Ithbāt Ṣifat al-ʿUlū - Ibn Qudama - (66)

(Mention of the explicit ḥadiths affirming that Allah, Exalted is He, is in the heaven) (1)

1 – Our shaykh Abu Bakr Aḥmad ibn al-Muqarrab ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Karkhī informed us—it was the first ḥadith I heard from him on that day (2) [He said: Abū Muḥammad Jaʿfar ibn Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Sarrāj al-Qārī narrated to us, and it was the first ḥadith I heard from him] (3). He said: al-Ḥāfiẓ Abū Naṣr ʿUbayd Allah (4) ibn Saʿīd ibn Ḥātim al-Sijzī al-Wāʾilī in Mecca related to us—it was the first ḥadith I heard from him. He said: Abū Yaʿlā Ḥamzah ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz (ibn Muḥammad) (5) al-Muhallabī informed us, and it was the first ḥadith I heard from him. He said: Abū Ḥāmid Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā ibn Bilāl al-Bazzāz narrated to us, and it was the first ḥadith I heard from him. He said: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Bishr ibn al-Ḥakam narrated to us, and it was the first ḥadith I heard from him. He said: Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah narrated to us, and it was the first ḥadith I heard from Sufyān (6), from ʿAmr ibn Dīnār, from Abū Qābūs (7), a freedman.

(1) This heading does not appear in the original. (2) The term “yawm idh” (on that day) does not appear in the other manuscripts. (3) The portion enclosed in parentheses does not appear in manuscript h. (4) Manuscripts m and r read “ʿAbd Allah,” which is erroneous. (5) “Ibn Muhammad” occurs only in the original. (6) This reading appears in the original and in manuscript m; in the other manuscripts it reads “minhu.” (7) Manuscript m reads “ibn.”

((ذِكْرُ الأَحَادِيثِ الصَّرِيحَةِ فِي أَنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى فِي السَّمَاءِ)) (١) ١- أَخْبَرَنَا الشَّيْخُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْمُقَرِّبِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ الْكَرْخِيُّ، وَهُوَ أَوَّلُ حَدِيثٍ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْهُ (يَوْمَئِذٍ) (٢) [قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ السَّرَّاجُ الْقَارِيُّ، وَهُوَ أَوَّلُ حَدِيثٍ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْهُ] (٣) ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْحَافِظُ أَبُو نَصْرٍ (عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ) (٤) بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ السِّجْزِيُّ الْوَايِلِيُّ بِمَكَّةَ، وَهُوَ أَوَّلُ حَدِيثٍ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْهُ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى حَمْزَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ (بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ) (٥) الْمُهَلَّبِيُّ، وَهُوَ أَوَّلُ حَدِيثٍ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْهُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَامِدٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ بِلَالٍ الْبَزَّازُ، وَهُوَ أَوَّلُ حَدِيثٍ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْهُ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ بِشْرِ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ، وَهُوَ أَوَّلُ حَدِيثٍ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْهُ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، وَهُوَ أَوَّلُ حَدِيثٍ سَمِعْتُهُ (مِنْ سُفْيَانَ) (٦) عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ (أَبِي) (٧) قَابُوسٍ مَوْلًى

(١) هذا العنوان لا يوجد في الأصل. (٢) كلمة (يومئذ) لا توجد في النسخ الأخرى. (٣) ما بين القوسين لا يوجد في (هـ) . (٤) في (م) و (ر) (عبد الله) ، وهو خطأ. (٥) (بن محمد) لا يوجد إلا في الأصل. (٦) كذا في الأصل وفي (م) ، وفي بقية النسخ (منه) . (٧) في (م) (ابن) .