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Sahih Muslim 136b — Repeated Warning on Doubts
Clarifying the Waswasah (Whispers, Bad Thoughts) with regard to faith, and what the one who experiences that should say
Who Created Allah Hadith: Repeated Warning About Faith Doubts
Sahih Muslim : 136b
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 136b
حَدَّثَنَاهُ إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، أَخْبَرَنَا جَرِيرٌ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، عَنْ زَائِدَةَ، كِلاَهُمَا عَنِ الْمُخْتَارِ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ غَيْرَ أَنَّ إِسْحَاقَ لَمْ يَذْكُرْ قَالَ " قَالَ اللَّهُ إِنَّ أُمَّتَكَ " .
This hadith has been narrated by another chain of transmitters with the exception that Ishaq made no mention of this: Allah said: Verily your people.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 136bIn-book reference : Book 1, Hadith 259USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 1, Hadith 251
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 136b
This who created Allah hadith comes through another chain and repeats the same meaning. It notes a small wording difference in the chain, but the message remains that people may keep asking until they reach the question, “Who created Allah?” For readers looking for waswasah in Islam hadith references, this report adds support to the repeated warning found in this group of narrations. The text does not ask the believer to build a long answer from outside the Hadith. It simply shows that this question was expected and warned against. The safe lesson is to keep faith firm, avoid feeding idle doubts, and remember that Allah is named in the text as the Creator.
What we learn from this hadith
- The same warning is repeated through another chain of transmission.
- The narration highlights the danger of endless questioning about Allah.
- The believer should keep the main truth clear: Allah created the creation.
