Narrated `Abdullah bin Ka`b:
I heard Ka`b bin Malik talking after his failure to join (the Ghazwa of) Tabuk. He said, "When I greeted Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) whose face was glittering with happiness, for whenever Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was happy, his face used to glitter, as if it was a piece of the moon, and we used to recognize it (i.e. his happiness) from his face."
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ كَعْبٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ كَعْبَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ، يُحَدِّثُ حِينَ تَخَلَّفَ عَنْ تَبُوكَ، قَالَ فَلَمَّا سَلَّمْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَهْوَ يَبْرُقُ وَجْهُهُ مِنَ السُّرُورِ، وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذَا سُرَّ اسْتَنَارَ وَجْهُهُ، حَتَّى كَأَنَّهُ قِطْعَةُ قَمَرٍ، وَكُنَّا نَعْرِفُ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُ.
Isnad
7 transmitters- 1Yahya bin Yahya bin BukayrNisapur,Khurasan,Hijaz,Iraq,Syria,Egypt · d. 226 AH
- 2al-Laith bin Sa'dAsbahan,Egypt · d. 175 AH
- 3'Aqil bin Khalid bin 'AqilMedina,al-Syria,Egypt · d. 144 AH
- 4al-ZuhriMedinah/Syria · d. 124 AH/741 CE
- 5'Abdur Rahman bin 'Abdullah bin Ka'bMedina · d. <100 AH
- 6'Abdullah bin Ka'b bin Malik b. Abi Ka'bMedina · d. ~98 AH
- 7Ka'b bin Malik bin Abi Ka'bMedina/Syria · d. 40 AH or 50 AH/670 CE
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 61, Hadith 65
- USC-MSA web (English) reference
- Vol. 4, Book 56, Hadith 756 (deprecated numbering scheme)