مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب أحوال القيامة وبدء الخلقThe Book of the Conditions of the Day of Resurrection and the Beginning of Creation
(لِمَاذَا سُمِّيَ الخَضِرُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ بِالخَضِرِ؟)
(Why was Khidr, peace be upon him, named Khidr?)
Hadith 5712
وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «إِنَّمَا سُمِّيَ الْخَضِرُ لِأَنَّهُ جَلَسَ عَلَى فَرْوَةٍ بَيْضَاءَ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَهْتَزُّ من خَلْفِه خضراء» . رَوَاهُ البُخَارِيّ
Abu Huraira reported the Prophet as saying, "The reason why al Khidr was so called was because he sat on some white waste land and it sprouted green (khadra') behind him." Bukhari transmitted it.
