Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 3286

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ كُلُّ بَنِي آدَمَ يَطْعُنُ الشَّيْطَانُ فِي جَنْبَيْهِ بِإِصْبَعِهِ حِينَ يُولَدُ، غَيْرَ عِيسَى بْنِ مَرْيَمَ، ذَهَبَ يَطْعُنُ فَطَعَنَ فِي الْحِجَابِ ‏"‏‏.‏

Translation

Abu al-Yaman narrated to us: Shuʿayb informed us, from Abu al-Zinad, from al-Aʿraj, from Abu Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Prophet ﷺ said: ‘Every child of Adam is pricked by Satan with his finger in both sides at birth, except Jesus son of Mary. Satan went to prick him, but pricked the covering instead.’

Translation notes
  • Followed the Arabic singular ‘his finger’ despite the English witness’s ‘two fingers’; rendered الحجاب as ‘the covering’ without specifying placenta, which is not explicit in this Arabic text.