Sahih al-Bukhari 4603 (Book 65, Hadith 331)
say it, but if he does not know it, he should say, “Allah knows better,’ for it is a sign of having
knowledge to say about something which one does not know, ‘Allah knows better.’ Allah said to His
Prophet: ‘Say (O Muhammad ! ) No wage do I ask of You for this (Qur’an) nor am I one of the
pretenders (a person who pretends things which do not exist).’ (38.86) Now I will tell you about Ad-
Dukhan (the smoke), Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) invited the Quraish to embrace Islam, but they delayed their
response. So he said, “O Allah! Help me against them by sending on them seven years of famine
similar to the seven years of famine of Joseph.” So the famine year overtook them and everything was
destroyed till they ate dead animals and skins. People started imagining to see smoke between them
and the sky because of severe hunger. Allah said:
‘Then watch you for the Day that the sky will bring forth a kind of smoke plainly visible, covering the
people. . . This is painful torment.’ (44.10-11) (So they invoked Allah) “Our Lord! Remove the
punishment from us really we are believers.” How can there be an (effectual) reminder for them when
an Apostle, explaining things clearly, has already come to them? Then they had turned away from him
and said: ‘One taught (by a human being), a madman?’ ‘We shall indeed remove punishment for a
while, but truly, you will revert (to disbelief).’ (44.12-15) Will the punishment be removed on the Day
of Resurrection?” `Abdullah added, “The punishment was removed from them for a while but they
reverted to disbelief, so Allah destroyed them on the Day of Badr. Allah said:
‘The day We shall seize you with a mighty grasp. We will indeed (then) exact retribution.” (44.16)
Sahih al-Bukhari 4603 (Book 65, Hadith 331)
The above hadith is from the Sahih al-Buhari collection of hadiths. Among the six canonical hadith collections of Sunni Islam, known as the Kutub al-Sittah, Sahih al-Bukhari is frequently accorded the highest rank. This esteemed status is a testament to the rigorous scholarly methods employed by its compiler, Muḥammad al-Bukhārī, who finished his work around 847. The collection is vast, containing an estimated 7,563 individual reports detailing the sayings and actions of the Prophet Muhammad. These are carefully categorized into 97 chapters, providing a comprehensive framework for understanding Islamic doctrine, law, and spiritual practice.
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