Engage with the most authentic book after the Quran: Sahih al-Bukhari. This category is dedicated to the monumental work of Imam Muhammad al-Bukhari, who spent 16 years meticulously verifying over 600,000 narrations to compile about 7,563 sound Hadith. Here, you will explore the definitive record of the Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) teachings, covering faith, law, history, and morality. Imam al-Bukhari’s unparalleled rigorous methodology set the gold standard for Hadith verification. This category is an essential resource for every Muslim seeking certainty in their understanding of Islam’s core practices and beliefs.

Sahih al-Bukhari 5121 (Book 68, Hadith 80)

Sahih al-Bukhari 5121 (Book 68, Hadith 80) Zainab further said: I want to Zainab bint Jahsh when her brother died. She asked for perfume and used some of it and said, “By Allah, I am not in need of perfume, but I have heard Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) saying on the pulpit, ‘It is not lawful […]

Sahih al-Bukhari 5122 (Book 68, Hadith 81)

Sahih al-Bukhari 5122 (Book 68, Hadith 81) Zainab further said: “I heard my mother, Um Salama saying that a woman came to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! The husband of my daughter has died and she is suffering from an eye disease, can she apply kohl to her eye?” Allah’s Messenger […]

Sahih al-Bukhari 5123 (Book 68, Hadith 82)

Sahih al-Bukhari 5123 (Book 68, Hadith 82) I (Humaid) said to Zainab, “What does ‘throwing a globe of dung when one year had elapsed’ mean?” Zainab said, “When a lady was bereaved of her husband, she would live in a wretched small room and put on the worst clothes she had and would not touch […]

Sahih al-Bukhari 5124 (Book 68, Hadith 83)

Sahih al-Bukhari 5124 (Book 68, Hadith 83) Narrated Um Salama: A woman was bereaved of her husband and her relatives worried about her eyes (which were diseased). They came to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ), and asked him to allow them to treat her eyes with kohl, but he said, “Sheshould not apply kohl to her eyes. […]

Sahih al-Bukhari 5125 (Book 68, Hadith 84)

Sahih al-Bukhari 5125 (Book 68, Hadith 84) Narrated Um Habiba: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “It is not lawful for a Muslim woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to mourn for more than three days, except for her husband, for whom she should mourn for fourmonths and ten days.” وَسَمِعْتُ زَيْنَبَ ابْنَةَ أُمِّ […]

Sahih al-Bukhari 5126 (Book 68, Hadith 85)

Sahih al-Bukhari 5126 (Book 68, Hadith 85) Narrated Um ‘Atiyya: We were forbidden to mourn for more than three days except for a husband. حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ عَلْقَمَةَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ، قَالَتْ أُمُّ عَطِيَّةَ نُهِينَا أَنْ نُحِدَّ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ثَلاَثٍ إِلاَّ بِزَوْجٍ‏.‏ Sahih al-Bukhari 5126 (Book 68, Hadith 85)   […]

Sahih al-Bukhari 5127 (Book 68, Hadith 86)

Sahih al-Bukhari 5127 (Book 68, Hadith 86) Narrated Um ‘Atiyya: We were forbidden to mourn for more than three days for a dead person, except for a husband, for whom a wife should mourn for four months and ten days (while in the mourning period) we were not allowed to put kohl in our eyes, […]

Sahih al-Bukhari 5128 (Book 68, Hadith 87)

Sahih al-Bukhari 5128 (Book 68, Hadith 87) Narrated Um ‘Atiyya: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “It is not lawful for a lady who believes in Allah and the Last Day, to mourn for more than three days for a dead person, except for her husband, in which case she should neither put kohl in her eyes, […]

Sahih al-Bukhari 5129 (Book 68, Hadith 88)

Sahih al-Bukhari 5129 (Book 68, Hadith 88) Um ‘Atiyya added: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “She should not use perfume except when she becomes clean from her menses whereupon she can use Qust, and Azfar (two kinds of incense). وَقَالَ الأَنْصَارِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ، حَدَّثَتْنَا حَفْصَةُ، حَدَّثَتْنِي أُمُّ عَطِيَّةَ، نَهَى النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ “‏ […]

Sahih al-Bukhari 5130 (Book 68, Hadith 89)

Sahih al-Bukhari 5130 (Book 68, Hadith 89) Narrated Mujahid: (regarding the Verse): ‘If any of you dies and leaves wives behind,’ That was the period of the ‘Iddah which the widow was obliged to spend in the house of the late husband. Then Allah revealed: And those of you who die and leave wives should […]

Sahih al-Bukhari 5131 (Book 68, Hadith 90)

Sahih al-Bukhari 5131 (Book 68, Hadith 90) Narrated Zainab bint Um Salama: When Um Habiba bint Abi Sufyan was informed of her father’s death, she asked for perfume and rubbed it over her arms and said, “I am not in need of perfume, but I have heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, “It is not lawful […]

Sahih al-Bukhari 5132 (Book 68, Hadith 91)

Sahih al-Bukhari 5132 (Book 68, Hadith 91) Narrated Abu Mas`ud: The Prophet (ﷺ) prohibited taking the price of a dog, the earnings of a soothsayer and the money earned by prostitution. حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ […]