65/44.4. Chapter:
Sahih Bukhari 4823 — Smoke and the Day of Badr
"How can there be for them an admonition (at the time when the torment has reached them), when a Messenger explaining things clearly, has already come to them?" (V.44:13)
الذِّكْرُ وَالذِّكْرَى وَاحِدٌ.
Hadith About the Smoke, Hunger, and the Battle of Badr
Sahih Bukhari : 4823
Sahih BukhariHadith Number 4823
حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي الضُّحَى، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لَمَّا دَعَا قُرَيْشًا كَذَّبُوهُ وَاسْتَعْصَوْا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ " اللَّهُمَّ أَعِنِّي عَلَيْهِمْ بِسَبْعٍ كَسَبْعِ يُوسُفَ ". فَأَصَابَتْهُمْ سَنَةٌ حَصَّتْ ـ يَعْنِي ـ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ حَتَّى كَانُوا يَأْكُلُونَ الْمَيْتَةَ فَكَانَ يَقُومُ أَحَدُهُمْ فَكَانَ يَرَى بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ مِثْلَ الدُّخَانِ مِنَ الْجَهْدِ وَالْجُوعِ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ {فَارْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِي السَّمَاءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُبِينٍ * يَغْشَى النَّاسَ هَذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ} حَتَّى بَلَغَ {إِنَّا كَاشِفُو الْعَذَابِ قَلِيلاً إِنَّكُمْ عَائِدُونَ} قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ أَفَيُكْشَفُ عَنْهُمُ الْعَذَابُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ قَالَ وَالْبَطْشَةُ الْكُبْرَى يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ.
Masruq Narrated from:
I came upon `Abdullah and he said, "When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) invited Quraish (to Islam), they disbelieved him and stood against him. So he (the Prophet) said, "O Allah! Help me against them by afflicting them with seven years of famine similar to the seven years of Joseph.' So they were stricken with a year of drought that destroyed everything, and they started eating dead animals, and if one of them got up he would see something like smoke between him and the sky from the severe fatigue and hunger."`Abdullah then recited:-- 'Then watch you for the Day that the sky will bring forth a kind of smoke plainly visible, covering the people. This is a painful torment... (till he reached) ........ We shall indeed remove the punishment for a while, but truly you will revert (to heathenism): (44.10-15)`Abdullah added: "Will the punishment be removed from them on the Day of Resurrection?" He added," The severe grasp" was the Day of the Battle of Badr."
Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 4823In-book reference : Book 65, Hadith 345USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 6, Book 60, Hadith 348
Summary of Sahih Bukhari Hadith 4823
This hadith about the smoke and the Battle of Badr gives a clear account from Masruq reporting Abdullah. When Allah’s Messenger invited Quraish to Islam, they disbelieved him and stood against him. The Prophet then asked Allah to help him against them with years like the years of Joseph. A drought came, and the hardship was so severe that people ate dead animals. One of them would see something like smoke between himself and the sky because of hunger and fatigue. Abdullah recited verses from Surah Ad-Dukhan and then asked whether the punishment would be removed from them on the Day of Resurrection. He stated that the severe grasp was the Day of Badr. This is useful for readers searching for smoke hadith, Surah Dukhan tafsir hadith, and Badr punishment hadith.
What we learn from this hadith
- The smoke in this report is connected to severe hunger and fatigue.
- The Prophet’s prayer came after Quraish rejected and opposed him.
- Abdullah linked the severe grasp in this narration to the Day of Badr.
- The hadith warns against returning to disbelief after hardship is lifted.
