Sahih al-Bukhari 5242

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Chapter: "I will go round all my wives tonight."

Chain of Narration (Isnad)

Narrated by Sulaiman bin Da'ud bin Da'ud 7 narrators

Mahmud bin Ghaylan Atbāʿ Atbāʿ al-Tābiʿīn d. 239 AH or after 'Abdur-Razzaq Atbāʿ al-Tābiʿīn 126 AH/744 CE – 211 AH/827 CE Ma'mar bin Rashid Atbāʿ al-Tābiʿīn 95 or 96 AH – 154 AH/770 CE 'Abdullah bin Tawus Tābiʿī d. 132 AH Tawus bin Kaysan Tābiʿī ~30 AH (est.) – 106 AH or after Abu Hurairah Companion 12 BH/603 CE – 59 AH/681 CE Sulaiman bin Da'ud bin Da'ud Atbāʿ Atbāʿ al-Tābiʿīn d. 219 AH or after

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."

Reference

Sahih al-Bukhari 5242

In-book reference

Book 67, Hadith 175

USC-MSA web (English)

Vol. 7, Book 62, Hadith 169

Translation by Muhsin Khan · Language: EN

Arabic 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 ‏"‏‏.‏

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