Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 1531

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ لَمَّا فُتِحَ هَذَانِ الْمِصْرَانِ أَتَوْا عُمَرَ فَقَالُوا يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم حَدَّ لأَهْلِ نَجْدٍ قَرْنًا، وَهُوَ جَوْرٌ عَنْ طَرِيقِنَا، وَإِنَّا إِنْ أَرَدْنَا قَرْنًا شَقَّ عَلَيْنَا‏.‏ قَالَ فَانْظُرُوا حَذْوَهَا مِنْ طَرِيقِكُمْ‏.‏ فَحَدَّ لَهُمْ ذَاتَ عِرْقٍ‏.‏

Translation

ʿAli ibn Muslim related to me: ʿAbd Allah ibn Numayr related to us: ʿUbayd Allah related to us, from Nafiʿ, from Ibn ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with them both), who said: When these two cities were conquered, they came to ʿUmar and said, ‘Commander of the Faithful, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ set Qarn for the people of Najd. It lies away from our route, and if we go to Qarn it will be difficult for us.’ He said, ‘Look for a place directly opposite it on your route.’ So he set Dhat ʿIrq for them.’