78. Adab (Good Manners and Form)

٧٨۔ كتاب الأدب

78.68 Smiling and laughing

٧٨۔٦٨ باب التَّبَسُّمِ وَالضَّحِكِ

[Machine] And Fatima - may peace be upon her - said, "The Prophet ﷺ whispered something to me, and I laughed." And Ibn Abbas said, "Indeed, it is Allah who makes one laugh and cry."

وَقَالَتْ فَاطِمَةُ- عَلَيْهَا السَّلاَمُ- أَسَرَّ إِلَيَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَضَحِكْتُ. وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ أَضْحَكَ وَأَبْكَى.

bukhari:6084Ḥibbān b. Mūsá > ʿAbdullāh > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

Rifaʿa Al-Qurazi divorced his wife irrevocably (i.e. that divorce was the final). Later on ʿAbdur- Rahman bin Az-Zubair married her after him. She came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! I was Rifaʿa's wife and he divorced me thrice, and then I was married to ʿAbdur-Rahman bin AzZubair, who, by Allah has nothing with him except something like this fringe, O Messenger of Allah ﷺ," showing a fringe she had taken from her covering sheet. Abu Bakr was sitting with the Prophet ﷺ while Khalid Ibn Saʿid bin Al-As was sitting at the gate of the room waiting for admission. Khalid started calling Abu Bakr, "O Abu Bakr! Why don't you reprove this lady from what she is openly saying before Allah's Apostle?" Messenger of Allah ﷺ did nothing except smiling, and then said (to the lady), "Perhaps you want to go back to Rifaʿa? No, (it is not possible), unless and until you enjoy the sexual relation with him (ʿAbdur Rahman), and he enjoys the sexual relation with you."  

البخاري:٦٠٨٤حَدَّثَنَا حِبَّانُ بْنُ مُوسَى أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ

أَنَّ رِفَاعَةَ الْقُرَظِيَّ طَلَّقَ امْرَأَتَهُ فَبَتَّ طَلاَقَهَا فَتَزَوَّجَهَا بَعْدَهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الزَّبِيرِ فَجَاءَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهَا كَانَتْ عِنْدَ رِفَاعَةَ فَطَلَّقَهَا آخِرَ ثَلاَثِ تَطْلِيقَاتٍ فَتَزَوَّجَهَا بَعْدَهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الزَّبِيرِ وَإِنَّهُ وَاللَّهِ مَا مَعَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِلاَّ مِثْلُ هَذِهِ الْهُدْبَةِ لِهُدْبَةٍ أَخَذَتْهَا مِنْ جِلْبَابِهَا قَالَ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ جَالِسٌ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَابْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْعَاصِ جَالِسٌ بِبَابِ الْحُجْرَةِ لِيُؤْذَنَ لَهُ فَطَفِقَ خَالِدٌ يُنَادِي أَبَا بَكْرٍ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ أَلاَ تَزْجُرُ هَذِهِ عَمَّا تَجْهَرُ بِهِ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَمَا يَزِيدُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى التَّبَسُّمِ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَعَلَّكِ تُرِيدِينَ أَنْ تَرْجِعِي إِلَى رِفَاعَةَ لاَ حَتَّى تَذُوقِي عُسَيْلَتَهُ وَيَذُوقَ عُسَيْلَتَكِ  

bukhari:6085Ismāʿīl > Ibrāhīm > Ṣāliḥ b. Kaysān > Ibn Shihāb > ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Zayd b. al-Khaṭṭāb > Muḥammad b. Saʿd from his father > Āstaʾdhan

