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Sahih al-Bukhari

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Chapter 10 · Call to Prayers (Adhaan)
Sahih

إِثْمِ مَنْ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ قَبْلَ الإِمَامِ

The sin of one who raises his head before the imam

" أَمَا يَخْشَى أَحَدُكُمْ ـ أَوْ لاَ يَخْشَى أَحَدُكُمْ ـ إِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ قَبْلَ الإِمَامِ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ اللَّهُ رَأْسَهُ رَأْسَ حِمَارٍ أَوْ يَجْعَلَ اللَّهُ صُورَتَهُ صُورَةَ حِمَارٍ ".

Show the chain of narration (Arabic)

حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ، سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ

Translation

Abu Hurairah reported: The Prophet ﷺ said, “Does not one of you fear – or: does one of you not fear – when he raises his head before the imam, that Allah will make his head the head of a donkey, or that Allah will make his form the form of a donkey?”

Translator’s note: The narrator was unsure whether it was “ama” or “ala”; both introduce a reproachful question.

Other translations

Deutsch

Abu Huraira berichtete: Der Prophet ﷺ sagte: „Fürchtet denn einer von euch nicht – oder: fürchtet einer von euch nicht –, wenn er seinen Kopf vor dem Imam hebt, dass Allah seinen Kopf zu einem Eselskopf macht oder dass Allah seine Gestalt zur Gestalt eines Esels macht?“

Translator’s note: Der Überlieferer war unsicher, ob es „amā“ oder „alā“ hieß; beides ist eine vorwurfsvolle Frage.

Türkçe

Ebû Hüreyre (r.a.) şöyle rivayet etti: Nebî ﷺ şöyle buyurdu: “Sizden biri, başını imamdan önce kaldırdığında Allah'ın başını eşek başına çevirmesinden ya da Allah'ın suretini eşek suretine çevirmesinden korkmuyor mu – ya da: korkmaz mı?”

Translator’s note: Râvi, “emâ” mı yoksa “elâ” mı dendiğinden emin değildir; ikisi de kınama bildiren bir sorudur.

The journey of this hadith

From Medina to Samarqand – over 245 years and 6 stations this text was passed on, mouth to ear, teacher to student.

256AH

al-Bukhari · Samarqand

050100150200250The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ† 11 AH · MedinaAbu Hurairah† 59 AH · MedinaMuhammad bin Ziyad~ 110 AH · BasraShu'bah bin al-Hajjaj† 160 AH · BasraHajjaj bin al-Minhal† 217 AH · Basraal-Bukhari† 256 AH · Samarqand
  • Prophet ﷺ
  • Companions (Sahaba)
  • Successors (Tabiʿun)
  • Successors of the Successors
  • Compiler
Chain as a list
  1. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺرسول الله ﷺ
  2. Abu Hurairahأَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ

    d. 59 AH / 681 CE · Medinah · Comp. RA 1st Generation

  3. Muhammad bin Ziyadمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ

    Follower Tabi' 3rd Generation

  4. Shu'bah bin al-Hajjajشُعْبَةُ

    d. 160 AH · Basra · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 7th generation

  5. Hajjaj bin al-Minhalحَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ

    d. 217 AH · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 9th generation

  6. al-Bukhariالبخاري

    Compiler