Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3240
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّلْتِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُدَيْنَةَ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ، عَنْ أَبِي الضُّحَى، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ مَرَّ يَهُودِيٌّ بِالنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " يَا يَهُودِيُّ حَدِّثْنَا " . فَقَالَ كَيْفَ تَقُولُ يَا أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ إِذَا وَضَعَ اللَّهُ السَّمَوَاتِ عَلَى ذِهْ وَالأَرَضِينَ عَلَى ذِهْ وَالْمَاءَ عَلَى ذِهْ وَالْجِبَالَ عَلَى ذِهْ وَسَائِرَ الْخَلْقِ عَلَى ذِهْ . وَأَشَارَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّلْتِ بِخِنْصَرِهِ أَوَّلاً ثُمَّ تَابَعَ حَتَّى بَلَغَ الإِبْهَامَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ : (وما قَدَرُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِ ) . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ صَحِيحٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ مِنْ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ إِلاَّ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ . وَأَبُو كُدَيْنَةَ اسْمُهُ يَحْيَى بْنُ الْمُهَلَّبِ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ إِسْمَاعِيلَ رَوَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ شُجَاعٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الصَّلْتِ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ibn ‘Abbas said: A Jewish man passed by the Prophet, who said to him, ‘Jew, tell us something.’ The man said, ‘Abu al-Qasim, what would you say when Allah places the heavens on this, the earths on this, the water on this, the mountains on this, and the rest of creation on this?’ Abu Ja‘far Muhammad ibn al-Salt first gestured with his little finger, then one by one until he reached the thumb. Then Allah revealed: ‘They have not esteemed Allah as He deserves to be esteemed’ (Qur’an 39:67). Abu ‘Isa said: This is a hasan gharib sahih hadith. We know it as a report from Ibn ‘Abbas only through this route. Abu Kudaynah’s name is Yahya ibn al-Muhallab. I saw Muhammad ibn Isma‘il transmit this hadith from al-Hasan ibn Shuja‘, from Muhammad ibn al-Salt.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Kept the sequence of the narrator’s finger gesture through the thumb, and included Abu ‘Isa’s note identifying Abu Kudaynah and the route he saw Muhammad ibn Isma‘il use.