Sahih al-Bukhari 6714 (Book 90, Hadith 19)
prayer, he used to visit his wives and stay with them. Once he visited Hafsa and remained with her
longer than the period he used to stay, so I enquired about it. It was said to me, “A woman from her
tribe gave her a leather skin containing honey as a present, and she gave some of it to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)
to drink.” I said, “By Allah, we will play a trick on him.” So I mentioned the story to Sauda (the wife
of the Prophet) and said to her, “When he enters upon you, he will come near to you whereupon you
should say to him, ‘O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! Have you eaten Maghafir?’ He will say, ‘No.’ Then you say to
him, ‘What is this bad smell? ‘ And it would be very hard on Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) that a bad smell should be
found on his body. He will say, ‘Hafsa has given me a drink of honey.’ Then you should say to him,
‘Its bees must have sucked from the Al-`Urfut (a foul smelling flower).’ I too, will tell him the same.
And you, O Saifya, say the same.”
So when the Prophet (ﷺ) entered upon Sauda (the following happened). Sauda said, “By Him except
Whom none has the right to be worshipped, I was about to say to him what you had told me to say
while he was still at the gate because of fear from you. But when Allah ‘s Apostle came near to me, I
said to him, ‘O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! Have you eaten Maghafir?’ He replied, ‘No.’ I said, ‘What about this
smell?’ He said, ‘Hafsa has given me a drink of honey.’ I said, ‘Its bees must have sucked Al-`Urfut.’ ”
When he entered upon me, I told him the same as that, and when he entered upon Safiya, she too told
him the same. So when he visited Hafsa again, she said to him, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! Shall I give you a
drink of it (honey)?” He said, “I have no desire for it.” Sauda said, Subhan Allah! We have deprived
him of it (honey).” I said to her, “Be quiet!”
Sahih al-Bukhari 6714 (Book 90, Hadith 19)
The above hadith is from the Sahih al-Buhari collection of hadiths. Sahih al-Buhari is a collection of hadith and sunnah compiled by Muḥammad ibn Ismā‘īl al-Bukhārī around the year 847. It is one of the most valued books in Sunni Islam. It is one of 6 of the Kutub al-Sittah. The 6 collections of hadith are Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Sunan Abu Dawood, Sunan al-Tirmidhi, Sunan an-Nasa’i and Sunan ibn Majah. The Sahih al-Buhari has around 7,563 hadiths in it 97 chapters.
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For more Hadith in Book 90: Tricks