Hadith 209: When Allah intended to destroy the nation of Nuh, he sent wahi (revelation) to him to split some planks of teak (wood)…..
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Hadith 209
لما أراد الله أن يهلك قوم نوح، أوحى إليه أن شق ألواح الساج، فلما شقها لم يدر ما يصنع بها، فهبط جبريل فأراه هيئة السفينة، ومعه تابوت فيه مائة ألف مسمار، وتسعة وعشرون ألف مسمار، فسمر بالمسامير كلها السفينة، إلى أن بقيت خمسة مسامير، فضرب بيده إلى مسمار منها، فأشرق في يده، وأضاء كما يضيء الكوكب الدري في أفق السماء، فتحير من ذلك نوح، فأنطق الله ذلك المسمار بلسان طلق ذلق، فقال: على اسم خير الأنبياء محمد بن عبد الله. فهبط عليه جبريل، فقال له: يا جبريل ما هذا المسمار الذي ما رأيت مثله؟ قال: هذا باسم خير الأولين والآخرين محمد بن عبد الله. أسمره في أولها على جانب السفينة اليمنى، وضرب بيده على مسمار ثان، فأشرق وأنار، فقال نوح: ما هذا المسمار؟ قال: مسمار أخيه وابن عمه علي بن أبي طالب، فأسمره على جانب السفينة اليسار في أولها، ثم ضرب بيده إلى مسمار ثالث، فزهر وأشرق وأنار، فقال: هذا مسمار فاطمة، فأسمره إلى جانب مسمار أبيها، ثم ضرب بيده إلى مسمار رابع فزهر وأنار، فقال: هذا مسمار الحسن، فأسمره إلى جانب مسمار أبيه، ثم ضرب بيده إلى مسمار خامس، فأشرق وأنار وبكى، فقال يا جبريل: ما هذه النداوة؟ قال: هذا مسمار الحسين بن علي سيد الشهداء، فأسمره إلى جانب مسمار أخيه، ثم قال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم: وَحَمَلْنٰهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلْوٰحٍ وَدُسُرٍ [القمر:13،] قال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم: الألواح خشب السفينة، ونحن الدسر، لولانا ما سارت السفينة بأهلها.
When Allah intended to destroy the nation of Nuh, he sent wahi (revelation) to him to split some planks of teak (wood). When he split them, he did not know what to do with it. Jibril descended and showed him the shape of the ship (i.e. for him to make). He had a case which contained one hundred thousand nails, and twenty nine thousand nails. He nailed the entire ship with nails until there remained (only) five nails. Thereafter, he placed his hand onto a nail (from the remaining five). Suddenly, it began glimmering and shining in his hand just as a twinkling star shines in the horizon of the skies. Nuh was amazed at that. Allah made that nail speak with an eloquent tongue. He said, “On the name of the best of Prophets, Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullah.” Jibril descended upon him. He (i.e. Nuh) said to him, “O Jibril, what is this nail that I have never seen the likes before?” He said, “This is with the name of the best of the first and the last, Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullah. He nailed it into the front-right side of the ship. Then he placed his hand on a second nail (from the remaining 4). Suddenly, it began glimmering and shining. Nuh ‘alayh al Salam said, “What is this nail?” He said, “The nail of this brother and his cousin, ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib. He nailed it into the front-left side of the ship. Then he placed his hand on a third nail (from the remaining 3). It began shining, giving light, and glimmering. Jibril said, “This is the nail of Fatimah.” Then he nailed it next to the nail of her father. Then he placed his hand on a fourth nail (from the remaining two). It began glimmering and shining. Jibril said, “This is the nail of al Hassan.” Then he nailed it next to the nail of his father. Then he placed his hand on the fifth (and final) nail. It began shining, glimmering, and crying. He said, “O Jibril, why these tears?” He said, “This is the nail of al Hussain ibn ‘Ali, the leader of the martyrs.” He nailed it next to the nail of this brother. Then the Prophet salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said (i.e. he read the verse), ‘And We carried him on a [construction of] planks and nails.’[1] The Prophet salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said, “The planks are the wood of the ship and we are the dowels. If it were not for us, the ship would not move along with its people.”
