65/60.3. Chapter:
Sahih Bukhari 4895 — Eid Prayer, Pledge Verse, and Women Giving Charity
"O Prophet! When believing women come to you to give you the Bai'a (pledge)..." (V.60:12)
Eid Prayer Hadith: Sermon, Women’s Pledge, and Charity
Sahih Bukhari : 4895
Sahih BukhariHadith Number 4895
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ، حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ مَعْرُوفٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ، قَالَ وَأَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، أَنَّ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ مُسْلِمٍ، أَخْبَرَهُ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ شَهِدْتُ الصَّلاَةَ يَوْمَ الْفِطْرِ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ فَكُلُّهُمْ يُصَلِّيهَا قَبْلَ الْخُطْبَةِ ثُمَّ يَخْطُبُ بَعْدُ، فَنَزَلَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ حِينَ يُجَلِّسُ الرِّجَالَ بِيَدِهِ، ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ يَشُقُّهُمْ حَتَّى أَتَى النِّسَاءَ مَعَ بِلاَلٍ فَقَالَ {يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ إِذَا جَاءَكَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتُ يُبَايِعْنَكَ عَلَى أَنْ لاَ يُشْرِكْنَ بِاللَّهِ شَيْئًا وَلاَ يَسْرِقْنَ وَلاَ يَزْنِينَ وَلاَ يَقْتُلْنَ أَوْلاَدَهُنَّ وَلاَ يَأْتِينَ بِبُهْتَانٍ يَفْتَرِينَهُ بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِنَّ وَأَرْجُلِهِنَّ} حَتَّى فَرَغَ مِنَ الآيَةِ كُلِّهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ حِينَ فَرَغَ " أَنْتُنَّ عَلَى ذَلِكَ ". وَقَالَتِ امْرَأَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ لَمْ يُجِبْهُ غَيْرُهَا نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، لاَ يَدْرِي الْحَسَنُ مَنْ هِيَ. قَالَ " فَتَصَدَّقْنَ " وَبَسَطَ بِلاَلٌ ثَوْبَهُ فَجَعَلْنَ يُلْقِينَ الْفَتَخَ وَالْخَوَاتِيمَ فِي ثَوْبِ بِلاَلٍ.
Ibn 'Abbas Narrated from:
I witnessed the `Id-al-Fitr prayer with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), Abu Bakr, `Umar and `Uthman; and all of them offered it before delivering the sermon... and then delivered the sermon. Once the Prophet (after completing the prayer and the sermon) came down, as if I am now looking at him waving at the men with his hand to sit down, and walked through them till he, along with Bilal, reached (the rows of) the women.Then he recited: 'O Prophet! When believing women come to you to take the oath of allegiance that they will not worship anything other than Allah, will not steal, will not commit illegal sexual intercourse, will not kill their children, and will not utter slander, intentionally forging falsehood (by making illegal children belonging to their husbands)'....(60.12)Having finished, he said, 'Do you agree to that?" One lady, other than whom none replied the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Yes, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)!" (The, sub-narrator, Al-Hasan did not know who the lady was.) Then the Prophet (ﷺ) said to them: "Will you give alms?" Thereupon Bilal spread out his garment and the women started throwing big rings and small rings into Bilal's garment. (See Hadith No. 95 vol.2)
Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 4895In-book reference : Book 65, Hadith 415USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 6, Book 60, Hadith 418
Summary of Sahih Bukhari Hadith 4895
This hadith about Eid prayer and women giving charity describes what Ibn Abbas witnessed with Allah’s Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم, Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman: they offered the Eid al-Fitr prayer before the sermon. After the prayer and sermon, the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم went to the women with Bilal and recited the verse of the women’s pledge from Surah Al-Mumtahanah. After completing the verse, he asked whether they agreed to it, and one woman answered yes. Then he told them to give charity. Bilal spread his garment, and the women placed rings into it. The narration brings together order in Eid prayer, teaching the pledge conditions, and giving charity in response to the Prophet’s صلى الله عليه وسلم call.
What we learn from this hadith
- Eid al-Fitr prayer was performed before the sermon in this report.
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم went to the women and recited the pledge verse to them.
- He asked for their agreement after completing the verse.
- The women responded to the call for charity by placing rings in Bilal’s garment.
