Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 5605
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، وَأَبِي، سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْداللَّهِ، قَالَ جَاءَ أَبُو حُمَيْدٍ بِقَدَحٍ مِنْ لَبَنٍ مِنَ النَّقِيعِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " أَلاَّ خَمَّرْتَهُ وَلَوْ أَنْ تَعْرُضَ عَلَيْهِ عُودًا ".
Translation
Qutaybah narrated to us: Jarīr narrated to us, from al-Aʿmash, from Abū Ṣāliḥ and Abū Sufyān, from Jābir ibn ʿAbd Allāh, who said: “Abū Ḥumayd brought a cup of milk from al-Naqīʿ. The Messenger of God ﷺ said to him: ‘Would you not cover it, even by laying a stick across it?’”
Translation notes
Al-Naqīʿ is a place name.