Hadith 442

حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ عِيسَى ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ فُضَيْلٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ : " لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ سَبْعِينَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ الصُّفَّةِ مَا مِنْهُمْ رَجُلٌ عَلَيْهِ رِدَاءٌ إِمَّا إِزَارٌ وَإِمَّا كِسَاءٌ قَدْ رَبَطُوا فِي أَعْنَاقِهِمْ ، فَمِنْهَا مَا يَبْلُغُ نِصْفَ السَّاقَيْنِ ، وَمِنْهَا مَا يَبْلُغُ الْكَعْبَيْنِ فَيَجْمَعُهُ بِيَدِهِ كَرَاهِيَةَ أَنْ تُرَى عَوْرَتُهُ " .
Narrated Abu Huraira: I saw seventy of As-Suffa men and none of them had a Rida' (a garment covering the upper part of the body). They had either Izars (only) or sheets which they tied round their necks. Some of these sheets reached the middle of their legs and some reached their heels and they used to gather them with their hands lest their private parts should become naked.
Hadith Reference صحيح البخاري / كتاب الصلاة / 442
Hadith Grading محدثین: أحاديث صحيح البخاريّ كلّها صحيحة
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Dawood Raz
Hadith Commentary: The noble Imam, may Allah sanctify his secret, has deduced from this hadith that it is permissible to sleep in the mosques when there is a need.
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 442
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
From this narration, Imam Bukhari rahimahullah has described the poverty and destitution of the Companions of Suffah, to the extent that they did not even have complete garments to wear. When their state of poverty was such that they did not have clothes to wear, then having a house to live in was even more out of reach. In such circumstances, they would sleep in the mosque itself.

These Companions of Suffah whom Abu Hurairah radi Allahu anhu saw are different from those Companions of Suffah whose number was also seventy, and whom the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam sent for the expedition of Bir Ma‘unah, and they were martyred there before Abu Hurairah radi Allahu anhu embraced Islam.

May Allah be pleased with them all.

Their mention will come in detail in the Book of Al-Muharibin.

(Fath al-Bari: 1/694)

By the permission of Allah the Exalted.
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 442