Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 2816

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا صَدَقَةُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ الْمُنْكَدِرِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرًا، يَقُولُ جِيءَ بِأَبِي إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَقَدْ مُثِّلَ بِهِ وَوُضِعَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ، فَذَهَبْتُ أَكْشِفُ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ، فَنَهَانِي قَوْمِي، فَسَمِعَ صَوْتَ صَائِحَةٍ فَقِيلَ ابْنَةُ عَمْرٍو، أَوْ أُخْتُ عَمْرٍو‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ لِمَ تَبْكِي أَوْ لاَ تَبْكِي، مَا زَالَتِ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ تُظِلُّهُ بِأَجْنِحَتِهَا ‏"‏‏.‏ قُلْتُ لِصَدَقَةَ أَفِيهِ حَتَّى رُفِعَ قَالَ رُبَّمَا قَالَهُ‏.‏

Translation

Sadaqa ibn al-Fadl narrated to us, who said: Ibn ʿUyayna informed us, who said: I heard Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir say that he heard Jabir say: My father was brought to the Prophet after being mutilated and placed before him. I went to uncover his face, but my people stopped me. The Prophet heard a woman crying out; someone said, “It is ʿAmr’s daughter”—or “ʿAmr’s sister.” He said, “Why does she weep?”—or “Do not weep”—“the angels have continued to shade him with their wings.” I asked Sadaqa: “Is the wording ‘until he was lifted’ included?” He replied, “Jabir may have said it.”

Translation notes
  • The report preserves alternatives in the woman’s relationship to ʿAmr and in the Prophet’s words; the final chain note is uncertain.