حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَی بْنُ حَمَّادٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّی وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الرِّبَاطِيُّ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ قَالَ أَحْمَدُ کَتَبْنَاهُ مِنْ نُسْخَتِهِ وَهَذَا لَفْظُهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ إِسْحَقَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ عَنْ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ أَتَی رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ جُهِدَتْ الْأَنْفُسُ وَضَاعَتْ الْعِيَالُ وَنُهِکَتْ الْأَمْوَالُ وَهَلَکَتْ الْأَنْعَامُ فَاسْتَسْقِ اللَّهَ لَنَا فَإِنَّا نَسْتَشْفِعُ بِکَ عَلَی اللَّهِ وَنَسْتَشْفِعُ بِاللَّهِ عَلَيْکَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَيْحَکَ أَتَدْرِي مَا تَقُولُ وَسَبَّحَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَمَا زَالَ يُسَبِّحُ حَتَّی عُرِفَ ذَلِکَ فِي وُجُوهِ أَصْحَابِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ وَيْحَکَ إِنَّهُ لَا يُسْتَشْفَعُ بِاللَّهِ عَلَی أَحَدٍ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ شَأْنُ اللَّهِ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ ذَلِکَ وَيْحَکَ أَتَدْرِي مَا اللَّهُ إِنَّ عَرْشَهُ عَلَی سَمَاوَاتِهِ لَهَکَذَا وَقَالَ بِأَصَابِعِهِ مِثْلَ الْقُبَّةِ عَلَيْهِ وَإِنَّهُ لَيَئِطُّ بِهِ أَطِيطَ الرَّحْلِ بِالرَّاکِبِ قَالَ ابْنُ بَشَّارٍ فِي حَدِيثِهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ فَوْقَ عَرْشِهِ وَعَرْشُهُ فَوْقَ سَمَاوَاتِهِ وَسَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ و قَالَ عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَی وَابْنُ الْمُثَنَّی وَابْنُ بَشَّارٍ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ وَجُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ وَالْحَدِيثُ بِإِسْنَادِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ هُوَ الصَّحِيحُ وَافَقَهُ عَلَيْهِ جَمَاعَةٌ مِنْهُمْ يَحْيَی بْنُ مَعِينٍ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمَدِينِيِّ وَرَوَاهُ جَمَاعَةٌ عَنْ ابْنِ إِسْحَقَ کَمَا قَالَ أَحْمَدُ أَيْضًا وَکَانَ سَمَاعُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَی وَابْنِ الْمُثَنَّی وَابْنِ بَشَّارٍ مِنْ نُسْخَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ فِيمَا بَلَغَنِي
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 4726
Muhammad bin Jubair bin Mutim said from his father on the authority of his grandfather: An A’rab (a nomadic Arab) came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: People suffering distress, the children are hungry, the crops are withered, and the animals are perished, so ask Allah to grant us rain, for we seek you as our intercessor with Allah, and Allah as intercessor with you. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Woe to you: Do you know what you are saying? Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ declared Allah’s glory and he continued declaring His glory till the effect of that was apparent in the faces of his Companions. He then said: Woe to you: Allah is not to be sought as intercessor with anyone. Allah’s state is greater than that. Woe to you! Do you know how great Allah is? His throne is above the heavens thus (indicating with his fingers like a dome over him), and it groans on account of Him as a saddle does because of the rider. Ibn Bashshar said in his version: Allah is above the throne, and the throne is above the heavens. He then mentioned the rest of the tradition. Abd al-A’la, Ibn al- Muthana and Ibn Bashshar transmitted it from Ya’qub bin ‘Utbah and Jubair bin Muhammad bin Jubair from his father on the authority of his grandfather. Abu Dawud said: This tradition with the chain of Ahmad bin Saad is sound. It has been approved by the body (of traditionists), which includes Yahya bin Ma’in and Ali bin al-Madani, and a group has transmitted it from Ibn Ishaq, as Ahmad also said. And so far as I have been informed Abd al-A’la, Ibn al-Muthanna, and Ibn Bashshar had heard from the same copy (of the collection of tradition).
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020
Chain of Narration
- جَدِّهِ،
- أَبِيهِ
- جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ
- يَعْقُوبَ بْنَ عُتْبَةَ،
- مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَقَ
- أَبِي
- أَحْمَدُ کَتَبْنَاهُ مِنْ نُسْخَتِهِ وَهَذَا لَفْظُهُ
- وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ،
- أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الرِّبَاطِيُّ،
- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ،
- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى،
- عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ،