Saheeh Seerah Al Albaanee English

which is true and just, and He is the Most High, the Most Great.}’ [Surah Saba’
(34):23]. And if it is something which would take place on earth, like something in the
future, or death, or any other thing which would take place on earth, they would say:
‘Such-and-such is going to happen.’ The Shayaaṭeen would hear it and transmit it down
to their (human) counterparts.
When the Prophet ﷺ was sent, they were driven away with the (shooting) stars. The
first ones to know about this was (the tribe of) Thaqeef. Those with livestock began
making sacrifice. Those with sheep would slaughter a sheep every day, and the owners
of camels would slaughter a camel every day (thinking that it meant the end of the
world). People were making haste to dispose off their livestock. But some said: ‘Don’t
do that (because lost property is difficult to replace); unless it is the stars which the
people use for navigation (then it is right to make sacrifice), otherwise, it is due to a
specific event which has happened (recently).’ 150 So when they looked at the stars,
which they used for navigation, and that they were in their places and nothing had
happened to them, they ceased making sacrifice. Allaah made the Jinns to scatter till
they could hear the Qur’aan:
‏﴿فَلَمَّا حَضَر وهُُقَال واُأَنصِت وا﴾‏
{when they stood in the presence thereof, they said: “Listen in silence!”} [Surah al-
Aḥqaaf (46): 29]
Then the Shayaaṭeen returned to Iblees and informed him about it. He said: ‘This is an
event which took place on earth. Bring me the soil from all the (different) parts of the
earth.’ When the soil from Tuhaamah was brought to him, he said: ‘This is the site of
the event.’”
This was also reported by al-Baihaqee and al-Ḥaakim, from the route of `Aṭaa’ Ibn al-
Saaib. 151
150 [TN: Meaning: If the stars that are falling are the known stars in the constellations - which have been used for
ages for navigational purposes - then it means the end of the world is near. But if they are some unknown stars,
then it means some event has occurred on earth.]
151 Musannaf Ibn Abee Shaibah (36542), and from him Abu Nu`aim reported it in his “al-Dalaa’il” (177).
(Shaikh al-Albaanee said): `Aṭaa’ Ibn al-Saaib is reliable, from the narrators of al-Bukhaaree.
[TN: Al-Ḥaakim reported a shorter narration in his “al-Mustadrak” (3701) and said: “The chain of this narration is
“Ṣaḥeeḥ””, and al-Dhahabee agreed with him. And it is mentioned that they were a total of nine Jinns]
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