Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 6261

Arabic hadith text

وَقَالَ اللَّيْثُ حَدَّثَنِي جَعْفَرُ بْنُ رَبِيعَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ هُرْمُزَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُ ذَكَرَ رَجُلاً مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَخَذَ خَشَبَةً فَنَقَرَهَا، فَأَدْخَلَ فِيهَا أَلْفَ دِينَارٍ وَصَحِيفَةً مِنْهُ إِلَى صَاحِبِهِ‏.‏ وَقَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ نَجَرَ خَشَبَةً، فَجَعَلَ الْمَالَ فِي جَوْفِهَا، وَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ صَحِيفَةً مِنْ فُلاَنٍ إِلَى فُلاَنٍ ‏"‏‏.‏

Translation

Al-Layth said: Jafar ibn Rabiah told me, from Abd al-Rahman ibn Hurmuz, from Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, that he mentioned a man from the Children of Israel who took a piece of wood, hollowed it out, placed one thousand dinars inside it, and put a letter from himself to his creditor with them. Umar ibn Abi Salamah also related from his father, who heard Abu Hurayrah say that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: He carved a piece of wood, put the money inside it, and wrote a letter inside from so-and-so to so-and-so.