Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 6303

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، قَالَ عَمْرٌو قَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ وَاللَّهِ مَا وَضَعْتُ لَبِنَةً عَلَى لَبِنَةٍ، وَلاَ غَرَسْتُ نَخْلَةً، مُنْذُ قُبِضَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم‏.‏ قَالَ سُفْيَانُ فَذَكَرْتُهُ لِبَعْضِ أَهْلِهِ قَالَ وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ بَنَى بَيْتًا‏.‏ قَالَ سُفْيَانُ قُلْتُ فَلَعَلَّهُ قَالَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَبْنِيَ‏.‏

Translation

Ali ibn Abdullah narrated to us: Sufyan narrated to us. Amr said: Ibn Umar said: By Allah, I have not laid one brick upon another nor planted a palm tree since the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, died. Sufyan said: I mentioned this to one of his family, who said, ‘By Allah, he did build a house.’ Sufyan said: I replied, ‘Perhaps he meant before he built it.’