Sahih al-Bukhari 2215 (Book 40, Hadith 3)
property (or family) in Mecca and I would look after his in Medina. When I mentioned the word ‘Ar64
Rahman’ in the documents, Umaiya said, “I do not know ‘Ar-Rahman.’ Write down to me your name,
(with which you called yourself) in the Pre-Islamic Period of Ignorance.” So, I wrote my name ‘
`Abdu `Amr’. On the day (of the battle) of Badr, when all the people went to sleep, I went up the hill
to protect him. Bilal(1) saw him (i.e. Umaiya) and went to a gathering of Ansar and said, “(Here is)
Umaiya bin Khalaf! Woe to me if he escapes!” So, a group of Ansar went out with Bilal to follow us
(`Abdur-Rahman and Umaiya). Being afraid that they would catch us, I left Umaiya’s son for them to
keep them busy but the Ansar killed the son and insisted on following us. Umaiya was a fat man, and
when they approached us, I told him to kneel down, and he knelt, and I laid myself on him to protect
him, but the Ansar killed him by passing their swords underneath me, and one of them injured my foot
with his sword. (The sub narrator said, ” `Abdur-Rahman used to show us the trace of the wound on
the back of his foot.”)
قَالَ أَبُو عَبْد اللَّهِ سَمِعَ يُوسُفُ صَالِحًا وَإِبْرَاهِيمُ أَبَاهُ
Sahih al-Bukhari 2215 (Book 40, Hadith 3)
The above hadith is from the Sahih al-Buhari collection of hadiths. Within the Islamic scholarly tradition, few works hold as much weight as Sahih al-Bukhari. This vast compilation, assembled by the Persian scholar al-Bukhārī circa 847, is a cornerstone of Sunni faith and practice. It is one of the six canonical hadith collections known collectively as the Kutub al-Sittah. Imam al-Bukhārī’s work is particularly celebrated for its author’s stringent criteria in verifying the chain of narration (isnad), resulting in a trusted body of over 7,500 hadiths organized into 97 distinct chapters that cover every aspect of life.
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