Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 1840

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حُنَيْنٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ الْعَبَّاسِ، وَالْمِسْوَرَ بْنَ مَخْرَمَةَ، اخْتَلَفَا بِالأَبْوَاءِ، فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ يَغْسِلُ الْمُحْرِمُ رَأْسَهُ‏.‏ وَقَالَ الْمِسْوَرُ لاَ يَغْسِلُ الْمُحْرِمُ رَأْسَهُ‏.‏ فَأَرْسَلَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ إِلَى أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الأَنْصَارِيِّ، فَوَجَدْتُهُ يَغْتَسِلُ بَيْنَ الْقَرْنَيْنِ، وَهُوَ يُسْتَرُ بِثَوْبٍ، فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ مَنْ هَذَا فَقُلْتُ أَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ حُنَيْنٍ، أَرْسَلَنِي إِلَيْكَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ، أَسْأَلُكَ كَيْفَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَغْسِلُ رَأْسَهُ، وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ، فَوَضَعَ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ يَدَهُ عَلَى الثَّوْبِ، فَطَأْطَأَهُ حَتَّى بَدَا لِي رَأْسُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ لإِنْسَانٍ يَصُبُّ عَلَيْهِ اصْبُبْ‏.‏ فَصَبَّ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ، ثُمَّ حَرَّكَ رَأْسَهُ بِيَدَيْهِ فَأَقْبَلَ بِهِمَا وَأَدْبَرَ وَقَالَ هَكَذَا رَأَيْتُهُ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَفْعَلُ‏.‏

Translation

Abdullah ibn Yusuf informed us; Malik informed us, from Zayd ibn Aslam, from Ibrahim ibn Abdullah ibn Hunayn, from his father, that Abdullah ibn Abbas and al-Miswar ibn Makhrama disagreed at al-Abwa. Abdullah ibn Abbas said that a person in ihram may wash his head, while al-Miswar said that he may not. Abdullah ibn Abbas sent me to Abu Ayyub al-Ansari. I found him bathing between two posts, screened by a cloth. I greeted him, and he asked who I was. I replied that I was Abdullah ibn Hunayn and that Ibn Abbas had sent me to ask how the Messenger of Allah washed his head while in ihram. Abu Ayyub placed his hand on the cloth and lowered it until I could see his head. Then he told someone to pour water on him. The person poured water over his head, and Abu Ayyub moved his hands over his head, bringing them forward and back. He said: This is how I saw the Messenger of Allah do it.

Translation notes
  • The English witness identifies the two posts as posts of a well; this detail is not explicit in the Arabic and is omitted from the translation.

  • بَيْنَ الْقَرْنَيْنِ

    The Arabic refers to two al-qarnayn. The English witness interprets these as the two wooden posts of a well, but the Arabic does not state that they belong to a well.

    Does al-qarnayn here specifically refer to the two wooden posts of a well?