Sahih al-Bukhari
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Chapter 8 · Prayers (Salat)عِظَةِ الإِمَامِ النَّاسَ فِي إِتْمَامِ الصَّلاَةِ، وَذِكْرِ الْقِبْلَةِ
The imam's admonishing the people to perfect the prayer, and the mention of the qiblah
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " هَلْ تَرَوْنَ قِبْلَتِي هَا هُنَا فَوَاللَّهِ مَا يَخْفَى عَلَىَّ خُشُوعُكُمْ وَلاَ رُكُوعُكُمْ، إِنِّي لأَرَاكُمْ مِنْ وَرَاءِ ظَهْرِي ".
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حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ،
Translation
Abu Hurairah reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Do you see my qiblah here? By Allah, neither your humility nor your bowing is hidden from me. Indeed, I see you from behind my back.”
Translator’s note: Meaning: Do you think that I only see what is in front of me in the direction of the qiblah?
Other translations
Deutsch
Abu Huraira berichtete, dass der Gesandte Allahs ﷺ sagte: „Seht ihr meine Gebetsrichtung hier? Bei Allah, weder eure Demut noch eure Verbeugung bleibt mir verborgen. Ich sehe euch wahrlich hinter meinem Rücken.“
Translator’s note: Gemeint ist: Meint ihr, ich sehe nur, was vor mir in Gebetsrichtung liegt?
Türkçe
Ebû Hüreyre (r.a.), Resûlullah'ın ﷺ şöyle buyurduğunu rivayet etti: “Kıblemi burada mı görüyorsunuz? Allah'a yemin ederim ki ne huşûunuz ne de rükûunuz bana gizli kalır. Ben sizi gerçekten sırtımın arkasından görürüm.”
Translator’s note: Yani: Yalnızca kıble yönünde önümde olanı gördüğümü mü sanıyorsunuz?
Other versions of this report
The same report through another chain of narration. Matched by Claude, not reviewed.
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " هَلْ تَرَوْنَ قِبْلَتِي هَا هُنَا وَاللَّهِ مَا يَخْفَى عَلَىَّ رُكُوعُكُمْ وَلاَ خُشُوعُكُمْ، وَإِنِّي لأَرَاكُمْ وَرَاءَ ظَهْرِي ".
Abu Hurairah reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Do you see my qiblah here? By Allah, neither your bowing nor your humility is hidden from me. Indeed, I see you from behind my back.”
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
Chain as a list
- The Prophet Muhammad ﷺرسول الله ﷺ
- Abu Hurairahأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ
d. 59 AH / 681 CE · Medinah · Comp. RA 1st Generation
- 'Abdur Rahman bin Harmaz al-A'arajالأَعْرَجِ
d. 117 AH · Follower Tabi' 3rd Generation
- Abu al-Zanadأَبِي الزِّنَادِ
d. 130 AH · Follower Tabi' 5th generation
- Imam Maalikمَالِكٌ
d. 179 AH / 795 CE · Medina · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 7th generation Maliki
- 'Abdullah bin Yusuf al-Tunaysiعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ
d. 218 AH · 3rd Century AH 10th generation
- al-Bukhariالبخاري
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