الحديث القدسي هو ما نُقل إلينا بأخبار الآحاد عنه ﷺ بسنده إلى ربه، وهو كلامه سبحانه لأنه منسوب إليه، وذلك في أكثر الأحوال. فإضافته إليه سبحانه إضافةُ ابتداءٍ، لأنه هو الذي تكلم به أولاً. وأُضيف إلى النبي ﷺ لأنه هو الذي أخبر عن الله، بخلاف القرآن الذي لا يُضاف إلى أحد غيره سبحانه. ولذلك يقال:

The Hadīth Qudsi is what has been transmitted to us as Isolated (Ahaad) reports about him  with its isnād going back to his Lord . It is His  speech for it is attributed to Him  which is present in the majority of cases. The attribution to Him  then is an attribution of origination because he is the one who spoke it first. It is attributed to the Prophet  because he is the one informing about Allah  which is contrary to the Qur’ān which is attributed to no one except to Him . So it is said:

وَفِي الْحَدِيثِ الْقُدْسِيِّ يَقُولُ: