It was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas: Some men from among the Ansar, Companions of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), told me that
they were sitting with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) one night when a shooting star appeared... and he mentioned the hadeeth, except that he said: “When our Lord decrees some matter, the bearers of the Throne glorify Him, then those who are closest to them glorify Him, then those who are next closest, until the tasbeeh reaches the lowest heaven. Then those who are nearest to the bearers of the Throne say to the bearers of the Throne: ‘What did your Lord say?" They say: ‘The truth; and He is the Most High, the Most Great’ (cf. 34:23). And they say: "Such and such." And the people of the heavens tell one another the news, until the news reaches the lowest heaven, and the devils come and try to listen to the news so they can convey it to their familiars and throw it to them. Whatever they narrate as they heard it is true, but they add to it and mix lies with it and omit from it."
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- Arabic/English book
- Book 25, Hadith 1883