Sahih al-Bukhari 5269

Translation

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Allah has forgiven my followers the evil thoughts that occur to their minds, as long as such thoughts are not put into action or uttered."

Notes

• And Qatada said, "If someone divorces his wife just in his mind, such an unuttered divorce has no effect.:

• قَالَ قَتَادَةُ إِذَا طَلَّقَ فِي نَفْسِهِ فَلَيْسَ بِشَىْءٍ

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Other narrations of this report

Sahih al-Bukhari 6664Sahih Muslim 127bSunan Abi Dawud 2209Sahih Ibn Hibban 4335Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah 1019

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
   عن
2. 2
   Zurārah b. Awfá

   trustworthy (thiqah), devout (ʿābid)d. 93 AH, or: 108 AH, also said: 106 AH
   زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَىثقة ، عابد
   عن
3. 3
   Qatādah b. Diʿāmah

   trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 117 AH, or: 118 AH
   قَتَادَةُثقة ثبت
   حدثنا
4. 4
   Hishām al-Dastuwāʾī

   Trustworthy and firmly reliable (thiqah thabt), though he was accused of belief in free will (qadar)d. 151 AH, or 152 AH, or 153 AH, or 154 AH
   هِشَامٌثقة ثبت ، وقد رمي بالقدر
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Muslim b. Ibrāhīm

   trustworthy (thiqah), dependable (maʾmūn), a prolific narrator (mukthir); he went blind at the end of his lifed. Ibn Saʿd and others said: 222 AH, in «Zahrat al-Mutaʿallimīn»: 221 AH
   مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَثقة مأمون مكثر ، عمي بآخره
   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

Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com

Latin names and English verdicts with a dotted underline are machine translations, not reviewed.

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