Sahih al-Bukhari 4803

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Book 65: Prophetic Commentary on the Qur'an (Tafseer of the Prophet (pbuh))

Allah's Statement: "And the sun runs on its fixed course for a term (appointed). That is the Decree of the All Mighty, the All-Knowing." (V.36:38)

Chain of Narration (Isnad)

Narrated by Abu Dharr al-Ghaffari 6 narrators

'Abdullah bin al-Zubair bin 'Isa Atbāʿ Atbāʿ al-Tābiʿīn d. 219 AH or after Waki' bin al-Jarrah Atbāʿ al-Tābiʿīn ~129 AH – ~197 AH Sulaiman al-A'mash Tābiʿī 61 AH – 147 AH Ibrahim bin Yazid - Taym al-Rabab Tābiʿī 52 AH – 92 AH Yazid bin Sharayk bin Tariq Tābiʿī d. ~90 AH Abu Dharr al-Ghaffari Companion d. 32 AH/652 CE

Narrated Abu Dharr:I asked the Prophet (ﷺ) about the Statement of Allah:-- 'And the sun runs on fixed course for a term (decreed), ' (36.38) He said, "Its course is underneath "Allah's Throne." (Prostration of Sun trees, stars. mentioned in Qur'an and Hadith does not mean like our prostration but it means that these objects are obedient to their Creator (Allah) and they obey for what they have been created for).

Reference

Sahih al-Bukhari 4803

In-book reference

Book 65, Hadith 325

USC-MSA web (English)

Vol. 6, Book 60, Hadith 327

Translation by Muhsin Khan · Language: EN

Arabic Text

حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ التَّيْمِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ، قَالَ سَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنْ قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى ‏{‏وَالشَّمْسُ تَجْرِي لِمُسْتَقَرٍّ لَهَا‏}‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ مُسْتَقَرُّهَا تَحْتَ الْعَرْشِ ‏"‏‏.‏

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