Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 6511

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنِي صَدَقَةُ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدَةُ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ كَانَ رِجَالٌ مِنَ الأَعْرَابِ جُفَاةً يَأْتُونَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَيَسْأَلُونَهُ مَتَى السَّاعَةُ، فَكَانَ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى أَصْغَرِهِمْ فَيَقُولُ ‏"‏ إِنْ يَعِشْ هَذَا لاَ يُدْرِكْهُ الْهَرَمُ حَتَّى تَقُومَ عَلَيْكُمْ سَاعَتُكُمْ ‏" ‏‏.‏ قَالَ هِشَامٌ يَعْنِي مَوْتَهُمْ‏.‏

Translation

Sadaqah narrated to me; Abdah informed us, from Hisham, from his father, from Aishah, who said: Some rough Bedouin men used to come to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and ask him when the Hour would be. He would look at the youngest of them and say, ‘If this one lives, old age will not reach him before your own Hour comes upon you.’ Hisham said: He meant their death.