ʿUmar bin Al-Khattab asked permission of Messenger of Allah ﷺ to see him while some Quraishi women were sitting with him and they were asking him to give them more financial support while raising their voices over the voice of the Prophet. When ʿUmar asked permission to enter, all of them hurried to screen themselves the Prophet ﷺ admitted ʿUmar and he entered, while the Prophet ﷺ was smiling. ʿUmar said, "May Allah always keep you smiling, O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! Let my father and mother be sacrificed for you !" The Prophet ﷺ said, "I am astonished at these women who were with me. As soon as they heard your voice, they hastened to screen themselves." ʿUmar said, "You have more right, that they should be afraid of you, O Messenger of Allah ﷺ!" And then he (ʿUmar) turned towards them and said, "O enemies of your souls! You are afraid of me and not of Messenger of Allah ﷺ?" The women replied, "Yes, for you are sterner and harsher than Messenger of Allah ﷺ." Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "O Ibn Al-Khattab! By Him in Whose Hands my life is, whenever Satan sees you taking a way, he follows a way other than yours!"  

البخاري:٦٠٨٥حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

اسْتَأْذَنَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَعِنْدَهُ نِسْوَةٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ يَسْأَلْنَهُ وَيَسْتَكْثِرْنَهُ عَالِيَةً أَصْوَاتُهُنَّ عَلَى صَوْتِهِ فَلَمَّا اسْتَأْذَنَ عُمَرُ تَبَادَرْنَ الْحِجَابَ فَأَذِنَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَدَخَلَ وَالنَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَضْحَكُ فَقَالَ أَضْحَكَ اللَّهُ سِنَّكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي فَقَالَ عَجِبْتُ مِنْ هَؤُلاَءِ اللاَّتِي كُنَّ عِنْدِي لَمَّا سَمِعْنَ صَوْتَكَ تَبَادَرْنَ الْحِجَابَ فَقَالَ أَنْتَ أَحَقُّ أَنْ يَهَبْنَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِنَّ فَقَالَ يَا عَدُوَّاتِ أَنْفُسِهِنَّ أَتَهَبْنَنِي وَلَمْ تَهَبْنَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقُلْنَ إِنَّكَ أَفَظُّ وَأَغْلَظُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِيهٍ يَا ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مَا لَقِيَكَ الشَّيْطَانُ سَالِكًا فَجًّا إِلاَّ سَلَكَ فَجًّا غَيْرَ فَجِّكَ  

bukhari:6086Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Sufyān > ʿAmr > Abū al-ʿAbbās > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr

When Allah Apostle was in Ta'if (trying to conquer it), he said to his companions, "Tomorrow we will return (to Medina), if Allah wills." Some of the companions of Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "We will not leave till we conquer it." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Therefore, be ready to fight tomorrow." On the following day, they (Muslims) fought fiercely (with the people of Ta'if) and suffered many wounds. Then Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Tomorrow we will return (to Medina), if Allah wills." His companions kept quiet this time. Messenger of Allah ﷺ then smiled.  

البخاري:٦٠٨٦حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي الْعَبَّاسِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ

لَمَّا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِالطَّائِفِ قَالَ إِنَّا قَافِلُونَ غَدًا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ فَقَالَ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ نَبْرَحُ أَوْ نَفْتَحَهَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَاغْدُوا عَلَى الْقِتَالِ قَالَ فَغَدَوْا فَقَاتَلُوهُمْ قِتَالاً شَدِيدًا وَكَثُرَ فِيهِمُ الْجِرَاحَاتُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّا قَافِلُونَ غَدًا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ قَالَ فَسَكَتُوا فَضَحِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ الْحُمَيْدِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بِالْخَبَرِ كُلَّهُ  

bukhari:6087Mūsá > Ibrāhīm > Ibn Shihāb > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah

A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "I have been ruined for I have had sexual relation with my wife in Ramadan (while I was fasting)" The Prophet ﷺ said (to him), "Manumit a slave." The man said, " I cannot afford that." The Prophet ﷺ said, "(Then) fast for two successive months continuously". The man said, "I cannot do that." The Prophet ﷺ said, "(Then) feed sixty poor persons." The man said, "I have nothing (to feed them with)." Then a big basket full of dates was brought to the Prophet. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Where is the questioner? Go and give this in charity." The man said, "(Shall I give this in charity) to a poorer person than l? By Allah, there is no family in between these two mountains (of Medina) who are poorer than we." The Prophet ﷺ then smiled till his premolar teeth became visible, and said, "Then (feed) your (family with it).  

