Hadith 5242

The saying of a man: “I will go round (i.e. have sexual relations with) all my wives tonight.”

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Darussalam · Volume 7

67 - THE BOOK OF AN-NIKĀH(The Wedlock)

Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition

الحديث: 5242 ¦ الجزء: 7 ¦ الصفحة: 39

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English translation

5242. Narrated Abū Hurairah رضي الله عنه: (The Prophet) Sulaiman (Solomon), son of (the Prophet) Dāwud (David) عليهم السلام said, "Tonight I will go round (i.e. have sexual relations with) one hundred women wives), everyone of whom will give birth to a male child who will fight in Allāh's Cause." On that an angel said to him, "Say: 'If Allāh will'." But Sulaiman (Solomon) did not say it and forgot to say it. Then he had sexual relations with them but none of them gave birth to any child except one who gave birth to a half person. The Prophet ﷺ said, "If Sulaiman (Solomon) had said: 'If Allāh will,' Allāh would have fulfilled his (above) desire and that saying would have made him more hopeful." (See H. 2819)

Arabic text

5242 - حَدَّثَنِي مَحْمُودٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ طَاوُسٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: " قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ: لَأَطُوفَنَّ اللَّيْلَةَ بِمِائَةِ امْرَأَةٍ، تَلِدُ كُلُّ امْرَأَةٍ غُلاَمًا يُقَاتِلُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ المَلَكُ: قُلْ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ، فَلَمْ يَقُلْ وَنَسِيَ، فَأَطَافَ بِهِنَّ، وَلَمْ تَلِدْ مِنْهُنَّ إِلَّا امْرَأَةٌ نِصْفَ إِنْسَانٍ " قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " لَوْ قَالَ: إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَمْ يَحْنَثْ، وَكَانَ أَرْجَى لِحَاجَتِهِ "

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