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Sahih Muslim 13a

Once during the journey of the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) a bedouin appeared before him and caught hold of the nosestring of his she-camel and then said, Messenger of Allah (or Muhammad),…

Khalidnarrated it
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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ طَلْحَةَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو أَيُّوبَ

أَنَّ أَعْرَابِيًّا، عَرَضَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ فِي سَفَرٍ فَأَخَذَ بِخِطَامِ نَاقَتِهِ أَوْ بِزِمَامِهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ (أَوْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ) أَخْبِرْنِي بِمَا يُقَرِّبُنِي مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَمَا يُبَاعِدُنِي مِنَ النَّارِ.

قَالَ فَكَفَّ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ نَظَرَ فِي أَصْحَابِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ: «لَقَدْ وُفِّقَ (أَوْ لَقَدْ هُدِيَ) قَالَ: كَيْفَ قُلْتَ».

قَالَ فَأَعَادَ. فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «تَعْبُدُ اللَّهَ لَا تُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئًا وَتُقِيمُ الصَّلَاةَ وَتُؤْتِي الزَّكَاةَ وَتَصِلُ الرَّحِمَ دَعِ النَّاقَةَ»

Once during the journey of the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) a bedouin appeared before him and caught hold of the nosestring of his she-camel and then said, Messenger of Allah (or Muhammad), inform me about that which takes me near to Paradise and draws me away from the Fire (of Hell).

He (the narrator) said: The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) stopped for a while and cast a glance upon his companions and then said: He was afforded a good opportunity (or he had been guided well). He (the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam)) addressing the bedouin said: (Repeat) whatever you have uttered. He (the bedouin) repeated that.

Upon this the Messenger (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) remarked: The deed which can draw you near to Paradise and take you away from Hell is, that you worship Allah and associate none with Him, and you establish prayer and pay Zakat, and do good to your kin. After having uttered these words, the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) asked the bedouin to release the nosestring of his she-camel.

سفیان بن حسین سے روایت ہے کہ ایاس بن معاویہ مجھ سے مطالبہ کیا اور کہا میں تمہیں دیکھتا ہوں تم قرآن کےعلم سے شدید رغبت رکھتے ہوں تم میرے سامنے ایک سورۃ پڑھو اور اس کی تفسیر کرو تاکہ جو تمہیں علم ہے میں بھی اسے دیکھوں ۔ کہا .میں نے ایسا کیا تو انہوں نے مجھ سے فرمایا جوبات میں تم سے کہنے لگا ہوں اسے میری طرف سے ہمیشہ یاد رکھنا ۔

Sahih Muslim 13a, Book 1, The Book of Faith, Hadith 12. 1 min read

What it means

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) was in Al-Abtah in upper Makkah. Bilāl came out with the water that was left over from the ablution of the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) and people were seeking blessing from that water. Then Bilāl called the Adhān.

Abu Juhayfah said that he kept watching Bilāl's mouth as he was turning to the right and left saying: “Come to prayer, come to success”, so the people could hear him, as these two sentences are intended to encourage them to come to the prayer. Then a short spear was fixed in the ground for the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) to act as a Sutrah for him during his prayer.

He performed two Rak‘ahs for the Zhuhr prayer and he continued to shorten the four-Rak‘ah prayers until he returned to Madīnah, because he was a traveler.

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

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam Muslim back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam MuslimCompiler, died 261 AH
  2. 2Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn NumayrTold us, Fourth generation, died 234 AH
  3. 3Abdullah ibn NumayrTold us, Third generation, died 199 AH
  4. 4Amr ibn UthmanTold us, Successor, died 151 AH
  5. 5Musa ibn TalhahTold us, Companion, died 103 AH
  6. 6Khalid ibn ZaydTold me, Companion, died 50 AH

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