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Sahih al-Bukhari 449

Chapter: Employing the carpenter and the technical hand (artsan) in making the wooden pulpit or building the mosque

Authentic hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih al-Bukhari 449

Narrator:Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh

حَدَّثَنَا خَلاَّدٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ أَيْمَنَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، أَنَّ امْرَأَةً، قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، أَلاَ أَجْعَلُ لَكَ شَيْئًا تَقْعُدُ عَلَيْهِ، فَإِنَّ لِي غُلاَمًا نَجَّارًا قَالَ ‏"‏

إِنْ شِئْتِ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَعَمِلَتِ الْمِنْبَرَ‏.‏

Narrated Jabir:

A woman said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Shall I get something constructed for you to sit on as I have a slave who is a carpenter?" He replied, "Yes, if you like." So she had that pulpit constructed.

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 449).

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Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani — Fath al-Bari

قَوْله : ( حَدَّثَنَا خَلَّادٌ ) هُوَ اِبْن يَحْيَى , وَأَيْمَنُ بِوَزْنٍ أَفْعَلَ وَهُوَ الْحَبَشِيُّ مَوْلَى بَنِي مَخْزُوم. قَوْله : ( أَنَّ اِمْرَأَةً ) هِيَ الَّتِي ذُكِرَتْ فِي حَدِيث سَهْلٍ فَإِنْ قِيلَ ظَاهِر سِيَاقِ حَدِيثِ جَابِر مُخَالِف لِسِيَاقِ حَدِيثِ سَهْلٍ ; لِأَنَّ فِي هَذَا أَنَّهَا اِبْتَدَأَتْ بِالْعَرْضِ وَفِي حَدِيثِ سَهْلٍ أَنَّهُ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ هُوَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهَا يَطْلُبُ ذَلِكَ , أَجَابَ اِبْنُ بَطَّالٍ بِاحْتِمَالِ أَنْ تَكُونَ الْمَرْأَة اِبْتَدَأَتْ بِالسُّؤَالِ مُتَبَرِّعَة بِذَلِكَ فَلَمَّا حَصَلَ لَهَا الْقَبُولُ أَمْكَنَ أَنْ يُبْطِئَ الْغُلَام بِعَمَلِهِ فَأَرْسَلَ يَسْتَنْجِزُهَا إِتْمَامَهُ لِعِلْمِهِ بِطِيب نَفْسهَا بِمَا ب…

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