Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 2857
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ كَانَ فَزَعٌ بِالْمَدِينَةِ، فَاسْتَعَارَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَرَسًا لَنَا يُقَالُ لَهُ مَنْدُوبٌ. فَقَالَ " مَا رَأَيْنَا مِنْ فَزَعٍ، وَإِنْ وَجَدْنَاهُ لَبَحْرًا ".
Translation
Anas bin Malik reported: There was an alarm in Medina, so the Prophet ﷺ borrowed a horse of ours called Mandub. When he returned, he said: “We saw no cause for alarm, and we found him as swift as the sea.”
Translation notes
The Arabic uses “a sea” as an idiom of speed or breadth; the English rendering follows the wording while making the comparison natural.