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Likewise, Sahih Muslim too contains a few erroneous phrases, yet the very sound hadiths—when read alongside the Quran—make those errors apparent. Among them is the report that Allah created the soil on a Saturday and carried out the creation of creatures over the course of seven days. The leading hadith authorities, such as Yahya ibn Maʿin and ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn
بَلْ وَكَذَلِكَ صَحِيحُ مُسْلِمٍ فِيهِ أَلْفَاظٌ قَلِيلَةٌ غَلَطٌ، وَفِي نَفْسِ الْأَحَادِيثِ الصَّحِيحَةِ مَعَ الْقُرْآنِ مَا يُبَيِّنُ غَلَطَهَا، مِثْلُ مَا رُوِيَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ خَلَقَ التُّرْبَةَ يَوْمَ السَّبْتِ وَجَعَلَ خَلْقَ الْمَخْلُوقَاتِ فِي الْأَيَّامِ السَّبْعَةِ، فَإِنَّ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ قَدْ بَيَّنَ أَئِمَّةُ الْحَدِيثِ كَيَحْيَى بْنِ مَعِينٍ وَعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