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Sahih al-Bukhari

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Chapter 3 · Knowledge
Sahih

السَّمَرِ بِالْعِلْمِ

Conversing about knowledge at night

صَلَّى بِنَا النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم الْعِشَاءَ فِي آخِرِ حَيَاتِهِ، فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ قَامَ فَقَالَ " أَرَأَيْتَكُمْ لَيْلَتَكُمْ هَذِهِ، فَإِنَّ رَأْسَ مِائَةِ سَنَةٍ مِنْهَا لاَ يَبْقَى مِمَّنْ هُوَ عَلَى ظَهْرِ الأَرْضِ أَحَدٌ ".

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حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عُفَيْرٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ، وَأَبِي، بَكْرِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ، قَالَ

Translation

Ibn Umar reported: The Prophet ﷺ led us in the Isha prayer towards the end of his life. When he had said the closing salam, he stood up and said: “Do you see this night of yours? At the end of a hundred years from it, none of those who are (today) on the face of the earth will remain.”

Other translations

Deutsch

Ibn Umar berichtete: Der Prophet ﷺ leitete uns gegen Ende seines Lebens im Nachtgebet. Als er den Friedensgruß gesprochen hatte, stand er auf und sagte: „Seht ihr diese eure Nacht? Denn am Ende von hundert Jahren von ihr an wird von denen, die (heute) auf der Erdoberfläche sind, keiner mehr übrig sein.“

Türkçe

İbn Ömer (r.a.) şöyle rivayet etti: Nebî ﷺ hayatının sonlarında bize yatsı namazını kıldırdı. Selâm verince ayağa kalkıp şöyle buyurdu: “Bu gecenizi gördünüz mü? Bu geceden itibaren yüz yılın sonunda, (bugün) yeryüzünde bulunanlardan hiç kimse kalmayacaktır.”

Other versions of this report

The same report through another chain of narration. Matched by Claude, not reviewed.

  • صَلَّى لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لَيْلَةً صَلاَةَ الْعِشَاءِ ـ وَهْىَ الَّتِي يَدْعُو النَّاسُ الْعَتَمَةَ ـ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا فَقَالَ " أَرَأَيْتُمْ لَيْلَتَكُمْ هَذِهِ فَإِنَّ رَأْسَ مِائَةِ سَنَةٍ مِنْهَا لاَ يَبْقَى مِمَّنْ هُوَ عَلَى ظَهْرِ الأَرْضِ أَحَدٌ ".

    Ibn Umar reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ led us one night in the Isha prayer – which is what people call al-'atamah – then he turned away, faced us and said, “Do you see this night of yours? At the end of a hundred years from it, none …

  • صَلَّى النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم صَلاَةَ الْعِشَاءِ فِي آخِرِ حَيَاتِهِ، فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ قَامَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ " أَرَأَيْتَكُمْ لَيْلَتَكُمْ هَذِهِ فَإِنَّ رَأْسَ مِائَةٍ لاَ يَبْقَى مِمَّنْ هُوَ الْيَوْمَ عَلَى ظَهْرِ الأَرْضِ أَحَدٌ ". فَوَهِلَ النَّاسُ فِي مَقَالَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ ـ إِلَى مَا يَتَحَدَّثُونَ مِنْ هَذِهِ الأَحَادِيثِ عَنْ مِائَةِ سَنَةٍ، وَإِنَّمَا قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لاَ يَبْقَى مِمَّنْ هُوَ الْيَوْمَ عَلَى ظَهْرِ الأَرْضِ " يُرِيدُ بِذَلِكَ أَنَّهَا تَخْرِمُ ذَلِكَ الْقَرْنَ.

    Ibn Umar reported: The Prophet ﷺ prayed the Isha prayer towards the end of his life. When he had said the salam, the Prophet ﷺ stood up and said, “Do you see this night of yours? At the end of a hundred (years) from it, none of those who …

The journey of this hadith

From Medina to Samarqand – over 245 years and 8 stations this text was passed on, mouth to ear, teacher to student.

256AH

al-Bukhari · Samarqand

050100150200250The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ† 11 AH · Medinaibn Umar† 74 AH · MeccaAbu Bakr bin Suliaman bin Ab…~ 99 AH · MedinaSalim bin 'Abdullah bin 'Umar† 106 AH · Medinaal-Zuhri† 124 AH · Medina'Abdur Rahman bin Khalid† 127 AH · Egyptal-Laith bin Sa'd† 175 AH · EgyptSa'id bin Kathir bin 'Afayr† 226 AH · Egyptal-Bukhari† 256 AH · Samarqand
  • Prophet ﷺ
  • Companions (Sahaba)
  • Successors (Tabiʿun)
  • Successors of the Successors
  • Later scholars
  • Compiler
  • Second chain (taḥwīl)
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Main chain

  1. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺرسول الله ﷺ
  2. ibn Umarعَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ

    d. 74 AH / 693 CE · Makkah · Comp. RA 1st Generation

  3. d. 106 AH · Medina · Follower Tabi' 3rd Generation

  4. al-Zuhriابْنِ شِهَابٍ

    d. 124 AH / 741 CE · Medinah · Follower Tabi' 4th generation

  5. 'Abdur Rahman bin Khalidعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ خَالِدٍ

    d. 127 AH · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 7th generation

  6. al-Laith bin Sa'dاللَّيْثُ

    d. 175 AH · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 7th generation

  7. Sa'id bin Kathir bin 'Afayrسَعِيدُ بْنُ عُفَيْرٍ

    d. 226 AH · 3rd Century AH 10th generation

  8. al-Bukhariالبخاري

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Second chain (taḥwīl)

The compiler switches to a second route of narration within the isnad (sign ح).

  1. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺرسول الله ﷺ
  2. ibn Umarعَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ

    d. 74 AH / 693 CE · Makkah · Comp. RA 1st Generation

  3. Abu Bakr bin Suliaman bin Abi Hathmaأَبِي، بَكْرِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ

    Follower Tabi' 3rd Generation

  4. al-Zuhriابْنِ شِهَابٍ

    d. 124 AH / 741 CE · Medinah · Follower Tabi' 4th generation

  5. 'Abdur Rahman bin Khalidعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ خَالِدٍ

    d. 127 AH · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 7th generation

  6. al-Laith bin Sa'dاللَّيْثُ

    d. 175 AH · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 7th generation

  7. Sa'id bin Kathir bin 'Afayrسَعِيدُ بْنُ عُفَيْرٍ

    d. 226 AH · 3rd Century AH 10th generation

  8. al-Bukhariالبخاري

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