Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 3399
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْجُعْفِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنْ هَمَّامٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لَوْلاَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ لَمْ يَخْنَزِ اللَّحْمُ، وَلَوْلاَ حَوَّاءُ لَمْ تَخُنْ أُنْثَى زَوْجَهَا الدَّهْرَ ".
Translation
ʿAbd Allah ibn Muhammad al-Juʿfi narrated to me: ʿAbd al-Razzaq narrated to us: Maʿmar informed us, from Hammam, from Abu Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Prophet ﷺ said: ‘Were it not for the Children of Israel, meat would not spoil; and were it not for Eve, no wife would ever betray her husband.’