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Sahih al-Bukhari 678

“The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) became sick and when his disease became aggravated, he said, ‘Tell Abu Bakr to lead the prayer.’ Aishah said, ‘He is a softhearted man and would not be able…

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حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ، عَنْ زَائِدَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بُرْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى

قَالَ مَرِضَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَاشْتَدَّ مَرَضُهُ فَقَالَ: «مُرُوا أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَلْيُصَلِّ بِالنَّاسِ». قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ إِنَّهُ رَجُلٌ رَقِيقٌ، إِذَا قَامَ مَقَامَكَ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ بِالنَّاسِ.

قَالَ: «مُرُوا أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَلْيُصَلِّ بِالنَّاسِ «فَعَادَتْ فَقَالَ: «مُرِي أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَلْيُصَلِّ بِالنَّاسِ، فَإِنَّكُنَّ صَوَاحِبُ يُوسُفَ». فَأَتَاهُ الرَّسُولُ فَصَلَّى بِالنَّاسِ فِي حَيَاةِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ»

“The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) became sick and when his disease became aggravated, he said, ‘Tell Abu Bakr to lead the prayer.’ Aishah said, ‘He is a softhearted man and would not be able to lead the prayer in your place.’

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said again, ‘Tell Abu Bakr to lead the people in prayer.’ She repeated the same reply but he said, ‘Tell Abu Bakr to lead the people in prayer. You are the companions of Joseph.’ So the messenger went to Abu Bakr (with that order) and he led the people in prayer in the lifetime of the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam).”

আবূ মূসা (রাযি.) হতে বর্ণিত। তিনি বলেন, নবী সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম অসুস্থ হয়ে পড়লেন, ক্রমে তাঁর অসুস্থতা তীব্রতর হলে তিনি বললেন, আবূ বাকরকে লোকদের নিয়ে সালাত আদায় করতে বল।

‘আয়িশাহ্ (রাযি.) বললেন, তিনি তো কোমল হৃদয়ের লোক, যখন আপনার স্থানে দাঁড়াবেন, তখন তিনি লোকদের নিয়ে সালাত আদায় করতে পারবেন না। নবী সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম আবার বললেন, আবূ বাকরকে বল, সে যেন লোকদের নিয়ে সালাত আদায় করে।

‘আয়িশাহ্ (রাযি.) আবার সে কথা বললেন। তখন তিনি আবার বললেন, আবূ বাকর (রাযি.)-কে বল, সে যেন লোকদের নিয়ে সালাত আদায় করে। তোমরা ইউসুফের (‘আ.) সাথী মহিলাদেরই মতোই। অতঃপর একজন সংবাদদাতা আবূ বাকর (রাযি.)-এর নিকট সংবাদ নিয়ে আসলেন এবং তিনি নবী সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম -এর জীবদ্দশাতেই লোকদেরকে সঙ্গে নিয়ে সালাত আদায় করলেন। (৩৩৮৫; মুসলিম ৪/২১, হাঃ ৪২০, আহমাদ ১৯৭২০)

ہم سے اسحاق بن نصر نے بیان کیا، کہا کہ ہم سے حسین بن علی بن ولید نے زائدہ بن قدامہ سے بیان کیا، انہوں نے عبدالملک بن عمیر سے، کہا کہ مجھ سے ابوبردہ عامر نے بیان کیا، انہوں نے ابوموسیٰ اشعری رضی اللہ عنہ سے، آپ نے فرمایا کہ آپ نے فرمایا کہ نبی کریم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم بیمار ہوئے اور جب بیماری شدت اختیار کر گئی تو آپ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا کہ ابوبکر ( رضی اللہ عنہ ) سے کہو کہ وہ لوگوں کو نماز پڑھائیں۔

اس پر عائشہ رضی اللہ عنہا بولیں کہ وہ نرم دل ہیں جب آپ کی جگہ کھڑے ہوں گے تو ان کے لیے نماز پڑھانا مشکل ہو گا۔ آپ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے پھر فرمایا کہ ابوبکر سے کہو کہ وہ نماز پڑھائیں۔ عائشہ رضی اللہ عنہا نے پھر وہی بات کہی۔ آپ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے پھر فرمایا کہ ابوبکر سے کہو کہ نماز پڑھائیں، تم لوگ صواحب یوسف ( زلیخا ) کی طرح ( باتیں بناتی ) ہو۔

آخر ابوبکر صدیق رضی اللہ عنہ کے پاس آدمی بلانے آیا اور آپ نے لوگوں کو نبی کریم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم کی زندگی میں ہی نماز پڑھائی۔

Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Ishaq bin Nashr] berkata, telah menceritakan kepada kami [Husain] dari [Zai'dah] dari ['Abdul Malik bin 'Umair] berkata, telah menceritakan kepadaku [Abu Burdah] dari [Abu Musa] ia berkata, "Ketika sakit Nabi shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam semakin parah, beliau berkata, "Suruhlah Abu Bakar untuk memimpin shalat orang-orang."

