Sahih al-Bukhari 3464

Translation

that he heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “There were three among the Children of Israel: a leper, a bald man, and a blind man. Allah willed to test them, so He sent to them an angel.” “He came to the leper and said, ‘What thing do you love most?’ He said, ‘A good color and good skin; people have been disgusted by me.’ He said, ‘Then he touched him, and it went away from him, and he was given a good color and good skin.’ He said, ‘And which wealth do you love most?’” He said, “‘Camels,’” or he said, “‘Cattle.’” — He said: he was uncertain about that, ˹as to˺ the leper and the bald man — one of them said, “‘Camels,’” and the other said, “‘Cattle.’” So he was given a pregnant she-camel, and he said, ‘May it be blessed for you.’” “And he came to the bald man and said, ‘What thing do you love most?’ He said, ‘Good hair, and that this go away from me; people have been disgusted by me.’ He said, ‘So he touched him, and it went away, and he was given good hair.’ He said, ‘And which wealth do you love most?’ He said, ‘Cattle.’ He said, ‘So he gave him a pregnant cow, and he said, ‘May it be blessed for you.’” “And he came to the blind man and said, ‘What thing do you love most?’ He said, ‘That Allah restore my sight to me so that I may see people with it.’ He said, ‘So he touched him, and Allah restored his sight to him.’ He said, ‘And which wealth do you love most?’ He said, ‘Sheep.’ So he gave him a ewe that was giving birth.” “Then these two had offspring, and this one had offspring, until this one had a valley of camels, this one had a valley of cattle, and this one had a valley of sheep.” “Then he came to the leper in his ˹former˺ appearance and form and said, ‘A poor man, whose means have been cut off in my journey; there is no way to reach ˹my destination˺ today except by Allah, then by you. I ask you by the One who gave you the good color, the good skin, and wealth, for a camel by which I can reach ˹my destination˺ on my journey.’ He said to him, ‘˹I have˺ many rights (responsibilities) ˹upon me˺.’ He said, ‘It is as though I know you. Were you not a leper whom people found disgusting, poor, and then Allah gave you?’ He said, ‘I inherited this wealth, generation after generation.’ He said, ‘If you are lying, then may Allah return you to what you were.’” “And he came to the bald man in his ˹former˺ appearance and form and said to him the like of what he had said to this one, and he replied to him the like of what this one had replied. He said, ‘If you are lying, then may Allah return you to what you were.’” “And he came to the blind man in his ˹former˺ appearance and said, ‘A poor man and a wayfarer, whose means have been cut off in my journey; there is no way to reach ˹my destination˺ today except by Allah, then by you. I ask you by the One who restored your sight, for a sheep by which I can reach ˹my destination˺ on my journey.’ He said, ‘I was blind and Allah restored my sight, and I was poor and He made me rich, so take whatever you wish. By Allah, I will not make things difficult for you today regarding anything you take for Allah’s sake.’ He said, ‘Keep your wealth; you were only tested. Allah is pleased with you and displeased with your two companions.’”

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Same hadith, other wordings

• Misykatul Mashabih 1878وَعَن أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «إِنَّ ثَلَاثَة فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَبْرَصَ وَأَقْرَعَ وَأَعْمَى فَأَرَادَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَبْتَلِيَهُمْ فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهِمْ مَلَكًا فَأَتَى الْأَ
• Shahih al-Bukhari 6653إِنَّ ثَلاَثَةً فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَرَادَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَبْتَلِيَهُمْ فَبَعَثَ مَلَكًا فَأَتَى الأَبْرَصَ فَقَالَ تَقَطَّعَتْ بِي الْحِبَالُ فَلاَ بَلاَغَ لِي إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ ثُمَّ بِكَ
• Shahih Muslim 2964«إِنَّ ثَلاَثَةً فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَبْرَصَ، وَأَقْرَعَ، وَأَعْمَى۔ فَأَرَادَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَبْتَلِيَهُمْ، فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهِمْ مَلَكًا۔» «فَأَتَى الأَبْرَصَ فَقَالَ: أَىُّ شَىْءٍ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ: لَوْنٌ حَسَنٌ، وَجِلْدٌ حَسَنٌ،

Other narrations of this report

Sahih Ibn Hibban 314al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 14366Musnad al-Bazzar 8101

Narrators

1. 1
   Abū Hurayrah al-Dawsī

   The illustrious Companion, the memorizer among the Companions (ḥāfiẓ al-ṣaḥābah)d. 57 AH, or: 58 AH, or: 59 AH
   أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ الدَّوْسِيُّالصحابي الجليل ، حافظ الصحابة
   حدثه
2. 2
   ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Abī ʿAmrah

   Ibn Abī Ḥātim said: He did not have companionship (ṣuḥbah) with the Prophet.d. between 101 AH and 110 AH
   عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرَةَقال ابن أبي حاتم : ليست له صحبة
   حدثني
3. 3
   Isḥāq b. ʿAbdullāh b. Abī Ṭalḥah

   trustworthy (thiqah), a authoritative proof (ḥujjah)d. 130 AH or 132 AH, also said: 134 AH
   إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِثقة حجة
   حدثنا
4. 4
   Hammām

   Trustworthy (thiqah), who sometimes erred (rubbamā wahima)d. 163 AH, or: 164 AH, also said: 165 AH
   هَمَّامٌثقة ربما وهم
   حدثنا
5. 5
   ʿAmr b. ʿĀṣim

   truthful (ṣadūq), there is something in his memoryd. 213 AH
   عَمْرُو بْنُ عَاصِمٍصدوق في حفظه شيء
   حدثنا
6. 6
   Aḥmad b. Isḥāq

   truthful (ṣadūq)d. 242 AH
   أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَصدوق
   حدثني
7. 7
   al-Bukhārī

   a mountain of memorization and the leader of the world in the comprehension of hadith (jabal al-ḥifẓ wa-imām al-dunyā fī fiqh al-ḥadīth)d. 256 AH
   الْبُخَارِيُّجبل الحفظ وإمام الدنيا في فقه الحديث

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riyad 65lulu-marjan 1868