The Book of Greetings
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 5819
رَبُّنَا تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى اسْمُهُ إِذَا قَضَى أَمْرًا سَبَّحَ حَمَلَةُ الْعَرْشِ ثُمَّ سَبَّحَ أَهْلُ السَّمَاءِ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ التَّسْبِيحُ أَهْلَ هَذِهِ السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا ثُمَّ قَالَ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَ حَمَلَةَ الْعَرْشِ لِحَمَلَةِ الْعَرْشِ مَاذَا قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ فَيُخْبِرُونَهُمْ مَاذَا قَالَ - قَالَ - فَيَسْتَخْبِرُ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ السَّمَوَاتِ بَعْضًا حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ الْخَبَرُ هَذِهِ السَّمَاءَ الدُّنْيَا فَتَخْطَفُ الْجِنُّ السَّمْعَ فَيَقْذِفُونَ إِلَى أَوْلِيَائِهِمْ وَيُرْمَوْنَ بِهِ فَمَا جَاءُوا بِهِ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ فَهُوَ حَقٌّ وَلَكِنَّهُمْ يَقْرِفُونَ فِيهِ وَيَزِيدُونَ
rabbunā tabāraka wataʿālā āsmuhu idhā qaḍā amran sabbaḥa ḥamalah al-ʿarshi thumma sabbaḥa ahlu as-samāʾi adh-dhīna yalūnahum ḥattā yablugha at-tasbīḥu ahla hadhihi as-samāʾi ad-dunyā thumma qāla adh-dhīna yalūna ḥamalaha al-ʿarshi liḥamalah al-ʿarshi mādhā qāla rabbukum fayukhbirūnahum mādhā qāla-qāla-fayastakhbiru baʿḍu ahli as-samawāti baʿḍan ḥattā yablugha al-khabaru hadhihi as-samāʾa ad-dunyā fatakhṭafu al-jinnu as-samʿa fayaqdhifūna ilā awliyāʾihim wayurmawna bihi famā jāʾūā bihi ʿalā wajhihi fahuwa ḥaqqun walakinnahum yaqrifūna fīhi wayazīdūna
Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks
The full narration
Abdullah. Ibn 'Abbas reported:A person from the Ansar who was amongst the Companions of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) reported to me: As we were sitting during the night with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), a meteor shot gave a dazzling light. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: What did you say in the pre-Islamic days when there was such a shot (of meteor)? They said: Allah and His Messenger know best (the actual position), but we, however, used to say that that very night a great man had been born and a great man had died, whereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: (These meteors) are shot neither at the death of anyone nor on the birth of anyone. Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, issues Command when He decides to do a thing. Then (the Angels) supporting the Throne sing His glory, then sing the dwellers of heaven who are near to them until this glory of God reaches them who are in the heaven of this world. Then those who are near the supporters of the Throne ask these supporters of the Throne: What your Lord has said? And they accordingly inform them what He says. Then the dwellers of heaven seek information from them until this information reaches the heaven of the world. In this process of transmission (the jinn snatches) what he manages to overhear and he carries it to his friends. And when the Angels see the jinn they attack them with meteors. If they narrate only which they manage to snatch that is correct but they alloy it with lies and make additions to it
Source
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim · 5819
- Agreed upon as authentic (al-Bukhārī / Muslim)