Sahih al-Bukhari
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Chapter 5 · Bathing (Ghusl)إِذَا جَامَعَ ثُمَّ عَادَ، وَمَنْ دَارَ عَلَى نِسَائِهِ فِي غُسْلٍ وَاحِدٍ
When one has intercourse and then repeats it, and one who goes round to his wives with a single ritual bath (ghusl)
كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَدُورُ عَلَى نِسَائِهِ فِي السَّاعَةِ الْوَاحِدَةِ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ، وَهُنَّ إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ. قَالَ قُلْتُ لأَنَسٍ أَوَكَانَ يُطِيقُهُ قَالَ كُنَّا نَتَحَدَّثُ أَنَّهُ أُعْطِيَ قُوَّةَ ثَلاَثِينَ.
Show the chain of narration (Arabic)
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ
Translation
Anas ibn Malik reported: The Prophet ﷺ used to go round to his wives in one and the same hour of the night and the day, and they were eleven. (Qatadah) said: I said to Anas, “Was he able to do that?” He said, “We used to talk among ourselves that he had been given the strength of thirty (men).”
Translator’s note: Qatadah is the narrator who reports this from Anas. “Going round to his wives” means that he had marital relations with them.
Other translations
Deutsch
Anas ibn Malik berichtete: Der Prophet ﷺ pflegte in ein und derselben Stunde der Nacht und des Tages zu seinen Frauen umherzugehen, und sie waren elf. (Qatada) sagte: Ich sagte zu Anas: „Hatte er denn die Kraft dazu?“ Er sagte: „Wir sprachen untereinander davon, dass ihm die Kraft von dreißig (Männern) gegeben worden war.“
Translator’s note: Qatada ist der Überlieferer, der dies von Anas berichtet. „Zu seinen Frauen umhergehen“ meint, dass er sie (ehelich) aufsuchte.
Türkçe
Enes b. Mâlik (r.a.) şöyle rivayet etti: Nebî ﷺ gecenin ve gündüzün bir tek saatinde hanımlarını dolaşırdı; onlar on bir kişiydi. (Katâde) dedi ki: Enes'e: “Buna güç yetirebiliyor muydu?” dedim. “Ona otuz (erkeğin) gücü verildiğini aramızda konuşurduk” dedi.
Translator’s note: Katâde, bunu Enes'ten rivayet eden râvidir. “Hanımlarını dolaşmak”, onlarla birlikte olmak anlamındadır.
Further routes of narration
وَقَالَ سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ إِنَّ أَنَسًا حَدَّثَهُمْ تِسْعُ نِسْوَةٍ.
Other versions of this report
The same report through another chain of narration. Matched by Claude, not reviewed.
أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ يَطُوفُ عَلَى نِسَائِهِ فِي اللَّيْلَةِ الْوَاحِدَةِ، وَلَهُ يَوْمَئِذٍ تِسْعُ نِسْوَةٍ.
Anas ibn Malik reported that the Prophet of Allah ﷺ used to go round to his wives in a single night, and at that time he had nine wives.
The journey of this hadith
From Medina to Samarqand – over 245 years and 7 stations this text was passed on, mouth to ear, teacher to student.
256AH
al-Bukhari · Samarqand
- Prophet ﷺ
- Companions (Sahaba)
- Successors (Tabiʿun)
- Successors of the Successors
- Later scholars
- Compiler
- Corroborating narration (mutābaʿa)
Chain as a list
Main chain
- The Prophet Muhammad ﷺرسول الله ﷺ
- Anas bin Malikأَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ
d. 93 AH / 712 CE · Basrah · Comp. RA 1st Generation
- Qatadaقَتَادَةَ
d. 117 AH · Basra · Follower Tabi' 4th generation
d. 154 AH · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 7th generation
- Mua'dh bin Hisham bin Abyمُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ
d. 200 AH · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 9th generation
- Muhammad bin Bashar Bindarمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ
d. 252 AH · 3rd Century AH 10th generation
- al-Bukhariالبخاري
Compiler
Corroborating narration (mutābaʿa)
Another narrator transmitted the same text as well and corroborates this part of the chain.
- Anas bin Malikأَنَسًا
d. 93 AH / 712 CE · Basrah · Comp. RA 1st Generation
- Qatadaقَتَادَةَ
d. 117 AH · Basra · Follower Tabi' 4th generation
- Sa'id bin Abi 'Arubaسَعِيدٌ
d. 157 AH · Follower Tabi' 6th generation