Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 2812

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَى، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، أَنَّ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ لَهُ وَلِعَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ائْتِيَا أَبَا سَعِيدٍ فَاسْمَعَا مِنْ حَدِيثِهِ‏.‏ فَأَتَيْنَاهُ وَهُوَ وَأَخُوهُ فِي حَائِطٍ لَهُمَا يَسْقِيَانِهِ، فَلَمَّا رَآنَا جَاءَ فَاحْتَبَى وَجَلَسَ فَقَالَ كُنَّا نَنْقُلُ لَبِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ لَبِنَةً لَبِنَةً، وَكَانَ عَمَّارٌ يَنْقُلُ لَبِنَتَيْنِ لَبِنَتَيْنِ، فَمَرَّ بِهِ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَمَسَحَ عَنْ رَأْسِهِ الْغُبَارَ وَقَالَ ‏"‏ وَيْحَ عَمَّارٍ، تَقْتُلُهُ الْفِئَةُ الْبَاغِيَةُ، عَمَّارٌ يَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَيَدْعُونَهُ إِلَى النَّارِ ‏"‏‏.‏

Translation

Ibrahim ibn Musa informed us; ʿAbd al-Wahhab informed us; Khalid narrated to us, from ʿIkrima, that Ibn ʿAbbas told him and ʿAli ibn ʿAbd Allah: “Go to Abu Saʿid and hear his narrations.” We went to him while he and his brother were watering their garden. When he saw us, he came over, sat with his legs drawn up, and said: “We were carrying the mosque bricks one at a time, while ʿAmmar carried two at a time. The Prophet passed by him, wiped the dust from his head, and said, ‘Alas for ʿAmmar! The rebellious faction will kill him. ʿAmmar calls them to Allah, and they call him to the Fire.’”

Translation notes
  • The report explicitly describes ʿAmmar calling the opposing group to Allah, while they call him to the Fire.