The Kursī of Allāh


source: silsilat ul-ahādīth us-sahīha ~ the series of authentic narrations ~


hadīth no. 109


Abu Dharr al-Ghifārī said that the Messenger of Allāh ( صلى الله


عليه وسلم ) said: “The seven heavens in comparison to the Kursī


is nothing but like a ring thrown in a desert, and the excellence


of the ʽArsh (Throne of Allāh) over the Kursī is like the


excellence of that desert over that ring.”


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Shaykh al-Albānī comments:


“The hadīth comes forth as an explanation of (Allāh’s)


statement, the Most High: ‘His Kursī extends over the heavens


and the earth,’[1] and it is clear with regard to the existence of


the Kursī being the greatest of creations after the Throne (of


Allāh), and that it is an independent, physical entity and not


something abstract. Therefore, there is a refutation in (this


hadīth) against the one who interprets (the Kursī) to mean


‘dominion’ and ‘extent of rule,’ as mentioned in some


explanations of the Qur’ān. And it was not narrated from Ibn


Abbās that (the Kursī) is ‘knowledge,’ so it is not correct to


attribute it to him because it is from the narration of Jaʽfar bin


Abi l-Mughīra from Saʽīd bin Jubayr from (Ibn ʽAbbās). Ibn


Jarīr reported it. Ibn Mandah said: ‘Ibn Abi l-Mughīra is not


strong with regard to (narrating from) Ibn Jubayr.’


And know that it is not correct to describe the Kursī…as in


some narrations that…four angels carry it, each angel having


four faces, and their feet are upon the rock that is under the


seventh earth, etc. So all of this is not correct in being


attributed to the Prophet ( صلى الله عليه وسلم ) and some of (these


narrations) are more severe in weakness than others.”


Translator’s Note: Shaykh Al-Albānī after this however, did


grade the following narration as authentic:


Abu Mūsā al-Ashʽarī said: “The Kursī is the place of the two


Feet and it has a groaning like that of a camel saddle.”[2]


~ asaheeha translations ~


[1] Sūrat ul-Baqarah, 2:255


[2] Mukhtasar ul-ʽUlū #85, graded Sahīh Mawqūf (attributed to a Companion) by Shaykh al-


Albānī


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