Sahih al-Bukhari · The Book of Watering
9- بَابُ فَضْلِ سَقْيِ الْمَاءِ:
(9) Chapter. The superiority of providing water (to those who need it).
3 hadith · references 2363–2365
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Bukhari · 2363بَيْنَا رَجُلٌ يَمْشِي فَاشْتَدَّ عَلَيْهِ الْعَطَشُ ، فَنَزَلَ بِئْرًا فَشَرِبَ مِنْهَا ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ ، فَإِذَا هُوَ بِكَلْبٍ يَلْهَثُ يَأْكُلُ الثَّرَى مِنَ الْعَطَشِ ، فَقَالَ : لَقَدْ بَلَغَ هَذَا مِثْلُ الَّذِي بَلAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "While a man was walking he felt thirsty and went down a well and drank water from it. On coming out of it, he saw a dog panting and eating mud because of excessive thirst. The man said, 'This8 narratorsBukhari · 2364أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَلَّى صَلَاةَ الْكُسُوفِ ، فَقَالَ : دَنَتْ مِنِّي النَّارُ حَتَّى قُلْتُ : أَيْ رَبِّ وَأَنَا مَعَهُمْ ، فَإِذَا امْرَأَةٌ حَسِبْتُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ : تَخْدِشُهَا هِرَّةٌThe Prophet (ﷺ) prayed the eclipse prayer, and then said, "Hell was displayed so close that I said, 'O my Lord ! Am I going to be one of its inhabitants?"' Suddenly he saw a woman. I think he said, who was being scratche4 narratorsBukhari · 2365عُذِّبَتِ امْرَأَةٌ فِي هِرَّةٍ حَبَسَتْهَا حَتَّى مَاتَتْ جُوعًا ، فَدَخَلَتْ فِيهَا النَّارَ ، قَالَ : فَقَالَ : وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ لَا أَنْتِ أَطْعَمْتِهَا وَلَا سَقَيْتِهَا حِينَ حَبَسْتِيهَا ، وَلَا أَنْتِ أَرْسَلْتAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "A woman was tortured and was put in Hell because of a cat which she had kept locked till it died of hunger." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) further said, (Allah knows better) Allah said (to the woman)4 narrators