Narrated Abu Huraira:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "None spoke in cradle but three: (The first was) Jesus, (the second was), there a man from Bani Israel called Juraij. While he was offering his prayers, his mother came and called him. He said (to himself), 'Shall I answer her or keep on praying?" (He went on praying) and did not answer her, his mother said, "O Allah! Do not let him die till he sees the faces of prostitutes." So while he was in his hermitage, a lady came and sought to seduce him, but he refused. So she went to a shepherd and presented herself to him to commit illegal sexual intercourse with her and then later she gave birth to a child and claimed that it belonged to Juraij. The people, therefore, came to him and dismantled his hermitage and expelled him out of it and abused him. Juraij performed the ablution and offered prayer, and then came to the child and said, 'O child! Who is your father?' The child replied, 'The shepherd.' (After hearing this) the people said, 'We shall rebuild your hermitage of gold,' but he said, 'No, of nothing but mud.'(The third was the hero of the following story) A lady from Bani Israel was nursing her child at her breast when a handsome rider passed by her. She said, 'O Allah ! Make my child like him.' On that the child left her breast, and facing the rider said, 'O Allah! Do not make me like him.' The child then started to suck her breast again. (Abu Huraira further said, "As if I were now looking at the Prophet (ﷺ) sucking his finger (in way of demonstration.") After a while the people passed by, with a lady slave and she (i.e. the child's mother) said, 'O Allah! Do not make my child like this (slave girl)!, On that the child left her breast and said, 'O Allah! Make me like her.' When she asked why, the child replied, 'The rider is one of the tyrants while this slave girl is falsely accused of theft and illegal sexual intercourse."
Reference
Sahih al-Bukhari 3436
In-book reference
Book 60, Hadith 107
USC-MSA web (English)
Vol. 4, Book 55, Hadith 645
Translation by Dr. M. Muhsin Khan · Language: EN
Sahih
It is related from Abu Hurayra that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Only three people talked in their cradles: 'Isa son of Maryam and a man among the tribe of Israel called Jurayj. His mother came to him while he was praying and called him. He said, 'Shall I answer or shall I pray?' She said, 'O Allah, do not let him die without having looked into the face of a prostitute!' While Jurayj was in his hermitage, a woman displayed herself to him or spoke to him, but he refused. So she went to a shepherd and offered herself to him. She gave birth to a child and said, 'It is from Jurayj.' They went to him and demolished his hermitage, forced him down, and began to abuse him. He did wudu' and prayed and then went to the child and said, 'Boy, who is your father?' The boy said, 'The shepherd.' They said, 'We will build you a hermitage of gold.' He said, 'No, only from clay.' While a child of the tribe of Israel was feeding from its mother, a man of good appearance passed by riding. She said, 'O Allah, make my son like this man.' He left the breast and turned to look at the rider and said, 'O Allah, do not make me like him.' Then he turned back to the breast and began to feed." Abu Hurayra said, "It is as if I could see the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, describing his feeding by putting his forefinger in his mouth and sucking it." "Then a slavegirl was brought by and she said, 'O Allah, do not make my son like her!' He stopped feeding and looked at her and said, 'O Allah, make me like her.' She said, 'Why is that?' He said, "The rider was one of the tyrants and they say that this slave-girl stole and committed fornication, but she did not do it.'" Another isnad.
Reference
Sahih al-Bukhari 3436
In-book reference
Book 60, Hadith 107
USC-MSA web (English)
Vol. 4, Book 55, Hadith 645
Translation by Aisha Bewley · Language: EN
Sahih
