Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 194
حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ كَاسِبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ " إِذَا قَضَى اللَّهُ أَمْرًا فِي السَّمَاءِ ضَرَبَتِ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ أَجْنِحَتَهَا خِضْعَانًا لِقَوْلِهِ كَأَنَّهُ سِلْسِلَةٌ عَلَى صَفْوَانٍ فَإِذَا فُزِّعَ عَنْ قُلُوبِهِمْ قَالُوا مَاذَا قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ قَالُوا الْحَقَّ وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْكَبِيرُ قَالَ فَيَسْمَعُهَا مُسْتَرِقُو السَّمْعِ بَعْضُهُمْ فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ فَيَسْمَعُ الْكَلِمَةَ فَيُلْقِيهَا إِلَى مَنْ تَحْتَهُ فَرُبَّمَا أَدْرَكَهُ الشِّهَابُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُلْقِيَهَا إِلَى الَّذِي تَحْتَهُ فَيُلْقِيهَا عَلَى لِسَانِ الْكَاهِنِ أَوِ السَّاحِرِ فَرُبَّمَا لَمْ يُدْرَكْ حَتَّى يُلْقِيَهَا فَيَكْذِبُ مَعَهَا مِائَةَ كَذْبَةٍ فَتَصْدُقُ تِلْكَ الْكَلِمَةُ الَّتِي سُمِعَتْ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Yaqub ibn Humayd ibn Kasib reported to us: Sufyan ibn Uyaynah reported to us, from Amr ibn Dinar, from Ikrimah, from Abu Hurairah, that the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, ‘When Allah decrees a matter in heaven, the angels beat their wings in submission to His word, as if it were a chain clattering upon a smooth stone. When fear is lifted from their hearts, they ask, “What did your Lord say?” They reply, “The truth; He is the Most High, the Most Great.” Then eavesdropping jinn, one above another, listen in. One hears a word and passes it to the one below him. Sometimes a shooting star strikes him before he can pass it on to the next, and he passes it to a soothsayer or sorcerer; sometimes he is not struck until after he has passed it on. The soothsayer adds a hundred lies to it, but that one word heard from heaven proves true.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic describes the angels’ wings striking in submission and eavesdroppers passing a word downward; the single heard word is then mixed with many lies.