Sahih al-Bukhari 6639

Book 83: Oaths and Vows · Hadith 18

Hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزِّنَادِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ لأَطُوفَنَّ اللَّيْلَةَ عَلَى تِسْعِينَ امْرَأَةً، كُلُّهُنَّ تَأْتِي بِفَارِسٍ يُجَاهِدُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ‏.‏ فَقَالَ لَهُ صَاحِبُهُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ‏.‏ فَلَمْ يَقُلْ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ‏.‏ فَطَافَ عَلَيْهِنَّ جَمِيعًا، فَلَمْ تَحْمِلْ مِنْهُنَّ إِلاَّ امْرَأَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ، جَاءَتْ بِشِقِّ رَجُلٍ، وَايْمُ الَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ لَوْ قَالَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ‏.‏ لَجَاهَدُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فُرْسَانًا أَجْمَعُونَ ‏"‏‏.‏

Narrated Abu Huraira:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "(The Prophet) Solomon once said, 'Tonight I will sleep with ninety women, each of whom will bring forth a (would-be) cavalier who will fight in Allah's Cause." On this, his companion said to him, "Say: Allah willing!" But he did not say Allah willing. Solomon then slept with all the women, but none of them became pregnant but one woman who later delivered a halfman. By Him in Whose Hand Muhammad's soul is, if he (Solomon) had said, 'Allah willing' (all his wives would have brought forth boys) and they would have fought in Allah's Cause as cavaliers

Abu Huraira bataate hain: Allah ke Rasool (SAW) ne farmaya, '(Nabi) Sulaiman ne ek baar kaha, "Aaj raat main ninety khawaateen ke saath so-unga, jinmein se har ek Allah ki raah mein ladne wale ek (bhaavi) jaanbaaz ko janm degi." Isper unke saathi ne unse kaha, "Kaho: Agar Allah chaahe!" Magar unhone 'Agar Allah chaahe' nahi kaha. Sulaiman phir sab khawaateen ke saath soye, magar unmein se koi hamila nahi hui siwaaye ek khaatoon ke jisne baad mein ek aadha-aadmi janm diya. Us Zaat ki qasam jiske haath mein Muhammad ki jaan hai, agar unhone (Sulaiman ne) "Agar Allah chaahe" kaha hota (to unki sab biwiyaan ladke janamti) aur wo Allah ki raah mein jaanbaaz banke ladte.'

Sahih al-Bukhari 6639 · Book 83, Hadith 18

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