What is the authenticity of the hadith: "That he (peace and blessings be upon him) wiped the head of a boy and said: (Live for a century); so he lived one hundred years"?

Eid Abbasi : What is the intended meaning of the word "century"? The questioner has referred to "Lisan al-Arab" and found in it: "It is said: a century is one hundred years, and its plural is centuries. In the hadith: he wiped the head of a boy and said: , so he lived one hundred years. And a century of people are those of the same time period." And what is the authenticity of the hadith?

The Shaykh : ... hadith?

Eid Abbasi : He said: He wiped the head of a boy and said: ; so he lived one hundred years?

The Shaykh : As for this hadith, it seems to me that it is in "Sahih al-Bukhari," but I cannot be certain of it now. If Allah wills, in the next lesson, if we are able to review it... I have the paper with me.

Eid Abbasi : As for the century?

The Shaykh : As for the century, what is known according to the stronger position among the scholars of hadith is that it is one hundred years. And on this basis, the famous, indeed mass-transmitted, hadith is understood: , and so on.

Eid Abbasi: Yes.