Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 2819
وَقَالَ اللَّيْثُ حَدَّثَنِي جَعْفَرُ بْنُ رَبِيعَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ هُرْمُزَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ ـ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ ـ لأَطُوفَنَّ اللَّيْلَةَ عَلَى مِائَةِ امْرَأَةٍ ـ أَوْ تِسْعٍ وَتِسْعِينَ ـ كُلُّهُنَّ يَأْتِي بِفَارِسٍ يُجَاهِدُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ صَاحِبُهُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ. فَلَمْ يَقُلْ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ. فَلَمْ يَحْمِلْ مِنْهُنَّ إِلاَّ امْرَأَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ، جَاءَتْ بِشِقِّ رَجُلٍ، وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ، لَوْ قَالَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ، لَجَاهَدُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فُرْسَانًا أَجْمَعُونَ ".
Al-Layth said: Jaʿfar ibn Rabiʿa told me, from ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn Hurmuz, who said: I heard Abu Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him) narrate from the Messenger of Allah that Sulayman ibn Dawud (peace be upon them both) said: “Tonight I will surely go to one hundred women”—or ninety-nine—“and each will bear a horseman who fights in Allah’s cause.” His companion said to him, “If Allah wills.” But he did not say, “If Allah wills.” Only one woman conceived, and she bore half a man. By the One in whose hand is Muhammad’s soul, had he said, “If Allah wills,” all of them would have fought in Allah’s cause as horsemen.
Translation notes
The source gives the number as one hundred or ninety-nine and preserves the companion’s reminder to say “if Allah wills.”