74/30. Chapter:
Sahih Bukhari 5638 — The Prophet’s Drinking Bowl
To drink in the drinking bowl of the Prophet (saws)
وَقَالَ أَبُو بُرْدَةَ قَالَ لِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ أَلاَ أَسْقِيكَ فِي قَدَحٍ شَرِبَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِيهِ.
Hadith About the Drinking Bowl of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم
Sahih Bukhari : 5638
Sahih BukhariHadith Number 5638
حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُدْرِكٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ الأَحْوَلِ، قَالَ رَأَيْتُ قَدَحَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عِنْدَ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، وَكَانَ قَدِ انْصَدَعَ فَسَلْسَلَهُ بِفِضَّةٍ قَالَ وَهْوَ قَدَحٌ جَيِّدٌ عَرِيضٌ مِنْ نُضَارٍ. قَالَ قَالَ أَنَسٌ لَقَدْ سَقَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي هَذَا الْقَدَحِ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ كَذَا وَكَذَا. قَالَ وَقَالَ ابْنُ سِيرِينَ إِنَّهُ كَانَ فِيهِ حَلْقَةٌ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ فَأَرَادَ أَنَسٌ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ مَكَانَهَا حَلْقَةً مِنْ ذَهَبٍ أَوْ فِضَّةٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ لاَ تُغَيِّرَنَّ شَيْئًا صَنَعَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَتَرَكَهُ.
'Asim Al-Ahwal Narrated from:
I saw the drinking bowl of the Prophet (ﷺ) with Anas bin Malik, and it had been broken, and he had mended it with silver plates. That drinking bowl was quite wide and made of Nadar wood, Anas said, "I gave water to the Prophet (ﷺ) in that bowl more than so-and-so (for a long period)." Ibn Seereen said: Around that bowl there was an iron ring, and Anas wanted to replace it with a silver or gold ring, but Abu Talha said to him, "Do not change a thing that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) has made." So Anas left it as it was.
Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 5638In-book reference : Book 74, Hadith 64USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 7, Book 69, Hadith 542
Summary of Sahih Bukhari Hadith 5638
This Hadith is about the drinking bowl of the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم). `Asim al-Ahwal saw it with Anas bin Malik. It had been broken and repaired with silver plates. Anas said he had served the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) in that bowl many times. The report also says the bowl was wide and made of Nadar wood. Ibn Seereen added that it had an iron ring, and Anas once wanted to replace it with a gold or silver ring. Abu Talha told him not to change anything Allah's Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم) had made, so Anas left it as it was. The simple lesson is love, careful preservation, and respect for what was connected to the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم).
What we learn from this hadith
- Anas kept the drinking bowl of the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم).
- The bowl was repaired after being broken.
- Abu Talha advised not changing what the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) had made.
- Anas accepted that advice and left it as it was.