Ibn al Najjar narrates this hadith — from Muhammad ibn Harun al Mansuri al ‘Abbasi — Ahmed ibn Shakir narrated to us — Yahya ibn Aktham al Qadi narrated to us — al Maʾmun narrated to us — from ‘Attiyah al ‘Aufi — from Thabit al Bunani — from Anas ibn Malik — from the Prophet salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam…
This hadith is made up and fabricated. Al Suyuti mentions this hadith among (other) fabrications and Ibn ‘Iraq followed suit.[2]
Ibn ‘Iraq said, “He (i.e. al Suyuti) did not explain the defect in the hadith. The chain of transmission contains a number of narrators whom I have not found anything about. And Allah knows best.”
‘Attiyah is da’if (weak) and a mudallis[3] (obfuscates when he narrates).
Al Maʾmun is not eligible to narrate (hadith).
Yahya ibn Aktham is from the narrators’ of al Tahdhib; however, he is accused of sariqat al ahadith[4] (appropriating hadith).
I do not know who Ahmed ibn Shakir is.
I do not know who Muhammad ibn Harun al Mansuri al ‘Abbasi is. Muhammad ibn Harun is attributed to Abu Jafar al Mansur. He is known as Ibn Burayh al Hashimi. Ibn ‘Asakir deemed him a kadhdhab (liar). Al Daraqutni said, “He is nothing.”[5]
[1] Surah al Qamr: 13.
[2] Al Suyuti: al Ziyadat ‘ala al Mawdu’at, 1/282, 283; Ibn ‘Iraq: Tanzih al Shari’ah, 1/419.
[3] For an explanation of this term, Click Here. [translator’s note]
[4] For an explanation of this term, Click Here. [translator’s note]
[5] Al Dhahabi: Mizan al I’tidal, 4/57; Ibn Hajar: Lisan al Mizan, 5/409; al Khatib: Tarikh Baghdad, 3/356.
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Hadith 209
لما أراد الله أن يهلك قوم نوح، أوحى إليه أن شق ألواح الساج، فلما شقها لم يدر ما يصنع بها، فهبط جبريل فأراه هيئة السفينة، ومعه تابوت فيه مائة ألف مسمار، وتسعة وعشرون ألف مسمار، فسمر بالمسامير كلها السفينة، إلى أن بقيت خمسة مسامير، فضرب بيده إلى مسمار منها، فأشرق في يده، وأضاء كما يضيء الكوكب الدري في أفق السماء، فتحير من ذلك نوح، فأنطق الله ذلك المسمار بلسان طلق ذلق، فقال: على اسم خير الأنبياء محمد بن عبد الله. فهبط عليه جبريل، فقال له: يا جبريل ما هذا المسمار الذي ما رأيت مثله؟ قال: هذا باسم خير الأولين والآخرين محمد بن عبد الله. أسمره في أولها على جانب السفينة اليمنى، وضرب بيده على مسمار ثان، فأشرق وأنار، فقال نوح: ما هذا المسمار؟ قال: مسمار أخيه وابن عمه علي بن أبي طالب، فأسمره على جانب السفينة اليسار في أولها، ثم ضرب بيده إلى مسمار ثالث، فزهر وأشرق وأنار، فقال: هذا مسمار فاطمة، فأسمره إلى جانب مسمار أبيها، ثم ضرب بيده إلى مسمار رابع فزهر وأنار، فقال: هذا مسمار الحسن، فأسمره إلى جانب مسمار أبيه، ثم ضرب بيده إلى مسمار خامس، فأشرق وأنار وبكى، فقال يا جبريل: ما هذه النداوة؟ قال: هذا مسمار الحسين بن علي سيد الشهداء، فأسمره إلى جانب مسمار أخيه، ثم قال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم: وَحَمَلْنٰهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلْوٰحٍ وَدُسُرٍ [القمر:13،] قال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم: الألواح خشب السفينة، ونحن الدسر، لولانا ما سارت السفينة بأهلها.
