Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 2036

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُنِيرٍ، سَمِعَ هَارُونَ بْنَ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قُلْتُ هَلْ سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَذْكُرُ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ قَالَ نَعَمِ، اعْتَكَفْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم الْعَشْرَ الأَوْسَطَ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ ـ قَالَ ـ فَخَرَجْنَا صَبِيحَةَ عِشْرِينَ، قَالَ فَخَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم صَبِيحَةَ عِشْرِينَ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ إِنِّي أُرِيتُ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ، وَإِنِّي نُسِّيتُهَا، فَالْتَمِسُوهَا فِي الْعَشْرِ الأَوَاخِرِ فِي وِتْرٍ، فَإِنِّي رَأَيْتُ أَنِّي أَسْجُدُ فِي مَاءٍ وَطِينٍ، وَمَنْ كَانَ اعْتَكَفَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَلْيَرْجِعْ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَرَجَعَ النَّاسُ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ، وَمَا نَرَى فِي السَّمَاءِ قَزَعَةً ـ قَالَ ـ فَجَاءَتْ سَحَابَةٌ فَمَطَرَتْ، وَأُقِيمَتِ الصَّلاَةُ، فَسَجَدَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي الطِّينِ وَالْمَاءِ، حَتَّى رَأَيْتُ الطِّينَ فِي أَرْنَبَتِهِ وَجَبْهَتِهِ‏.‏

Translation

ʿAbd Allāh ibn Munīr related to me: Hārūn ibn Ismāʿīl heard; ʿAlī ibn al-Mubārak related to us, saying: Yaḥyā ibn Abī Kathīr related to me: I heard Abū Salamah ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān say: I asked Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī (may Allah be pleased with him): ‘Did you hear the Messenger of Allah mention the Night of Decree?’ He said: ‘Yes. We observed iʿtikāf with the Messenger of Allah during the middle ten days of Ramaḍān. We came out on the morning of the twentieth. The Messenger of Allah addressed us that morning and said: “I was shown the Night of Decree, but I was made to forget it. Seek it during the odd nights of the last ten days, for I saw myself prostrating in water and mud. Whoever has been observing iʿtikāf with the Messenger of Allah, let him return.”’ The people returned to the mosque. We saw no clouds in the sky, but a cloud came and it rained. The prayer was called, and the Messenger of Allah prostrated in mud and water, until I saw mud on his nose and forehead.’