Sahih al-Bukhari 3833

Book 63: Merits of the Helpers in Madinah (Ansaar) · Narrated by Sa`id bin Al-Musaiyab's grand-father

Arabic

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، قَالَ كَانَ عَمْرٌو يَقُولُ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، قَالَ جَاءَ سَيْلٌ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَكَسَا مَا بَيْنَ الْجَبَلَيْنِ‏.‏ قَالَ سُفْيَانُ وَيَقُولُ إِنَّ هَذَا لَحَدِيثٌ لَهُ شَأْنٌ‏.‏

English translation

Narrated Sa`id bin Al-Musaiyab's grand-father:In the pre-Islamic period of ignorance a flood of rain came and filled the valley in between the two mountains (around the Ka`ba)

Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 3833, Book of Merits of the Helpers in Madinah (Ansaar). English translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan.