Sahih al-Bukhari · Book 59

كِتَاب بَدْءِ الْخَلْقِ

The Book of The Beginning of Creation

134 hadith · 15 chapters

The chapter divisions

Chapters in this book

11- بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: {وَهُوَ الَّذِي يَبْدَأُ الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُ}:(1) Chapter. What is mentioned in the Statement of Allah (in this respect): “And He it is Who originates the creation; then will repeat (after it has been perished) and this is easier for Him..." (V.30:27)22- بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي سَبْعِ أَرَضِينَ:(2) Chapter. What has been said regarding the seven earths.34- بَابُ صِفَةِ الشَّمْسِ وَالْقَمَرِ:(4) Chapter. Characteristic of the sun and the moon. [The sun and the moon run on their fixed courses (exactly) caculated with measured out stages for each (for reckoning)]. (V.55:5)45- بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي قَوْلِهِ: {وَهْوَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَ الرِّيَاحَ نُشُرًا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَحْمَتِهِ}:(5) Chapter. Allah’s Statement: “And it is He Who sends the winds as heralds of glad tidings, going before his Mercy (rain)...” (V.25:48)56- بَابُ ذِكْرِ الْمَلاَئِكَةِ:(6) Chapter. The reference to angels.67- بَابُ إِذَا قَالَ أَحَدُكُمْ آمِينَ. وَالْمَلاَئِكَةُ فِي السَّمَاءِ، فَوَافَقَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا الأُخْرَى، غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ:(7) Chapter. "If anyone says Amin [during the Salat (prayer) at the end of the recitation of Surat Al-Fatiha], and the angels in heaven say the same, and the sayings of two coincide, all his past sins will be forgiven".78- بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي صِفَةِ الْجَنَّةِ وَأَنَّهَا مَخْلُوقَةٌ:(8) Chapter. What is said regarding the characteristics of Paradise, and the fact that it has already been created (and does exist now).89- بَابُ صِفَةِ أَبْوَابِ الْجَنَّةِ:(9) Chapter. The characteristics of the gates of Paradise.910- بَابُ صِفَةِ النَّارِ وَأَنَّهَا مَخْلُوقَةٌ:(10) Chapter. The description of the (Hell) Fire and the fact that it has already been created.1011- بَابُ صِفَةِ إِبْلِيسَ وَجُنُودِهِ:(11) Chapter. The characteristics of Iblis (Satan) and his soldiers.1112- بَابُ ذِكْرِ الْجِنِّ وَثَوَابِهِمْ وَعِقَابِهِمْ:(12) Chapter. The mention of Jinn, their reward and retribution.1214- بَابُ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: {وَبَثَّ فِيهَا مِنْ كُلِّ دَابَّةٍ}:(14) Chapter. The Statement of Allah: "...And the moving (living) creatures of all kinds that He (Allah) has scattered therein...” (V.2:164).1315- بَابُ خَيْرُ مَالِ الْمُسْلِمِ غَنَمٌ يَتْبَعُ بِهَا شَعَفَ الْجِبَالِ:(15) Chapter. The best property of a Muslim will be sheep he takes to pasture on the tops of mountains.1416- بَابُ خَمْسٌ مِنَ الدَّوَابِّ فَوَاسِقُ يُقْتَلْنَ فِي الْحَرَمِ:(16) Chapter. Five kinds of animals are Fawaisiq (harmful), and one is allowed to kill them even in the Sanctuary (Al-Haram) of Makkah and Al-Madina.1517- بَابُ إِذَا وَقَعَ الذُّبَابُ فِي شَرَابِ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلْيَغْمِسْهُ، فَإِنَّ فِي إِحْدَى جَنَاحَيْهِ دَاءً وَفِي الأُخْرَى شِفَاءً:(17) Chapter. If a housefly falls in the drink of anyone of you, he should dip it (in the drink), for one of its wings has a disease and the other has the cure for the disease.

