Sahih al-Bukhari Merits of the Helpers in Madinah (Ansaar)

Sahih al-Bukhari 3902

Chapter: The emigration of the Prophet (saws) to Al-Madina

Authentic hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 3902

حَدَّثَنَا مَطَرُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ، حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عِكْرِمَةُ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ

بُعِثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لأَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً، فَمَكُثَ بِمَكَّةَ ثَلاَثَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً يُوحَى إِلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ أُمِرَ بِالْهِجْرَةِ فَهَاجَرَ عَشْرَ سِنِينَ، وَمَاتَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَلاَثٍ وَسِتِّينَ‏.‏

Narrated Ibn `Abbas:

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) started receiving the Divine Inspiration at the age of forty. Then he stayed in Mecca for thirteen years, receiving the Divine Revelation. Then he was ordered to migrate and he lived as an Emigrant for ten years and then died at the age of sixty-three (years).

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 3902, 3903), Muslim (No. 2351a, 2351b), At-Tirmidhi (No. 3621, 3652) and Ahmad (No. 1913, 2006, 2130, 3254, 3323, 3336, 3337).

An explanation exists for another version of this hadith: Mishkat al-Masabih 5837

Classical commentary

Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani — Fath al-Bari

قَوْله : ( حَدَّثَنَا هِشَام ) هُوَ اِبْن حَسَّان. قَوْله : ( فَمَكَثَ بِمَكَّة ثَلَاث عَشْرَة ) هَذَا أَصَحّ مِمَّا أَخْرَجَهُ أَحْمَد عَنْ يَحْيَى بْن سَعِيد عَنْ هِشَام بْن حَسَّان بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَاد قَالَ : " أُنْزِلَ عَلَى النَّبِيّ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ اِبْن ثَلَاث وَأَرْبَعِينَ , فَمَكَثَ بِمَكَّة عَشْرًا " وَأَصَحّ مِمَّا أَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِم مِنْ وَجْه آخَر عَنْ اِبْن عَبَّاس " أَنَّ إِقَامَة النَّبِيّ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِمَكَّة كَانَتْ خَمْس عَشْرَة سَنَة " وَقَدْ تَقَدَّمَ بَيَان ذَلِكَ فِي كِتَاب الْمَبْعَث , وَسَيَأْتِي بَقِيَّة الْكَلَام عَلَيْهِ فِي الْوَفَاة إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّه تَعَالَى. وَقَوْله هُنَا : ( فَهَاجَرَ عَشْر سِنِينَ ) أَيْ أَقَامَ…

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Other versions

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 3903

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) stayed in Mecca for thirteen years (after receiving the first Divine Inspiration) and died at the age of sixty-three.

مَكَثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِمَكَّةَ ثَلاَثَ عَشْرَةَ، وَتُوُفِّيَ وَهْوَ ابْنُ ثَلاَثٍ وَسِتِّينَ‏.‏

Narrated by Ibn ‘Abbās

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih Muslim 2351a

Ibn 'Abbas reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) stayed in Mecca for thirteen years and he died when he had attained the age of sixty three years.

مَكَثَ بِمَكَّةَ ثَلاَثَ عَشْرَةَ وَتُوُفِّيَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَلاَثٍ وَسِتِّينَ ‏.‏

Narrated by Ibn ‘Abbās

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih Muslim 2351b

Ibn 'Abbas reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) stayed in Mecca for thirteen years (after he had received revelation) and stayed in Medina for ten years, and he was sixty-three when he died.

أَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِمَكَّةَ ثَلاَثَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً يُوحَى إِلَيْهِ وَبِالْمَدِينَةِ عَشْرًا وَمَاتَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَلاَثٍ وَسِتِّينَ سَنَةً ‏.‏

Narrated by Ibn ‘Abbās

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3621

"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) received Revelation when he was forty years old. So he stayed in Makkah for thirteen years and in Al-Madinah for ten. And he died when he was sixty-three years old."

أُنْزِلَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَهُوَ ابْنُ أَرْبَعِينَ فَأَقَامَ بِمَكَّةَ ثَلاَثَ عَشْرَةَ وَبِالْمَدِينَةِ عَشْرًا وَتُوُفِّيَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَلاَثٍ وَسِتِّينَ ‏

Narrated by Ibn ‘Abbās

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3652

"The Prophet (ﷺ) stayed in Makkah for thirteen years - meaning while he was receiving Revelation - and he died when he was sixty-three years old."

مَكَثَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِمَكَّةَ ثَلاَثَ عَشْرَةَ - يَعْنِي يُوحَى إِلَيْهِ وَتُوُفِّيَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَلاَثٍ وَسِتِّينَ ‏

Narrated by Ibn ‘Abbās

Not graded Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Musnad Ahmad 1913