لاَ يُلْدَغُ الْمُؤْمِنُ مِنْ جُحْرٍ وَاحِدٍ مَرَّتَيْنِ
A believer is not stung twice (by something) out of one and the same hole.
Sahih al-Bukhari 6133 · Source checked
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Source
Sahih al-Bukhari 6133
Book 78, Hadith 160
English translation on Sunnah.com
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What It Means: Reading in Context
This is the complete reported saying. It uses the image of being stung from the same hole; the linked page gives no particular incident as its setting. No additional historical story is assumed here. This entry comes from Sahih al-Bukhari 6133. The quoted wording is the English translation of the reported saying. Follow the source link to read the narrator, full wording and in-book reference together. A hadith number identifies the source used here; numbering systems can differ between editions. Being able to inspect a source is important when a short statement is shared outside its original setting. The accompanying reflection is an editorial prompt for everyday conduct. It is not part of the hadith and does not replace explanation from qualified scholarship. Avoid extending a short reminder into a religious ruling that the entry itself does not establish.
REFLECTION · EDITORIAL
After something goes wrong, identify one safeguard you can put in place. Learning from harm does not require blaming yourself for another person’s wrongdoing.
This reflection is not Qur’an, hadith or an authoritative tafsir.