البخاري:٦٠٨٧حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ شِهَابٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ قَالَ

أَتَى رَجُلٌ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ هَلَكْتُ وَقَعْتُ عَلَى أَهْلِي فِي رَمَضَانَ قَالَ أَعْتِقْ رَقَبَةً قَالَ لَيْسَ لِي قَالَ فَصُمْ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ قَالَ لاَ أَسْتَطِيعُ قَالَ فَأَطْعِمْ سِتِّينَ مِسْكِينًا قَالَ لاَ أَجِدُ فَأُتِيَ بِعَرَقٍ فِيهِ تَمْرٌ قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ الْعَرَقُ الْمِكْتَلُ فَقَالَ أَيْنَ السَّائِلُ تَصَدَّقْ بِهَا قَالَ عَلَى أَفْقَرَ مِنِّي وَاللَّهِ مَا بَيْنَ لاَبَتَيْهَا أَهْلُ بَيْتٍ أَفْقَرُ مِنَّا فَضَحِكَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ حَتَّى بَدَتْ نَوَاجِذُهُ قَالَ فَأَنْتُمْ إِذًا  

bukhari:6088ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ūwaysī > Mālik > Isḥāq b. ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Ṭalḥah > Anas b. Mālik

While I was going along with Messenger of Allah ﷺ who was wearing a Najrani Burd (sheet) with a thick border, a bedouin overtook the Prophet ﷺ and pulled his Rida' (sheet) forcibly. I looked at the side of the shoulder of the Prophet ﷺ and noticed that the edge of the Rida' had left a mark on it because of the violence of his pull. The bedouin said, "O Muhammad! Order for me some of Allah's property which you have." The Prophet ﷺ turned towards him, (smiled) and ordered that he be given something.  

البخاري:٦٠٨٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الأُوَيْسِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

كُنْتُ أَمْشِي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَعَلَيْهِ بُرْدٌ نَجْرَانِيٌّ غَلِيظُ الْحَاشِيَةِ فَأَدْرَكَهُ أَعْرَابِيٌّ فَجَبَذَ بِرِدَائِهِ جَبْذَةً شَدِيدَةً قَالَ أَنَسٌ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَى صَفْحَةِ عَاتِقِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَقَدْ أَثَّرَتْ بِهَا حَاشِيَةُ الرِّدَاءِ مِنْ شِدَّةِ جَبْذَتِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ مُرْ لِي مِنْ مَالِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي عِنْدَكَ فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَيْهِ فَضَحِكَ ثُمَّ أَمَرَ لَهُ بِعَطَاءٍ  

bukhari:6089Ibn Numayr > Ibn Idrīs > Ismāʿīl > Qays > Jarīr

The Prophet ﷺ did not screen himself from me (had never prevented me from entering upon him) since I embraced Islam, and whenever he saw me, he would receive me with a smile. Once I told him that I could not sit firm on horses. He stroked me on the chest with his hand, and said, "O Allah! Make him firm and make him a guiding and a rightly guided man.  

البخاري:٦٠٨٩حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ قَيْسٍ عَنْ جَرِيرٍ قَالَ

مَا حَجَبَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مُنْذُ أَسْلَمْتُ وَلاَ رَآنِي إِلاَّ تَبَسَّمَ فِي وَجْهِي وَلَقَدْ شَكَوْتُ إِلَيْهِ أَنِّي لاَ أَثْبُتُ عَلَى الْخَيْلِ فَضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ فِي صَدْرِي وَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ ثَبِّتْهُ وَاجْعَلْهُ هَادِيًا مَهْدِيًّا  

bukhari:6091Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Yaḥyá > Hishām from my father > Zaynab b. Um Salamah > Um Salamah > Um Sulaym

Um Sulaim said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! Verily Allah is not shy of (telling you) the truth. Is it essential for a woman to take a bath after she had a wet dream (nocturnal sexual discharge)?" He said, "Yes, if she notices discharge. On that Um Salama laughed and said, "Does a woman get a (nocturnal sexual) discharge?" He said, "How then does (her) son resemble her (his mother)?"  

