Hadith 5666

It is permissible for a patient to say: "I am sick," or "Oh, my head!" or "My ailment has been aggravated."

English source

Darussalam · Volume 7

75 - THE BOOK OF PATIENTS

Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation

Arabic source

Shamela Arabic edition

الحديث: 5666 ¦ الجزء: 7 ¦ الصفحة: 119

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English translation

5666. Narrated Al-Qāsim bin Muḥammad: 'Aishah, (complaining of headache) said, "Oh, my head"! Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, "I wish that had happened while I was still living, for then I would ask Allāh's forgiveness for you and invoke Allāh for you."(2) 'Aishah said, "Wa thuklayāh!"(3) By Allāh, I think you want me to die; and if this should happen, you would spend the last part of the day sleeping with one of your wives!" The Prophet ﷺ said, "Nay, I should say, 'Oh my head!' I felt like sending for Abū Bakr and his son, and appoint him as my successor lest some people claimed something or some others wished something, but then I said (to myself), Allāh would not allow it to be otherwise, and the Muslims would prevent it to be otherwise".

Arabic text

5666 - حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى أَبُو زَكَرِيَّاءَ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلاَلٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ القَاسِمَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ: قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ: وَا رَأْسَاهْ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «ذَاكِ لَوْ كَانَ وَأَنَا حَيٌّ فَأَسْتَغْفِرَ لَكِ وَأَدْعُوَ لَكِ» فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ: وَا ثُكْلِيَاهْ، وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأَظُنُّكَ تُحِبُّ مَوْتِي، وَلَوْ كَانَ ذَاكَ، لَظَلِلْتَ آخِرَ يَوْمِكَ مُعَرِّسًا بِبَعْضِ أَزْوَاجِكَ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " بَلْ أَنَا وَا رَأْسَاهْ، لَقَدْ هَمَمْتُ - أَوْ أَرَدْتُ - أَنْ أُرْسِلَ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَابْنِهِ وَأَعْهَدَ: أَنْ يَقُولَ القَائِلُونَ - أَوْ يَتَمَنَّى المُتَمَنُّونَ - ثُمَّ قُلْتُ: يَأْبَى اللَّهُ وَيَدْفَعُ المُؤْمِنُونَ، أَوْ يَدْفَعُ اللَّهُ وَيَأْبَى المُؤْمِنُونَ "

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1
(1) (H. 5665) Ka'b was in a state of Iḥrām.
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(2) (H. 5666) The Prophet ﷺ wished that he would survive her so that he might invoke Allāh for her.
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(3) (H. 5666) An exclamation, meaning: "Alas I have lost my son!" The literal meaning is not meant here; it only expresses the distress and discomfort of the speaker.