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Bayhaqi 17702 — The beginning of creation

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْقَطَّانُ، أنبأ عَبدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، ثنا يَعْقُوْبُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ، ثنا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ، ثنا أَبِي، ثنا الْأَعْمَشُ، ثنا جَامِعُ بْنُ شَدَّادٍ، عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ مُحْرِزٍ أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَهُ، عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ، قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ، قَالَ فِيهِ: قَالُوا: جِئْنَاكَ نَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ هَذَا الْأَمْرِ، قَالَ: " كَانَ اللهُ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ شَيْءٌ غَيْرَهُ، وَعَرْشُهُ عَلَى الْمَاءِ، وَكَتَبَ فِي الذِّكْرِ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ، وَخَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ ". رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ حَفْصِ بْنِ غِيَاثٍ، وَالْمُرَادُ بِهِ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ، ثُمَّ خَلَقَ الْمَاءَ، وَخَلَقَ الْعَرْشَ عَلَى الْمَاءِ، وَخَلَقَ الْقَلَمَ، وَأَمَرَهُ فَكَتَبَ فِي الذِّكْرِ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ.
Sayyiduna Imran bin Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I went to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Then he narrated the hadith, and in it the wording was that they said: "We have come to ask you about the creation of the world." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There was Allah, and there was nothing other than Him; His Throne was upon the water; He wrote everything in the Preserved Tablet, and He created the heavens and the earth."
Imam al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) recorded this hadith in his Sahih from Umar bin Hafs bin Ghiyath. What is meant by it, and Allah knows best, is: then He created the water, created the Throne upon the water, created the Pen and commanded it to write, and then it wrote everything in the Preserved Tablet.
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب السير / 17702
Hadith Grading محدثین: صحيح
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