Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 6

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ، وَمَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، نَحْوَهُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَجْوَدَ النَّاسِ، وَكَانَ أَجْوَدُ مَا يَكُونُ فِي رَمَضَانَ حِينَ يَلْقَاهُ جِبْرِيلُ، وَكَانَ يَلْقَاهُ فِي كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ فَيُدَارِسُهُ الْقُرْآنَ، فَلَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَجْوَدُ بِالْخَيْرِ مِنَ الرِّيحِ الْمُرْسَلَةِ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Abdan narrated to us. He said: Abdullah informed us, from Yunus, from al-Zuhri. And Bishr ibn Muhammad narrated to us. He said: Abdullah informed us, from Yunus and Ma'mar, from al-Zuhri, with a similar report. He said: Ubaydullah ibn Abdullah informed me, from Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was the most generous of people, and he was at his most generous in Ramadan, when Gabriel met him. Gabriel would meet him every night of Ramadan, and they would review the Qur'an together. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was more generous in doing good than a wind sent forth.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • The Arabic says that Gabriel and the Prophet reviewed the Qur'an together; the English witness renders this as Gabriel teaching it to him. The wind simile is translated without the witness's explanatory parenthesis.