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Sunan Ibn Majah 2118

Chapter: Prohibition on saying: “What Allah wills and you will”

Differing grades 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 2118

Narrator:At-Tufayl ibn Sakhbara

حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ، عَنْ رِبْعِيِّ بْنِ حِرَاشٍ، عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ بْنِ الْيَمَانِ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً، مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ رَأَى فِي النَّوْمِ أَنَّهُ لَقِيَ رَجُلاً مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ فَقَالَ نِعْمَ الْقَوْمُ أَنْتُمْ لَوْلاَ أَنَّكُمْ تُشْرِكُونَ تَقُولُونَ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ وَشَاءَ مُحَمَّدٌ ‏.‏ وَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَقَالَ ‏

"‏ أَمَا وَاللَّهِ إِنْ كُنْتُ لأَعْرِفُهَا لَكُمْ قُولُوا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ شَاءَ مُحَمَّدٌ ‏"

It was narrated from Hudhaifah bin Yaman that :

a Muslim man saw in a dream that he met a man from among the People of the Book, who said: "What good people you would be if only you were not committing Shirk. For you say: 'What Allah wills and Muhammad wills."' He mentioned that to the Prophet (ﷺ) and he said: "By Allah, I am aware of that. Say: 'What Allah wills then what Muhammad wills."'Another chain from Tufail bin Sakhbarah, the brother of 'Aishah by her mother, from the Prophet (ﷺ), with similar wording.

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 2118).

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Classical commentary

Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan Ibn Majah

قَوْله ( أَنْ كُنْت ) أَنْ مُخَفَّفَة أَيْ مَا عَرَفْت هَذِهِ الْكَلِمَة لَكُمْ وَمَا تَفَكَّرْت فِي كَلَامِكُمْ حَتَّى أَعْرِفَ أَنَّ هَذِهِ الْكَلِمَة تَصْدُر عَنْكُمْ وَلَوْ عَرَفْت لَنَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْهَا وَبِالْجُمْلَةِ فَالنَّهْي لَيْسَ مَبْنِيًّا عَلَى مُجَرَّد الرُّؤْيَا بَلْ هُوَ مَبْنِيٌّ عَلَى أَنَّهُ عَلِمَ قُبْح هَذِهِ الْكَلِمَة لِأَنَّهَا تُوهِمُ الْمُسَاوَاة وَفِي الزَّوَائِد رِجَالُ الْإِسْنَاد ثِقَات عَلَى شَرْط الْبُخَارِيّ وَاَللَّه أَعْلَم.…

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Scholars’ grades

The 4 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 2118
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 2118
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 2118
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 2118

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Authentic Sunan an-Nasa'i 3773

"You are setting up rivals (to Allah) and associating others (with Him). You say: 'Whatever Allah wills and you will,' and you say: 'By the Ka'bah.'" So the Prophet commanded them, if they wanted to swear an oath, to say: "By the Lord of the Ka'bah;" and to say: "Whatever Allah wills, then what you…

إِذَا أَرَادُوا أَنْ يَحْلِفُوا أَنْ يَقُولُوا ‏"‏ وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَيَقُولُونَ ‏"‏ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ شِئْتَ ‏"

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Good chain (hasan) Musnad Ahmad 3077

A man came to the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) and talked to him about some matter and then said: It is as Allah wills and you will. Thereupon, the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do you make me an equal to Allah? Say: 'It is as Allah alone wills.'

A man came to the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) and talked to him about some matter and then said: It is as Allah wills and you will. Thereupon, the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do you make me an equal to Allah? Say: 'It is as Allah alone…

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ أَجْلَحَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ الْأَصَمِّ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُرَاجِعُهُ الْكَلَامَ فَقَالَ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ…

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