Sahih al-Bukhari 3866

Hadith text

Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar:I never heard `Umar saying about something that he thought it would be so-and-so, but he was quite right. Once, while `Umar was sitting, a handsome man passed by him, `Umar said, "If I am not wrong, this person is still on his religion of the pre-Islamic period of ignorance or he was their foreteller. Call the man to me." When the man was called to him, he told him of his thought. The man said, "I have never seen such a day on which a Muslim is faced with such an accusation." `Umar said, "I am determined that you should tell me the truth." He said, "I was a foreteller in the pre-Islamic period of ignorance." Then `Umar said, "Tell me the most astonishing thing your female Jinn has told you of." He said, "One-day while I was in the market, she came to me scared and said, 'Haven't you seen the Jinns and their despair and they were overthrown after their defeat (and prevented from listening to the news of the heaven) so that they (stopped going to the sky and) kept following camel-riders (i.e. 'Arabs)?" `Umar said, "He is right." and added, "One day while I was near their idols, there came a man with a calf and slaughtered it as a sacrifice (for the idols). An (unseen) creature shouted at him, and I have never heard harsher than his voice. He was crying, 'O you bold evil-doer! A matter of success! An eloquent man is saying: None has the right to be worshipped except you (O Allah).' On that the people fled, but I said, 'I shall not go away till I know what is behind this.' Then the cry came again: 'O you bold evil-doer! A matter of success! An eloquent man is saying: None has the right to be worshipped except Allah.' I then went away and a few days later it was said, "A prophet has appeared

Abdullah bin Umar bataate hain: Maine kabhi Umar ko kisi cheez ke baare mein yeh kehte nahi suna ke unhe lagta hai yeh aisa-aisa hoga, magar woh bilkul sahi nikle. Ek baar, jabke Umar baithe the, ek khoobsurat shaks unke paas se guzra. Umar ne kaha, "Agar main galat nahi hoon, yeh shaks abhi bhi apne jahiliyat ke daur ke deen par hai, ya woh unka bhavishyavakta tha. Ise mere paas bulao." Jab shaks ko bulaya gaya, Umar ne unhe apna khyaal bataya. Shaks ne kaha, "Maine kabhi aisa din nahi dekha jispar ek Musalman ko aise ilzaam ka saamna karna pade." Umar ne kaha, "Main eershya se poochta hoon ke tum mujhe sach batao." Usne kaha, "Main jahiliyat ke daur mein ek bhavishyavakta tha." Phir Umar ne kaha, "Mujhe woh sabse aashcharyajanak baat batao jo tumhari maada jin ne tumhe bataee hai." Usne kaha, "Ek din jabke main bazaar mein tha, woh darte hue mere paas aee aur kaha, 'Kya tumne Jinnon aur unki nirasha nahi dekhi aur unki haar ke baad unhe ulta diya gaya (aur unhe aasman ki khabron sunne se roka gaya) taake woh (aasman jane se rukkar) unton par sawar logon (yaani Arbon) ka picha karte rahe?'" Umar ne kaha, "Woh sahi hai," aur joda, "Ek din jabke main unke buton ke paas tha, ek shaks ek bachchada gaay lekar aaya aur use qurbani ke tor par zabah kiya. Ek (adrishya) mahluk ne unpar chilla, aur maine kabhi unki aawaaz se zyada karki aawaaz nahi suni. Woh chilla raha tha, 'Aye tum, sahsi burakaar! Kaamyaabi ki baat hai! Ek vakpatu insaan kah raha hai: Tere siwa koi mabood nahi (Aye Allah).'" Isspar log bhaag gaye, magar maine kaha, "Main tab tak nahi jaunga jab tak mujhe pata na chale iske pichhe kya hai." Phir cheekh dobara aee: "Aye tum, sahsi burakaar! Kaamyaabi ki baat hai! Ek vakpatu insaan kah raha hai: Tere siwa koi mabood nahi." Main phir chala gaya aur kuch dinon baad kaha gaya, "Ek Nabi prakat hue hain."

Sahih al-Bukhari 3866 · Book 63, Hadith 91