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Sahih Muslim

Sahih Muslim, Hadith 178a

  • Book 1: The Book of Faith
  • Chapter 78: Chapter: The saying of the Prophet (saws): "Light, How could I see Him?" and: "I saw Light"

باب فِي قَوْلِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ ‏"‏ نُورٌ أَنَّى أَرَاهُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَفِي قَوْلِهِ ‏"‏ رَأَيْتُ نُورًا

Sahih Muslim 178aBook 1, Hadith 348

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ، قَالَ سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم هَلْ رَأَيْتَ رَبَّكَ قَالَ ‏"‏ نُورٌ أَنَّى أَرَاهُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

It is narrated on the authority of Abu Dharr:

I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): Did you see thy Lord? He said: (He is) Light; how could I see Him?

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