Sahih al-Bukhari 3731 (Book 63, Hadith 119)
of Bani-al-Harith bin Khazraj. Then I got ill and my hair fell down. Later on my hair grew (again) and
my mother, Um Ruman, came to me while I was playing in a swing with some of my girl friends. She
called me, and I went to her, not knowing what she wanted to do to me. She caught me by the hand
and made me stand at the door of the house. I was breathless then, and when my breathing became
Allright, she took some water and rubbed my face and head with it. Then she took me into the house.
There in the house I saw some Ansari women who said, “Best wishes and Allah’s Blessing and a good
luck.” Then she entrusted me to them and they prepared me (for the marriage). Unexpectedly Allah’s
Apostle came to me in the forenoon and my mother handed me over to him, and at that time I was a
girl of nine years of age.
Sahih al-Bukhari 3731 (Book 63, Hadith 119)
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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