66/1. Chapter:
Sahih Bukhari 4982 — Final Period of Revelation
How the Divine Revelation used to be revealed and what was the first thing revealed
قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ الْمُهَيْمِنُ الأَمِينُ، الْقُرْآنُ أَمِينٌ عَلَى كُلِّ كِتَابٍ قَبْلَهُ.
Hadith About the Final Period of Revelation
Sahih Bukhari : 4982
Sahih BukhariHadith Number 4982
حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّ اللَّهَ، تَعَالَى تَابَعَ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَبْلَ وَفَاتِهِ حَتَّى تَوَفَّاهُ أَكْثَرَ مَا كَانَ الْوَحْىُ، ثُمَّ تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بَعْدُ.
Anas bin Malik Narrated from:
Allah sent down His Divine Inspiration to His Apostle continuously and abundantly during the period preceding his death till He took him unto Him. That was the period of the greatest part of revelation; and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) died after that.
Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 4982In-book reference : Book 66, Hadith 4USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 6, Book 61, Hadith 505
Summary of Sahih Bukhari Hadith 4982
This Hadith is about the final period of revelation. Anas bin Malik reports that Allah sent down Divine Inspiration to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم continuously and abundantly before his death. The text says this was the period when the greatest part of revelation came down, and then the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم passed away after that. The Hadith keeps the lesson simple: revelation was from Allah, and it came to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم according to Allah’s will. It also shows that the end of the Prophet’s life was closely connected with much revelation. A reader searching for a hadith about revelation before the Prophet’s death can understand from this report that the Qur’anic message was being completed in that final stage.
What we learn from this hadith
- Divine Inspiration came to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم by Allah’s command.
- Revelation was abundant in the period before the Prophet’s death.
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم passed away after that period of much revelation.
