Sahih Muslim

Sahih Muslim 135a

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ جَدِّي، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏"‏ لاَ يَزَالُ النَّاسُ يَسْأَلُونَكُمْ عَنِ الْعِلْمِ حَتَّى يَقُولُوا هَذَا اللَّهُ خَلَقَنَا فَمَنْ خَلَقَ اللَّهَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ وَهُوَ آخِذٌ بِيَدِ رَجُلٍ فَقَالَ صَدَقَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ قَدْ سَأَلَنِي اثْنَانِ وَهَذَا الثَّالِثُ ‏.‏ أَوْ قَالَ سَأَلَنِي وَاحِدٌ وَهَذَا الثَّانِي ‏.‏

Translation

'Abd al-Warith ibn 'Abd al-Samad narrated to me: My father narrated to me, from my grandfather, from Ayyub, from Muhammad ibn Sirin, from Abu Hurayra, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: People will keep asking you about knowledge until they say, Allah created us, so who created Allah? He said, while holding a man's hand: Allah and His Messenger have spoken the truth. Two people have asked me this already, and this is the third; or he said, One person has asked me, and this is the second.