Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 5685

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا سَلاَّمُ بْنُ مِسْكِينٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، أَنَّ نَاسًا، كَانَ بِهِمْ سَقَمٌ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ آوِنَا وَأَطْعِمْنَا فَلَمَّا صَحُّوا قَالُوا إِنَّ الْمَدِينَةَ وَخِمَةٌ‏.‏ فَأَنْزَلَهُمُ الْحَرَّةَ فِي ذَوْدٍ لَهُ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ اشْرَبُوا أَلْبَانَهَا ‏"‏‏.‏ فَلَمَّا صَحُّوا قَتَلُوا رَاعِيَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَاسْتَاقُوا ذَوْدَهُ، فَبَعَثَ فِي آثَارِهِمْ، فَقَطَعَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ وَأَرْجُلَهُمْ، وَسَمَرَ أَعْيُنَهُمْ، فَرَأَيْتُ الرَّجُلَ مِنْهُمْ يَكْدُمُ الأَرْضَ بِلِسَانِهِ حَتَّى يَمُوتَ ‏.‏ قَالَ سَلاَّمٌ فَبَلَغَنِي أَنَّ الْحَجَّاجَ قَالَ لأَنَسٍ حَدِّثْنِي بِأَشَدِّ عُقُوبَةٍ عَاقَبَهُ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَحَدَّثَهُ بِهَذَا‏.‏ فَبَلَغَ الْحَسَنَ فَقَالَ وَدِدْتُ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يُحَدِّثْهُ‏ بِهَذَا

Translation

Muslim ibn Ibrāhīm narrated to us: Sallām ibn Miskīn narrated to us: Thābit narrated to us, from Anas: “Some people were ill. They said, ‘Messenger of Allah, give us shelter and food.’ When they recovered, they said, ‘Medina is unhealthy.’ So he lodged them in al-Ḥarrah with a small herd of his camels and said, ‘Drink their milk.’ When they recovered, they killed the Prophet’s ﷺ shepherd and drove off his camels. He sent men in pursuit of them, who cut off their hands and feet and branded their eyes. I saw one of them gnawing at the ground with his tongue until he died.”

Sallām said: I was told that al-Ḥajjāj said to Anas, “Tell me of the harshest punishment the Prophet ﷺ inflicted.” So Anas told him this. When al-Ḥasan heard of it, he said, “I wish he had not told him this.”