Hadith 349

Sahih Muslim

Book 1: The Book of Faith

Chapter 78

The saying of the Prophet (saws): "Light, How could I see Him?" and: "I saw Light"

باب فِي قَوْلِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ ‏"‏ نُورٌ أَنَّى أَرَاهُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَفِي قَوْلِهِ ‏"‏ رَأَيْتُ نُورًا

Sahih Muslim 178b
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي ح، وَحَدَّثَنِي حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الشَّاعِرِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ، كِلاَهُمَا عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ، قَالَ قُلْتُ لأَبِي ذَرٍّ لَوْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ عَنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ كُنْتَ تَسْأَلُهُ قَالَ كُنْتُ أَسْأَلُهُ هَلْ رَأَيْتَ رَبَّكَ قَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ قَدْ سَأَلْتُ فَقَالَ ‏ ‏ ‏.‏
"‏ رَأَيْتُ نُورًا ‏"
Abdullah b. Shaqiq reported:

I said to Abu Dharr: Had I seen the Messenger of Allah, I would have asked him. He (Abu Dharr) said: What is that thing that you wanted to inquire of him? He said: I wanted to ask him whether he had seen his Lord. Abu Dharr said: I, in fact, inquired of him, and he replied: I saw Light.

Chain of Narrators

follower
1

'Abdullah bin Shaqayq al-Aqayli

عبد الله بن شقيق العقيلي

66 narrations

follower
2

Qatada

قتادة

1,382 narrations

3rd Generation
3

'Affan bin Muslim

عفان بن مسلم بن عبد الله الصفار

136 narrations

3rd Generation
4

Hajjaj bin Yusuf bin al-Sha'ir

حجاج بن يوسف الشاعر

60 narrations

successor
5

Hisham bin Abi 'Abdullah al-Dastawa'i

هشام بن أبي عبد الله الدستوائي

524 narrations

successor
6

Mua'dh bin Hisham bin Aby

معاذ بن هشام بن أبي عبد الله

156 narrations

3rd Generation
7

Muhammad bin Bashar Bindar

محمد بن بشار بندار

1,311 narrations