Clarifying the Hadith in Sahih al-Bukhari 77 and what it truly shows
The narration referenced by critics (Sahih al-Bukhari 77) reads: “When I was a boy of five, I remember, the Prophet (ﷺ) took water from a bucket (used for getting water out of a well) with his mouth and threw it on my face.” This is an authentic hadith, and nothing in its wording mentions laughter…


