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Sahih Muslim 2955bصحيح مسلم 2955b
وَحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا الْمُغِيرَةُ، - يَعْنِي الْحِزَامِيَّ - عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " كُلُّ ابْنِ آدَمَ يَأْكُلُهُ التُّرَابُ إِلاَّ عَجْبَ الذَّنَبِ مِنْهُ خُلِقَ وَفِيهِ يُرَكَّبُ " .
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: The earth would consume all of the son of Adam except his tailbone. From it he was created, and from it he will be recreated (on the Day of Resurrection).
Grading
Sahih (authentic by the consensus of hadith scholars)
Chain of narrators
قتيبة بن سعيد بن جميل ← المغيرة بن عبد الرحمن ← عبد الله بن ذكوان ← عبد الرحمن بن هرمز ← عبد الرحمن بن صخر
Qutayba ibn Sa'id ibn Jamil → Al-Mughira ibn Abd al-Rahman → Abdullah ibn Dhakwan → Abd al-Rahman ibn Hurmuz → Abu Huraira