Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 4993

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَى، أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، أَنَّ ابْنَ جُرَيْجٍ، أَخْبَرَهُمْ قَالَ وَأَخْبَرَنِي يُوسُفُ بْنُ مَاهَكَ، قَالَ إِنِّي عِنْدَ عَائِشَةَ أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ إِذْ جَاءَهَا عِرَاقِيٌّ فَقَالَ أَىُّ الْكَفَنِ خَيْرٌ قَالَتْ وَيْحَكَ وَمَا يَضُرُّكَ قَالَ يَا أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَرِينِي مُصْحَفَكِ‏.‏ قَالَتْ لِمَ قَالَ لَعَلِّي أُوَلِّفُ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَيْهِ فَإِنَّهُ يُقْرَأُ غَيْرَ مُؤَلَّفٍ‏.‏ قَالَتْ وَمَا يَضُرُّكَ أَيَّهُ قَرَأْتَ قَبْلُ، إِنَّمَا نَزَلَ أَوَّلَ مَا نَزَلَ مِنْهُ سُورَةٌ مِنَ الْمُفَصَّلِ فِيهَا ذِكْرُ الْجَنَّةِ وَالنَّارِ حَتَّى إِذَا ثَابَ النَّاسُ إِلَى الإِسْلاَمِ نَزَلَ الْحَلاَلُ وَالْحَرَامُ، وَلَوْ نَزَلَ أَوَّلَ شَىْءٍ لاَ تَشْرَبُوا الْخَمْرَ‏.‏ لَقَالُوا لاَ نَدَعُ الْخَمْرَ أَبَدًا‏.‏ وَلَوْ نَزَلَ‏.‏ لاَ تَزْنُوا‏.‏ لَقَالُوا لاَ نَدَعُ الزِّنَا أَبَدًا‏.‏ لَقَدْ نَزَلَ بِمَكَّةَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَإِنِّي لَجَارِيَةٌ أَلْعَبُ ‏‏{‏بَلِ السَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَالسَّاعَةُ أَدْهَى وَأَمَرُّ‏}‏ وَمَا نَزَلَتْ سُورَةُ الْبَقَرَةِ وَالنِّسَاءِ إِلاَّ وَأَنَا عِنْدَهُ‏.‏ قَالَ فَأَخْرَجَتْ لَهُ الْمُصْحَفَ فَأَمْلَتْ عَلَيْهِ آىَ السُّوَرِ‏.‏

Translation

Ibrahim ibn Musa related to us; Hisham ibn Yusuf informed us that Ibn Jurayj informed them. He also said: Yusuf ibn Mahak informed me: I was with Aisha, Mother of the Believers (may Allah be pleased with her), when a man from Iraq came and asked her, ‘Which shroud is best?’ She said, ‘Woe to you! What difference does it make?’ He said, ‘Mother of the Believers, show me your codex.’ She asked, ‘Why?’ He said, ‘Perhaps I will arrange the Quran according to it, since it is recited without being arranged.’ She said, ‘What difference does it make which part you read first? The first revelation from it was a surah from al-Mufassal, which mentioned Paradise and the Fire. When people had settled into Islam, the lawful and unlawful were revealed. If “Do not drink wine” had been the first revelation, they would have said, “We will never give up wine.” If “Do not commit fornication” had been revealed first, they would have said, “We will never give up fornication.” In Mecca, while I was still a young girl at play, this was revealed to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him): “Rather, the Hour is their appointed time, and the Hour is more grievous and more bitter.” Surat al-Baqara and Surat al-Nisa were revealed while I was with him.’ He then brought out her codex, and she dictated to him the verses of the surahs.