# Israiliyyat in hadith: man in God's image and creation on the Sabbath

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/nhzyu3bkbwe/s/20/
- Date: 2018-03-13 · Kind: lesson · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: PRELUDE: Why There Is NO 2nd Coming Of Jesus (as) In Islam- Mufti Abu Layth (1:17:41–1:20:19)
- Status: general teaching
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHzYu3BKBWE&t=4661s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/nhzyu3bkbwe/

**Topics:** False and fabricated hadith; Text criticism, reason and the Quran

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Reports such as man created in God's image and creation on the Sabbath are Biblical material that Malik and Ibn Taymiyya rejected; Mufti Abu Layth says the Jesus narrative shows the same Israiliyyat influence.

**Checked position (checked by two independent reviews, not by the channel):** Mufti Abu Layth says reports such as God creating man in his image and creating the soil on the Sabbath are Israiliyyat taken from Genesis, as Imam Malik and Ibn Taymiyya held, even when their chains are sound.

**Evidence, his words at 1:18:31:** “it's just a verse out of the Bible I don't care if you say the Prophet said it it's the Prophet did not so this is this is these makes no sense this is just Christian doctrine” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHzYu3BKBWE&t=4711s)

## Longer summary

Mufti Abu Layth says the key places in the return narrative, Jerusalem, Damascus and Mount Sinai, with Jesus taking believers to Sinai rather than Makkah or Madinah, show unmistakably that Israiliyyat crept into Islam. He gives examples: the hadith that God created man in his own image, which he says Imam Malik rejected despite its being in Bukhari because it is a verse of Genesis, and the Sahih Muslim report that God created the soil on Saturday and the rest over six days, which he says is likewise from Genesis and which Ibn Taymiyya rejected as Israiliyyat even though its chain is connected. He notes that nobody calls Ibn Taymiyya a kafir for that. He says he is not erasing people's trust in hadith but calling to the Sunnah and giving a more realistic picture: hadith are important but must always measure up to three things.

## Sources and names cited

- Israiliyyat
- Imam Malik
- Ibn Taymiyya
- Sahih Muslim
- report: allah created adam in his image
- report: allah created the soil on saturday and the creation over six days

## Transcript (machine tier, 1:17:41–1:20:19)

[1:17:12] Damascus all of a sudden Jesus is gonna come to Damascus which by the way was Christian and they converted to Islam like so am I the only one seeing wait a minute is a question mark here that mmm that's really interesting you know all of a sudden we get Damascus becomes the the center of the Islamic world all of a sudden and the prophets been speaking about Damascus for for so long apparently mmm and do you know something this and and then all of a sudden the key things what are the key places Jerusalem Damascus and what Alps Mount Sinai where does the Prophet Jesus

[1:17:52] take them when they need when they're in danger to Mount Sinai not makka medina anymore it's nothing to do with the this part of islam anymore it's all and it's unquestionable unquestionable the other israel ER crept into islam let me give you an example people right look there's a hadith that god created man in his own image in Allah Allah Karim Allah Zarate Oh Alice return Rockmond Allah created man in his own image Imam Malik rejected this ad Eve it is Asahi

[1:18:31] ADIZ it's in bihar in these places why did he reject it because it's a verse our Genesis the Old Testament it's just a verse out of the Bible I don't care if you say the Prophet said it it's the Prophet did not so this is this is these makes no sense this is just Christian doctrine let me let me give you another hadith this this this this thing of God create in Sahih Muslim God created the soil on the Sabbath and he created this on this and he created this which is just a verse out of the Genesis out of the Bible what did eminent Amir say he said this hadith even though it's a connected

[1:19:08] hadith it's in I think you mean man-made God in his own image no the the verse of the Bible is God created man in his own image right so that in the image of God now this this hadith that God created the soil on the Sabbath and he created this on this day and listen this day and he counts out six days now this is just out of the Bible even the team here rejected this he said this is from the Israel yet I don't care if it says the Prophet City you don't call even at a mere kaffir you

[1:19:46] don't call it at a mere I look today or I know maybe the Sufis these people do but the other Salafis won't they will say all right so now this is important now I'm coming to this point about hadith because but I will come to the point am i erasing people's trust from hadith I'm not I'm not erased I am calling you to the Sunnah of the Prophet I'm giving you a more realistic picture of Hadi hadith are important people they are important but they must always measure up to these three things you must always measure up to what even has erm what

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment NHzYu3BKBWE/s/20. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/nhzyu3bkbwe/s/20/

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