Sahih al-Bukhari 2364

Book 42: Distribution of Water · Hadith 12

Hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ، حَدَّثَنَا نَافِعُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ، عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم صَلَّى صَلاَةَ الْكُسُوفِ، فَقَالَ ‏ "‏ دَنَتْ مِنِّي النَّارُ حَتَّى قُلْتُ أَىْ رَبِّ، وَأَنَا مَعَهُمْ فَإِذَا امْرَأَةٌ ـ حَسِبْتُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ ـ تَخْدِشُهَا هِرَّةٌ قَالَ مَا شَأْنُ هَذِهِ قَالُوا حَبَسَتْهَا حَتَّى مَاتَتْ جُوعًا ‏"‏‏.‏

Narrated Asma' bint Abi Bakr:The Prophet (ﷺ) prayed the eclipse prayer, and then said, "Hell was displayed so close that I said, 'O my Lord ! Am I going to be one of its inhabitants?"' Suddenly he saw a woman. I think he said, who was being scratched by a cat. He said, "What is wrong with her?" He was told, "She had imprisoned it (i.e. the cat) till it died of hunger

Asma bint Abi Bakr (رضی اللہ عنہا) bataati hain: Nabi ne suraj grahan ki namaz padhi, phir kaha: "Dozakh mujhe itni qareeb dikhaee gayi ke maine kaha, 'Aye mere Rab! Kya main iske bashindon mein se ek hounga?'" Achanak Aap ne ek aurat dekhi. Mujhe lagta hai unhone kaha, use ek billi nochne (kharaash karne) wali thi. Aap ne pucha: "Iska kya haal hai?" Unhe bataya gaya: "Isne (billi ko) qaid kiya jab tak woh bhookh se mar nahi gayi."

Sahih al-Bukhari 2364 · Book 42, Hadith 12

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