75/16. Chapter:
Sahih Bukhari 5666 — Illness and Dua
To say "I am sick," or "Oh, my head!" or "My ailment has been aggravated"
وَقَوْلِ أَيُّوبَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ: {أَنِّي مَسَّنِيَ الضُّرُّ وَأَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ}.
Hadith About Headache, Forgiveness, and Dua for the Sick
Sahih Bukhari : 5666
Sahih BukhariHadith Number 5666
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى أَبُو زَكَرِيَّاءَ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلاَلٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْقَاسِمَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ وَارَأْسَاهْ. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " ذَاكِ لَوْ كَانَ وَأَنَا حَىٌّ، فَأَسْتَغْفِرُ لَكِ وَأَدْعُو لَكِ ". فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ وَاثُكْلِيَاهْ، وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لأَظُنُّكَ تُحِبُّ مَوْتِي، وَلَوْ كَانَ ذَاكَ لَظَلِلْتَ آخِرَ يَوْمِكَ مُعَرِّسًا بِبَعْضِ أَزْوَاجِكَ. فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " بَلْ أَنَا وَارَأْسَاهْ لَقَدْ هَمَمْتُ أَوْ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أُرْسِلَ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَابْنِهِ، وَأَعْهَدَ أَنْ يَقُولَ الْقَائِلُونَ أَوْ يَتَمَنَّى الْمُتَمَنُّونَ، ثُمَّ قُلْتُ يَأْبَى اللَّهُ وَيَدْفَعُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ، أَوْ يَدْفَعُ اللَّهُ وَيَأْبَى الْمُؤْمِنُونَ ".
al-Qasim ibn Muhammad Narrated from:
`Aisha, (complaining of headache) said, "Oh, my head"! Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "I wish that had happened while I was still living, for then I would ask Allah's Forgiveness for you and invoke Allah for you." Aisha said, "Wa thuklayah! By Allah, I think you want me to die; and If this should happen, you would spend the last part of the day sleeping with one of your wives!"The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Nay, I should say, 'Oh my head!' I felt like sending for Abu Bakr and his son, and appoint him as my successor lest some people claimed something or some others wished something, but then I said (to myself), 'Allah would not allow it to be otherwise, and the Muslims would prevent it to be otherwise".
[2] The Prophet ﷺ wished that he would survive her so that he might invoke Allāh for her.(3) An exclamation, meaning: "Alas I have lost my son!" The literal meaning is not meant here; it only expresses the distress and discomfort of the speaker.Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 5666In-book reference : Book 75, Hadith 26USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 7, Book 70, Hadith 570
Summary of Sahih Bukhari Hadith 5666
This Hadith shows a personal conversation between Aisha and Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم during illness. Aisha complained, Oh, my head. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said that if her death happened while he was alive, he would ask Allah's forgiveness for her and make dua for her. Aisha responded with concern and emotion. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم then said that he himself should say, Oh my head, showing that he was also in pain. He also mentioned that he had thought about sending for Abu Bakr and his son and making a matter clear so that people would not claim or wish otherwise. The Hadith centers on illness and dua. It shows tenderness, human emotion, pain, and trust that Allah and the believers would not allow matters to go otherwise.
What we learn from this hadith
- A person may express pain by saying that he or she is sick.
- Making dua and asking forgiveness for the sick is a caring act.
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم also experienced pain and headache.
- The Hadith shows trust in Allah during sensitive matters.
