Sahih al-Bukhari 4401 (Book 65, Hadith 129)
Baida’ or at Dhat-al-Jaish, a necklace of mine was broken (and lost). Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) stayed there to
look for it, and so did the people along with him. Neither were they at a place of water, nor did they
have any water with them. So the people went to Abu Bakr As-Siddiq and said, “Don’t you see what
`Aisha has done? She has made Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and the people, stay where there is no water and they
have no water with them.” Abu Bakr came while Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) was sleeping with his head on my
thigh. He said (to me), “You have detained Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and the people where there is no water,
and they have no water with them.” So he admonished me and said what Allah wished him to say, and
he hit me on my flanks with his hand. Nothing prevented me from moving (because of pain! but the
position of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) on my thigh. So Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) got up when dawn broke and there was no
water, so Allah revealed the Verse of Tayammum. Usaid bin Hudair said, “It is not the first blessing of
yours, O the family of Abu Bakr.” Then we made the camel on which I was riding, got up, and found
the necklace under it.
Sahih al-Bukhari 4401 (Book 65, Hadith 129)
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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For more Hadith in Book 65: Prophetic Commentary on the Qur’an (Tafseer of the Prophet (pbuh))