Abu Nu'aym's Dala'il — the moon's splitting on Ibn Mas'ud's authority

دلائل النبوة لأبي نعيم — انشقاق القمر عن ابن مسعود

In chapter sixteen of his Dala'il al-Nubuwwa Abu Nu'aym gives three reports of the moon's splitting: Ibn Mas'ud's 'the moon split and I saw it in two pieces'; Ibn Umar's that he was asked about the verse and said the moon split in two in the Prophet ﷺ's lifetime and he said 'bear witness'; and Ibn Abbas's matching report. The author places them among the proofs that appeared at Mecca before the Hijra, noting in the margin that al-Tabarani transmitted Ibn Mas'ud's wording.

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«انشق القمر فرأيتُه فرقتين»

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Part of: Dalail al-Nubuwwa — Abu Nu'aym al-Isbahani
Mentions: Muhammad

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Dalail al-Nubuwwa — Abu Nu'aym al-Isbahani (Dar al-Nafa'is)

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Abu Nu'aym's Dala'il — Quraysh sends Utba ibn Rabi'a

In chapter fifteen Abu Nu'aym reports from Jabir ibn Abd Allah that the Quraysh agreed to send to the man who had split their community — their most learned in magic, soothsaying and poetry — and chose Utba ibn Rabi'a. Utba asked 'are you better than Abd Allah?', then Abd al-Muttalib, then Hashim, and the Prophet remained silent each time; then Utba said: if you claim to be better than them, speak so we hear you — we have never seen a fool more ominous for his people, who scattered our community and disgraced us among the Arabs until word spread that Quraysh has a sorcerer and a soothsayer. The author presents it as the chief polemical pressure the Prophet faced, answered in the book by the signs that appeared.