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حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ كُنْتُ أَمْشِي مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي حَرْثٍ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَمَرَّ عَلَى قَوْمٍ مِنْ الْيَهُودِ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ سَلُوهُ عَنْ الرُّوحِ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لَا تَسْأَلُوهُ فَقَالُوا يَا مُحَمَّدُ مَا الرُّوحُ قَالَ فَقَامَ وَهُوَ مُتَوَكِّئٌ عَلَى عَسِيبٍ وَأَنَا خَلْفَهُ فَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ يُوحَى إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنْ الرُّوحِ قُلْ الرُّوحُ مِنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّي وَمَا أُوتِيتُمْ مِنْ الْعِلْمِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا قَالَ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ قَدْ قُلْنَا لَا تَسْأَلُوهُ

مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 4248

It was narrated that 'Abdullah (RA) said: I was walking with the Prophet (PBUH) in some farmland in Madinah and he passed by some of the Jews, who said to one another: Ask him about the spirit [ar-rooh ] , And some of them said: Do not ask him. They said: O Muhammad, what is the spirit? He stood up and leaned on the palm tree branch, and I was behind him and i thought that he was receiving revelation. Then he said: "And they ask you (O Muhammad (PBUH)) concerning the Rooh (the spirit). Say: 'The Rook (the spirit) is one of the things, the knowledge of which is only with my Lord, And of knowledge, you (mankind) have been given only a little'" [al-Isra' 17:85]. And some of them said: We told you not to ask him.

Sanad

حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

Chain of Narration

  • بَعْضُهُمْ قَدْ قُلْنَا لَا تَسْأَلُوهُ
  • الرُّوحِ قُلْ الرُّوحُ مِنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّي وَمَا أُوتِيتُمْ مِنْ الْعِلْمِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا
  • {يَسْأَلُونَكَ
  • خَلْفَهُ فَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ يُوحَى إِلَيْهِ
  • فَقَامَ وَهُوَ مُتَوَكِّئٌ عَلَى عَسِيبٍ
  • يَا مُحَمَّدُ مَا الرُّوحُ
  • بَعْضُهُمْ لَا تَسْأَلُوهُ
  • الرُّوحِ
  • بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ سَلُوهُ
  • كُنْتُ أَمْشِي مَعَ النَّبِيِّ فِي حَرْثٍ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَمَرَّ عَلَى قَوْمٍ مِنْ الْيَهُودِ
  • عَبْدُ اللَّهِ
  • عَلْقَمَةَ
  • إِبْرَاهِيمَ،
  • الْاَعْمَشِ
  • وَكِيعٌ،

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