Jami' at-Tirmidhi

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 873

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ خَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مِنْ عِنْدِي وَهُوَ قَرِيرُ الْعَيْنِ طَيِّبُ النَّفْسِ فَرَجَعَ إِلَىَّ وَهُوَ حَزِينٌ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ فَقَالَ ‏ "‏ إِنِّي دَخَلْتُ الْكَعْبَةَ وَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي لَمْ أَكُنْ فَعَلْتُ إِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ أَكُونَ أَتْعَبْتُ أُمَّتِي مِنْ بَعْدِي ‏" ‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Ibn Abi Umar narrated to us: Waki' narrated to us, from Isma'il ibn Abd al-Malik, from Ibn Abi Mulaykah, from A'ishah, who said: The Prophet left me cheerful and content, but returned to me sad. I asked him about it, and he said, ‘I entered the Ka'bah, and I wish I had not done so, for I fear that I have burdened my community after me.’

Abu Isa said: This is a hasan sahih hadith.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • The Prophet's concern is that entering the Ka'bah might lead people to regard it as an expected practice.