Aṣ-Ṣamad

How the scholars invoke Aṣ-Ṣamad.

1. "himself from the people. Sufyan, who is Ibn Uyayna, said, It was said to Luqman, Who among the people is the worst? He said, The one who does not care to be seen by the people doing wrong. Abu al-Samad narrated from Malik ibn Dinar, who said, I found in some wisdom that Allah destroys the bones of those who speak according to the whims of the people, and I found in it that there is no good for you in knowing what you do not know if you do not act upon what you have learned. The example of that is like a man who gathered firewood and tied a bundle, then went to carry it, but could not manage it, so he added another to it."

   — Ibn Kathir, Volume 2 — From the Israelite Prophets to Pre-Islamic Arabia

2. "born and there is none comparable to him it confirms that he is the one who has no peer in his self nor in his attributes nor in his actions. Al-Samad the eternal refuge he is the master who is perfect in his knowledge wisdom and mercy and achieves all his attributes he does not beget meaning no child has come from him and nor was he begotten meaning nothing preceded him and there is none comparable to him that is there is no one equal or similar or alike to him this eliminates any possible peer whether close or superior or equal thus it negates the possibility of him having a child for a child is"

   — Ibn Kathir, The Story of Isa

3. "His name was erased, and there were no partners with you that we might call upon, forsaking you, nor did anyone assist you in creating us, so that we might doubt you. We testify that you are the One, the Eternal As-Samad, who neither begets nor is begotten, and there is none comparable unto you. Ishak ben Bisher also narrated that Jesus, son of Mariam, refrained from speaking after he spoke to them as a child until he reached the age that young boys reach."

   — Ibn Kathir, The Story of Isa

4. "After he left, Abu Bakr identified him as al-Hidr, peace be upon him. Abu Bakr ibn Abi al-Dunya also narrated a similar account with different wording. Al-Bahaki commented that Abad ibn Abd al-Samad, who narrated this, is considered weak and the account is objectionable. Abad is known for narrating from Anas, but many of his narrations are considered fabricated or weak by scholars like ibn Hibban, al-Uqayli, and al-Bukhari."

   — Ibn Kathir, Volume 1 — From Creation to Mūsā