Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 3392
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُقَيْلٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، سَمِعْتُ عُرْوَةَ، قَالَ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ ـ رضى الله عنها فَرَجَعَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِلَى خَدِيجَةَ يَرْجُفُ فُؤَادُهُ، فَانْطَلَقَتْ بِهِ إِلَى وَرَقَةَ بْنِ نَوْفَلٍ، وَكَانَ رَجُلاً تَنَصَّرَ يَقْرَأُ الإِنْجِيلَ بِالْعَرَبِيَّةِ. فَقَالَ وَرَقَةُ مَاذَا تَرَى فَأَخْبَرَهُ. فَقَالَ وَرَقَةُ هَذَا النَّامُوسُ الَّذِي أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَى مُوسَى، وَإِنْ أَدْرَكَنِي يَوْمُكَ أَنْصُرْكَ نَصْرًا مُؤَزَّرًا. النَّامُوسُ صَاحِبُ السِّرِّ الَّذِي يُطْلِعُهُ بِمَا يَسْتُرُهُ عَنْ غَيْرِهِ.
ʿAbd Allah ibn Yusuf narrated to us: al-Layth narrated to us, saying: ʿUqayl narrated to me, from Ibn Shihab. I heard ʿUrwa say that ʿAʾisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The Prophet ﷺ returned to Khadija, his heart trembling. She took him to Waraqa ibn Nawfal, a Christian who used to read the Gospel in Arabic. Waraqa asked, ‘What do you see?’ He told him, and Waraqa said, ‘This is the Namus that Allah sent down to Musa. If I live to see your day, I will support you with all my strength.’ Namus means the keeper of a secret who informs its recipient of what he conceals from others.
Translation notes
Preserved the source’s explicit gloss defining namus, rather than replacing it with an unqualified identification.