البخاري:٦٠٩١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ هِشَامٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي عَنْ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ أَنَّ أُمَّ سُلَيْمٍ قَالَتْ

يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يَسْتَحِي مِنَ الْحَقِّ هَلْ عَلَى الْمَرْأَةِ غُسْلٌ إِذَا احْتَلَمَتْ قَالَ نَعَمْ إِذَا رَأَتِ الْمَاءَ فَضَحِكَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ فَقَالَتْ أَتَحْتَلِمُ الْمَرْأَةُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَبِمَ شَبَهُ الْوَلَدِ  

bukhari:6092Yaḥyá b. Sulaymān > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr > Abū al-Naḍr > Sulaymān b. Yasār > ʿĀʾishah

I never saw the Prophet ﷺ laughing to an extent that one could see his palate, but he always used to smile only.  

البخاري:٦٠٩٢حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرٌو أَنَّ أَبَا النَّضْرِ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ

مَا رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ مُسْتَجْمِعًا قَطُّ ضَاحِكًا حَتَّى أَرَى مِنْهُ لَهَوَاتِهِ إِنَّمَا كَانَ يَتَبَسَّمُ  

bukhari:6093Muḥammad b. Maḥbūb > Abū ʿAwānah > Qatādah > Anas > Lī Khalīfah > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Anas

A man came to the Prophet ﷺ on a Friday while he (the Prophet) was delivering a sermon at Medina, and said, "There is lack of rain, so please invoke your Lord to bless us with the rain." The Prophet ﷺ looked at the sky when no cloud could be detected. Then he invoked Allah for rain. Clouds started gathering together and it rained till the Medina valleys started flowing with water. It continued raining till the next Friday. Then that man (or some other man) stood up while the Prophet ﷺ was delivering the Friday sermon, and said, "We are drowned; Please invoke your Lord to withhold it (rain) from us" The Prophet smiled and said twice or thrice, "O Allah! Please let it rain round about us and not upon us." The clouds started dispersing over Medina to the right and to the left, and it rained round about Medina and not upon Medina. Allah showed them (the people) the miracle of His Prophet and His response to his invocation.  

البخاري:٦٠٩٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ وَقَالَ لِي خَلِيفَةُ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً جَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَهْوَ يَخْطُبُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَقَالَ قَحَطَ الْمَطَرُ فَاسْتَسْقِ رَبَّكَ فَنَظَرَ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَمَا نَرَى مِنْ سَحَابٍ فَاسْتَسْقَى فَنَشَأَ السَّحَابُ بَعْضُهُ إِلَى بَعْضٍ ثُمَّ مُطِرُوا حَتَّى سَالَتْ مَثَاعِبُ الْمَدِينَةِ فَمَا زَالَتْ إِلَى الْجُمُعَةِ الْمُقْبِلَةِ مَا تُقْلِعُ ثُمَّ قَامَ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلُ أَوْ غَيْرُهُ وَالنَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ فَقَالَ غَرِقْنَا فَادْعُ رَبَّكَ يَحْبِسْهَا عَنَّا فَضَحِكَ ثُمَّ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ حَوَالَيْنَا وَلاَ عَلَيْنَا مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلاَثًا فَجَعَلَ السَّحَابُ يَتَصَدَّعُ عَنِ الْمَدِينَةِ يَمِينًا وَشِمَالاً يُمْطَرُ مَا حَوَالَيْنَا وَلاَ يُمْطِرُ مِنْهَا شَىْءٌ يُرِيهِمُ اللَّهُ كَرَامَةَ نَبِيِّهِ ﷺ وَإِجَابَةَ دَعْوَتِهِ