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Anas ibn Mālik related: “The people of Mecca asked the Prophet, blessings and peace be upon him, to show them a sign, so he showed them the moon split in two until they could see Mount Ḥirā’ between the two halves. Then the verse was revealed: ‘The Hour has drawn near and the moon has split; yet whenever they see a sign, they turn away and say, “Persistent magic.”’ ⦗al-Qamar 1⦘.”
This report is sound and widely attested. It is transmitted by Ibn Masʿūd, Anas ibn Mālik, and Ibn ʿAbbās, and it is also well known from Ḥudhayfah. Abū’l-Faraj Ibn al-Jawzī said: “Authentic narrations affirming the moon’s splitting are found from Ibn ʿUmar, Ibn Masʿūd, Ibn ʿAbbās, and Anas, may Allah be pleased with them.”
وَعَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ:
سَأَلَ أَهْلُ مَكَّةَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ يُرِيَهُمْ آيَةً فَأَرَاهُمُ انْشِقَاقَ الْقَمَرِ فِرْقَتَيْنِ حَتَّى رَأَوْا حِرَاءَ بَيْنَهُمَا فَنَزَلَتِ:
{اقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُ وَانْشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ وَإِنْ يَرَوْا آيَةً يُعْرِضُوا وَيَقُولُوا سِحْرٌ مُسْتَمِرٌّ}
[القمر: ١]
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وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ مُسْتَفِيضٌ، رَوَاهُ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ وَأَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ وَابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ، وَهُوَ أَيْضًا مَعْرُوفٌ عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ، قَالَ أَبُو الْفَرَجِ بْنُ الْجَوْزِيِّ وَالرِّوَايَاتُ فِي الصَّحِيحِ بِانْشِقَاقِ الْقَمَرِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ وَابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَأَنَسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ.