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
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ قُرَيْشٍ التَّمِيمِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ بَكْرِ بْنِ مُضَرَ ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ، حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ رَبِيعَةَ ، عَنْ عِرَاكِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، قَالَ : " إِنَّ الْقَمَرَ انْشَقَّ عَلَى زَمَانِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ " .
Ibn 'Abbas reported that the moon was split up during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (may peace he upon him).
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary:
Benefits and Issues:
Hafiz Ibn Kathir has written that
many travelers have reported that they saw a temple in India
on which it was inscribed:
"This was constructed on the night
in which the moon was split."
Ibn Kathir, vol. (6)
p. (77)
And the incident of the splitting of the moon was also witnessed in Malibar.
See Tarikh Firishta (Urdu),
vol. (2)
pp. 488–489.
Benefits and Issues:
Hafiz Ibn Kathir has written that
many travelers have reported that they saw a temple in India
on which it was inscribed:
"This was constructed on the night
in which the moon was split."
Ibn Kathir, vol. (6)
p. (77)
And the incident of the splitting of the moon was also witnessed in Malibar.
See Tarikh Firishta (Urdu),
vol. (2)
pp. 488–489.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 7079
Maulana Dawood Raz
Hadith Commentary:
The disbelievers of Makkah thought that this—meaning Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam)—could show wonders on the earth by the force of his magic, but his magic would not be effective in the sky.
It was on the basis of this notion that they requested the miracle of the splitting of the moon (shaqq al-qamar).
Accordingly, Allah, the Exalted, showed them this (miracle).
The disbelievers of Makkah thought that this—meaning Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam)—could show wonders on the earth by the force of his magic, but his magic would not be effective in the sky.
It was on the basis of this notion that they requested the miracle of the splitting of the moon (shaqq al-qamar).
Accordingly, Allah, the Exalted, showed them this (miracle).
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 3638
