Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 2238

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَوْنُ بْنُ أَبِي جُحَيْفَةَ، قَالَ رَأَيْتُ أَبِي اشْتَرَى حَجَّامًا، فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ،‏.‏ قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَهَى عَنْ ثَمَنِ الدَّمِ، وَثَمَنِ الْكَلْبِ، وَكَسْبِ الأَمَةِ، وَلَعَنَ الْوَاشِمَةَ وَالْمُسْتَوْشِمَةَ، وَآكِلَ الرِّبَا، وَمُوكِلَهُ، وَلَعَنَ الْمُصَوِّرَ‏.‏

Translation

Hajjaj ibn Minhal narrated to us: Shuba narrated to us; he said: Awn ibn Abi Juhayfa informed me; he said: I saw my father buy a cupper, so I asked him about it. He said: The Messenger of Allah forbade payment for blood, the price of a dog, and the earnings of an enslaved woman. He cursed the woman who tattoos and the woman who has herself tattooed, the one who consumes usury and the one who pays it, and the image-maker.

Translation notes
  • The Arabic says only “the earnings of an enslaved woman”; the English witness specifies prostitution, which is not stated in this wording. The source says Awn father bought a cupper but does not say that the cupper was enslaved.