Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Book 55, Hadith 5

Arabic hadith text

وَعَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ السَّكُونِيِّ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعْدٍ سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَرْزُبَانَ قَالَ‏:‏ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ‏:‏ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم‏:‏ لَنْ يَبْرَحَ النَّاسُ يَسْأَلُونَ عَمَّا لَمْ يَكُنْ، حَتَّى يَقُولُوا‏:‏ اللَّهُ خَالِقُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ، فَمَنْ خَلَقَ اللَّهَ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

And from ‘Uqbah ibn Khalid al-Sakuni, who said: Abu Sa‘d Sa‘id ibn Marzuban related to us: I heard Anas ibn Malik say: The Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: ‘People will keep asking about what does not exist until they say: “Allah is the Creator of everything, so who created Allah?”’

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • The Arabic gives the question as the endpoint of people’s asking; the preceding clause says Allah is the Creator of everything.