Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 6237

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ اللَّيْثِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏"‏ لاَ يَحِلُّ لِمُسْلِمٍ أَنْ يَهْجُرَ أَخَاهُ فَوْقَ ثَلاَثٍ، يَلْتَقِيَانِ فَيَصُدُّ هَذَا، وَيَصُدُّ هَذَا، وَخَيْرُهُمَا الَّذِي يَبْدَأُ بِالسَّلاَمِ ‏" ‏‏.‏ وَذَكَرَ سُفْيَانُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَهُ مِنْهُ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ‏.‏

Translation

Ali ibn Abdullah narrated to us: Sufyan narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from Ata ibn Yazid al-Laythi, from Abu Ayyub, may Allah be pleased with him, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: It is not lawful for a Muslim to shun his brother for more than three nights: they meet, and each turns away from the other. The better of the two is the one who begins with the greeting of peace. Sufyan mentioned that he heard it from him three times.