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Musnad Ahmad Hadith 16188

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Original Arabic

حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، أَخْبَرَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ عَطَاءٍ، عَنْ وَكِيعِ بْنِ عُدُسٍ (١) ، عَنْ عَمِّهِ أَبِي رَزِينٍ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَيْنَ كَانَ رَبُّنَا عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ خَلْقَهُ؟ قَالَ: " كَانَ فِي عَمَاءٍ مَا تَحْتَهُ هَوَاءٌ، وَمَا فَوْقَهُ هَوَاءٌ، ثُمَّ خَلَقَ عَرْشَهُ عَلَى الْمَاءِ " (٢)، ،

Translation

English translation

It is narrated from Abu Razin that I asked: O Messenger of Allah! Where was our Lord before He created the creation? The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: He was in an unknown place, and above and below Him there was only emptiness. Then He created His Throne upon the water.

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Where is this hadith found?

This is Hadith 16188 in Musnad Ahmad. It appears in Book 294, Hadith of Abu Razin al-'Uqayli Laqit ibn 'Amir al-Muntafiq (may Allah be pleased with him), as in-book entry 7.

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مسند احمد / مسند المدنيين رضي الله عنهم اجمعين / 16188

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