Sahih al-Bukhari 5242

Book 67: Wedlock, Marriage (Nikaah) · Hadith 175

Hadith text

حَدَّثَنِي مَحْمُودٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ طَاوُسٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ ‏"‏ قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ ـ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ ـ لأَطُوفَنَّ اللَّيْلَةَ بِمِائَةِ امْرَأَةٍ، تَلِدُ كُلُّ امْرَأَةٍ غُلاَمًا، يُقَاتِلُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ الْمَلَكُ قُلْ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ‏.‏ فَلَمْ يَقُلْ وَنَسِيَ، فَأَطَافَ بِهِنَّ، وَلَمْ تَلِدْ مِنْهُنَّ إِلاَّ امْرَأَةٌ نِصْفَ إِنْسَانٍ ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ لَوْ قَالَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَمْ يَحْنَثْ، وَكَانَ أَرْجَى لِحَاجَتِهِ ‏"‏‏.‏

Narrated Abu Huraira:(The Prophet) Solomon son of (the Prophet) David said, "Tonight I will go round (i.e. have sexual relations with) one hundred women (my wives) everyone of whom will deliver a male child who will fight in Allah's Cause." On that an Angel said to him, "Say: 'If Allah will.' " But Solomon did not say it and forgot to say it. Then he had sexual relations with them but none of them delivered any child except one who delivered a half person. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "If Solomon had said: 'If Allah will,' Allah would have fulfilled his (above) desire and that saying would have made him more hopeful

Abu Huraira bataate hain: Nabi Sulaiman, Nabi Dawood ke bete, ne kaha, 'Aaj raat main (apni) sau biwiyon ke paas jaaunga, har ek ek beta janm degi jo Allah ki raah mein jihaad karega.' Isper ek Farishte ne unse kaha, 'Kaho: "Agar Allah ne chaaha."' Magar Sulaiman ne ye nahi kaha aur kehna bhool gaye. Phir unhone unke saath sambhog kiya, magar unmein se kisi ne bhi bacha nahi janma siwaaye ek ke, jisne aadhaa insaan janma. Nabi (SAW) ne farmaya, 'Agar Sulaiman ne "Agar Allah ne chaaha" kaha hota, to Allah unki (upar wali) khwaahish poori kar deta, aur wo baat unhein aur ummeed bhari banaati.'

Sahih al-Bukhari 5242 · Book 67, Hadith 175

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