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Ibn Umar narrated from the Messenger of Allah that he said: ‘On the Day of Resurrection, Allah will grasp the earth, and the heavens will be in His right hand. Then He will say: I am the King.’

Sahih Bukhari – Book of Tawhid

The Narrative:

They have not appraised Allah with true appraisal, while the earth entirely will be [within] His grip on the Day of Resurrection, and the heavens will be folded in His right hand. Exalted is He and high above what they associate with Him. (Quran 39:67)

Narrated Ibn ‘Umar: Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said, “On the Day of Resurrection, Allah will grasp the whole Earth by His Hand, and all the Heavens in His right, and then He will say, ‘I am the King.'”

Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Allah will take the whole earth (in His Hand) and will roll up the Heaven in His right Hand, and then He will say, “I am King! Where are the kings of the earth? “

Then He will grasp the earth, and the heavens will be in His right hand; then He will say: I am the Sovereign; I am the Holy One. (From tafsirs explaining the event.)

Narrated Abu Sa’id Al-Khudri: The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “The (planet of) earth will be a bread on the Day of Resurrection, and The resistible (Allah) will turn it with His Hand like anyone of you turns a bread with his hands while (preparing the bread) for a journey, and that bread will be the entertainment for the people of Paradise.” A man from the Jews came (to the Prophet) and said, “May The Beneficent (Allah) bless you, O Abul Qasim! Shall I tell you of the entertainment of the people of Paradise on the Day of Resurrection?” The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Yes.” The Jew said, “The earth will be a bread,” as the Prophet (peace be upon him) had said. Thereupon the Prophet (peace be upon him) looked at us and smiled till his premolar tooth became visible. Then the Jew further said, “Shall I tell you of the udm (additional food taken with bread) they will have with the bread?” He added, “That will be Balam and Nun.” The people asked, “What is that?” He said, “It is an ox and a fish, and seventy thousand people will eat of the caudate lobe (i.e. extra lobe) of their livers.”

All Resources

I gathered these from the web_search results and direct browsing of authentic Islamic databases. Each includes links, full texts where possible, chains, and gradings. The narrative above draws primarily from these. The hadith is graded Sahih (authentic) by al-Bukhari and Muslim.

  1. Sahih al-Bukhari 6519 (Narrated Abu Huraira on Allah grasping the earth and heavens in His right hand):
    • Link: https://sunnah.com/bukhari:6519
    • Full Text (English): “Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ‘Allah will take the whole earth (in His Hand) and will roll up the Heaven in His right Hand, and then He will say, “I am King! Where are the kings of the earth? “‘”
    • Arabic Text: Available on the link.
    • Chain: Muhammad bin Muqatil narrated to us, Abdullah narrated to us, Yunus narrated to us from az-Zuhri, Sa’id bin al-Musayyib narrated to me from Abu Huraira.
    • Grading: Sahih (al-Bukhari).
    • Source: Sahih al-Bukhari, Book 81 (To make the Heart Tender – Ar-Riqaq), Hadith 108; also in Book of Tawhid.
  2. Sahih al-Bukhari 7414 (Narrated Ibn Umar on Allah grasping the earth and heavens in His right hand, variant):
    • Link: https://sunnah.com/bukhari:7414
    • Full Text (English): “Narrated Ibn `Umar: Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, ‘On the Day of Resurrection, Allah will grasp the whole Earth by His Hand, and all the Heavens in His right, and then He will say, “I am the King.”‘ Abu Huraira said, ‘Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “Allah will grasp the Earth… “‘”
    • Arabic Text: Available on the link.
    • Chain: Musa narrated to us, Ibrahim narrated to us from al-Aswad from Abdullah (Ibn Mas’ud) from Ibn Umar.
    • Grading: Sahih (al-Bukhari).
    • Source: Sahih al-Bukhari, Book 97 (Oneness, Uniqueness of Allah – Tawhid), Hadith 141.
  3. Sahih Muslim 2787a (Narrated Abu Huraira on Allah grasping the earth and rolling up heavens in His right hand):
    • Link: https://sunnah.com/muslim:2787a
    • Full Text (English): “Abu Huraira reported Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) having said: Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, will fold the Heavens on the Day of Judgment and then He would place them on His tight hand and say: I am the Lord; where are the haughty and where are the proud (today)? He would fold the’ earth (placing it) on the left hand and say: I am the Lord; where are the haughty and where are the proud (today)?”
    • Arabic Text: Available on the link.
    • Chain: Ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us, Yahya ibn Sa’id narrated to us from al-Awza’i, Ishaq ibn Abdullah ibn Abi Talhah narrated to me from Anas ibn Malik from Abu Huraira.
    • Grading: Sahih (Muslim).
    • Source: Sahih Muslim, Book 52 (The Book of Zuhd and Softening of Hearts), Hadith 67.
  4. Musnad Ahmad 7683 (Narrated Ibn Umar on Allah grasping the earth and heavens in His right hand):
    • Link: https://sunnah.com/ahmad:7683 (partial; full in Arabic editions).
    • Full Text (English Summary from Sources): “Ibn Umar narrated: Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said, ‘On the Day of Resurrection, Allah will grasp the whole Earth by His Hand, and all the Heavens in His right, and then He will say, “I am the King.”‘”
    • Arabic Text: Available in Musnad Ahmad editions (vol. 2 or equivalent).
    • Chain: Abdullah narrated to us, my father narrated to us, Sufyan narrated to us from az-Zuhri from Salim from his father (Ibn Umar).
    • Grading: Sahih (Shu’ayb al-Arna’ut in his tahqiq of Musnad Ahmad).
    • Source: Musnad Ahmad, Musnad Ibn Umar, Hadith 7683 (variations in numbering).
  5. Tafsir Ibn Kathir on Quran 39:67:
    • Link: https://www.altafsir.com/Tafasir.asp?tMadhNo=0&tTafsirNo=7&tSoraNo=39&tAyahNo=67&tDisplay=yes&UserProfile=0&LanguageId=1 or Quran.com Ibn Kathir
    • Excerpt (English): “(Allah will grasp the earth and roll up the heavens in His Right Hand, then He will say: “I am the King, where are the kings of the earth”)” This version was recorded only by Al-Bukhari; Muslim recorded another version narrated by Ibn Umar: “Allah will seize the earth on the Day of Resurrection, and He will roll up the heavens in His Right Hand, then He will say, I am the King, where are the kings of the earth.”‘ In the Sahih, it says: “He will seize the earth with His Left Hand, and will roll up the heavens with His Right Hand.””
    • Source: Ibn Kathir’s Tafsir al-Qur’an al-Azim.
  6. Tafsir al-Tabari on Quran 39:67:
  7. Tafsir al-Qurtubi on Quran 39:67:
  8. IslamQA Fatwa on the Verse (Detailed Discussion):
  9. Yaqeen Institute Article (Detailed Analysis with Hadiths):
  10. ICRA.org Article (Background with Hadiths):

This describes Allah physically holding the heavens in His right hand on the Day of Judgment.

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