প্রথম প্রসঙ্গ: তাদের বংশপরিচয় ও মানবজাতির সাথে সম্পর্ক

...other than Eve (Hawwa). That is, Adam (peace be upon him) fell asleep and had a nocturnal emission, so his seminal fluid mixed with the soil, and from it Gog and Magog were created. This has been refuted on the grounds that Prophets do not experience nocturnal emissions. It was replied that such an emission may overflow without him perceiving intercourse. However, al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar endorsed the first view; namely, that they are from the progeny of Noah (peace be upon him), for otherwise, where were they during the Deluge?

Imam al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) stated in 'al-Fatawa': 'Gog and Magog are the children of Adam from other than Eve according to the majority of scholars, and thus they would be our paternal half-brothers.'

Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar (may Allah have mercy on him) said: 'This has not been transmitted from any of the pious predecessors (Salaf) except from Ka'b al-Ahbar, and it is refuted by the Marfu' hadith: "They are from the progeny of Noah," while Noah is definitively from the progeny of Eve. The hadith in reference seems to be what was narrated from Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) in a Marfu' form, although there is weakness in it: "The sons of Noah were: Shem (Sam), Ham, and Japheth (Yafith). To Shem were born the Arabs, Persians, and Romans; to Ham were born the Copts, Berbers, and Africans (Sudan); and to Japheth were born Gog and Magog, the Turks, and the Slavs (Saqalibah)."'

The erudite scholar remarked, following al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar: 'It is weak.' In the narration of Abd al-Razzaq from Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him), he said: 'Gog and Magog comprise twenty-two tribes; Dhul-Qarnayn built the barrier against twenty-one of them, while one tribe was absent.'