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Sahih al-BukhariPatients

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) visited me during my illness, riding neither a mule nor a horse

Chapter: To visit a patient riding, walking or sitting with another person on a donkey

Authentic hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih al-Bukhari 5664

Narrator:Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh

حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ ـ هُوَ ابْنُ الْمُنْكَدِرِ ـ عَنْ جَابِرٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ

جَاءَنِي النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَعُودُنِي لَيْسَ بِرَاكِبِ بَغْلٍ وَلاَ بِرْذَوْنٍ‏.‏

Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) visited me during my illness, riding neither a mule nor a horse.

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 5664), Abu Dawud (No. 3096) and At-Tirmidhi (No. 3851).

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Explanation

In this Hadīth, Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh (may Allah be pleased with him) tells that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) visited him once when he got ill, and he went to him walking, riding neither a mule nor a horse.

Explanation in Arabic

يخبر جابر بن عبد الله رضي الله عنهما في هذا الحديث أنه مرض فجاءه النبيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يزوره ماشيًا، ولم يكن راكبًا فرسًا ولا بغلًا.

  • استحباب عيادة المريض، وجواز أن يكون العائد ماشيًا.
  • ما كان عليه النبي -صلى الله عليه وسلم- من التواضع والحب لأصحابه.
  • الحديث فيه منقبة لجابر بن عبد الله -رضي الله عنهما-.

Classical commentary

Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani — Fath al-Bari

قَوْله فِي حَدِيث جَابِر " جَاءَنِي النَّبِيّ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَعُودنِي لَيْسَ بِرَاكِبِ بَغْل وَلَا بِرْذَوْن " هَذَا الْقَدْر أَفْرَدَهُ الْمِزِّيّ فِي " الْأَطْرَاف " وَجَعَلَهُ الْحُمَيْدِيّ مِنْ جُمْلَة الْحَدِيث الَّذِي أَوَّله " مَرِضْت فَأَتَانِي رَسُول اللَّه صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَعُودنِي وَأَبُو بَكْر وَهُمَا مَاشِيَانِ " وَأَظُنّ الَّذِي صَنَعَهُ هُوَ الصَّوَاب.…

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Other versions

Good (hasan) Ash-Shama'il al-Muhammadiyya 337

“Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) came to me riding neither a mule nor a hackney.”

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ‏:‏ جَاءَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لَيْسَ…

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  • الشمائل المحمدية للترمذي (328)جَاءَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَيْسَ برَاكِبِ بَغْلٍ وَلا بِرْذَوْنٍ
  • المستدرك على الصحيحين (1195)يَعُودُنِي لَيْسَ بِرَاكِبِ بَغْلٍ ، وَلا بِرْذَوْنٍ
  • مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي (2110)يَعُودُنِي لَيْسَ بِرَاكِبِ بَغْلٍ ، وَلا بِرْذَوْنٍ

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