Al-Qawl al-Mufid ala Kitab al-Tawhid — Volume 2 (القول المفيد على كتاب التوحيد) — Page 11

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

حَاوَلَ بَعْضُ النَّاسِ أَنْ يُصَحِّحَ حَدِيثَ سَرْدِ الْأَسْمَاءِ التِّسْعَةِ وَالتِّسْعِينَ.

Some people have attempted to authenticate the hadith regarding the listing of the ninety-nine names.

فَهُوَ لَيْسَ فِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ، بَلْ نَقَلَ شَيْخُ الْإِسْلَامِ اتِّفَاقَ أَهْلِ الْمَعْرِفَةِ فِي الْحَدِيثِ عَلَى أَنَّ عَدَّهَا وَسَرْدَهَا لَا يَصِحُّ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، وَصَدَقَ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ بِدَلِيلِ الِاخْتِلَافِ الْكَبِيرِ فِيهَا.

It is not in the two Sahih collections; rather, Shaykh al-Islam reported the consensus of the experts in hadith that counting and listing them is not authentically established from the Prophet (peace be upon him), and he was correct—may Allah have mercy on him—given the significant disagreement regarding them.

فَمَنْ حَاوَلَ تَصْحِيحَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ قَالَ إِنَّ هَذَا أَمْرٌ عَظِيمٌ، وَمَنْ أَحْصَاهَا دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ فَلَا يُمْكِنُ لِلصَّحَابَةِ أَنْ يُفَوِّتُوهُ، فَلَا يَسْأَلُوا عَنْ تَعْيِينِهَا، فَدَلَّ هَذَا عَلَى أَنَّهَا قَدْ عُيِّنَتْ مِنْ قِبَلِهِ.

Those who attempted to authenticate this hadith argued that this is a momentous matter, and that whoever enumerates them enters Paradise, so it is impossible for the Companions to have missed it without asking about their specification; thus, this indicates that they were specified by him.

وَخَسِرُوا مَنْ هُمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟

And they lost: Who are they, O Messenger of Allah?

قَالَ: الْمُسْبِلُ وَالْمَنَّانُ وَالْمُنْفِقُ سِلْعَتَهُ بِالْحَلِفِ الْكَاذِبِ.

He said: The one who lets his garment trail, the one who reminds others of his favors, and the one who sells his merchandise by means of a false oath.

أَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الْإِيمَانِ / بَابُ غِلَظِ تَحْرِيمِ إِسْبَالِ الْإِزَارِ.

It was recorded by Muslim in [the Book of] Faith / Chapter: The Severity of the Prohibition of Letting the Lower Garment Trail.

أَخْرَجَهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ فِي الدَّعَوَاتِ / بَابُ أَسْمَاءِ اللَّهِ وَقَالَ: غَرِيبٌ وَابْنُ حِبَّانَ، وَالْحَاكِمُ، وَالْبَيْهَقِيُّ فِي السُّنَنِ، وَفِي الْأَسْمَاءِ وَالصِّفَاتِ، وَالْبَغَوِيُّ فِي شَرْحِ السُّنَّةِ

It was recorded by al-Tirmidhi in [the Book of] Supplications / Chapter: The Names of Allah, and he said: 'Gharib' (strange); and by Ibn Hibban, al-Hakim, al-Bayhaqi in al-Sunan and in al-Asma' wa al-Sifat, and al-Baghawi in Sharh al-Sunnah.

قَالَ الْبَيْهَقِيُّ فِي الْأَسْمَاءِ وَالصِّفَاتِ: وَيَحْتَمِلُ أَنْ يَكُونَ التَّفْسِيرُ - أَيْ تَفْسِيرُ الْأَسْمَاءِ - وَقَعَ مِنْ بَعْضِ الرُّوَاةِ، وَكَذَلِكَ فِي حَدِيثِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ وَلِهَذَا الِاحْتِمَالِ تَرَكَ الْبُخَارِيُّ وَمُسْلِمٌ إِخْرَاجَ حَدِيثِ الْوَلِيدِ فِي الصَّحِيحِ.

Al-Bayhaqi said in al-Asma' wa al-Sifat: 'It is possible that the interpretation—meaning the interpretation of the names—originated from some of the narrators, and likewise in the hadith of al-Walid ibn Muslim; and because of this possibility, al-Bukhari and Muslim refrained from including the hadith of al-Walid in the Sahih.'

وَقَالَ شَيْخُ الْإِسْلَامِ: وَحُفَّاظُ أَهْلِ الْحَدِيثِ يَقُولُونَ هَذِهِ الزِّيَادَةُ مِمَّا جَمَعَهُ الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ شُيُوخِهِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْحَدِيثِ، وَفِيهَا حَدِيثٌ أَضْعَفُ مِنْ هَذَا رَوَاهُ ابْنُ مَاجَهْ.

Shaykh al-Islam said: 'The memorizers among the people of hadith say that this addition is among what al-Walid ibn Muslim collected from his teachers among the people of hadith, and within it is a hadith weaker than this one, which was narrated by Ibn Majah.'

وَقَالَ ابْنُ حَزْمٍ فِي الْمُحَلَّى: وَقَدْ جَاءَتْ أَحَادِيثُ فِي إِحْصَاءِ التِّسْعَةِ وَالتِّسْعِينَ أَسْمَاءً مُضْطَرِبَةً لَا يَصِحُّ مِنْهَا شَيْءٌ أَصْلًا، فَإِنَّهَا تُؤْخَذُ مِنْ نَصِّ الْقُرْآنِ وَمِمَّا صَحَّ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ.

