Sahih Muslim: Book 44, Hadith 42
أَبِي عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الأَشْعَرِيِّ، قَالَ بَيْنَمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم
فِي حَائِطٍ مِنْ حَائِطِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَهُوَ مُتَّكِئٌ يَرْكُزُ بِعُودٍ مَعَهُ بَيْنَ الْمَاءِ وَالطِّينِ إِذَا اسْتَفْتَحَ رَجُلٌ
فَقَالَ ” افْتَحْ وَبَشِّرْهُ بِالْجَنَّةِ ” . قَالَ فَإِذَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَفَتَحْتُ لَهُ وَبَشَّرْتُهُ بِالْجَنَّةِ – قَالَ
– ثُمَّ اسْتَفْتَحَ رَجُلٌ آخَرُ فَقَالَ ” افْتَحْ وَبَشِّرْهُ بِالْجَنَّةِ ” . قَالَ فَذَهَبْتُ فَإِذَا هُوَ عُمَرُ
فَفَتَحْتُ لَهُ وَبَشَّرْتُهُ بِالْجَنَّةِ ثُمَّ اسْتَفْتَحَ رَجُلٌ آخَرُ – قَالَ – فَجَلَسَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه
وسلم فَقَالَ ” افْتَحْ وَبَشِّرْهُ بِالْجَنَّةِ عَلَى بَلْوَى تَكُونُ ” . قَالَ فَذَهَبْتُ فَإِذَا هُوَ عُثْمَانُ
بْنُ عَفَّانَ – قَالَ – فَفَتَحْتُ وَبَشَّرْتُهُ بِالْجَنَّةِ – قَالَ – وَقُلْتُ الَّذِي قَالَ فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ صَبْرًا
أَوِ اللَّهُ الْمُسْتَعَانُ .
Sahih Muslim: Book 44, Hadith 42
The above hadith is from the Sahih Muslim collection of hadiths. Within Sunni Islam, the Sahih Muslim holds a position of immense reverence and trust. This significant body of work was collected and verified by the illustrious Imam Muslim ibn al-Ḥajjāj, with its completion dating back to approximately 875 CE. It is rightly considered one of the two most authentic collections, known as the Sahihayn, alongside Sahih al-Bukhari. As a pillar of the Kutub al-Sittah, the six canonical books, it provides indispensable guidance. The collection’s structure is defined by its 56 books, which contain a combined total of about 7,459 individual hadith narrations.
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