Hadith 31696

Chapter 47

باب 47

(47) باب الْخُطْبَةِ

(48) Chapter: Al-Khutba (for Nikah)
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حَدَّثَنَا قَبِيصَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ، يَقُولُ جَاءَ رَجُلاَنِ مِنَ الْمَشْرِقِ فَخَطَبَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّ مِنَ الْبَيَانِ لَسِحْرً".

Narrated Ibn `Umar:
Two men came from the east and delivered speeches, and the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Some eloquent speech has the in fluency of magic (e.g., some people refuse to do something and then a good eloquent speaker addresses them and then they agree to do that very thing after his speech). "

Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 5146

In-book reference: Book 67, Hadith 81

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Vol. 7, Book 62, Hadith 76