Book 78: Good Manners and Form (Al-Adab)

Sahih al-Bukhari 5958 (Book 78, Hadith 217) Narrated Sa`id bin Al-Musaiyab: That when his grandfather, Hazn visited the Prophet (ﷺ) the Prophet (ﷺ) said (to him), “What is your name?” He said, “My name is Hazn.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ” But you are Sahl.” He said, “I will not change my name with which […]

Sahih al-Bukhari 5959 (Book 78, Hadith 218) Narrated Isma`il: I asked Abi `Aufa, “Did you see Ibrahim, the son of the Prophet (ﷺ) ?” He said, “Yes, but he died in his early childhood. Had there been a Prophet after Muhammad then his son would have lived, but there is no Prophet after him.” حَدَّثَنَا […]

Sahih al-Bukhari 5960 (Book 78, Hadith 219) Narrated Al-Bara: When Ibrahim (the son of the Prophet) died, Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “There is a wet nurse for him in Paradise.” حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْبَرَاءَ، قَالَ لَمَّا مَاتَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ ـ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ ـ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى […]

Sahih al-Bukhari 5961 (Book 78, Hadith 220) Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah Al-Ansari: Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “Name yourselves after me (by my name) but do not call (yourselves) by my Kuniya (1), for I am Al-Qasim (distributor), and I distribute among you Allah’s blessings.” This narration has also come on the authority of Anas that […]

Sahih al-Bukhari 5962 (Book 78, Hadith 221) Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Name yourselves after me (by my name), but do not call yourselves by my Kuniya, and whoever sees me in a dream, he surely sees me, for Satan cannot impersonate me (appear in my figure). And whoever intentionally ascribes something to […]

Sahih al-Bukhari 5963 (Book 78, Hadith 222) Narrated Abu Musa: I got a son and I took him to the Prophet (ﷺ) who named him Ibrahim, and put in his mouth the juice of a date fruit (which be himself had chewed?, and invoked for Allah’s blessing upon him, and then gave him back to […]

Sahih al-Bukhari 5965 (Book 78, Hadith 224) Narrated Abu Hurairah (ra): When the Prophet (ﷺ) (once) raised his head after bowing he said, “O Allah, save Al-Walid bin Al-Walid and Salama bin Hisham and ‘Aiyyash bin Abu Rabi’a and the helpless weak believers of Makkah. O Allah, be hard on the tribe of Mudar. O […]

Sahih al-Bukhari 5966 (Book 78, Hadith 225) Narrated `Aisha: (the wife the Prophet) Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “O Aisha! This is Gabriel sending his greetings to you.” I said, “Peace, and Allah’s Mercy be on him.” `Aisha added: The Prophet (ﷺ) used to see things which we used not to see. حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، أَخْبَرَنَا […]

Sahih al-Bukhari 5967 (Book 78, Hadith 226) Narrated Anas: Once Um Sulaim was (with the women who were) in charge of the luggage on a journey, and Anjashah, the slave of the Prophet, was driving their camels (very fast). The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “O Anjash! Drive slowly (the camels) with the glass vessels (i.e., ladies). […]

Sahih al-Bukhari 5968 (Book 78, Hadith 227) Narrated Anas: The Prophet (ﷺ) was the best of all the people in character. I had a brother called Abu `Umar, who, I think, had been newly weaned. Whenever he (that child) was brought to the Prophet (ﷺ) the Prophet (ﷺ) used to say, “O Abu `Umar! What […]