Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 3226

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرٌو، أَنَّ بُكَيْرَ بْنَ الأَشَجِّ، حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ بُسْرَ بْنَ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ زَيْدَ بْنَ خَالِدٍ الْجُهَنِيَّ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ حَدَّثَهُ وَمَعَ، بُسْرِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ الْخَوْلاَنِيُّ الَّذِي كَانَ فِي حَجْرِ مَيْمُونَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم حَدَّثَهُمَا زَيْدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ أَنَّ أَبَا طَلْحَةَ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏"‏ لاَ تَدْخُلُ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ بَيْتًا فِيهِ صُورَةٌ ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَ بُسْرٌ فَمَرِضَ زَيْدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، فَعُدْنَاهُ فَإِذَا نَحْنُ فِي بَيْتِهِ بِسِتْرٍ فِيهِ تَصَاوِيرُ، فَقُلْتُ لِعُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ الْخَوْلاَنِيِّ أَلَمْ يُحَدِّثْنَا فِي التَّصَاوِيرِ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ قَالَ ‏"‏ إِلاَّ رَقْمٌ فِي ثَوْبٍ ‏"‏‏.‏ أَلاَ سَمِعْتَهُ قُلْتُ لاَ‏.‏ قَالَ بَلَى قَدْ ذَكَرَهُ‏.‏

Translation

Ahmad narrated to us: Ibn Wahb narrated to us: ʿAmr informed us that Bukayr ibn al-Ashajj related to him that Busr ibn Saʿid related to him that Zayd ibn Khalid al-Juhani (may Allah be pleased with him) related to him. Present with Busr ibn Saʿid was ʿUbayd Allah al-Khawlani, who had been raised in the household of Maymuna (may Allah be pleased with her), the wife of the Prophet (ﷺ). Zayd ibn Khalid related to both of them that Abu Talha had told him that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘Angels do not enter a house containing an image.’ Busr said: Zayd ibn Khalid later became ill, and we visited him. We found in his house a curtain with images on it. I said to ʿUbayd Allah al-Khawlani, ‘Did he not relate to us a saying about images?’ He said, ‘He said, “Except a design woven into a garment.” Did you not hear him?’ I said, ‘No.’ He said, ‘Indeed, he mentioned it.’

Translation notes
  • The English witness identifies the curtain's images as pictures and paraphrases the exception; the Arabic says ‘images’ and ‘a pattern/design in cloth.’