Sahih Muslim

Sahih Muslim 159c

Arabic hadith text

وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ - وَاللَّفْظُ لأَبِي كُرَيْبٍ - قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ التَّيْمِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ، قَالَ دَخَلْتُ الْمَسْجِدَ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم جَالِسٌ فَلَمَّا غَابَتِ الشَّمْسُ قَالَ ‏"‏ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ هَلْ تَدْرِي أَيْنَ تَذْهَبُ هَذِهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ قُلْتُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ فَإِنَّهَا تَذْهَبُ فَتَسْتَأْذِنُ فِي السُّجُودِ فَيُؤْذَنُ لَهَا وَكَأَنَّهَا قَدْ قِيلَ لَهَا ارْجِعِي مِنْ حَيْثُ جِئْتِ فَتَطْلُعُ مِنْ مَغْرِبِهَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ فِي قِرَاءَةِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَذَلِكَ مُسْتَقَرٌّ لَهَا ‏.‏

Translation

Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shayba and Abu Kurayb narrated to us—the wording is Abu Kurayb's. They said: Abu Mu'awiya narrated to us; al-A'mash narrated to us, from Ibrahim al-Taymi, from his father, from Abu Dharr, who said: I entered the mosque while the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was sitting there. When the sun had set, he said: Abu Dharr, do you know where it goes? I said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He said: It goes and seeks permission to prostrate, and permission is granted. It is as though it is told: Return to where you came from. Then it will rise from its place of setting. He then recited, in 'Abdullah's recitation: And that is its appointed course.

Translation notes
  • The text refers to a variant recitation attributed to Abdullah and preserves its wording as a citation.