Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) reported: I said, “O Messenger of Allah! When Adam was in Paradise, where were you?” The Prophet ﷺ said: “I was in the loins of Adam. And when Adam was sent down to the earth, I was still in his loins. And I was in the loins of my father Nuh when I boarded the ark, and I was thrown into the fire in the loins of Ibrahim. My parents never came together in adultery. Thus I kept being transferred through pure loins into pure and refined wombs.
Whenever two generations of the family branched out, I was in the better branch among them. Then Allah took from me the covenant of prophethood, gave me good tidings in the Torah, and made my name shine in the Gospel. The light of my face brightens the earth, and the sky longs to see me. Through the blessing of my name, Allah ascended to the heavens, and He derived my name from His own names. So the Owner of the Throne is Mahmud (the Praised One), and I am Muhammad.”
Tahqiq al-Hadith (Authentication):
This hadith is mawdu’ (fabricated); it was invented by some storytellers.
And Hannad bin Ibrahim is not declared thiqah (trustworthy).
It is possible that Ali bin Muhammad bin Bakran, the teacher of Hannad, fabricated it, or that Khalaf bin Muhammad, the teacher of Ali bin Muhammad, fabricated it.
Even Ali bin Asim says:
“We always considered Yazid bin Harun a liar.”
Yahya bin Ma’in says:
“This is nothing, but even so, this task suits the later scholars more.” In this way, the fabricator of this narration is Abbas.
It is fabricated; see.
Imam Shawkani says:
It was fabricated by some storytelling preachers.
