Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥākim
هذا حديث صحيح الإسناد ولم يخرجاه
machine translationThis hadith has an authentic chain of transmission (ṣaḥīḥ al-isnād), though they did not record it.
in المستدرك على الصحيحين, p. 3996
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)d. 89 AH, or 90 AH, or 95 AH, or 96 or thereaboutsأَبِيهِثقةعن
- He has some leniency (layyin)d. it is said he died in the caliphate of Marwān b. Muḥammad, also said: in Abū al-ʿAbbās's caliphateقَابُوسَ بْنِ أَبِي ظِبْيَانَفيه لينعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), his book is sound (ṣaḥīḥ al-kitāb); it was said that at the end of his life he would err when narrating from memoryd. 187 AH or 188 AHجَرِيرٌثقة صحيح الكتاب ، قيل : كان في آخر عمره يهم من حفظهأنبأ
- trustworthy, a memorizer, a mujtahid (thiqah ḥāfiẓ mujtahid)d. 237 AH, or 238 AHإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَثقة حافظ مجتهدحدثنا
- d. 286 AHمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ السَّلَامِحدثنا
- d. 344 AHأَبُو زَكَرِيَّا الْعَنْبَرِيُّأخبرنا
- d. 403 AH, or 405 AHالحاكم
Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com
Latin names and English verdicts with a dotted underline are machine translations, not reviewed.