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Hadeeth Qudsi are the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace and
Blessings of Allah be upon him) as revealed to him by the Almighty
Allah. Hadith Qudsi (or Sacred Hadith) are so named because, unlike the
majority of Hadith which are Prophetic Hadith, their authority (Sanad)
is traced back not to the Prophet but to the Almighty. Among the many
definitions given by the early scholars to Sacred Hadith is that of
as-Sayyid ash-Sharif al-Jurjani (died in 816 A.H.) in his lexicon
At-Tarifat where he says: “A Sacred Hadith is, as to the meaning, from
Allah the Almighty; as to the wording, it is from the messenger of Allah
(PBUH). It is that which Allah the Almighty has communicated to His
Prophet through revelation or in dream, and he, peace be upon him, has
communicated it in his own words. Thus Qur’an is superior to it because,
besides being revealed, it is His wording.”
Hadith Qudsi 1:
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:
When Allah decreed the Creation He pledged Himself by writing in His
book which is laid down with Him: My mercy prevails over my wrath.
It was related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari, an-Nasa’i and Ibn Majah).
Hadith Qudsi 2:
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may
Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH)
said: Allah Almighty has said:
The son of Adam denied Me and he had no right to do so. And he reviled
Me and he had no right to do so. As for his denying Me, it is his
saying: He will not remake me as He made me at first (1) – and the
initial creation [of him] is no easier for Me than remaking him. As for
his reviling Me, it is his saying: Assah has taken to Himself a son,
while I am the One, the Everlasting Refuge. I begot not nor was I
begotten, and there is none comparable to Me.
(1) i.e., bring me back to life after death.
It was related by al-Bukhari (also by an-Nasa’i).
Hadith Qudsi 3:
On the authority of Zayd ibn Khalid al-Juhaniyy (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:
The Messenger of Allah (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon
him) led the morning prayer for us at al-Hudaybiyah following rainfall
during the night. When the Prophet (may the blessings and peace of Allah
be upon him) finished, he faced the people and said to them: Do you
know what your Lord has said? They said: Allah and his Messenger know
best. He said: This morning one of my servants became a believer in Me
and one a disbeliever. As for him who said: We have been given rain by
virtue of Allah and His mercy, that one is a believer in Me, a
disbeliever in the stars (2); and as for him who said: We have been
given rain by such-and-such a star, that one is a disbeliever in Me, a
believer in the stars.
(2) The pre-Islamic Arabs believed that
rain was brought about by the movement of stars. This Hadith draws
attention to the fact that whatever be the direct cause of such natural
phenomena as rain, it is Allah the Almighty who is the Disposer of all
things.
It is related by al-Bukhari (also by Malik and an-Nasa’i).
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