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Sahih al-Bukhari 3175

Chapter: If a Dhimmi practises magic, can he be excused?

Authentic hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih al-Bukhari 3175

Narrator:Ā’ishah

حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم

سُحِرَ حَتَّى كَانَ يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ صَنَعَ شَيْئًا وَلَمْ يَصْنَعْهُ‏.‏

Narrated Aisha:

Once the Prophet (ﷺ) was bewitched so that he began to imagine that he had done a thing which in fact he had not done.

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 3175) and Ahmad (No. 23104).

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Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani — Fath al-Bari

الْحَدِيث طَرَف مِنْ حَدِيث عَائِشَة " أَنَّ النَّبِيّ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سُحِرَ " وَأَشَارَ بِالتَّرْجَمَةِ إِلَى مَا وَقَعَ فِي بَقِيَّة الْقِصَّة " أَنَّ النَّبِيّ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمَّا عُوفِيَ أَمَرَ بِالْبِئْرِ فَرُدِمَتْ وَقَالَ : كَرِهْت أَنْ أُثِيرَ عَلَى النَّاس شَرًّا " وَسَيَأْتِي الْكَلَام عَلَى شَرْحه مُسْتَوْفٍ حَيْثُ ذَكَرَهُ الْمُصَنِّف تَامًّا فِي كِتَاب الطِّبّ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّه تَعَالَى.…

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