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Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith 3402

  • Book 60: Prophets
  • Chapter 27: Chapter: The story of Al-Khidr with Musa (Moses) alayhis-salam

باب حَدِيثِ الْخَضِرِ مَعَ مُوسَى ـ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ

Sahih al-Bukhari 3402Book 60, Hadith 75

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الأَصْبَهَانِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ، عَنْ هَمَّامِ بْنِ مُنَبِّهٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏"‏ إِنَّمَا سُمِّيَ الْخَضِرُ أَنَّهُ جَلَسَ عَلَى فَرْوَةٍ بَيْضَاءَ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَهْتَزُّ مِنْ خَلْفِهِ خَضْرَاءَ ‏"‏‏.‏

Narrated Abu Huraira:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Al-Khadir was named so because he sat over a barren white land, it turned green with plantation after (his sitting over it."

Read it in place: 60. Prophets