Muslim 2786 — The Jewish scholar: heavens on a Finger, earths on a Finger

مسلم 2786 — الحبر: السماوات على إصبع والأرضون على إصبع

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«قال عبد الله بن مسعود: جاء حبر إلى النبي فقال: يا محمد إن الله يمسك السماوات يوم القيامة على إصبع والأرضين على إصبع والجبال والشجر على إصبع والماء والثرى على إصبع وسائر الخلق على إصبع ثم يهزهن فيقول أنا الملك أنا الملك، فضحك رسول الله تعجباً مما قال الحبر تصديقاً له، ثم قرأ: «وما قدروا الله حق قدره»»

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Muhammad· Abdullah ibn Mas'ud

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The three years of the secret call· The Battle of Badr· The burial of Dhu al-Bijadayn at Tabuk· The first migration to Abyssinia· The Hijra· the splitting of the moon· Muslim 50 — Every prophet before me had disciples and companions· Muslim 91 — No one with an atom's weight of pride enters Paradise

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  • Sahih Muslim
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The three years of the secret call

The first stage of the call to Islam — individual and secret for three years — in which the first band believed: Khadija, Ali, Zayd and Abu Bakr on the first day, then those whom Abu Bakr called, then a company Ibn Hisham numbers at over forty from every clan of Quraysh; during it prayer was first prescribed.