Sahih al-Bukhari 3880
The death of An-Najashi (the Negus)
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حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ صَالِحٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَابْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ أَخْبَرَهُمَا
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَعَى لَهُمُ النَّجَاشِيَّ صَاحِبَ الْحَبَشَةِ فِي الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي مَاتَ فِيهِ وَقَالَ اسْتَغْفِرُوا لأَخِيكُمْ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Zuhayr b. Ḥarb
- Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm
- my father
- Ṣāliḥ
- Ibn Shihāb
- Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman and Ibn al-Musayyab
- Abū Hurayrah Akhbarahumā
that Messenger of Allah ﷺ informed them (i.e. his companions) of the death of Negus, the king of Ethiopia, on the very day on which the latter died, and said, "Ask Allah's Forgiveness for your brother"
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Other narrations of this report
Sahih al-Bukhari 1320Sunan Ibn Majah 1534Musnad Ahmad 14300Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 11536Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 12075
Narrators
- The illustrious Companion, the memorizer among the Companions (ḥāfiẓ al-ṣaḥābah)d. 57 AH, or: 58 AH, or: 59 AHأَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ الدَّوْسِيُّالصحابي الجليل ، حافظ الصحابةأخبرهما
- One of the reliable (athbāt), eminent jurist scholarsd. 87 AH, or 93 AH, or 94 AH, or 95 AH, or 100 AH, Ibn Maʿīn and Ibn al-Madīnī said: 105 AHوَابْنُ الْمُسَيِّبِأحد العلماء الأثبات الفقهاء الكبارحدثني
- The jurist and memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), whose eminence, precision and reliability are agreed upond. Ḍamrah b. Rabīʿah and others said: 123 AH. The nephew of al-Zuhrī and others said: 124 AH. Ibn Yūnus and others said: 125 AHابْنِ شِهَابٍالفقيه الحافظ ، متفق على جلالته وإتقانه وثبتهعن
- trustworthy (thiqah), firmly reliable (thabt), jurist (faqīh)d. after 130 AH, or after 140 AHصَالِحٍثقة ثبت ، فقيهعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah) and an authority (ḥujjah); he was spoken about without any valid ground for criticism.d. 182 AH, or 183 AH, or 184 AH, or 185 AHأَبِيثقة حجة ، تُكُلِّم فيه بلا قادححدثنا
- Trustworthy (thiqah), excellent (fāḍil).d. 208 AHيَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَثقة فاضل .حدثنا
- trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 234 AH, also said: 232 AHزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍثقة ثبتحدثنا
- 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 AHالْبُخَارِيُّجبل الحفظ وإمام الدنيا في فقه الحديث
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Commentaries
شرح مشكل الآثار
Fatḥ al-Bārī (Ibn Ḥajar)
ʿUmdat al-Qārī (Badr al-Dīn al-ʿAynī)
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