Hadith 3570

The eyes of the Prophet ﷺ used to sleep, but his heart used not to sleep.(2)

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Darussalam · Volume 4

61 - THE BOOK OF VIRTUES

Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition

الحديث: 3570 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 191

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English translation

3570. Narrated Sharīk bin 'Abdullāh bin Abī Namr: I heard Anas bin Mālik telling us about the night [journey to the heavens (Al-Isra' and Al-Mi'raj)] when the Prophet ﷺ was made to travel from the Ka'bah Mosque (Al-Masjid-al-Ḥarām). Three persons (i.e., angels) came to the Prophet ﷺ before he was divinely inspired (as a Messenger), while he was sleeping in Al-Masjid-al-Ḥarām. The first (of the three angels) said, "Which of them is he?"(1) The second said, "He is the best of them." The last of them said, "Take the best one." That was all that happened then, and he did not see them till they came at another night and he perceived their presence with his heart, for the eyes of the Prophet ﷺ were closed when he was asleep, but his heart was not asleep. This is characteristic of all the Prophets: Their eyes sleep but their hearts do not sleep. Then Jibrīl (Gabriel) took charge of the Prophet ﷺ and ascended along with him to the heaven. (See H. 3207, 3886, 3887)

Arabic text

3570 - حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَخِي، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ شَرِيكِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي نَمِرٍ، سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ، يُحَدِّثُنَا عَنْ " لَيْلَةِ أُسْرِيَ بِالنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ مَسْجِدِ الكَعْبَةِ: جَاءَهُ ثَلاَثَةُ نَفَرٍ، قَبْلَ أَنْ يُوحَى إِلَيْهِ، وَهُوَ نَائِمٌ فِي مَسْجِدِ الحَرَامِ، فَقَالَ أَوَّلُهُمْ: أَيُّهُمْ هُوَ؟ فَقَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ: هُوَ خَيْرُهُمْ، وَقَالَ آخِرُهُمْ: خُذُوا خَيْرَهُمْ. فَكَانَتْ تِلْكَ، فَلَمْ يَرَهُمْ حَتَّى جَاءُوا لَيْلَةً أُخْرَى فِيمَا يَرَى قَلْبُهُ، وَالنَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَائِمَةٌ عَيْنَاهُ وَلاَ يَنَامُ قَلْبُهُ، وَكَذَلِكَ الأَنْبِيَاءُ تَنَامُ أَعْيُنُهُمْ وَلاَ تَنَامُ قُلُوبُهُمْ، فَتَوَلَّاهُ جِبْرِيلُ ثُمَّ عَرَجَ بِهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ "

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