Sahih al-Bukhari 5211 (Book 70, Hadith 53)
behind him (on his riding animal) and took me (to the Prophet (ﷺ) ). So I used to serve Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)
whenever he dismounted (to stay somewhere). I used to hear him saying very often, “O Allah! I seek
refuge with You from, having worries sadness, helplessness, laziness, miserliness, cowardice, from
being heavily in debt and from being overpowered by other persons unjustly.” I kept on serving till we
-returned from the battle of Khaibar. The Prophet (ﷺ) then brought Safiyya bint Huyai whom he had won
from the war booty. I saw him folding up a gown or a garment for her to sit on behind him (on his shecamel).
When he reached As-Sahba’, he prepared Hais and placed it on a dining sheet. Then he sent
me to invite men, who (came and) ate; and that was his and Safiyya’s wedding banquet. Then the
Prophet proceeded, and when he saw (noticed) the mountain of Uhud, he said, “This mountain loves
us, and we love it.” When we approached Medina, he said, “O Allah! I make the area between its two
mountains a sanctuary as Abraham has made Mecca a sanctuary. O Allah! Bless their Mudd and Sa
(special kinds of measure).
Sahih al-Bukhari 5211 (Book 70, Hadith 53)
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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