Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 3042

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Sahih al-Bukhari 3042
Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ، عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، قَالَ سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ الْبَرَاءَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا عُمَارَةَ، أَوَلَّيْتُمْ يَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ قَالَ الْبَرَاءُ وَأَنَا أَسْمَعُ أَمَّا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لَمْ يُوَلِّ يَوْمَئِذٍ، كَانَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ آخِذًا بِعِنَانِ بَغْلَتِهِ، فَلَمَّا غَشِيَهُ الْمُشْرِكُونَ نَزَلَ، فَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ أَنَا النَّبِيُّ لاَ كَذِبْ، أَنَا ابْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبْ قَالَ فَمَا رُئِيَ مِنَ النَّاسِ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُ‏.‏

Translation

'Ubayd Allah narrated to us from Isra'il, from Abu Ishaq, who said: A man asked al-Bara' (may Allah be pleased with him), ‘Abu 'Umara, did you turn your backs on the day of Hunayn?’ Al-Bara' said, as I listened: As for the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), he did not turn back that day. Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith was holding the reins of his mule. When the polytheists swarmed around the Prophet, he dismounted and began saying, ‘I am the Prophet—there is no lie in that. I am the son of 'Abd al-Muttalib.’ No one was seen that day to be more steadfast than him.

Translation notes
  • فَلَمَّا غَشِيَهُ الْمُشْرِكُونَ نَزَلَ،

    The Arabic places Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith as holder of the mule reins immediately before an unexpressed subject for dismounting and speaking; the English witness assigns those actions to the Prophet.

    Confirm the referent of the pronouns in the dismounting and battle cry clauses.