Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 3789
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي قَيْسٍ الأَوْدِيِّ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ، عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الأَنْصَارِيِّ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ الْوَاحِدُ الصَّمَدُ تَعْدِلُ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ " .
Translation
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
It was narrated from Abu Mas‘ud al-Ansari that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Allah is One, the Unique, the Eternal Refuge; this is equivalent to one third of the Qur’an.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic quotes the divine descriptions al-Wahid and al-Samad; ‘the Eternal Refuge’ is one established rendering of al-Samad.