Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 3351

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرٌو، أَنَّ بُكَيْرًا، حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ، مَوْلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ دَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم الْبَيْتَ فَوَجَدَ فِيهِ صُورَةَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَصُورَةَ مَرْيَمَ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ أَمَا لَهُمْ، فَقَدْ سَمِعُوا أَنَّ الْمَلاَئِكَةَ لاَ تَدْخُلُ بَيْتًا فِيهِ صُورَةٌ، هَذَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ مُصَوَّرٌ فَمَا لَهُ يَسْتَقْسِمُ ‏"‏‏.‏

Translation

Yahya ibn Sulayman said: Ibn Wahb narrated to me: ʿAmr informed me that Bukayr related to him, from Kurayb, the freedman of Ibn ʿAbbas, from Ibn ʿAbbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), who said: The Prophet ﷺ entered the House and found in it an image of Ibrahim and an image of Maryam. He said: ‘What is the matter with them? They have heard that angels do not enter a house containing an image. This is an image of Ibrahim—what is he doing seeking divination by arrows?’

Translation notes
  • Translated يستقسم as seeking divination by arrows, following the Arabic rather than adding details beyond it.