74/31. Chapter:
Sahih Bukhari 5639 — Water Gushed From His Fingers
To drink blessed water; and the blessed water.
Hadith About Water Gushing From the Prophet’s Fingers
Sahih Bukhari : 5639
Sahih BukhariHadith Number 5639
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سَالِمُ بْنُ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ قَالَ قَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَقَدْ حَضَرَتِ الْعَصْرُ وَلَيْسَ مَعَنَا مَاءٌ غَيْرَ فَضْلَةٍ فَجُعِلَ فِي إِنَاءٍ، فَأُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِهِ فَأَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ فِيهِ وَفَرَّجَ أَصَابِعَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ " حَىَّ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْوُضُوءِ، الْبَرَكَةُ مِنَ اللَّهِ ". فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ الْمَاءَ يَتَفَجَّرُ مِنْ بَيْنِ أَصَابِعِهِ، فَتَوَضَّأَ النَّاسُ وَشَرِبُوا، فَجَعَلْتُ لاَ آلُو مَا جَعَلْتُ فِي بَطْنِي مِنْهُ، فَعَلِمْتُ أَنَّهُ بَرَكَةٌ. قُلْتُ لِجَابِرٍ كَمْ كُنْتُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ قَالَ أَلْفًا وَأَرْبَعَمِائَةٍ. تَابَعَهُ عَمْرٌو عَنْ جَابِرٍ. وَقَالَ حُصَيْنٌ وَعَمْرُو بْنُ مُرَّةَ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ مِائَةً. وَتَابَعَهُ سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ.
Jabir bin `Abdullah Narrated from:
I was with the Prophet (ﷺ) and the time for the `Asr prayer became due. We had no water with us except a little which was put in a vessel and was brought to the Prophet (ﷺ). He put his hand into it and spread out his fingers and then said, "Come along! Hurry up! All those who want to perform ablution. The blessing is from Allah.'' I saw the water gushing out from his fingers. So the people performed the ablution and drank, and I tried to drink more of that water (beyond my thirst and capacity), for I knew that it was a blessing.The sub-narrator said: I asked Jabir, "How many persons were you then?" He replied, "We were one-thousand four hundred men." Salim said: Jabir said, 1500.
Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 5639In-book reference : Book 74, Hadith 65USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 7, Book 69, Hadith 543
Summary of Sahih Bukhari Hadith 5639
This Hadith reports a clear miracle connected to water and ablution. Jabir said the time for `Asr prayer came while they had only a little water. It was placed in a vessel and brought to the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم). He put his hand into it, spread his fingers, and called those who wanted ablution, saying that the blessing is from Allah. Jabir then saw water gushing from between his fingers. The people performed ablution and drank. Jabir tried to drink extra because he knew it was a blessing. The report says the group numbered one thousand four hundred, with another wording mentioning fifteen hundred. The main message is that blessing is from Allah.
What we learn from this hadith
- A little water was brought when `Asr prayer became due.
- The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, “The blessing is from Allah.”
- People performed ablution and drank from that water.
- The large number of people shows the scale of the reported blessing.
