Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 3833

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، قَالَ كَانَ عَمْرٌو يَقُولُ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، قَالَ جَاءَ سَيْلٌ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَكَسَا مَا بَيْنَ الْجَبَلَيْنِ‏.‏ قَالَ سُفْيَانُ وَيَقُولُ إِنَّ هَذَا لَحَدِيثٌ لَهُ شَأْنٌ‏.‏

Translation

ʿAli ibn ʿAbdullah narrated to us: Sufyan narrated to us. He said: ʿAmr used to say: Saʿid ibn al-Musayyab narrated to us, from his father, from his grandfather, who said: “A flood came in pre-Islamic times and covered everything between the two mountains.” Sufyan said: He used to say, “This is a report of significance.”