Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 4490

Arabic hadith text

وَعَن ابنِ عبَّاسٍ عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ: أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أصبحَ يَوْمًا واجماً وَقَالَ: «إِنَّ جِبْرِيلَ كَانَ وَعَدَنِي أَنْ يَلْقَانِيَ اللَّيْلَةَ فَلَمْ يَلْقَنِي أَمَ وَاللَّهِ مَا أَخْلَفَنِي» . ثُمَّ وَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِهِ جِرْوُ كَلْبٍ تَحْتَ فُسْطَاطٍ لَهُ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ فَأُخْرِجَ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ بيدِه مَاء فنضحَ مَكَانَهُ فَلَمَّا أَمْسَى لقِيه جِبْرِيلَ فَقَالَ: «لَقَدْ كُنْتَ وَعَدْتَنِي أَنْ تَلْقَانِي الْبَارِحَةَ» . قَالَ: أَجَلْ وَلَكِنَّا لَا نَدْخُلُ بَيْتًا فِيهِ كَلْبٌ وَلَا صُورَةٌ فَأَصْبَحَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ فَأَمَرَ بِقَتْلِ الْكلاب حَتَّى إِنه يَأْمر بقتل الْكَلْب الْحَائِطِ الصَّغِيرِ وَيَتْرُكُ كَلْبَ الْحَائِطِ الْكَبِيرِ. رَوَاهُ مُسلم

Translation

Ibn Abbas reported from Maymuna: One morning, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was troubled and said, “Gabriel promised to meet me tonight, but he did not come. By Allah, he did not break his promise.” Then he realized that a puppy was beneath a tent of his. He ordered that it be taken out, then took water in his hand and sprinkled the spot. When evening came, Gabriel met him. The Prophet ﷺ said, “You promised to meet me last night.” Gabriel replied, “Yes, but we do not enter a house containing a dog or an image.” That morning, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered that dogs be killed, to the point that he ordered the killing of a small enclosure dog but spared a large enclosure dog. Muslim transmitted it.