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Sahih Muslim 136a — Creation and Faith
Clarifying the Waswasah (Whispers, Bad Thoughts) with regard to faith, and what the one who experiences that should say
Hadith Qudsi About Who Created Allah: Faith and Creation
Sahih Muslim : 136a
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 136a
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَامِرِ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ، عَنْ مُخْتَارِ بْنِ فُلْفُلٍ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِنَّ أُمَّتَكَ لاَ يَزَالُونَ يَقُولُونَ مَا كَذَا مَا كَذَا حَتَّى يَقُولُوا هَذَا اللَّهُ خَلَقَ الْخَلْقَ فَمَنْ خَلَقَ اللَّهَ " .
Anas bin Malik Narrated from:
The Great and Glorious Allah said: Verily your people would constantly question about this and that till they would say: Well, it is Allah Who created the creation, but who created Allah?
Reference : Sahih Muslim 136aIn-book reference : Book 1, Hadith 258USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 1, Hadith 250
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 136a
This hadith qudsi about who created Allah brings the same warning through Anas b. Malik. The wording says Allah stated that the people would keep asking, “What about this, what about that?” until they say that Allah created the creation, then ask who created Allah. The Hadith keeps the focus on a troubling chain of questions, not on a wide discussion outside the text. It shows that questions can multiply until they reach a point that harms faith. The believer reading this should see the warning and return to the simple truth in the wording: Allah created the creation. When the question turns against that truth, the other narrations in this set teach faith, refuge, and stopping the thought.
What we learn from this hadith
- Questions can keep growing until they become harmful to faith.
- The Hadith affirms that Allah created the creation.
- The warning teaches the believer to be careful when questions move toward confusion about Allah.
