حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّاسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَظِيمِ حَدَّثَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عِکْرِمَةُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ و حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو زُمَيْلٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ فَقُلْتُ مَا شَيْئٌ أَجِدُهُ فِي صَدْرِي قَالَ مَا هُوَ قُلْتُ وَاللَّهِ مَا أَتَکَلَّمُ بِهِ قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي أَشَيْئٌ مِنْ شَکٍّ قَالَ وَضَحِکَ قَالَ مَا نَجَا مِنْ ذَلِکَ أَحَدٌ قَالَ حَتَّی أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَإِنْ کُنْتَ فِي شَکٍّ مِمَّا أَنْزَلْنَا إِلَيْکَ فَاسْأَلْ الَّذِينَ يَقْرَئُونَ الْکِتَابَ مِنْ قَبْلِکَ الْآيَةَ قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي إِذَا وَجَدْتَ فِي نَفْسِکَ شَيْئًا فَقُلْ هُوَ الْأَوَّلُ وَالْآخِرُ وَالظَّاهِرُ وَالْبَاطِنُ وَهُوَ بِکُلِّ شَيْئٍ عَلِيمٌ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 5110
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: Abu Zumayl said: I asked Ibn Abbas, saying: What is that I find in my breast? He asked: What is it? I replied: I swear by Allah, I cannot speak about it. He asked me: Is it something doubtful? and he laughed. He then said: No one could escape that, until Allah, the exalted, revealed: "If thou went in doubt as to what we have revealed unto thee, and ask those who have been reading the Book from before thee. " He said: If you find something in your heart, say: He is the first and the Last, the Evident and the Immanent, and He has full knowledge of all things.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020