Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 7171

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حُسَيْنٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَتَتْهُ صَفِيَّةُ بِنْتُ حُيَىٍّ فَلَمَّا رَجَعَتِ انْطَلَقَ مَعَهَا، فَمَرَّ بِهِ رَجُلاَنِ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ فَدَعَاهُمَا فَقَالَ ‏"‏ إِنَّمَا هِيَ صَفِيَّةُ ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالاَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَجْرِي مِنِ ابْنِ آدَمَ مَجْرَى الدَّمِ ‏" ‏‏.‏ رَوَاهُ شُعَيْبٌ وَابْنُ مُسَافِرٍ وَابْنُ أَبِي عَتِيقٍ وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ـ يَعْنِي ابْنَ حُسَيْنٍ ـ عَنْ صَفِيَّةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم‏.‏

Translation

ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn reported that Ṣafiyya bint Ḥuyayy came to the Prophet. When she left, he set out with her. Two men from the Anṣār passed by, so he called them and said, “This is Ṣafiyya.” They said, “Glory be to God!” He said, “Satan flows through the human being as blood flows.”

Shuʿayb, Ibn Musāfir, Ibn Abī ʿAtīq, and Isḥāq ibn Yaḥyā transmitted it from al-Zuhrī, from ʿAlī—meaning ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn—from Ṣafiyya, from the Prophet.

Translation notes
  • This report gives the context for the preceding compiler’s quotation “This is Ṣafiyya.” The alternate chain named at the end transmits from Ṣafiyya directly.