43/9. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 2295b — Umm Salama Hears the Cistern Warning Again
The Cistern Of Our Prophet (SAW) And Its Attributes
Sahih Muslim 2295b: Umm Salama and the Cistern
Sahih Muslim : 2295b
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 2295b
وَحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو مَعْنٍ الرَّقَاشِيُّ، وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ نَافِعٍ وَعَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ - وَهُوَ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو - حَدَّثَنَا أَفْلَحُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ رَافِعٍ، قَالَ كَانَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ تُحَدِّثُ أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتِ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ وَهِيَ تَمْتَشِطُ " أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ " . فَقَالَتْ لِمَاشِطَتِهَا كُفِّي رَأْسِي . بِنَحْوِ حَدِيثِ بُكَيْرٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ .
Umm Salamah Narrated from:
Umm Salama reported that she heard Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) saying this as he was sitting on the pulpit and she was getting her hair combed. (He uttered these words): " O people." And she said to one who was combing: Leave my head; the rest of the hadith is the same.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 2295bIn-book reference : Book 43, Hadith 36USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 30, Hadith 5687
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 2295b
This report gives another wording route for the narration of Umm Salama about the Cistern. It says she heard the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم speaking while he was on the pulpit and she was getting her hair combed. When he said, O people, she told the one combing her hair to leave her head. The rest of the hadith is said to be like the earlier report. So the core message stays connected to Al-Hawd, the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم being the forerunner at the Cistern, and the warning about people being kept away because of what they brought after him. For readers searching Sahih Muslim 2295b, the main point is not a new ruling but a repeated narration with the same Cistern warning and the same care shown by Umm Salama in listening.
What we learn from this hadith
- Umm Salama stopped her grooming to listen when the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم addressed the people.
- The report is linked to the same Cistern narration as before.
- The pulpit scene is mentioned in this chain.
- The message remains tied to Al-Hawd and the warning about what was introduced after him.
