The Hadith of a Hundred Thousand Adams

Question

In Sirat al-Halabiyya (Urdu), vol. 1, part 1, p. 80 (Idara Qasimiyya Press, Deoband), a dream of Shaykh Muhyi al-Din [Ibn ‘Arabi ﵀] is related, and his words are quoted in full. Hearing this, I recalled the hadith narrated from the Noble Prophet ﷺ that Allah Most High created a hundred thousand Adams. And so I… — (Shaykh Muhyi al-Din ﵀ said: “It is possible that this forefather (grandfather) to whom I am alluding is one of them, since history knows a name in this connection”) etc.

Answer

The mention of a hundred thousand Adams is found in al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya, not in a dream: [Ibn ‘Arabi ﵀] saw certain people while performing tawaf in a waking state, not asleep. One of them was reciting this verse: [ar]لقد طُفْنَا كما طفتم سنينا بهذا البيت طرا اجمعينا[/ar] “Indeed we have circled — as you now circle — for years, around this House, all of us together.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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