Sahih al-Bukhari 4701

Hadith text

Narrated Abu Huraira:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "When Allah has ordained some affair in the Heaven, the angels beat with their wings in obedience to His statement, which sounds like a chain dragged over a rock." (`Ali and other sub-narrators said, "The sound reaches them.") "Until when fear is banished from their (angels) hearts, they (angels) say, 'What was it that your Lord said? They say, 'The truth; And He is the Most High, the Most Great.' (34.23) Then those who gain a hearing by stealing (i.e. devils) will hear Allah's Statement:-- 'Those who gain a hearing by stealing, (stand one over the other like this). (Sufyan, to illustrate this, spread the fingers of his right hand and placed them one over the other horizontally.) A flame may overtake and burn the eavesdropper before conveying the news to the one below him; or it may not overtake him till he has conveyed it to the one below him, who in his turn, conveys it to the one below him, and so on till they convey the news to the earth. (Or probably Sufyan said, "Till the news reaches the earth.") Then the news is inspired to a sorcerer who would add a hundred lies to it. His prophecy will prove true (as far as the heavenly news is concerned). The people will say. 'Didn't he tell us that on such-and-such a day, such-and-such a thing will happen? We have found that is true because of the true news heard from heaven." The above hadith is also narrated by Abu Huraira, starting: 'When Allah has ordained some affair...') In this narration the word foreteller is added to the word wizard

Abu Huraira bataate hain: Nabi (SAW) ne farmaya, 'Jab Allah aasman mein koi maamla (hukm) tay karta hai, to farishte uski itaa'at mein apne par phadphadaate hain, jiski aawaaz pathar par zanjeer ghisaite jaane jaisi lagti hai.' (Ali aur doosre raaviyon ne kaha, 'Ye aawaaz unhein pahunchti hai.') 'Yahaan tak ke jab unke (farishton ke) dilon se khauf door ho jaata hai, to wo (ek doosre se) poochte hain, "Tumhaare Rab ne kya farmaya?" Wo kehte hain, "Haq baat," aur wo Sabse Buland, Sabse Azeem hai.' (34:23) Phir jo (Shaitaan) chori-chhupe sunte hain, unhein Allah ka farmaan sunayi deta hai: 'Jo chori-chhupe sunte hain, (wo ek doosre ke upar is tarah khade hote hain).' (Sufyan ne isse samjhaane ke liye apne daayen haath ki ungliyaan phaila kar unhein afqi tor par ek doosre ke upar rakh diya.) Ek shola (chingari) sunne waale ko pakad kar jala sakta hai isse pehle ke wo khabar apne neeche wale tak pahunchaaye, ya wo tab tak nahi pakadta jab tak wo apne neeche wale ko khabar na de de, jo aage apne neeche wale ko batata hai, aur isi tarah yahaan tak ke khabar zameen tak pahunch jaati hai. (Ya shaayad Sufyan ne kaha, 'Yahaan tak ke khabar zameen tak pahunchti hai.') Phir ye khabar kisi jaadugar ko wahi ke zariye di jaati hai, jo isme sau jhoot mila deta hai. Uski (aasmaani baat ke hisse ki) peshangoi sach saabit hoti hai. Log kehte hain, 'Kya usne humein nahi bataaya tha ke falaan din falaan cheez hogi? Humne paaya ke ye sach hai, aasman se suni gayi sachchi khabar ki wajah se.' (Ye hadees Abu Huraira se bhi is tarah riwayat ki gayi hai, shuru hoti hai: 'Jab Allah koi maamla tay karta hai...' Is riwayat mein 'jaadugar' ke saath 'nujoomi (peshangoi karne wala)' ka lafz bhi shaamil hai.)

Sahih al-Bukhari 4701 · Book 65, Hadith 223