Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 1883

Arabic hadith text

وَعَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ: صَلَّيْتُ وَرَاءَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ الْعَصْرَ فَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ قَامَ مُسْرِعًا فَتَخَطَّى رِقَابَ النَّاسِ إِلَى بَعْضِ حُجَرِ نِسَائِهِ فَفَزِعَ النَّاسُ مِنْ سُرْعَتِهِ فَخَرَجَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَرَأَى أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ عَجِبُوا مِنْ سُرْعَتِهِ قَالَ: «ذَكَرْتُ شَيْئًا مِنْ تِبْرٍ عِنْدَنَا فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ يَحْبِسَنِي فَأَمَرْتُ بِقِسْمَتِهِ» . رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ. وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ لَهُ قَالَ: «كُنْتُ خَلَّفْتُ فِي الْبَيْتِ تِبْرًا مِنَ الصَّدَقَةِ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أبيته»

Translation

Uqba ibn al-Harith said: I prayed the afternoon prayer in Medina behind the Prophet ﷺ. He gave the salutation, then stood quickly and stepped over the people to one of his wives’ rooms. The people were alarmed by his haste. When he came out and saw that they were surprised by how quickly he had gone, he said, ‘I remembered some gold we had, and disliked that it should hold me back, so I ordered it to be distributed.’ In another version, he said, ‘I had left some gold from the alms in the house and disliked keeping it overnight.’ Al-Bukhari transmitted it.

Translation notes
  • The two versions differ in whether the gold is described generally as theirs or specifically as alms; both are translated as given in the Arabic text.