Sahih al-Bukhari 3217 (Book 60, Hadith 30)
unbeliever) or the letters Kafir (the root of the Arabic verb ‘disbelieve’) written on his forehead, I
heard Ibn `Abbas saying, “I did not hear this, but the Prophet (ﷺ) said, ‘If you want to see Abraham, then
look at your companion (i.e. the Prophet) but Moses was a curly-haired, brown man (who used to
ride) a red camel, the reins of which was made of fires of date-palms. As if I were now looking down
a valley.”
“ أَمَّا إِبْرَاهِيمُ فَانْظُرُوا إِلَى صَاحِبِكُمْ، وَأَمَّا مُوسَى فَجَعْدٌ آدَمُ عَلَى جَمَلٍ أَحْمَرَ مَخْطُومٍ بِخُلْبَةٍ، كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ انْحَدَرَ فِي الْوَادِي ”.
Sahih al-Bukhari 3217 (Book 60, Hadith 30)
The above hadith is from the Sahih al-Buhari collection of hadiths. The compilation known as Sahih al-Bukhari is a paramount collection of the Sunnah and hadith of the Prophet Muhammad. Its creator, Muḥammad ibn Ismā‘īl al-Bukhārī, dedicated his life to this work, completing it around 847. It holds a position of immense respect as arguably the most authentic book in Sunni Islam after the Holy Quran. As a key pillar of the six canonical books (Kutub al-Sittah), its detailed 97-chapter structure houses an estimated 7,563 narrations that continue to shape Islamic theology, law, and ethics to this day.
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For more Hadith in Book 60: Prophets