Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ نَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ قَالَ نَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأَبِي ذَرٍّ لَوْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ عَنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ كُنْتُ تَسْأَلُهُ قَالَ لَسَأَلْتُهُ هَلْ رَأَيْتَ رَبَّكَ قَالَ قَدْ سَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ أَنَّى أَرَاهُ وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ لَا نَعْلَمُ رَوَاهُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ إِلَّا قَتَادَةُ وَلَا نَعْلَمُ رَوَاهُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ إِلَّا هِشَامُ وَيَزِيدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ لَوْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ عَنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ كُنْتُ تَسْأَلُهُ قَالَ لَسَأَلْتُهُ هَلْ رَأَيْتَ رَبَّكَ قَالَ قَدْ سَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ أَنَّى أَرَاهُ وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ لَا نَعْلَمُ رَوَاهُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ إِلَّا قَتَادَةُ وَلَا نَعْلَمُ رَوَاهُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ إِلَّا هِشَامُ وَيَزِيدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ
English Translation
Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us, he said: Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated to us, he said: Yazid ibn Ibrahim narrated to us, from Qatadah, from Abdullah ibn Shaqiq, who said: I said to Abu Dharr: If I had seen the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), I would have asked him. He said: About what would you have asked him? He said: I would have asked him: Did you see your Lord? He said: I did ask him, and he said: "How could I see Him?" This hadith is not known to be narrated from Abdullah ibn Shaqiq except by Qatadah, and we do not know of anyone narrating it from Qatadah except Hisham and Yazid ibn Ibrahim.