Sahih al-Bukhari, 2802
sahihNarrated Jundab bin Sufyan:
In one of the holy Battles a finger of Allah's Messenger (got wounded and) bled. He said, "You are just a finger that bled, and what you got is in Allah's Cause."
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ، عَنْ جُنْدُبِ بْنِ سُفْيَانَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ فِي بَعْضِ الْمَشَاهِدِ وَقَدْ دَمِيَتْ إِصْبَعُهُ، فَقَالَ
هَلْ أَنْتِ إِلاَّ إِصْبَعٌ دَمِيتِ، وَفِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ مَا لَقِيتِ
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- Book 56, Hadith 19
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- Vol. 4, Book 52, Hadith 58 (deprecated numbering scheme)
Sharh · explanationclick to expand
Allah, Exalted is He, guaranteed Paradise for His believing servants who sacrifice their lives and wealth for His sake. Allah, Most High, says: {Indeed, Allah has purchased from the believers their lives and their properties [in exchange] for that they will have Paradise. They fight in the cause of Allah, so they kill and are killed.} [Quran 9:111]. In this hadeeth, Jundub ibn Sufyaan (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the finger of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was wounded in one battle – it is said that it was the battle of Uhud – so he ﷺ addressed his finger by saying“You are just a finger that bled, and what you got is in Allah's Cause” i.e., take it easy, for you have not been wounded in vain, for you have been injured and bled only in the cause of Allah and His pleasure. It is said that lines that the Prophet ﷺ uttered are not considered poetry and that it is natural rhyming that comes unintentionally. Allah, Most High, said: {We have not taught him poetry nor is it befitting him} [Quran 36:69]. Others suggested that it is a couplet from the poetry of ‘Abdullah ibn Rawaahah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet ﷺ quoted,as he found it to fit the situation. From the benefits that can be concluded from the hadeeth is learning that Prophets can suffer harm sometimes to increase their reward;indeed,they are the highest rank of people in enduring trials and hardships. .