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Sahih Muslim 2111a, b (Book 37, Hadith 155) #12640
Imitating Allah's Creation

SUMMARY: Allah is the only one who can create, and no one should try to imitate His creation.

Abu Zur'a reported: I visited the house of Marwan in the company of Abu Huraira and he found pictures there. whereupon he said: I heard Allah's Messenger as saying: Allah, the Glorious and Exalted, said: Who is a more wrongdoer than one who tries to create creation like Mine creation. Let him create an atom or a grain of wheat or that of barley. This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Abu Zur'a and he said: Abu Huraira went to the house of Sa'ld or Marwan which they had built in Medina and he (Abu Huraira) saw a painter who had been painting pictures in his house, whereupon he told that Allah's Messenger had said like this, but he made no mention of the words:" Let him create the grain of barley".
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ، وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ وَأَلْفَاظُهُمْ مُتَقَارِبَةٌ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ فُضَيْلٍ، عَنْ عُمَارَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ، قَالَ دَخَلْتُ مَعَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ فِي دَارِ مَرْوَانَ فَرَأَى فِيهَا تَصَاوِيرَ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ ‏"‏ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنْ ذَهَبَ يَخْلُقُ خَلْقًا كَخَلْقِي فَلْيَخْلُقُوا ذَرَّةً أَوْ لِيَخْلُقُوا حَبَّةً أَوْ لِيَخْلُقُوا شَعِيرَةً ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَحَدَّثَنِيهِ زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ عُمَارَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ، قَالَ دَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَأَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ دَارًا تُبْنَى بِالْمَدِينَةِ لِسَعِيدٍ أَوْ لِمَرْوَانَ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَرَأَى مُصَوِّرًا يُصَوِّرُ فِي الدَّارِ فَقَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ بِمِثْلِهِ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ ‏"‏ أَوْ لِيَخْلُقُوا شَعِيرَةً

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imitation  *  creation  *  atom  *  wheat  *  barley  *  aa

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EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith speaks about how Allah is the only one who can create, and no one should try to imitate His creation. It was narrated by Abu Zur'a and Abu Huraira that they visited the house of Marwan where they found pictures. Upon seeing this, Abu Huraira reminded them of a hadith he heard from Prophet Muhammad which said that Allah said “Who is a more wrongdoer than one who tries to create creation like Mine creation?” He then went on to say that no human being should even attempt to create something as small as an atom or grain of wheat or barley because it is impossible for us to do so. This hadith teaches us that we must not forget our place in this world; we are not capable of creating anything like what Allah has created, so we must be humble in our actions and remember that He alone has power over all things.

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