Sahih Muslim 2550b

Translation

from the Prophet ﷺ, who said: "Only three spoke in the cradle: Jesus son of Mary, and the child in the story of Jurayj. Jurayj was a devout worshipper who took a hermitage and stayed in it. His mother came to him while he was praying and said, 'O Jurayj.' He said, 'My Lord, my mother and my prayer,' and he turned to his prayer, so she left. The next day she came to him while he was praying and said, 'O Jurayj.' He said, 'My Lord, my mother and my prayer,' and he turned to his prayer, so she left. The next day she came to him while he was praying and said, 'O Jurayj.' He said, 'O my Lord, my mother and my prayer,' and he turned to his prayer. She said, 'O Allah, do not let him die until he looks upon the faces of prostitutes.' The Children of Israel began mentioning Jurayj and his worship. There was an immoral woman whose beauty was proverbial, and she said, 'If you wish, I will tempt him for you.' He said: She exposed herself to him, but he paid no attention to her. So she went to a shepherd who used to take shelter at his hermitage, gave herself to him, and he had intercourse with her. She became pregnant. When she gave birth she said, 'It is from Jurayj.' They came to him, brought him down, demolished his hermitage, and began beating him. He said, 'What is the matter with you?' They said, 'You committed adultery with this prostitute, and she gave birth from you.' He asked, 'Where is the child?' They brought him, and he said, 'Leave me until I pray.' He prayed, and when he finished he came to the child, poked him in the belly, and said, 'O boy, who is your father?' He said, 'So-and-so, the shepherd.' He said: Then they turned to Jurayj, kissing him and touching him for blessing, and they said, 'We will rebuild your hermitage for you out of gold.' He said, 'No; restore it from clay as it was.' So they did." "While a child was nursing from his mother, a man passed by riding on a fine animal and wearing handsome attire. His mother said, 'O Allah, make my son like this one.' The child left the breast, turned toward him, looked at him, and said, 'O Allah, do not make me like him.' Then he turned back to his breast and began nursing." He said: It is as though I can see the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as he demonstrated his nursing, with his index finger in his mouth, sucking it. He said: "And they passed by a slave girl while they were beating her and saying, 'You committed adultery; you stole,' while she was saying, 'Allah is sufficient for me, and He is the best disposer of affairs.' His mother said, 'O Allah, do not make my son like her.' He left nursing, looked at her, and said, 'O Allah, make me like her.' Thereupon the two discussed the matter. She said, 'May you be bereaved! A man of handsome appearance passed by, and I said, O Allah, make my son like him, but you said, O Allah, do not make me like him. And they passed by this slave girl while they were beating her and saying, You committed adultery; you stole, and I said, O Allah, do not make my son like her, but you said, O Allah, make me like her.' He said, 'That man was a tyrant, so I said, O Allah, do not make me like him. As for this one, they are saying to her, You committed adultery, though she did not commit adultery, and, You stole, though she did not steal; so I said, O Allah, make me like her.'"

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Same hadith, other wordings

• Riyadhus Shalihin 259- وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: “ لم يتكلم في المهد إلا ثلاثة: عيسى ابن مريم، وصاحب جريج، وكان جريج رجلا عابدًا، فاتخذ صومعة فكان فيها، فأتته أمه وهو يصلي فقالت: يا جريج، فأتته أمه وهو يصلي فقالت: يا جريج، فقال

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1. زهير بن حرب الحرشي
2. يزيد بن هارون الواسطي
3. جرير بن حازم الأزدي
4. محمد بن سيرين الأنصاري
5. أبو هريرة الدوسي

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