62/6. Chapter:
Sahih Bukhari 3690 — Companions of the Prophet
The merits of 'Umar bin Al-Khattab ﵁
Sahih Bukhari : 3690
Sahih BukhariHadith Number 3690
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، حَدَّثَنَا عُقَيْلٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، وَأَبِي، سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالاَ سَمِعْنَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " بَيْنَمَا رَاعٍ فِي غَنَمِهِ عَدَا الذِّئْبُ فَأَخَذَ مِنْهَا شَاةً، فَطَلَبَهَا حَتَّى اسْتَنْقَذَهَا، فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَيْهِ الذِّئْبُ فَقَالَ لَهُ مَنْ لَهَا يَوْمَ السَّبُعِ، لَيْسَ لَهَا رَاعٍ غَيْرِي". فَقَالَ النَّاسُ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ. فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " فَإِنِّي أُومِنُ بِهِ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ " وَمَا ثَمَّ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ.
Abu Hurairah Narrated from:
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Whilst a shepherd was amongst his sheep, a wolf attacked them and took away a sheep. The shepherd chased it and got that sheep freed from the wolf. The wolf turned towards the shepherd and said, 'Who will guard the sheep on the day of wild animals when it will have no shepherd except myself?" The people said, "Glorified be Allah." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "But I believe in it and so do Abu Bakr and `Umar although Abu Bakr and `Umar were not present there (at the place of the event).
[1] It has been written that a wolf also spoke to a shepherd during the Prophet’s lifetime near Al-Madīna as narrated in Musnad Imām Ahmad in the Musnad of Abū Sa‘īd Al-Khudrī رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ (Vol. 3): Narrated Abū Sa‘īd Al-Khudrī رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: (While a shepherd was in his herd of sheep), suddenly a wolf attacked a sheep and took it away, the shepherd chased the wolf and took back the sheep, the wolf sat on its tail and addressed the shepherd saying: “Be afraid of Allāh, you have taken the provision from me which Allāh gave me”. The shepherd said: “What an amazing thing! A wolf sitting on its tail speaks to me in the language of a human being.” The wolf said: “Shall I tell you something more amazing than this? There is Muḥammad, the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) in Yathrib (Al-Madīna) informing the people about the news of the past.” Then the shepherd (after hearing that) proceeded (towards Al-Madīna) driving his sheep till he entered Al-Madīna, cornered his sheep in a place, and came to Allāh’s Messenger (Muḥammad ﷺ) and informed the whole story. Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ ordered for the proclamation of a congregational prayer (صلاة جماعه), then he ﷺ came out and asked the shepherd to inform the people (about his story) and he informed them. Then Allāh’s Messenger said: “He (the shepherd) has spoken the truth. By Him (Allāh) in Whose Hand the shoe-laces of a person speak to him and his thigh informs him about his family as to what happened to them after him. ( Musnad of Ahmad, Musnad Abi Sa‘īd Al-Khudrī ).”Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 3690In-book reference : Book 62, Hadith 40USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 5, Book 57, Hadith 39