Ibn Hazm said in al-Muhalla: 'Hadiths have come regarding the enumeration of the ninety-nine names that are incoherent, and nothing from them is authentic at all; for they are taken from the text of the Quran and from what is authentically established from the Prophet.'

وَانْظُرْ تَفْسِيرَ ابْنِ كَثِيرٍ، وَفَتْحَ الْبَارِي.

And refer to Tafsir Ibn Kathir and Fath al-Bari.

وَأَخْرَجَهُ أَيْضًا ابْنُ مَاجَهْ بِزِيَادَةٍ وَنُقْصَانٍ فِي بَعْضِ الْأَسْمَاءِ فِي الدُّعَاءِ / بَابُ أَسْمَاءِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ.

It was also recorded by Ibn Majah with additions and omissions in some of the names in [the Book of] Supplication / Chapter: The Names of Allah, the Almighty and Majestic.

وَقَالَ الْبُوصِيرِيُّ فِي الزَّوَائِدِ: إِسْنَادُ طَرِيقِ ابْنِ مَاجَهْ ضَعِيفٌ لِضَعْفِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ الصَّنْعَانِيِّ.

Al-Busiri said in al-Zawa'id: 'The chain of narration for the path of Ibn Majah is weak due to the weakness of Abd al-Malik al-San'ani.'

وَأَخْرَجَهُ أَيْضًا الْحَاكِمُ، وَالْبَيْهَقِيُّ فِي الْأَسْمَاءِ وَالصِّفَاتِ وَضَعَّفَهُ الذَّهَبِيُّ، وَكَذَا الْبَيْهَقِيُّ بِعَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ الْحُصَيْنِ بْنِ التَّرْجُمَانِ وَكَذَا ابْنُ حَجَرٍ فِي تَلْخِيصِ الْحَبِيرِ.

It was also recorded by al-Hakim and al-Bayhaqi in al-Asma' wa al-Sifat, and al-Dhahabi declared it weak, as did al-Bayhaqi due to Abd al-Aziz ibn al-Husayn ibn al-Tarjuman, and likewise Ibn Hajar in Talkhis al-Habir.

Vocabulary · المفردات (28 verbs · 56 nouns)

• حَاوَلَ — to attempt
• صَحَّحَ — to correct
• نَقَلَ — to transmit
• عَدَّ — to count
• صَحَّ — to be authentic
• صَدَقَ — to be truthful
• رَحِمَ — to have mercy
• قَالَ — to say
• أَحْصَى — to enumerate
• دَخَلَ — to enter
• أَمْكَنَ — to be possible
• فَوَّتَ — to miss
• سَأَلَ — to ask
• دَلَّ — to indicate
• عَيَّنَ — to specify
• خَسِرَ — to lose
• أَخْرَجَ — to record in a collection
• احْتَمَلَ — to be possible
• وَقَعَ — to occur
• تَرَكَ — to leave
• جَمَعَ — to collect
• أَضْعَفَ — to weaken
• رَوَى — to narrate
• أَخَذَ — to take
• نَظَرَ — to look
• عَزَّ — to be mighty
• جَلَّ — to be majestic
• ضَعَّفَ — to declare weak
• بَعْضٌ — some
• نَاسٌ — people
• حَدِيثٌ — hadith
• سَرْدٌ — enumeration
• اسْمٌ — name
• صَحِيحٌ — authentic book
• شَيْخٌ — sheikh
• إِسْلَامٌ — Islam
• اتِّفَاقٌ — agreement
• أَهْلٌ — people
• مَعْرِفَةٌ — knowledge
• نَبِيٌّ — prophet
• دَلِيلٌ — evidence
• اخْتِلَافٌ — disagreement
• كَبِيرٌ — great
• أَمْرٌ — matter
• عَظِيمٌ — great
• جَنَّةٌ — paradise
• صَحَابِيٌّ — companion
• تَعْيِينٌ — specification
• رَسُولٌ — messenger
• مُسْبِلٌ — one who lets his garment trail
• مَنَّانٌ — one who reminds others of his favors
• مُنْفِقٌ — one who spends
• سِلْعَةٌ — merchandise
• حَلِفٌ — oath
• كَاذِبٌ — liar
• إِيمَانٌ — faith
• بَابٌ — chapter
• غِلَظٌ — severity
• تَحْرِيمٌ — prohibition
• إِسْبَالٌ — trailing of garment
• إِزَارٌ — lower garment
• دَعْوَةٌ — supplication
• غَرِيبٌ — strange
• سُنَّةٌ — sunnah
• شَرْحٌ — explanation
• تَفْسِيرٌ — interpretation
• رَاوٍ — narrator
• إِخْرَاجٌ — recording in a collection
• حَافِظٌ — memorizer
• زِيَادَةٌ — addition
• مُضْطَرِبٌ — confused
• شَيْءٌ — thing
• أَصْلٌ — origin
• نَصٌّ — text
• قُرْآنٌ — Quran
• نُقْصَانٌ — omission
• دُعَاءٌ — supplication
• زَوَائِدٌ — additions
• إِسْنَادٌ — chain of narration
• طَرِيقٌ — path
• ضَعِيفٌ — the weak
• ضَعْفٌ — weakness
• تَلْخِيصٌ — summary
• حَبِيرٌ — expert