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Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 536

رَبِّهَا فَقَالَتْ يَا رَبِّ أَكَلَ بَعْضِي بَعْضًا. فَأَذِنَ لَهَا بِنَفَسَيْنِ نَفَسٍ فِي الشِّتَاءِ، وَنَفَسٍ فِي الصَّيْفِ، فَهُوَ أَشَدُّ مَا تَجِدُونَ مِنَ الْحَرِّ، وَأَشَدُّ مَا تَجِدُونَ مِنَ الزَّمْهَرِيرِ

rabbihā faqālat yā rabbi akala baʿḍī baʿḍan. fa-adhina lahā binafasayni nafasin fī ash-shitāʾi, wanafasin fī aṣ-ṣayfi, fahuwa ashaddu mā tajidūna mina al-ḥarri, wa-ashaddu mā tajidūna mina az-zamharīri

Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks

The full narration

Narrated Abu Huraira:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "In very hot weather delay the Zuhr prayer till it becomes (a bit) cooler because the severity of heat is from the raging of the Hell-fire. The Hell-fire of Hell complained to its Lord saying: O Lord! My parts are eating (destroying) one another. So Allah allowed it to take two breaths, one in the winter and the other in the summer. The breath in the summer is at the time when you feel the severest heat and the breath in the winter is at the time when you feel the severest cold

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Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī · 536

Ṣaḥīḥ
  • Agreed upon as authentic (al-Bukhārī / Muslim)

Also narrated in Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1401, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 537.

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