Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Book 55, Hadith 2
حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّهُ تَمَخَّطَ فِي ثَوْبِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ: بَخٍ بَخٍ، أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ يَتَمَخَّطُ فِي الْكَتَّانِ، رَأَيْتُنِي أُصْرَعُ بَيْنَ حُجْرَةِ عَائِشَةَ وَالْمِنْبَرِ، يَقُولُ النَّاسُ: مَجْنُونٌ، وَمَا بِي إِلا الْجُوعُ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Hafs ibn ‘Umar related to us: Yazid ibn Ibrahim related to us: Muhammad ibn Sirin related to us, from Abu Hurayrah, who blew his nose into his garment and then said: ‘Well, well! Abu Hurayrah is blowing his nose into linen! You saw me collapsing between ‘A’ishah’s room and the pulpit, while people said, “He is mad,” when nothing was wrong with me except hunger.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The exclamation بخ بخ expresses admiration or surprise. Abu Hurayrah contrasts the linen garment with his earlier collapse from hunger.