Sahih al-Bukhari
Beginning of Creation
كتاب بدء الخلق
Chapter 16
خَمْسٌ مِنَ الدَّوَابِّ فَوَاسِقُ يُقْتَلْنَ فِي الْحَرَمِ
ʿAbd Allah ibn Maslama informed us: Malik informed us, from ʿAbd Allah ibn Dinar, from ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with them both), that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘There are five animals which a person in ihram may kill without blame: the scorpion, mouse, attacking dog, crow, and kite.’
Translation notes
Preserved the reference to the state of ihram in this version, distinct from the prior report’s Sacred Precinct wording.
Musaddad narrated to us: Hammad ibn Zayd narrated to us, from Kathir, from ʿAtaʾ, from Jabir ibn ʿAbd Allah (may Allah be pleased with them both), who attributed it to the Prophet ﷺ: ‘Cover your vessels, tie your waterskins, shut your doors, and keep your children close at nightfall, for the jinn spread out and snatch things then. Extinguish the lamps when going to sleep, for a harmful little creature may drag away the wick and burn the household.’ Ibn Jurayj and Habib, from ʿAtaʾ, transmitted ‘the devils’ instead of ‘the jinn.’
Translation notes
Preserved the closing variant that substitutes ‘devils’ for ‘jinn.’
ʿAbda ibn ʿAbd Allah informed us: Yahya ibn Adam informed us, from Israʾil, from Mansur, from Ibrahim, from ʿAlqama, from ʿAbd Allah, who said: We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a cave when ‘By those sent forth in succession’ (Qur’an 77:1) was revealed. We were receiving it directly from his mouth when a snake came out of its hole. We rushed to kill it, but it reached its hole before us. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘It was protected from your harm, just as you were protected from its harm.’ Israʾil also reported from al-Aʿmash, from Ibrahim, from ʿAlqama, from ʿAbd Allah, similarly, adding: ‘We were receiving it fresh from his mouth.’ Abu ʿAwana corroborated him from Mughira. Hafs, Abu Muʿawiya, and Sulayman ibn Qarm reported from al-Aʿmash, from Ibrahim, from al-Aswad, from ʿAbd Allah.
Translation notes
Retained the Qur’anic opening phrase and the multiple isnad variants appended to the account.
Nasr ibn ʿAli informed us: ʿAbd al-Aʿla informed us: ʿUbayd Allah ibn ʿUmar narrated to us, from Nafiʿ, from Ibn ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with them both), from the Prophet ﷺ, who said: ‘A woman entered the Fire because of a cat she had tied up: she neither fed it nor let it forage for the small creatures of the earth.’ He said: ʿUbayd Allah also narrated to us, from Saʿid al-Maqburi, from Abu Hurayra, from the Prophet ﷺ, a similar report.
Translation notes
Included the alternate chain appended to the Arabic text.
Ismaʿil ibn Abi Uways narrated to us: Malik narrated to me, from Abu al-Zinad, from al-Aʿraj, from Abu Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘A prophet among the prophets once rested beneath a tree, and an ant bit him. He ordered that his belongings be moved from beneath it. Then he ordered that the ants’ dwelling be burned with fire. Allah revealed to him: “Why not just one ant?”’
Translation notes
Did not add the English witness’s parenthetical ‘that bit you’; the Arabic simply says ‘Why not one ant?’
Chapter 17
بَابُ إِذَا وَقَعَ الذُّبَابُ فِي شَرَابِ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلْيَغْمِسْهُ، فَإِنَّ فِي إِحْدَى جَنَاحَيْهِ دَاءً وَفِي الأُخْرَى شِفَاءً
Khalid ibn Makhlad narrated to us: Sulayman ibn Bilal narrated to us: ʿUtba ibn Muslim narrated to me: ʿUbayd ibn Hunayn informed me: I heard Abu Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him) say that the Prophet ﷺ said: ‘If a fly falls into one of your drinks, immerse it fully, then remove it, for one of its wings carries a disease and the other carries a cure.’
Al-Hasan ibn al-Sabbah narrated to us: Ishaq al-Azraq narrated to us: ʿAwf narrated to us, from al-Hasan and Ibn Sirin, from Abu Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who said: ‘A promiscuous woman was forgiven. She passed by a panting dog at the edge of a well and said, “It is nearly dying of thirst.” She removed her shoe, tied it with her head-cover, drew water for the dog, and was forgiven for that.’
Translation notes
Rendered مومسة as ‘promiscuous woman’ and preserved the direct observation about the dog’s thirst.
ʿAli ibn ʿAbd Allah narrated to us: Sufyan narrated to us, saying: I memorized it from al-Zuhri as surely as you are here. ʿUbayd Allah informed me, from Ibn ʿAbbas, from Abu Talha (may Allah be pleased with them), from the Prophet ﷺ, who said: ‘Angels do not enter a house in which there is a dog or an image.’
Translation notes
Kept Sufyan’s emphatic statement about memorizing the report, which appears in the Arabic text before the chain.
ʿAbd Allah ibn Yusuf informed us: Malik informed us, from Nafiʿ, from ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with them both), that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered that dogs be killed.
Musa ibn Ismaʿil narrated to us: Hammam narrated to us, from Yahya, who said: Abu Salama narrated to me that Abu Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him) told him: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Whoever keeps a dog loses one qirat from his deeds every day, except a dog for farming or livestock.’
Translation notes
Kept qirat as a transliterated unit of reward, matching the Arabic without expanding its measure.
ʿAbd Allah ibn Maslama narrated to us: Sulayman narrated to us: Yazid ibn Khusayfa informed me: al-Saʾib ibn Yazid informed me: I heard Sufyan ibn Abi Zuhayr al-Shanaʾi say that he heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: ‘Whoever keeps a dog that is of no use for crops or livestock will lose one qirat from his deeds every day.’ Al-Saʾib said, ‘Did you hear this from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?’ He replied, ‘Yes, by the Lord of this qibla!’
Translation notes
Preserved the speaker’s emphatic oath by the Lord of the qibla, omitted from the English witness.