Sahih al-Bukhari 7000 (Book 96, Hadith 8)
as you are now sitting, and said, ‘I feel like distributing all the gold and silver that are in it (i.e., the
Ka`ba) among the Muslims’. I said, ‘You cannot do that.’ `Umar said, ‘Why?’ I said, ‘Your two
(previous) companions (the Prophet (ﷺ) and Abu Bakr) did not do it. `Umar said, ‘They are the two
persons whom one must follow.'” (See Hadith No. 664, Vol. 2)
Sahih al-Bukhari 7000 (Book 96, Hadith 8)
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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