Mishkat al-Masabih 5738

Translation

Ibn 'Abbas reported God's messenger as saying, "Being given information is not like seeing. God most high gave Moses information about what his people had done regarding the calf and he did not throw down the tablets, but when he saw what they did he threw down the tablets and they were broken." Ahmad transmitted the three traditions.

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Same hadith, other wordings

• Musnad Ahmad 2447لَيْسَ الْخَبَرُ كَالْمُعَايَنَةِ؛ إِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَخْبَرَ مُوسَى بِمَا صَنَعَ قَوْمُهُ فِي الْعِجْلِ، فَلَمْ يُلْقِ الْأَلْوَاحَ، فَلَمَّا عَايَنَ مَا صَنَعُوا أَلْقَى الْأَلْوَاحَ، فَانْكَسَرَتْ