91/29. Chapter:
Sahih Bukhari 7021 — The Large Bucket in Umar’s Hand
Drawing one or two buckets of water from a well
Hadith About the Large Bucket in Umar’s Hand
Sahih Bukhari : 7021
Sahih BukhariHadith Number 7021
حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عُفَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُقَيْلٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي سَعِيدٌ، أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " بَيْنَا أَنَا نَائِمٌ رَأَيْتُنِي عَلَى قَلِيبٍ وَعَلَيْهَا دَلْوٌ، فَنَزَعْتُ مِنْهَا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ، ثُمَّ أَخَذَهَا ابْنُ أَبِي قُحَافَةَ فَنَزَعَ مِنْهَا ذَنُوبًا أَوْ ذَنُوبَيْنِ، وَفِي نَزْعِهِ ضَعْفٌ وَاللَّهُ يَغْفِرُ لَهُ، ثُمَّ اسْتَحَالَتْ غَرْبًا، فَأَخَذَهَا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ، فَلَمْ أَرَ عَبْقَرِيًّا مِنَ النَّاسِ يَنْزِعُ نَزْعَ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ، حَتَّى ضَرَبَ النَّاسُ بِعَطَنٍ ".
Abu Hurairah Narrated from:
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "While I was sleeping, I saw myself standing at a well over which there was a bucket. I pulled out from it as many buckets of water as Allah wished, and then Ibn Abi Quhafa (Abu Bakr) took the bucket from me and pulled out one or two full buckets, and there was weakness in his pull--may Allah forgive him.Then the bucket turned into a very large one and `Umar bin Al-Khattab took it. I have never seen any strong man among the people, drawing water with such strength as `Umar did, till the people (drank to their satisfaction and) watered their camels to their fill; whereupon the camels sat beside the water."
Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 7021In-book reference : Book 91, Hadith 38USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 87, Hadith 148
Summary of Sahih Bukhari Hadith 7021
This hadith about the large bucket in Umar’s hand gives another narration of the well dream. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم saw himself at a well with a bucket and drew from it as Allah wished. Then Abu Bakr took the bucket and drew one or two full buckets, with weakness in his pull, and the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said Allah forgave him. Then the bucket changed into a large one, and Umar bin Al-Khattab took it. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said he had not seen a strong man draw as Umar drew, until the people drank and watered their camels. The focus is on the sequence in the dream: the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم, then Abu Bakr, then Umar, and the benefit given to people.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم drew water first, as Allah wished.
- Abu Bakr’s drawing is mentioned with weakness and forgiveness.
- Umar’s drawing is described as unusually strong.
- The dream ends with people and camels receiving enough water.
