Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud 4728

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ نَصْرٍ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ النَّسَائِيُّ، - الْمَعْنَى - قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الْمُقْرِئُ، حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ عِمْرَانَ - حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو يُونُسَ، سُلَيْمُ بْنُ جُبَيْرٍ مَوْلَى أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، يَقْرَأُ هَذِهِ الآيَةَ ‏‏{‏ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَنْ تُؤَدُّوا الأَمَانَاتِ إِلَى أَهْلِهَا ‏}‏ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى ‏{‏ سَمِيعًا بَصِيرًا ‏}‏ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَضَعُ إِبْهَامَهُ عَلَى أُذُنِهِ وَالَّتِي تَلِيهَا عَلَى عَيْنِهِ قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ ‏.‏ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقْرَؤُهَا وَيَضَعُ إِصْبَعَيْهِ قَالَ ابْنُ يُونُسَ قَالَ الْمُقْرِئُ يَعْنِي ‏‏{‏ إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ بَصِيرٌ ‏}‏ يَعْنِي أَنَّ لِلَّهِ سَمْعًا وَبَصَرًا ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَهَذَا رَدٌّ عَلَى الْجَهْمِيَّةِ ‏.‏

Translation

‘Ali ibn Nasr and Muhammad ibn Yunus al-Nasa’i—the meaning is the same—said: ‘Abd Allah ibn Yazid al-Muqri’ narrated to us: Harmalah—meaning Ibn ‘Imran—narrated to us: Abu Yunus Sulaym ibn Jubayr, the client of Abu Hurayrah, narrated to me, saying: I heard Abu Hurayrah recite this verse: ‘Indeed, Allah commands you to deliver trusts to their rightful owners,’ up to His words, ‘All-Hearing, All-Seeing.’ He said: I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) place his thumb on his ear and the adjacent finger on his eye. Abu Hurayrah said: I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) recite it and place his two fingers. Ibn Yunus said: Al-Muqri’ said, referring to ‘Indeed Allah is All-Hearing, All-Seeing’: ‘That is, Allah has hearing and sight.’ Abu Dawud said: This refutes the Jahmiyyah.