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Sahih Muslim: Hadith 6701

46. The Book of Destiny

صحيح مسلم

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The Soundness of Relying on Ḥadīth Related with the Term Meaning ‘On Authority of’

باب صِحَّةِ الاِحْتِجَاجِ بِالْحَدِيثِ الْمُعَنْعَنِ

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Sahih Muslim
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وَحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنْ أَطْفَالِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ قَالَ ‏‏ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا كَانُوا عَامِلِينَ إِذْ خَلَقَهُمْ ‏"‏ ‏‏
Ibn Abbas reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was asked about the children of the polytheists, whereupon he said:
It is Allah alone Who knows what they would be doing according to their creation.
Reference: Sahih Muslim 2661
In-book : Book 46, Hadith 44
USC-MSA web (English) : Book 33, Hadith 6433  (deprecated)