Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 2969

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ فَزِعَ النَّاسُ فَرَكِبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَرَسًا لأَبِي طَلْحَةَ بَطِيئًا، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ يَرْكُضُ وَحْدَهُ، فَرَكِبَ النَّاسُ يَرْكُضُونَ خَلْفَهُ، فَقَالَ ‏"‏ لَمْ تُرَاعُوا، إِنَّهُ لَبَحْرٌ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَمَا سُبِقَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ‏.‏

Translation

Al-Fadl ibn Sahl narrated to us; Husayn ibn Muhammad narrated to us; Jarir ibn Hazim narrated to us from Muhammad, from Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The people were alarmed, so the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) rode a slow horse belonging to Abu Talha. Then he rode out alone at a gallop, and the people mounted and galloped behind him. He said, ‘Do not be alarmed; it is a sea [of speed].’ After that day, it was never outpaced.