37/19. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 2098a — Broken Sandal Strap Guidance
It Is Recommended To Put Shoes On The Right Foot First, And To Take Them Off From The Left Foot First, And It Is Disliked To Walk In One Shoe
Broken Sandal Strap Hadith: Do Not Walk in One Sandal
Sahih Muslim : 2098a
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 2098a
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ - وَاللَّفْظُ لأَبِي كُرَيْبٍ - قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ إِدْرِيسَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي رَزِينٍ، قَالَ خَرَجَ إِلَيْنَا أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ فَضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ عَلَى جَبْهَتِهِ فَقَالَ أَلاَ إِنَّكُمْ تَحَدَّثُونَ أَنِّي أَكْذِبُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لِتَهْتَدُوا وَأَضِلَّ أَلاَ وَإِنِّي أَشْهَدُ لَسَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " إِذَا انْقَطَعَ شِسْعُ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلاَ يَمْشِ فِي الأُخْرَى حَتَّى يُصْلِحَهَا " .
Abu Razin Narrated from:
Abu Huraira came to us and he struck his forehead with his hand and said: Behold I you talk amongst yourself that I attribute wrongly to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (certain things) in order to guide you to the right path. In such a case, I would myself go astray. Listen. I bear testimony to the fact that I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying: When the thong of any one of you is broken, he should not walk in the second one until he has got it repaired.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 2098aIn-book reference : Book 37, Hadith 112USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 24, Hadith 5233
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 2098a
This broken sandal strap hadith includes a strong personal statement from Abu Huraira before he reports the words of Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم. Abu Huraira rejects the idea that he would wrongly attribute something to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم while trying to guide people. Then he bears witness that he heard the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم say that when the thong of someone's sandal breaks, he should not walk in the other one until he repairs it. The main teaching is about not continuing with only one usable sandal. For readers searching for hadith about broken sandals or one sandal in Islam, this narration gives a direct example: if one strap breaks, fix it before walking in the other alone.
What we learn from this hadith
- Abu Huraira strongly affirmed that he heard this from the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم.
- If a sandal strap breaks, a person should not walk in the other sandal alone.
- The report connects broken footwear with the rule of not walking in one sandal.
- The text says to repair the broken thong before continuing in the other.
