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Sahih Muslim 162c — Gabriel Washes the Prophet’s Heart
The night journey on which the messenger of Allah (saws) was taken up into the heavens and the prayers were enjoined
Hadith About Gabriel Washing the Prophet’s Heart
Sahih Muslim : 162c
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 162c
حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ الْبُنَانِيُّ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَتَاهُ جِبْرِيلُ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَهُوَ يَلْعَبُ مَعَ الْغِلْمَانِ فَأَخَذَهُ فَصَرَعَهُ فَشَقَّ عَنْ قَلْبِهِ فَاسْتَخْرَجَ الْقَلْبَ فَاسْتَخْرَجَ مِنْهُ عَلَقَةً فَقَالَ هَذَا حَظُّ الشَّيْطَانِ مِنْكَ . ثُمَّ غَسَلَهُ فِي طَسْتٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ بِمَاءِ زَمْزَمَ ثُمَّ لأَمَهُ ثُمَّ أَعَادَهُ فِي مَكَانِهِ وَجَاءَ الْغِلْمَانُ يَسْعَوْنَ إِلَى أُمِّهِ - يَعْنِي ظِئْرَهُ - فَقَالُوا إِنَّ مُحَمَّدًا قَدْ قُتِلَ . فَاسْتَقْبَلُوهُ وَهُوَ مُنْتَقَعُ اللَّوْنِ . قَالَ أَنَسٌ وَقَدْ كُنْتُ أَرَى أَثَرَ ذَلِكَ الْمِخْيَطِ فِي صَدْرِهِ .
Anas bin Malik Narrated from:
Gabriel came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) while he was playing with his playmates. He took hold of him and lay him prostrate on the ground and tore open his breast and took out the heart from it and then extracted a blood-clot out of it and said: That was the part of Satan in thee. And then he washed it with the water of Zamzam in a golden basin and then it was joined together and restored to it place.The boys came running to his mother, i. e. his nurse, and said: Verily Muhammad has been murdered. They all rushed toward him (and found him all right) His color was changed, Anas said. I myself saw the marks of needle on his breast.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 162cIn-book reference : Book 1, Hadith 318USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 1, Hadith 311
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 162c
This hadith gives a detailed report from Anas b. Malik about Gabriel coming to the Prophet while he was playing with other boys. Gabriel took him, opened his breast, removed his heart, extracted a blood-clot, and said it was the part of Satan in him. Then Gabriel washed the heart with Zamzam water in a golden basin, joined it together, and restored it to its place. The boys ran to his nurse saying Muhammad had been killed, but they found him alive with his color changed. Anas said he saw the marks on the Prophet’s chest. For searches about Gabriel washing the Prophet’s heart, this report is the central text.
What we learn from this hadith
- The hadith describes Gabriel washing the Prophet’s heart with Zamzam.
- The report mentions the removal of a blood-clot described as the part of Satan.
- The boys reacted with fear, but the Prophet was found alive.
- Anas reported seeing the marks on the Prophet’s chest.
