Hadith 3107

حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَسَدِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ طَهْمَانَ ، قَالَ : أَخْرَجَ إِلَيْنَا أَنَسٌ نَعْلَيْنِ جَرْدَاوَيْنِ لَهُمَا قِبَالَانِ " فَحَدَّثَنِي ثَابِتٌ الْبُنَانِيُّ بَعْدُ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ، أَنَّهُمَا نَعْلَا النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ .
Narrated `Isa bin Tahman: Anas brought out to us two worn out leather shoes without hair and with pieces of leather straps. Later on Thabit Al-Banani told me that Anas said that they were the shoes of the Prophet.
Hadith Reference صحيح البخاري / كتاب فرض الخمس / 3107
Hadith Grading محدثین: أحاديث صحيح البخاريّ كلّها صحيحة
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:

All the items used by the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) were blessed, and seeking blessings (tabarruk) from them is permissible according to the Shari‘ah. However, using self-made images of these items for display purposes is contrary to the Shari‘ah. Thus, nowadays, some people belonging to a particular school of thought often carry cards depicting the image of the sandals (na‘layn) of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) in shops and buses, and they tell people that keeping it in the home, shop, or office removes every kind of calamity and affliction.
The poverty of the poor is alleviated and the needs of the needy are fulfilled—these are all emotional claims that are against the Shari‘ah.
If the objective of the original could be achieved through an image, then one could keep a picture of the Ka‘bah (Bayt Allah) in every home and perform tawaf around it, and by praying there, one could attain the reward of a hundred thousand prayers as well? One could keep a picture of the Black Stone (Hajar al-Aswad) and kiss it, so that there would be no need to go to Makkah Mukarramah at all.
May Allah grant them understanding.


The purpose of Imam Bukhari (rahimahullah) is that the sandals (na‘layn) were with Anas (radi Allahu anhu), and they were not distributed as inheritance, rather, they were left with him.
Anas (radi Allahu anhu) went to Damascus in the last part of his life.
There, the blessed sandals attributed to the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) were also lost at the beginning of the ninth Hijri, during the turmoil of Timur Lang.
And Allah knows best.
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 3107
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
One strap passes by the side of the big toe, and the other passes between the middle and the adjacent toe, meeting the strap that runs across the instep of the foot; this is called the shirak.
Benefit: It is evident that this ruling pertains to those shoes which require the help of the hand to be worn, and as for those shoes which can be worn without difficulty, there is no reason to sit down for them.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 4134