Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 3073
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ أَبِي حَيَّانَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو زُرْعَةَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ قَامَ فِينَا النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَذَكَرَ الْغُلُولَ فَعَظَّمَهُ وَعَظَّمَ أَمْرَهُ قَالَ " لاَ أُلْفِيَنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عَلَى رَقَبَتِهِ شَاةٌ لَهَا ثُغَاءٌ عَلَى رَقَبَتِهِ فَرَسٌ لَهُ حَمْحَمَةٌ يَقُولُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، أَغِثْنِي. فَأَقُولُ لاَ أَمْلِكُ لَكَ شَيْئًا، قَدْ أَبْلَغْتُكَ. وَعَلَى رَقَبَتِهِ بَعِيرٌ لَهُ رُغَاءٌ، يَقُولُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَغِثْنِي. فَأَقُولُ لاَ أَمْلِكُ لَكَ شَيْئًا، قَدْ أَبْلَغْتُكَ. وَعَلَى رَقَبَتِهِ صَامِتٌ، فَيَقُولُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَغِثْنِي. فَأَقُولُ لاَ أَمْلِكُ لَكَ شَيْئًا، قَدْ أَبْلَغْتُكَ. أَوْ عَلَى رَقَبَتِهِ رِقَاعٌ تَخْفِقُ، فَيَقُولُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَغِثْنِي. فَأَقُولُ لاَ أَمْلِكُ لَكَ شَيْئًا، قَدْ أَبْلَغْتُكَ ". وَقَالَ أَيُّوبُ عَنْ أَبِي حَيَّانَ فَرَسٌ لَهُ حَمْحَمَةٌ.
Musaddad narrated to us: Yahya narrated to us, from Abu Hayyan, who said: Abu Zurʿa narrated to me: Abu Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated to me: The Prophet (ﷺ) stood among us and mentioned ghulul, emphasizing its gravity and the seriousness of the matter. He said, “Let me never find any one of you on the Day of Resurrection with a bleating sheep on his neck, saying, ‘Messenger of Allah, help me!’ and my reply being, ‘I can do nothing for you; I conveyed the message to you.’ Or with a neighing horse on his neck, saying, ‘Messenger of Allah, help me!’ and my reply being, ‘I can do nothing for you; I conveyed the message to you.’ Or with a bellowing camel on his neck, saying, ‘Messenger of Allah, help me!’ and my reply being, ‘I can do nothing for you; I conveyed the message to you.’ Or with silent wealth on his neck, saying, ‘Messenger of Allah, help me!’ and my reply being, ‘I can do nothing for you; I conveyed the message to you.’ Or with flapping patches on his neck, saying, ‘Messenger of Allah, help me!’ and my reply being, ‘I can do nothing for you; I conveyed the message to you.’” Ayyub also reported from Abu Hayyan: “A horse with neighing.”
Translation notes
The Arabic says ṣāmit (“silent/unspeaking [wealth]”) without specifying gold and silver, and riqāʿ (“patches/pieces”) without specifying garments. Ghulul refers here to wrongful appropriation; no additional explanation has been inserted into the narration.
وَعَلَى رَقَبَتِهِ صَامِتٌ
The source uses the general expression “silent [wealth]”; the witness specifies gold and silver.
Should this expression remain literal or be rendered as money or precious metals?
أَوْ عَلَى رَقَبَتِهِ رِقَاعٌ تَخْفِقُ
The noun may refer to pieces of cloth or clothing; the English witness renders it as clothes.
What kind of items are meant by these flapping pieces?