Skip to content
Assabile
English

Sahih al-BukhariAccepting Information Given by a Truthful Person

Sahih al-Bukhari 7262

Chapter: Enter not the Prophet ’s (saws) houses unless permission is given to you…”

Authentic hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih al-Bukhari 7262

Narrator:Abu Mūsa al-Ash‘ari

حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم دَخَلَ حَائِطًا وَأَمَرَنِي بِحِفْظِ الْبَابِ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ يَسْتَأْذِنُ فَقَالَ ‏"‏

ائْذَنْ لَهُ، وَبَشِّرْهُ بِالْجَنَّةِ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَإِذَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ عُمَرُ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ ائْذَنْ لَهُ، وَبَشِّرْهُ بِالْجَنَّةِ ‏"‏‏.‏ ثُمَّ جَاءَ عُثْمَانُ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ ائْذَنْ لَهُ، وَبَشِّرْهُ بِالْجَنَّةِ ‏"

Narrated Abu Musa:

The Prophet (ﷺ) entered a garden and told me to guard its gate. Then a man came and asked permission to enter. The Prophet, said, "Permit him and give him the good news that he will enter Paradise." Behold! It was Abu Bakr. Then `Umar came, and the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Admit him and give him the good news that he will enter Paradise." Then `Uthman came and the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Admit him and give him the good news that he will enter Paradise. "

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 7262, 3695).

Copy
Copy:
Report an error

Classical commentary

Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani — Fath al-Bari

حَدِيث أَبِي مُوسَى فِي اِسْتِئْذَانه عَلَى النَّبِيّ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمَّا كَانَ فِي الْحَائِط لِأَبِي بَكْر , ثُمَّ لِعُمَرَ ثُمَّ لِعُثْمَانَ وَفِي كُلّ مِنْهُمَا قَالَ " اِئْذَنْ لَهُ " وَهُوَ الْحَدِيث الْخَامِس عَشَرَ ,…

Read more

Scholars’ grades

Grade taken from the status of the collection (Sahih al-Bukhari).

Other versions

Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 3695

The Prophet (ﷺ) entered a garden and ordered me to guard its gate. A man came and asked permission to enter. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Admit him and give him the glad tidings of entering Paradise." Behold! It was Abu Bakr. Another man came and asked the permission to enter. The Prophet (ﷺ) said…

دَخَلَ حَائِطًا وَأَمَرَنِي بِحِفْظِ باب الْحَائِطِ، فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ يَسْتَأْذِنُ، فَقَالَ ‏"‏ ائْذَنْ لَهُ وَبَشِّرْهُ بِالْجَنَّةِ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَإِذَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ آخَرُ يَسْتَأْذِنُ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ ائْذَنْ لَهُ…

Narrated by Abu Mūsa al-Ash‘ari

Also reported by… (2)
  • سير السلف الصالحين لإسماعيل بن محمد الأصبهاني (31)دَخَلَ حَائِطًا ، وَأَمَرَنِي بِحِفْظِ بَابِ الْحَائِطِ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ يَسْتَأْذِنُ ، فَقَالَ : ائْذَنْ لَهُ وَبَشِّرْهُ بِالْجَنَّةِ ، فَإِذَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ آخَرُ يَسْتَأْذِنُ ، فَقَالَ : ائْذَنْ لَهُ وَبَشِّرْهُ بِالْجَنَّةِ فَإِذَا عُمَرُ ، فَجَاءَ آخَرُ يَسْتَأْذِنُ فَسَكَتَ هُنَيْه
  • معجم ابن الأعرابي (49)ائْذَنْ لَهُ وَبَشِّرْهُ بِالْجَنَّةِ ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ عُمَرُ ، فَاسْتَأْذَنَ ، فَقَالَ : ائْذَنْ لَهُ ، وَبَشِّرْهُ بِالْجَنَّةِ

On the same subject

Not graded Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Al-Adab al-Mufrad 965

It is related that Abu Musa was with the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, in one of the gardens of Madina. He said, "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, had a twig in his hand with which he was striking the water and mud. A man came and asked for the garden to be…

حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ غِيَاثٍ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عُثْمَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى، أَنَّهُ كَانَ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي حَائِطٍ مِنْ حِيطَانِ…

+ 5 other versions

Not graded Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Riyad as-Salihin 708

One day, I performed my Wudu' in my house and then set forth with the determination that I would stick to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and spend the whole day with him. I came to the mosque and asked about him. The Companions told that he (ﷺ) had gone in a certain direction. Abu Musa added: I followed…

وعن أبي موسى الأشعري رضي الله عنه ، أنه توضأ في بيته، ثم خرج فقال‏:‏ لألزمن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ، ولأكونن معه يومي هذا، فجاء المسجد، فسأل عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم الله عليه وسلم ، فقالوا‏:‏ وجه ههنا، قال‏:‏…

Narrated by Abu Mūsa al-Ash‘ari + 2 other versions

Not graded Al-Adab al-Mufrad 1151

Abu Musa al-Ash'ari said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, went out one day to one of the walled gardens of Madina, and I went out after him. When he entered the garden, I sat at the gate and said, I will be the doorkeeper of the Messenger of Allah today even if he…

حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ شَرِيكِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الأَشْعَرِيِّ قَالَ‏:‏ خَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله…

+ 2 other versions

Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 7097

The Prophet (ﷺ) went out to one of the gardens of Medina for some business and I went out to follow him. When he entered the garden, I sat at its gate and said to myself, "To day I will be the gatekeeper of the Prophet though he has not ordered me." The Prophet (ﷺ) went and finished his need and…

ائْذَنْ لَهُ، وَبَشِّرْهُ بِالْجَنَّةِ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَدَخَلَ فَجَاءَ عَنْ يَمِينِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَكَشَفَ عَنْ سَاقَيْهِ وَدَلاَّهُمَا فِي الْبِئْرِ، فَجَاءَ عُمَرُ فَقُلْتُ كَمَا أَنْتَ حَتَّى أَسْتَأْذِنَ…

Narrated by Abu Mūsa al-Ash‘ari

Authentic Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3710

"I went with the Prophet (ﷺ) and he entered a garden of the Ansar, and he relieved himself. He said to me: 'O Abu Musa! Watch the gate for me, and do not let anyone enter except with permission.' Then a man came and knocked at the gate, so I said: 'Who is it?' He said: 'Abu Bakr.' So I said: 'O…

أَمْلِكْ عَلَىَّ الْبَابَ فَلاَ يَدْخُلَنَّ عَلَىَّ أَحَدٌ إِلاَّ بِإِذْنٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ يَضْرِبُ الْبَابَ فَقُلْتُ مَنْ هَذَا فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ‏.‏ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَذَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ…

Narrated by Abu Mūsa al-Ash‘ari

Good chain (hasan) Sunan Abu Dawud 5188

I went out with the (Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) until I entered a garden, he said: Keep on closing the door. The door was then closed. I then said: Who is there ? He then narrated the rest of the tradition. Abu Dawud said: That is to say, the tradition of Abu Musa al-Ash'ari. In this version he said…

أَمْسِكِ الْبَابَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَضُرِبَ الْبَابُ فَقُلْتُ ‏"‏ مَنْ هَذَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Narrated by Nāfi ibn Abd al-Hārith