Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 877
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ كُلَيْبٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي سُهَيْلُ بْنُ ذِرَاعٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا يَزِيدَ أَوْ مَعْنَ بْنَ يَزِيدَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ: اجْتَمِعُوا فِي مَسَاجِدِكُمْ، وَكُلَّمَا اجْتَمَعَ قَوْمٌ فَلْيُؤْذِنُونِي، فَأَتَانَا أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَتَى، فَجَلَسَ، فَتَكَلَّمَ مُتَكَلِّمٌ مِنَّا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنَّ الْحَمْدَ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي لَيْسَ لِلْحَمْدِ دُونَهُ مَقْصَدٌ، وَلاَ وَرَاءَهُ مَنْفَذٌ. فَغَضِبَ فَقَامَ، فَتَلاَوَمْنَا بَيْنَنَا، فَقُلْنَا: أَتَانَا أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَتَى، فَذَهَبَ إِلَى مَسْجِدٍ آخَرَ فَجَلَسَ فِيهِ، فَأَتَيْنَاهُ فَكَلَّمْنَاهُ، فَجَاءَ مَعَنَا فَقَعَدَ فِي مَجْلِسِهِ أَوْ قَرِيبًا مِنْ مَجْلِسِهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي مَا شَاءَ جَعَلَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ، وَمَا شَاءَ جَعَلَ خَلْفَهُ، وَإِنَّ مِنَ الْبَيَانِ سِحْرًا، ثُمَّ أَمَرَنَا وَعَلَّمَنَا.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ahmad ibn Ishaq related to us, saying: Yahya ibn Hammad related to us, saying: Abu ‘Awana related to us, from ‘Asim ibn Kulayb, who said: Suhayl ibn Dhira‘ related to me, saying: I heard Abu Yazid—or Ma‘n ibn Yazid—say that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “Gather in your mosques, and whenever a group gathers, let them inform me.” He came to us first and sat down. One of our speakers spoke, then said: “Praise belongs to Allah, beyond whom praise has no goal and from whom there is no escape.” He became angry and stood up, and we blamed one another among ourselves. We said: “He came to us first, then went to another mosque and sat there.” We went to him and spoke with him, and he came back with us and sat in his place or near it. Then he said: “Praise belongs to Allah, who places whatever He wills before it and whatever He wills behind it. Some eloquence is magic.” Then he instructed and taught us.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The two formulations of praise in this report are unusual; the first speaker’s wording appears to be corrected by the Prophet’s later wording.
إِنَّ الْحَمْدَ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي لَيْسَ لِلْحَمْدِ دُونَهُ مَقْصَدٌ، وَلاَ وَرَاءَهُ مَنْفَذٌ
The phrase is difficult, but the Arabic says praise has no destination apart from Allah and no way beyond Him; the witness’s ‘escape’ appears to misread the second clause.
Should the Arabic phrasing be rechecked before finalizing the English?