It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ) observed:
The Satan comes to everyone. of you and says: Who created this and that? till he questions: Who created your Lord? When he comes to that, one should seek refuge in Allah and keep away (from such idle thoughts).
حَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، وَعَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، جَمِيعًا عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ، قَالَ زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَخِي ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عَمِّهِ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ، أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم
يَأْتِي الشَّيْطَانُ أَحَدَكُمْ فَيَقُولُ مَنْ خَلَقَ كَذَا وَكَذَا حَتَّى يَقُولَ لَهُ مَنْ خَلَقَ رَبَّكَ فَإِذَا بَلَغَ ذَلِكَ فَلْيَسْتَعِذْ بِاللَّهِ وَلْيَنْتَهِ
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Isnad
8 transmitters- 1Zuhayr bin HarbNisa'/Baghdad · d. 234 AH/848 CE
- 2'Abd bin Hameed bin Nasrd. 249 AH
- 3Ya'qub bin Ibrahim bin Sa'dMedina,Baghdad · d. 208 AH
- 4Zuhayr bin Mua'wiya bin Hudayjal-Kufa,Bahrain · d. ~174 AH
- 5Ya'qub bin Ibrahim bin Sa'dMedina,Baghdad · d. 208 AH
- 6Muhammad bin 'Abdullah bin MuslimMedina · d. 152 AH or after
- 7'Urwa ibn al-ZubayrMedina · d. 93 AH/713 CE
- 8Abu HurairahMakkah/Medina/Yemen/Bahrain · d. 59 AH/681 CE
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 1, Hadith 252
- USC-MSA web (English) reference
- Book 1, Hadith 244 (deprecated numbering scheme)