English
Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated: Abu Bakr had a servant who collected taxes for him, and he would eat from those earnings. One day the servant brought something, and Abu Bakr ate from it. The servant asked: "Do you know what this is?" Abu Bakr asked: "What is it?" The servant replied: "In pre-Islamic times, I pretended to foretell for a man (though I knew nothing of divination) and deceived him. Later he met me and gave me this for that deception - this is what you just ate." Abu Bakr immediately inserted his finger into his throat and vomited everything in his stomach. [Narrated by Bukhari]
(A similar narration about 'Umar drinking milk appears in the Book of Zakat)
Possible references (unverified, pending editorial review)
- Candidate: Sahih al-Bukhari 3842 (unverified) 99% confidence
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Commentary and footnotes (2)
Note 1
(1) The statement: "He vomited everything" - Ibn al-Malik deduced that if one eats haram knowingly or unknowingly then realizes it, they must vomit it immediately. Ali al-Qari considered this an act of extreme piety (wara'). [Al-Mirqat]
Note 1
(۱) قوله: فقاء كل شيء في بطنه : قال ابن الملك: أخذ منه الشافعي بالله أن من أكل الحرام، وهو عالم به أو جاهل، ثم علم لزمه أن يتقيأ جميع ما أكله فورًا، وقد جعله علي القاري من باب الورع، «المرقاة» ملتقط منه.