Fihr (فهر): Meaning in Hadith

1 hadith in the six books

فِهْرٍ

fihr

Root: ف ه ر

A fihr is a stone about the size that fills the hand, of the kind used for pounding. In Samura ibn Jundub's narration of the Prophet's dream in Bukhari, a man stands over another holding a fihr or a rock (bi-fihrin aw sakhrah) and strikes his head with it. Fihr is also the name of an ancestor of Quraysh, which is why some companions are called al-Fihri.

Where the word appears

Bukhari · 1386كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا صَلَّى صَلَاةً أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا بِوَجْهِهِ , فَقَالَ : مَنْ رَأَى مِنْكُمُ اللَّيْلَةَ رُؤْيَا ؟ , قَالَ : فَإِنْ رَأَى أَحَدٌ قَصَّهَا ، فَيَقُولُ : مَا شَاءَ اWhenever the Prophet (ﷺ) finished the (morning) prayer, he would face us and ask, "Who amongst you had a dream last night?" So if anyone had seen a dream he would narrate it. The Prophet (ﷺ) would say "Ma sha'a-llah" (An4 narrators