Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 2217

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ هَاجَرَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ ـ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ ـ بِسَارَةَ، فَدَخَلَ بِهَا قَرْيَةً فِيهَا مَلِكٌ مِنَ الْمُلُوكِ، أَوْ جَبَّارٌ مِنَ الْجَبَابِرَةِ، فَقِيلَ دَخَلَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بِامْرَأَةٍ، هِيَ مِنْ أَحْسَنِ النِّسَاءِ‏.‏ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ أَنْ يَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ، مَنْ هَذِهِ الَّتِي مَعَكَ قَالَ أُخْتِي‏.‏ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَيْهَا، فَقَالَ لاَ تُكَذِّبِي حَدِيثِي فَإِنِّي أَخْبَرْتُهُمْ أَنَّكِ أُخْتِي، وَاللَّهِ إِنْ عَلَى الأَرْضِ مُؤْمِنٌ غَيْرِي وَغَيْرُكِ‏.‏ فَأَرْسَلَ بِهَا إِلَيْهِ، فَقَامَ إِلَيْهَا، فَقَامَتْ تَوَضَّأُ وَتُصَلِّي فَقَالَتِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتُ آمَنْتُ بِكَ وَبِرَسُولِكَ وَأَحْصَنْتُ فَرْجِي، إِلاَّ عَلَى زَوْجِي فَلاَ تُسَلِّطْ عَلَىَّ الْكَافِرَ‏.‏ فَغُطَّ حَتَّى رَكَضَ بِرِجْلِهِ ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَ الأَعْرَجُ قَالَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ إِنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَتِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ يَمُتْ يُقَالُ هِيَ قَتَلَتْهُ‏.‏ فَأُرْسِلَ ثُمَّ قَامَ إِلَيْهَا، فَقَامَتْ تَوَضَّأُ تُصَلِّي، وَتَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتُ آمَنْتُ بِكَ وَبِرَسُولِكَ، وَأَحْصَنْتُ فَرْجِي، إِلاَّ عَلَى زَوْجِي، فَلاَ تُسَلِّطْ عَلَىَّ هَذَا الْكَافِرَ، فَغُطَّ حَتَّى رَكَضَ بِرِجْلِهِ‏.‏ قَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ فَقَالَتِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ يَمُتْ فَيُقَالُ هِيَ قَتَلَتْهُ، فَأُرْسِلَ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ، أَوْ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ، فَقَالَ وَاللَّهِ مَا أَرْسَلْتُمْ إِلَىَّ إِلاَّ شَيْطَانًا، ارْجِعُوهَا إِلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَأَعْطُوهَا آجَرَ‏.‏ فَرَجَعَتْ إِلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ ـ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ ـ فَقَالَتْ أَشَعَرْتَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ كَبَتَ الْكَافِرَ وَأَخْدَمَ وَلِيدَةً‏.‏

Translation

Abu al-Yaman informed us: Shuaib informed us: Abu al-Zinad narrated to us, from al-Araj, from Abu Hurayra, may Allah be pleased with him, who said that the Prophet said: “Abraham migrated with Sarah and entered a town where there was a king, or one of the tyrants. It was said to him that Abraham had entered with a woman who was among the most beautiful of women. The king sent for him and asked who the woman with him was. He replied that she was his sister. He then returned to her and said not to contradict what he had told them, for he had said that she was his sister. By Allah, there was no believer on earth besides the two of them. Then he sent her to the king. The king approached her, but she stood to perform ablution and pray, and said: O Allah, if I have believed in You and Your Messenger and guarded my chastity except for my husband, do not give this disbeliever power over me. He was seized until his leg kicked.” Al-Araj said: Abu Salama ibn Abd al-Rahman said that Abu Hurayra reported that she said: O Allah, if he dies, they will say that I killed him. He was released. The king then approached her again. She stood, performed ablution and prayed, saying: O Allah, if I have believed in You and Your Messenger and guarded my chastity except for my husband, do not give this disbeliever power over me. He was seized until his leg kicked. Abd al-Rahman said: Abu Salama said that Abu Hurayra reported that she said: O Allah, if he dies, they will say that I killed him. He was released a second or third time, and said: By Allah, you have sent me nothing but a devil. Take her back to Abraham and give her Ajar. She returned to Abraham and said: Do you know that Allah has repelled the disbeliever and provided us with a serving girl?

Translation notes
  • The text has one main account followed by two transmission formulations that repeat the king approaching Sarah, her prayer, and the king being seized. The source spells the name Ajar; it does not say Hajar. The source describes the seizure and the kings leg kicking, without naming a medical condition.