Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 180

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، أَنْبَأَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ عَطَاءٍ، عَنْ وَكِيعِ بْنِ حُدُسٍ، عَنْ عَمِّهِ أَبِي رَزِينٍ، قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَكُلُّنَا يَرَى اللَّهَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَمَا آيَةُ ذَلِكَ فِي خَلْقِهِ قَالَ ‏ "‏ يَا أَبَا رَزِينٍ أَلَيْسَ كُلُّكُمْ يَرَى الْقَمَرَ مُخْلِيًا بِهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ قُلْتُ بَلَى ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ فَاللَّهُ أَعْظَمُ وَذَلِكَ آيَتُهُ فِي خَلْقِهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

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

Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah reported to us: Yazid ibn Harun reported to us: Hammad ibn Salamah informed us, from Ya‘la ibn Ata, from Waki ibn Hudus, from his paternal uncle Abu Razin, who said: I asked, ‘Messenger of Allah, will all of us see Allah on the Day of Resurrection, and what is the sign of that in His creation?’ He replied, ‘Abu Razin, does not each one of you see the moon plainly, by itself?’ I said, ‘Indeed.’ He said, ‘Allah is greater, and that is His sign in His creation.’

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • The Arabic says ‘mukhliyan bihi,’ which may mean seeing the moon clearly and without obstruction; the rendering remains close to the phrase.