Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 978
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنْ هَمَّامٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ: خَلَقَ اللَّهُ آدَمَ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَلَى صُورَتِهِ، وَطُولُهُ سِتُّونَ ذِرَاعًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: اذْهَبْ، فَسَلِّمْ عَلَى أُولَئِكَ، نَفَرٌ مِنَ الْمَلاَئِكَةِ جُلُوسٌ، فَاسْتَمِعْ مَا يُحَيُّونَكَ بِهِ فَإِنَّهَا تَحِيَّتُكَ وَتَحِيَّةُ ذُرِّيَّتِكَ، فَقَالَ: السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ، فَقَالُوا: السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ، فَزَادُوهُ: وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ، فَكُلُّ مَنْ يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ عَلَى صُورَتِهِ، فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يَنْقُصُ الْخَلْقُ حَتَّى الآنَ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet ﷺ said: Allah created Adam ﷺ in his form, and his height was sixty cubits. Then He said, “Go and greet that group of angels sitting there, and listen to how they greet you, for it will be your greeting and the greeting of your descendants.” He went and said, “Peace be upon you.” They replied, “Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah,” adding “and the mercy of Allah” to it. Everyone who enters Paradise will be in Adam’s form. Since then, creation has continued to diminish.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The pronoun in “in his form” follows the Arabic wording; the report’s intended referent has been discussed, so the translation preserves the wording.
سِتُّونَ ذِرَاعًا
ذِرَاعًا is cubits, not spans.
Should the witness’s unit be corrected to cubits?