Opening leaves

First narrations

Bukhari · 3190يَا عِمْرَانُ رَاحِلَتُكَ تَفَلَّتَتْ لَيْتَنِي لَمْ أَقُمْSome people of Bani Tamim came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and he said (to them), "O Bani Tamim! rejoice with glad tidings." They said, "You have given us glad tidings, now give us something." On hearing that the color of his fac5 narratorsBukhari · 3191اقْبَلُوا الْبُشْرَى يَا بَنِي تَمِيمٍ ، قَالُوا : قَدْ بَشَّرْتَنَا فَأَعْطِنَا مَرَّتَيْنِ ، ثُمَّ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ ، فَقَالَ : اقْبَلُوا الْبُشْرَى يَا أَهْلَ الْيَمَنِ إِذْ لَمْ يَقْبَلْهَاOne day the Prophet (ﷺ) stood up amongst us for a long period and informed us about the beginning of creation (and talked about everything in detail) till he mentioned how the people of Paradise will enter their places a6 narratorsBukhari · 3192وَرَوَى عِيسَى ، عَنْ رَقَبَةَ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ طَارِقِ بْنِ شِهَابٍ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، يَقُولُ : قَامَ فِينَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَقَامًا One day the Prophet (ﷺ) stood up amongst us for a long period and informed us about the beginning of creation (and talked about everything in detail) till he mentioned how the people of Paradise will enter their places a5 narratorsBukhari · 3193أُرَاهُ ، قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى : شَتَمَنِي ابْنُ آدَمَ وَمَا يَنْبَغِي لَهُ أَنْ يَشْتِمَنِي وَيُكَذِّبُنِي ، وَمَا يَنْبَغِي لَهُ أَمَّا شَتْمُهُ ، فَقَوْلُهُ : إِنَّ لِي وَلَدًا وَأَمَّا تَكْذِيبُهُ ، فَقَوْلُهُ : لَAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Allah the Most Superior said, "The son of Adam slights Me, and he should not slight Me, and he disbelieves in Me, and he ought not to do so. As for his slighting Me, it is that he says that I6 narratorsBukhari · 3194لَمَّا قَضَى اللَّهُ الْخَلْقَ كَتَبَ فِي كِتَابِهِ فَهُوَ عِنْدَهُ فَوْقَ الْعَرْشِ إِنَّ رَحْمَتِي غَلَبَتْ غَضَبِيAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "When Allah completed the creation, He wrote in His Book which is with Him on His Throne, "My Mercy overpowers My Anger."5 narratorsBukhari · 3195مَنْ ظَلَمَ قِيدَ شِبْرٍ طُوِّقَهُ مِنْ سَبْعِ أَرَضِينَfrom Abu Salama bin `Abdur-Rahman who had a dispute with some people on a piece of land, and so he went to `Aisha and told her about it. She said, "O Abu Salama, avoid the land, for Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, 'Any perso7 narratorsBukhari · 3196مَنْ أَخَذَ شَيْئًا مِنَ الْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ حَقِّهِ خُسِفَ بِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِلَى سَبْعِ أَرَضِينَThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Any person who takes a piece of land unjustly will sink down the seven earths on the Day of Resurrection."5 narratorsBukhari · 3197الزَّمَانُ قَدِ اسْتَدَارَ كَهَيْئَتِهِ يَوْمَ خَلَقَ اللَّهُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ السَّنَةُ اثْنَا عَشَرَ شَهْرًا مِنْهَا أَرْبَعَةٌ حُرُمٌ ، ثَلَاثَةٌ مُتَوَالِيَاتٌ ذُو الْقَعْدَةِ ، وَذُو الْحِجَّةِ ، وَالْمُحَرّThe Prophet (ﷺ) said. "(The division of time has turned to its original form which was current when Allah created the Heavens and the Earths. The year is of twelve months, out of which four months are sacred Three are in6 narratorsBukhari · 3198حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ نُفَيْلٍ أَنَّهُ خَاصَمَتْهُ أَرْوَى فِي حَقٍّ زَعَمَتْ أَنَّهُ انْتThat Arwa sued him before Marwan for a right, which she claimed, he had deprived her of. On that Sa`id said, "How should I deprive her of her right? I testify that I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, 'If anyone takes a9 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 3199حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ التَّيْمِيِّ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، قَالَ : قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عThe Prophet (ﷺ) asked me at sunset, "Do you know where the sun goes (at the time of sunset)?" I replied, "Allah and His Apostle know better." He said, "It goes (i.e. travels) till it prostrates Itself underneath the Thro6 narratorsBukhari · 3200الشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ مُكَوَّرَانِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The sun and the moon will be folded up (deprived of their light) on the Day of Resurrection."5 narratorsBukhari · 3201إِنَّ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ لَا يَخْسِفَانِ لِمَوْتِ أَحَدٍ ، وَلَا لِحَيَاتِهِ ، وَلَكِنَّهُمَا آيَتَانِ مِنْ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ ، فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمُوهُمَا فَصَلُّواThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The sun and the moon do not eclipse because of someone's death or life (i.e. birth), but they are two signs amongst the Signs of Allah. So, if you see them (i.e. eclipse) offer the (eclipse) prayer6 narrators