When Allah intended to destroy the nation of Nuh, he sent wahi (revelation) to him to split some planks of teak (wood). When he split them, he did not know what to do with it. Jibril descended and showed him the shape of the ship (i.e. for him to make). He had a case which contained one hundred thousand nails, and twenty nine thousand nails. He nailed the entire ship with nails until there remained (only) five nails. Thereafter, he placed his hand onto a nail (from the remaining five). Suddenly, it began glimmering and shining in his hand just as a twinkling star shines in the horizon of the skies. Nuh was amazed at that. Allah made that nail speak with an eloquent tongue. He said, “On the name of the best of Prophets, Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullah.” Jibril descended upon him. He (i.e. Nuh) said to him, “O Jibril, what is this nail that I have never seen the likes before?” He said, “This is with the name of the best of the first and the last, Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullah. He nailed it into the front-right side of the ship. Then he placed his hand on a second nail (from the remaining 4). Suddenly, it began glimmering and shining. Nuh ‘alayh al Salam said, “What is this nail?” He said, “The nail of this brother and his cousin, ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib. He nailed it into the front-left side of the ship. Then he placed his hand on a third nail (from the remaining 3). It began shining, giving light, and glimmering. Jibril said, “This is the nail of Fatimah.” Then he nailed it next to the nail of her father. Then he placed his hand on a fourth nail (from the remaining two). It began glimmering and shining. Jibril said, “This is the nail of al Hassan.” Then he nailed it next to the nail of his father. Then he placed his hand on the fifth (and final) nail. It began shining, glimmering, and crying. He said, “O Jibril, why these tears?” He said, “This is the nail of al Hussain ibn ‘Ali, the leader of the martyrs.” He nailed it next to the nail of this brother. Then the Prophet salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said (i.e. he read the verse), ‘And We carried him on a [construction of] planks and nails.’[1] The Prophet salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said, “The planks are the wood of the ship and we are the dowels. If it were not for us, the ship would not move along with its people.”
Ibn al Najjar narrates this hadith — from Muhammad ibn Harun al Mansuri al ‘Abbasi — Ahmed ibn Shakir narrated to us — Yahya ibn Aktham al Qadi narrated to us — al Maʾmun narrated to us — from ‘Attiyah al ‘Aufi — from Thabit al Bunani — from Anas ibn Malik — from the Prophet salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam…
This hadith is made up and fabricated. Al Suyuti mentions this hadith among (other) fabrications and Ibn ‘Iraq followed suit.[2]
Ibn ‘Iraq said, “He (i.e. al Suyuti) did not explain the defect in the hadith. The chain of transmission contains a number of narrators whom I have not found anything about. And Allah knows best.”
‘Attiyah is da’if (weak) and a mudallis[3] (obfuscates when he narrates).
Al Maʾmun is not eligible to narrate (hadith).
Yahya ibn Aktham is from the narrators’ of al Tahdhib; however, he is accused of sariqat al ahadith[4] (appropriating hadith).
I do not know who Ahmed ibn Shakir is.
I do not know who Muhammad ibn Harun al Mansuri al ‘Abbasi is. Muhammad ibn Harun is attributed to Abu Jafar al Mansur. He is known as Ibn Burayh al Hashimi. Ibn ‘Asakir deemed him a kadhdhab (liar). Al Daraqutni said, “He is nothing.”[5]
[1] Surah al Qamr: 13.
[2] Al Suyuti: al Ziyadat ‘ala al Mawdu’at, 1/282, 283; Ibn ‘Iraq: Tanzih al Shari’ah, 1/419.
[3] For an explanation of this term, Click Here. [translator’s note]
[4] For an explanation of this term, Click Here. [translator’s note]
[5] Al Dhahabi: Mizan al I’tidal, 4/57; Ibn Hajar: Lisan al Mizan, 5/409; al Khatib: Tarikh Baghdad, 3/356.