Hadith 6142

أَخْبَرَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الْعِجْلِيُّ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى الْعَبْسِيُّ ، عَنْ شَيْبَانَ ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ ، عَنْ جَامِعِ بْنِ شَدَّادٍ ، عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ مُحْرِزٍ ، عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ ، قَالَ : إِِنِّي لَجَالِسٌ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، إِِذْ جَاءَهُ قَوْمٌ مِنْ بَنِي تَمِيمٍ ، فَقَالَ : " اقْبَلُوا الْبُشْرَى يَا بَنِي تَمِيمٍ " ، قَالُوا : قَدْ بَشَّرْتَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَأَعْطِنَا ، فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ ، فَقَالَ : " اقْبَلُوا الْبُشْرَى يَا أَهْلَ الْيَمَنِ ، إِِذْ لَمْ يَقْبَلْهَا بَنُو تَمِيمٍ " ، قَالُوا : قَدْ قَبِلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، جِئْنَا لِنَتَفَقَّهُ فِي الدِّينِ ، وَنَسْأَلَكَ عَنْ أَوَّلِ هَذَا الأَمْرِ ، مَا كَانَ ؟ فَقَالَ : " كَانَ اللَّهُ ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ شَيْءٌ قَبْلَهُ ، وَكَانَ عَرْشُهُ عَلَى الْمَاءِ ، ثُمَّ خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ ، وَكَتَبَ فِي الذِّكْرِ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ " ، قَالَ : ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ ، فَقَالَ : يَا عِمْرَانُ بْنَ حُصَيْنٍ ، رَاحِلَتَكَ أَدْرِكْهَا ، فَقَدْ ذَهَبَتْ ، فَانْطَلَقْتُ أَطْلُبُهَا ، فَإِِذَا السَّرَابُ يَنْقَطِعُ دُونَهَا ، وَايْمُ اللَّهِ لَوَدِدْتُ أَنَّهَا ذَهَبَتْ وَلَمْ أَقُمْ .
Sayyiduna Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I was sitting with the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) when some people from Banu Tamim came to him. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: O Banu Tamim! Accept the glad tidings. They said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)! You have already given us glad tidings, so grant us (wealth and property). Then some people from Yemen came to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). He said: O people of Yemen, accept the glad tidings, for Banu Tamim did not accept it. They said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)! We accept it. We have come to you to gain understanding of the religion and to ask you about the beginning of this matter—how it was (i.e., how the universe began). The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: First there was Allah, and there was nothing before Him. The Throne was upon water. Then He created the heavens and the earth, and He wrote everything in the Book (i.e., the Preserved Tablet).

The narrator says: Then a man came to him and said: O Imran, hold your mount, for it has gone away. So I went out in search of it, but the mirage would disappear before I could reach it. By Allah! I wish it had gone away, but I had not gotten up from there.
Hadith Reference صحیح ابن حبان / كتاب التاريخ / 6142
Hadith Grading فضيلة الشيخ الإمام محمد ناصر الدين الألباني صحيح: م، مضى قريبا (6107). تنبيه!! رقم (6107) = (6140) من «طبعة المؤسسة». - مدخل بيانات الشاملة -. فضيلة الشيخ العلّامة شُعيب الأرناؤوط إسناده صحيح على شرط البخاري
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