'Aisyah berkata, "Sesungguhnya Abu Bakar adalah seorang laki-laki yang lemah (hatinya; mudah menangis) jika harus menggantikan posisi Tuan, dia tidak akan mampu untuk memimpin shalat bersama orang-orang."

Beliau berkata lagi: "Suruhlah Abu Bakar untuk memimpin shalat orang-orang." 'Aisyah kembali mengulangi jawabannya. Maka beliau pun bersabda: "Suruhlah Abu Bakar untuk memimpin shalat orang-orang. Kalian ini seperti isteri-isteri Yusuf!" Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam kemudian mendatangi Abu Bakar dan shalat bersama manusia di akhir masa hidupnya

Ebu Musa el-Eş'arî (r.a.) şöyle demiştir: "Resulullah Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem hastalanmıştı. Hastalığı ilerleyip ızdırabı artınca 'Ebu Bekir'e söyleyin cemaate namazı kıldırsın' buyurdu. Aişe (r.anha) 'O pek yufka yürekli bir insandır, senin yerine geçerse halka namaz kıldıramaz’ deyince Resulullah Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem aynı emrini tekrarladı; 'Söyleyin Ebu Bekir'e namazı kıldırsın.'

Aişe (r.anha) da aynı şekilde mukabelede bulununca Resulullah Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem emrini bizzat ona yönelterek şöyle dedi: 'Ebu Bekir'e söyle cemaate namazı kıldırsın. Yusuf'un başını derde sokan siz kadınlar değil misiniz zaten!?' Bunun üzerine Ebu Bekir (r.a.)'e haberci geldi ve o da Resulullah Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem hayatta iken halka namaz kıldırdı. Tekrar: 3385. Not: Bu habercinin Bilal olduğu rivayet edilmiştir. (Mütercim)

Sahih al-Bukhari 678, Book 10, Call to Prayers (Adhaan), Hadith 72. 1 min read

What it means

When the last illness of the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) became more intense, he was not able to lead the people in prayer, so he ordered those who were with him to tell Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) to lead the prayer. Abu Bakr used to weep much whenever he recited the Qur’an, so ‘Ā'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) made an excuse for him on account of his weeping.

However, in the Hadīth mentioned here, her real intention was not that Abu Bakr should not lead the prayer because of his weeping while reciting the Qur'an; rather, she feared that people would regard her father, Abu Bakr, as a bad omen for taking the place of the Prophet in leading the prayer (i.e. heralding his imminent death).

So she did not show what she was hiding in her heart. In a narration in Sahīh Muslim, ‘Ā'ishah said: "By Allah, there is nothing disturbing in it for me but the idea that people may see a bad omen in the first person to take the place of the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him)."

She said: "I tried to dissuade him twice or thrice (from appointing my father as Imām in prayer), but he ordered Abu Bakr to lead the people in prayer and said: 'You women are like the women who surrounded Yūsuf.'" He intended by saying "the women who surrounded Yūsuf" that they are like those women in the story of Prophet Yūsuf in showing outwardly what was contrary to what is in their hearts.

Although he used the plural form, he intended only one woman, which is ‘Ā'ishah, just as he intended by saying "those women who surrounded Yūsuf" only one woman, which is Zulaykha, wife of the ruler of Egypt at the time of Yūsuf. The aspect of similarity between the two women is that Zulaykha invited the women and outwardly showed them hospitality, but her inward intention behind inviting them was to make them look at the beauty of Yūsuf so that they would excuse her for loving him.

Likewise, ‘Ā'ishah outwardly expressed that the reason she wanted her father to be exempted from leading the prayer was that the worshipers would not hear his recitation of the Qur’an because of his weeping, whereas her real intention was her fear that people would find a bad omen in him, as explicitly mentioned in other narrations of the Hadīth, where she said: "...

the only reason that I argued with him (about this matter) was that I did not feel in my heart that after him (the Prophet) the people would ever love a man who had taken his place.”

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam al-Bukhari back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam al-BukhariCompiler, died 256 AH
  2. 2Ishaq ibn IbrahimTold us, Fourth generation, died 232 AH
  3. 3Al-Husayn ibn AliTold us, Third generation, died 203 AH
  4. 4Zaidah ibn QudamahFrom, Third generation, died 160 AH
  5. 5Abd al-Malik ibn UmayrFrom, Successor, died 133 AH
  6. 6Abu Burdah ibn Abi MusaTold me, Successor, died 103 AH
  7. 7Abu Musa al-AshariFrom, Companion, died 42 AH

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