Sahih al-Bukhari 4163

Translation

When I set out for Hajj, I passed by some people offering a prayer, I asked, "What is this mosque?" They said, "This is the Tree where Messenger of Allah ﷺ took the Ar-Ridwan Pledge of allegiance. Then I went to Saʿid bin Musaiyab and informed him about it. Saʿid said, "My father said that he was amongst those who had given the Pledge of allegiance to Messenger of Allah ﷺ beneath the Tree. He (i.e. my father) said, "When we set out the following year, we forgot the Tree and were unable to recognize it. "Then Saʿid said (perhaps ironically) "The companions of the Prophet ﷺ could not recognize it; nevertheless, you do recognize it; therefore you have a better knowledge."

Notes

• حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي أَنَّهُ كَانَ فِيمَنْ بَايَعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَحْتَ الشَّجَرَةِ قَالَ فَلَمَّا خَرَجْنَا مِنَ الْعَامِ الْمُقْبِلِ نَسِينَاهَا فَلَمْ نَقْدِرْ عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَ سَعِيدٌ إِنَّ أَصْحَابَ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ لَمْ يَعْلَمُوهَا وَعَلِمْتُمُوهَا أَنْتُمْ فَأَنْتُمْ أَعْلَمُ

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Narrators

1. 1
   Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib

   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 AH
   سَعِيد بْن الْمُسَيِّبأحد العلماء الأثبات الفقهاء الكبار
   فقال
2. 2
   Ṭāriq

   Truthful (ṣadūq) with some errors (awhām)d. between 141 and 150 AH
   طَارِقِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِصدوق له أوهام
   عن
3. 3
   Isrāʾīl

   Trustworthy (thiqah); he was criticized without any valid proofd. Abū Nuʿaym said, and Qaʿnab b. al-Muḥarrar: 160 AH. Hārūn b. Ḥātim said, from Dubays: 161 AH. Khalīfah b. Khayyāṭ said, and Muḥammad b. Saʿd: 162 AH, Mughulṭāy said: 164 AH
   إِسْرَائِيلَثقة ، تُكلم فيه بلا حجة
   عن
4. 4
   ʿUbayd Allāh b. Mūsā

   Trustworthy (thiqah); he leaned towards Shiism (kāna yatashayyaʿ).d. 212 AH or 213 AH or 214 AH
   عُبَيْدُ اللهِثقة ، كان يتشيع
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. al-Bukhārī and others said: 239 AH. Abū Rajāʾ Muḥammad b. Ḥamdawayh al-Marwazī said: 249 AH
   مَحْمُودٌثقة
   حدثنا
6. 6
   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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Latin names and English verdicts with a dotted underline are machine translations, not reviewed.