Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 3191
حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصِ بْنِ غِيَاثٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، حَدَّثَنَا جَامِعُ بْنُ شَدَّادٍ، عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ مُحْرِزٍ، أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَعَقَلْتُ نَاقَتِي بِالْبَابِ، فَأَتَاهُ نَاسٌ مِنْ بَنِي تَمِيمٍ فَقَالَ " اقْبَلُوا الْبُشْرَى يَا بَنِي تَمِيمٍ ". قَالُوا قَدْ بَشَّرْتَنَا فَأَعْطِنَا. مَرَّتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ فَقَالَ " اقْبَلُوا الْبُشْرَى يَا أَهْلَ الْيَمَنِ، إِذْ لَمْ يَقْبَلْهَا بَنُو تَمِيمٍ ". قَالُوا قَدْ قَبِلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، قَالُوا جِئْنَاكَ نَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ هَذَا الأَمْرِ قَالَ " كَانَ اللَّهُ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ شَىْءٌ غَيْرُهُ، وَكَانَ عَرْشُهُ عَلَى الْمَاءِ، وَكَتَبَ فِي الذِّكْرِ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ، وَخَلَقَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ ". فَنَادَى مُنَادٍ ذَهَبَتْ نَاقَتُكَ يَا ابْنَ الْحُصَيْنِ. فَانْطَلَقْتُ فَإِذَا هِيَ يَقْطَعُ دُونَهَا السَّرَابُ، فَوَاللَّهِ لَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي كُنْتُ تَرَكْتُهَا.
ʿUmar ibn Hafs ibn Ghiyath narrated to us: My father narrated to us: al-Aʿmash narrated to us: Jamiʿ ibn Shaddad narrated to us, from Safwan ibn Muharriz, who related to him, from ʿImran ibn Husayn (may Allah be pleased with them both), who said: I entered upon the Prophet (ﷺ) and tethered my she-camel at the door. Some people of Banu Tamim came to him, and he said, ‘Accept the good tidings, Banu Tamim.’ They said twice, ‘You have given us good tidings, so give us something.’ Then some people of Yemen came in, and he said, ‘Accept the good tidings, people of Yemen, since Banu Tamim did not accept them.’ They said, ‘We accept them, Messenger of Allah. We have come to ask you about this matter.’ He said, ‘Allah was, and there was nothing other than Him; His Throne was over the water; He wrote everything in the Reminder; and He created the heavens and the earth.’ Then a caller shouted, ‘Your she-camel has wandered off, Ibn al-Husayn!’ I went out, and there it was, with the mirage stretching between us. By Allah, I wished I had left it there.’
Translation notes
The Arabic states ‘Allah was, and there was nothing other than Him’; the English witness adds an explanatory parenthesis about the creation of the Throne, which is not in this Arabic wording.