Q: I got this on bbm:
One day, Sayyidina Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) saw a bee and asked it how honey is made. The bee replied that they go out to gardens and collect pollen and nectar from the flowers in their mouths, and then fly back to the hive and release it, and that makes honey.
Sayyidina Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) then said to the bee, “But the nectars have different tastes… some are bitter and others can be sour. But how do these become sweet?”
The bee replied, “Allah has taught us to recite ṣalawaat upon you after we collect the nectar, until we reach our hive. The sweetness of the honey is the blessing of the ṣalawaat we recite upon you that turns something so bitter into such sweetness.” That’s the greatness of our Beloved Prophet Muhammed (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam)
A: We have not come across this hadith in the reliable books of hadith.
And Allah Ta’ala knows best.
Answered by:
Mufti Zakaria Makada
Checked & Approved:
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)