75/8. Chapter:
Sahih Bukhari 5654 — Dua for Medina’s Health
The visiting of sick men by women
وَعَادَتْ أُمُّ الدَّرْدَاءِ رَجُلاً مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَسْجِدِ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ.
Hadith About the Prophet’s Dua for Medina
Sahih Bukhari : 5654
Sahih BukhariHadith Number 5654
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ لَمَّا قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم الْمَدِينَةَ وُعِكَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَبِلاَلٌ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَتْ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِمَا قُلْتُ يَا أَبَتِ كَيْفَ تَجِدُكَ وَيَا بِلاَلُ كَيْفَ تَجِدُكَ قَالَتْ وَكَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ إِذَا أَخَذَتْهُ الْحُمَّى يَقُولُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مُصَبَّحٌ فِي أَهْلِهِ وَالْمَوْتُ أَدْنَى مِنْ شِرَاكِ نَعْلِهِ وَكَانَ بِلاَلٌ إِذَا أَقْلَعَتْ عَنْهُ يَقُولُ أَلاَ لَيْتَ شِعْرِي هَلْ أَبِيتَنَّ لَيْلَةً بَوَادٍ وَحَوْلِي إِذْخِرٌ وَجَلِيلُ وَهَلْ أَرِدَنْ يَوْمًا مِيَاهَ مِجَنَّةٍ وَهَلْ تَبْدُوَنْ لِي شَامَةٌ وَطَفِيلُ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ فَجِئْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ " اللَّهُمَّ حَبِّبْ إِلَيْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ كَحُبِّنَا مَكَّةَ أَوْ أَشَدَّ، اللَّهُمَّ وَصَحِّحْهَا، وَبَارِكْ لَنَا فِي مُدِّهَا وَصَاعِهَا، وَانْقُلْ حُمَّاهَا فَاجْعَلْهَا بِالْجُحْفَةِ ".
A'isha Narrated from:
When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) emigrated to Medina, Abu Bakr and Bilal got a fever. I entered upon them and asked, "O my father! How are you? O Bilal! How are you?" Whenever fever attacked Abu Bakr, he would recite the following poetic verses: 'Everybody is staying alive among his people, yet death is nearer to him than his shoe laces." And whenever the fever deserted Bilal, he would recite (two poetic lines): 'Would that I could stay overnight in a valley wherein I would be surrounded by Idhkhir and Jalil (two kinds of good smelling grass). Would that one day I would drink of the water of Majinna and would that Shama and Tafil (two mountains at Mecca) would appear to me.'Then I came and informed Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) about that, whereupon he said, "O Allah! Make us love Medina as much or more than we love Mecca. O Allah! Make it healthy and bless its Mudd and Sa for us, and take away its fever and put it in Al Juhfa."
Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 5654In-book reference : Book 75, Hadith 14USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 7, Book 70, Hadith 558
Summary of Sahih Bukhari Hadith 5654
This Hadith describes a time when Abu Bakr and Bilal رضي الله عنهما became feverish after the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم came to Medina. Aisha رضي الله عنها visited them and heard what they said during fever. Abu Bakr spoke about death being near, and Bilal remembered places in Mecca. Aisha then informed Allah’s Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم made dua: he asked Allah to make them love Medina as much as, or more than, they loved Mecca. He also asked Allah to make Medina healthy, bless its mudd and sa, and move its fever to Al-Juhfa. This Hadith about dua for Medina shows the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم turning sickness, longing, and hardship into prayer to Allah.
What we learn from this hadith
- Aisha رضي الله عنها checked on Abu Bakr and Bilal during fever.
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم made dua for love of Medina and its health.
- The dua included blessing in the mudd and sa.
- The Hadith shows turning difficulty into sincere supplication.
