65/78.1. Chapter:
Sahih Bukhari 4935 — Resurrection After the Trumpet
"The Day when the Trumpet will be blown, and you shall come forth in crowds (groups after groups)." (V.78:18)
Hadith About Resurrection, the Trumpet, and the Tailbone
Sahih Bukhari : 4935
Sahih BukhariHadith Number 4935
حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَا بَيْنَ النَّفْخَتَيْنِ أَرْبَعُونَ ". قَالَ أَرْبَعُونَ يَوْمًا قَالَ أَبَيْتُ. قَالَ أَرْبَعُونَ شَهْرًا قَالَ أَبَيْتُ. قَالَ أَرْبَعُونَ سَنَةً قَالَ أَبَيْتُ. قَالَ " ثُمَّ يُنْزِلُ اللَّهُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً. فَيَنْبُتُونَ كَمَا يَنْبُتُ الْبَقْلُ لَيْسَ مِنَ الإِنْسَانِ شَىْءٌ إِلاَّ يَبْلَى إِلاَّ عَظْمًا وَاحِدًا وَهْوَ عَجْبُ الذَّنَبِ، وَمِنْهُ يُرَكَّبُ الْخَلْقُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ".
Al-A`mash Narrated from:
Abu Huraira said, "Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, 'Between the two sounds of the trumpet, there will be forty." Somebody asked Abu Huraira, "Forty days?" But he refused to reply. Then he asked, "Forty months?" He refused to reply. Then he asked, "Forty years?" Again, he refused to reply.Abu Huraira added. "Then (after this period) Allah will send water from the sky and then the dead bodies will grow like vegetation grows, There is nothing of the human body that does not decay except one bone; that is the little bone at the end of the coccyx of which the human body will be recreated on the Day of Resurrection." (See Hadith No. 338)
Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 4935In-book reference : Book 65, Hadith 456USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 6, Book 60, Hadith 457
Summary of Sahih Bukhari Hadith 4935
This Hadith speaks about resurrection after the trumpet sounds. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said that between the two sounds of the trumpet there will be forty. When Abu Huraira was asked whether that meant forty days, forty months, or forty years, he refused to specify. The Hadith then says that Allah will send water from the sky, and dead bodies will grow as vegetation grows. It also states that every part of the human body decays except one bone, the small bone at the end of the coccyx, and from it the human being will be recreated on the Day of Resurrection. The message is about Allah’s power to bring creation back after death.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Hadith mentions forty between the two trumpet sounds without specifying days, months, or years.
- Allah will send water from the sky before bodies grow again like vegetation.
- The tailbone is described as the part from which the human being will be recreated.
- The narration points to belief in bodily resurrection on the Day of Resurrection.
