# Did the Prophet really split the moon in half?

*Did the moon really split? The hadith and Quran 54:1*

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/grh2zu4awqi/s/1/
- Date: 2019-10-18 · Kind: question · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Hadith on The Moon Splitting | Mufti Abu Layth (0:02–2:17)
- Status: general teaching
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grh2ZU4awQI&t=2s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/grh2zu4awqi/

**Topics:** Prophethood and miracles; Individual hadith explained; Contested verses

**Question as asked:** Can you tell us more about the hadith of the Prophet splitting the moon in half, if the hadith is authentic?

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** No: Mufti Abu Layth says the moon was not split; the companions described what they perceived, most likely a lunar eclipse, and Quran 54:1 is about the end of the world.

**Checked position (checked by two independent reviews, not by the channel):** Mufti Abu Layth says the moon was not split and that the verse of the Quran on the moon splitting has nothing to do with that alleged event.

**Evidence, his words at 0:39:** “I have explained that there is no the moon was not split okay this and then the verse of the Quran earth and has nothing to do with that alleged phenomenon” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grh2ZU4awQI&t=39s)

## Longer summary

Mufti Abu Layth reads a friendly message asking about the hadith of the Prophet splitting the moon, remarking how pleasant it is to receive a kind message among the abusive ones. Mufti says he has covered the topic in depth before, that the moon was not split, and that the verse about the moon splitting (54:1) has nothing to do with that alleged event but concerns the end of the world. He says the companions who reported seeing the moon split were describing their perception of events. He mentions a narration from Ibn Abbas [?] that there was a lunar eclipse, which he says is most likely what happened, and points to Ibn Ashur's [?] detailed explanation in his tafsir.

## Sources and names cited

- Quran 54:1 (the Hour has drawn near and the moon has split): https://quran.com/54/1
- the splitting of the moon
- report: the moon was split in two in the time of the prophet
- Ibn Abbas [?]
- Ibn Ashur [?]

## Transcript (machine tier, 0:02–2:17)

[0:01] I try to understand can you tell us about more of the hadith of the profile splitting the moon in half if the hadith is authentic thank you so much much love from Algeria right back at you much love shukran and may Allah forever keep you smiling you see it's good it's good to read a good pleasant message you know you read the normal you kaffir you read the usual you shade on this one big shades aren't big shaped on so it's good to see once in a while something nice and pleasant you know the humanity

[0:39] exists right so yeah are you making me dramatic right so loud be honest somebody says la la reverse it right so this hadith by the way I've covered this in much depth before it is on YouTube the splitting of the moon I have explained that there is no the moon was not split okay this and then the verse of the Quran earth and has nothing to do with that alleged phenomenon anyway

[1:17] that's to do with always you know a Katara bata sorry to unshackle comer is to do with the the end of the the apocalypse when everything comes to an end and everything's kind of being you know torn to pieces and stuff like that now this the hadith that are transmitted that several companions said they saw they felt they saw the moon being split this is their perception of events now there is a narration from empanada bus radi allahu and where he mentions crucified kamar that there was actually

[1:55] a lunar eclipse and that's what most likely may have happened if not our short explains that in stuff see I've got a detailed explanation I actually read through the whole thing on it so you can check it out it's in much more detail than what I'm saying cool hope that helps

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment Grh2ZU4awQI/s/1. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/grh2zu4awqi/s/1/

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