Adam Created From Different Color Of Mud Collected From Around The World
It is reported Marfuan ( as a saying of Prophet Muhammad (sws) ) through a strong chain of narration from Sahabi Abu Musa Ashari (rta) . It is also reported Mauqufan ( as a saying of Sahabi ) from Abdullah ibn-e-Abbas (rta). The details on narrations and their references can be found in the [ Foot Note 1 ]. The concept that human beings are created from dust/soil/earth/mud can be found in previous scriptures as well. For example, In Bible , it is mentioned: “ And God said, ‘Let the earth make (yatsar) living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.’ And it was so. God made (asah) the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good .” (Genesis 1:24) “ Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being .” (Genesis 2:7) “ Out of the earth the LORD God formed (yatsar) every beast of the field and every bird of the sky. ” (Genesis 2:19) Quran has not entirely negated this idea, instead Quran complemented it by adding more detail to it. For example, in Quran , it is mentioned: [It is He] Who has excelled in the creation of everything. He began creating a human being from clay; then carried on his progeny from an insignificant fluid; then perfected it and blew into it from His spirit and for you made ears [for hearing], eyes [for seeing] and hearts [for understanding] – seldom are you grateful . (Quran 32:7-9) [If those who deny you do not believe in this, then they should see]: “We had created a human being from the essence of clay” . (Quran 23:12) Then it has used words like صَلْصَالٍ كَالْفَخَّارِ ( from clay which rings like its dry pieces ) and صَلۡصَالٍ مِّنۡ حَمَاٍ مَّسۡنُوۡنٍ ( with a stinking mud that rings ) in Quran (55:14) and Quran (15:26) . “ and it is He Who has grown you from the earth in such an elaborate way ”. (Quran 71:17) ( For Details on Quran and Evolution , please see: Discussion 70004 ) Therefore, the hadith under consideration needs to be understood in the light of these Quranic verses. And when seen in the light of Quran, this saying of Prophet (sws) is a metaphorical expression of how human beings were originally created from Earth and just the way we see diversity in earth’s colours, the same diversity can be observed in human beings as well. There is nothing wrong with the content of this Hadith, instead it is perfectly in line with Quranic depiction of human creation, with a beautiful literary touch. ______ [ Foot Note 1 ] Following is the text of Hadith under consideration: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ “‏ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى خَلَقَ آدَمَ مِنْ قَبْضَةٍ قَبَضَهَا مِنْ جَمِيعِ الأَرْضِ فَجَاءَ بَنُو آدَمَ عَلَى قَدْرِ الأَرْضِ فَجَاءَ مِنْهُمُ الأَحْمَرُ وَالأَبْيَضُ وَالأَسْوَدُ وَبَيْنَ ذَلِكَ وَالسَّهْلُ وَالْحَزْنُ وَالْخَبِيثُ وَالطَّيِّبُ ‏” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Indeed Allah Most High created Adam from a handful that He took from all of the earth. So the children of Adam come in according with the earth, some of them come red, and white and black, and between that, and the thin, the thick, the filthy, and the clean .” Narrated in : Sunan At Tirmidhi-2955, Sunan Abi Dawud-4693, Musnad Ahmad-19582, 19583, 19642, Sahih Ibn-e-Hibban-6160, 6181, Al-Tabqat ul Kubra by Ibn e Saad-1/23, Al-Tawheed by Ibn-e-Khuzaima-1/151 and 152, Tafseer-e-Tabri-1/513, Tarikh-e-Tabri-1/91, Al-muntakhab by Abd-bin-Hameed-Page 193 (Number 549), Kitab-ul-Muajjam Al-Sahaba by Ibn-e-Qanay-2/124, Mustadrak lil Hakim-3037, Musnad Al-Ruyani-547, Musnad Al Buzzar-3025 and 3026, Hulyat ul Auliya wal tabqat by Abu-Naem Al-Asbahani-3/104, 8/135, Al-Azma by Abu Al-Shaikh Al-Asbahani-5/1544, Sunan Al-Kubra Bayhaqi-17707, 17708, Al-Asma u wal-Sifat by Bayhaqi-715, 815, Kitab Tehzib ul kamal by Al-Mizzi-23/603 and 604, Tafseer abdur-razzak-1/267 (Number 41), Ibn-e-Asakar in Tarikh-e-Damishk-7/374 Through one primary chain of narrators from Auf bin Abi Jamila from Qasama bin Zuhair from Abu Musa Ashari (rta) . The chain of transmission is Sahih and all the narrators are Siqqa . There is a similar mauquf narration narrated from Abdullah ibn-e-Abbas (rta) as well ( i.e. as a saying of Sahabi Abdullah ibn-e-Abbas ): عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا قَالَ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ خَلَقَ آدَمَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ مِنْ أَدِيمِ الْأَرْضِ فَسُمِّيَ آدَمَ، أَلَا تَرَى أَنَّ مِنَ وَلَدِهِ الْأَبْيَضَ وَالْأَسْوَدَ وَالطِّيبَ وَالْخَبِيثَ Ibn-e-Abbas (rta) said that God Almighty created Adam on Friday after Asr from the durum of the earth, so he was named Adam. Do you not see that his children are white, black, good and evil . Narrated in : Al-Asma u wal-Sifat by Bayhaqi-817, Ibn-e-Asakar in Tarikh-e-Damishk-7/375 and 376