Volume 4, 59 Beginning of Creation
Sahih al-Bukhari 3190
Chapter: 1 The Statement of Allah Taa’la: “And He it is Who originates the creation; then will repeat it…”
Narrated Imran bin Husain: Some people of Bani Tamim came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and he said (to them), “O Bani Tamim! Rejoice with glad tidings.” They said, “You have given us glad tidings, now give us something.” On hearing that, the color of his face changed. Then the people of Yemen came to him and he said, “O people of Yemen! Accept the good tidings, as Bani Tamim has refused them.” The Yemenites said, “We accept them.” Then the Prophet (peace be upon him) started talking about the beginning of creation and about Allah’s Throne. In the meantime, a man came saying, “O Imran! Your she-camel has run away!” (I got up and went away), but I wish I had not left that place (for I missed what Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) had said).
Sahih al-Bukhari 3191
Narrated Imran bin Husain: I went to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and tied my she-camel at the gate. The people of Bani Tamim came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) who said, “O Bani Tamim! Accept the good tidings.” They said twice, “You have given us the good tidings, now give us something.” Then some Yemenites came to him and he said, “Accept the good tidings, O people of Yemen, for Bani Tamim refused them.” They said, “We accept it, O Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him)! We have come to ask you about this matter (i.e., the start of creation).” He said, “First of all, there was nothing but Allah, and (then He created His Throne). His Throne was over the water, and He wrote everything in the Book (in the Heaven), and created the Heavens and the Earth.” Then a man shouted, “O Ibn Husain! Your she-camel has gone away!” So, I went away and could not see the she-camel because of the mirage. By Allah, I wished I had left that she-camel (but not that gathering).
Sahih al-Bukhari 3192
Narrated Umar :One day the Prophet (peace be upon him) stood up amongst us for a long period and informed us about the beginning of creation (and talked about everything in detail) till he mentioned how the people of Paradise will enter their places and the people of Hell will enter their places. Some remembered what he had said, and some forgot it.
Sahih al-Bukhari 3193
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said, “Allah the Most Superior said, ‘The son of Adam slights Me, and he should not slight Me, and he disbelieves in Me, and he ought not to do so. As for his slighting Me, it is that he says that I have a son; and his disbelief in Me is his statement that I shall not recreate him as I have created (him) before.'”
Sahih al-Bukhari 3194
(1) Chapter: The Statement of Allah Taa’la: “And He it is Who originates the creation; then will repeat it…”
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said, “When Allah completed the creation, He wrote in His Book which is with Him on His Throne, ‘My Mercy overpowers My Anger.'”
Sahih al-Bukhari 3195
(2) Chapter: What has been said regarding the seven earths
Narrated Muhammad bin Ibrahim bin Al-Harith: From Abu Salama bin Abdur-Rahman who had a dispute with some people on a piece of land, and so he went to Aisha and told her about it. She said, “O Abu Salama, avoid the land, for Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said, ‘Any person who takes even a span of land unjustly, his neck shall be encircled with it down seven earths.'”
Sahih al-Bukhari 3196
Narrated Salim’s father: The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Any person who takes a piece of land unjustly will sink down the seven earths on the Day of Resurrection.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 3197
Narrated Abu Bakra: The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “The division of time has turned to its original form which was current when Allah created the Heavens and the Earths. The year is of twelve months, out of which four months are sacred: Three are in succession Dhul-Qa’da, Dhul-Hijja and Muharram, and (the fourth is) Rajab of (the tribe of) Mudar which comes between Jumadi-ath-Thaniyah and Sha’ban.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 3198
Narrated Sa’id bin Zaid bin ‘Amr bin Nufail: That Arwa sued him before Marwan for a right, which she claimed he had deprived her of. On that Sa’id said, “How should I deprive her of her right? I testify that I heard Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) saying, ‘If anyone takes a span of land unjustly, his neck will be encircled with it down seven earths on the Day of Resurrection.'”
Sahih al-Bukhari 3199
Chapter: 3 and 4 About the Stars
Narrated Abu Dhar: The Prophet (peace be upon him) asked me at sunset, “Do you know where the sun goes (at the time of sunset)?” I replied, “Allah and His Apostle know better.” He said, “It goes (i.e., travels) till it prostrates itself underneath the Throne and takes the permission to rise again, and it is permitted. Then (a time will come when) it will be about to prostrate itself but its prostration will not be accepted, and it will ask permission to go on its course but it will not be permitted, and it will be ordered to return whence it has come and so it will rise in the west. And that is the interpretation of the Statement of Allah: ‘And the sun runs its fixed course for a term (decreed). That is the Decree of (Allah), the Exalted in Might, the All-Knowing.’ (36:38)”
Sahih al-Bukhari 3200
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “The sun and the moon will be folded up (deprived of their light) on the Day of Resurrection.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 3201
Narrated Abdullah bin Umar: The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “The sun and the moon do not eclipse because of someone’s death or life (i.e., birth), but they are two signs amongst the Signs of Allah. So, if you see them (i.e., eclipse), offer the (eclipse) prayer.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 3202
Narrated Abdullah bin Abbas: The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “The sun and the moon are two signs amongst the Signs of Allah. They do not eclipse because of someone’s death or life. So, if you see them (i.e., eclipse), celebrate the Praises of Allah (i.e., pray).”
Sahih al-Bukhari 3203
Chapter: 5 Characteristic of the sun and the moon
Narrated Aisha: On the day of a solar eclipse, Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) stood up (to offer the eclipse prayer). He recited Takbir, recited a long recitation (of Holy Verses), bowed a long bowing, and then he raised his head saying, “Allah hears him who sends his praises to Him.” Then he stayed standing, recited a long recitation again, but shorter than the former, bowed a long bowing, but shorter than the first, performed a long prostration and then performed the second rak`a in the same way as he had done the first. By the time he had finished his prayer with Taslim, the solar eclipse had been over. Then he addressed the people referring to the solar and lunar eclipses saying, “These are two signs amongst the Signs of Allah, and they do not eclipse because of anyone’s death or life. So, if you see them, hasten for the Prayer.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 3204
Narrated Abu Mas`ud: The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “The sun and the moon do not eclipse because of the death or life of someone, but they are two signs amongst the Signs of Allah. So, if you see them, offer the Prayer (of eclipse).”
Sahih al-Bukhari 3205
Chapter (59:16) – Allah’s Statement: ‘And it is He Who sends the winds as heralds of glad tidings, going before His Mercy (rain)’
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “I have been made victorious with the Saba (i.e. easterly wind) and the people of ‘Ad were destroyed with the Dabur (i.e. westerly wind).”
Sahih al-Bukhari 3206
Narrated Ata: Aisha said: If the Prophet (peace be upon him) saw a cloud in the sky, he would walk to and fro in agitation, go out and come in, and the color of his face would change. And if it rained, he would feel relaxed. So Aisha knew that state of his. So the Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “I don’t know (I am afraid), it may be similar to what happened to some people referred to in the Holy Qur’an in the following Verse: ‘Then when they saw it as a dense cloud coming towards their valleys, they said, This is a cloud bringing us rain! Nay, but, it is that (torment) which you were asking to be hastened — a wind wherein is severe torment.'” (46:24)