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Sahih al-Bukhari 5362

Chapter: A servant for one's wife

Authentic hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih al-Bukhari 5362

Narrator:Ali

حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي يَزِيدَ، سَمِعَ مُجَاهِدًا، سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ أَبِي لَيْلَى، يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، أَنَّ فَاطِمَةَ ـ عَلَيْهَا السَّلاَمُ ـ أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم تَسْأَلُهُ خَادِمًا فَقَالَ ‏"‏ أَلاَ أُخْبِرُكِ مَا هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكِ مِنْهُ،

تُسَبِّحِينَ اللَّهَ عِنْدَ مَنَامِكِ ثَلاَثًا وَثَلاَثِينَ، وَتَحْمَدِينَ اللَّهَ ثَلاَثًا وَثَلاَثِينَ، وَتُكَبِّرِينَ اللَّهَ أَرْبَعًا وَثَلاَثِينَ ‏"

Narrated `Ali bin Abi Talib:

Fatima came to the Prophet (ﷺ) asking for a servant. He said, "May I inform you of something better than that? When you go to bed, recite "Subhan Allah' thirty three times, 'Al hamduli l-lah' thirty three times, and 'Allahu Akbar' thirty four times. `Ali added, 'I have never failed to recite it ever since." Somebody asked, "Even on the night of the battle of Siffin?" He said, "Even on the night of the battle of Siffin."

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 5362).

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Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani — Fath al-Bari

" 7997 " حَدِيث عَلِيٍّ الْمَذْكُور فِي الَّذِي قَبْله وَسِيَاقه أَخْصَر مِنْهُ , قَالَ الطَّبَرِيُّ : يُؤْخَذ مِنْهُ أَنَّ كُلّ مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهَا طَاقَة مِنْ النِّسَاء عَلَى خِدْمَة بَيْتهَا فِي خَبْز أَوْ طَحْن أَوْ غَيْر ذَلِكَ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ لَا يَلْزَم الزَّوْج إِذَا كَانَ مَعْرُوفًا أَنَّ مِثْلهَا يَلِي ذَلِكَ بِنَفْسِهِ. وَوَجْه الْأَخْذ أَنَّ فَاطِمَة لَمَّا سَأَلَتْ أَبَاهَا صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْخَادِم لَمْ يَأْمُر زَوْجهَا بِأَنْ يَكْفِيهَا ذَلِكَ إِمَّا بِإِخْدَامِهَا خَادِمًا أَوْ بِاسْتِئْجَارِ مَنْ يَقُوم بِذَلِكَ أَوْ بِتَعَاطِي ذَلِكَ بِنَفْسِهِ وَلَوْ كَانَتْ كِفَايَة ذَلِكَ إِلَى عَلِيّ لَأَمَرَهُ بِهِ كَمَا أَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَسُوق إِلَيْهَا صَدَاقهَا قَبْل الدُّ…

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