صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب صفة القيامة والجنة والنارCharacteristics of the Day of Judgment, Paradise, and Hell
باب انْشِقَاقِ الْقَمَرِ:Chapter: The Splitting Of The Moon
حَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، وَعَبْدُ بْنُ حميد ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ ، حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ " أَنَّ أَهْلَ مَكَّةَ سَأَلُوا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ يُرِيَهُمْ آيَةً فَأَرَاهُمُ انْشِقَاقَ الْقَمَرِ مَرَّتَيْنِ " ،
Anas reported that the people of Makkah demanded from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) that he should show them (some) signs (miracles) and he showed them the splitting of the moon twice.
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:
1:
In this hadith, the meaning of "martayn" is not that the incident of the moon splitting occurred twice.
This incident did not happen twice,
it happened only once.
Here, "martayn" refers to "two pieces" only.
1:
In this hadith, the meaning of "martayn" is not that the incident of the moon splitting occurred twice.
This incident did not happen twice,
it happened only once.
Here, "martayn" refers to "two pieces" only.
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 3286
