Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 572
Sheep are a blessing
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حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَلْحَلَةَ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ مَالِكِ بْنِ خُثَيْمٍ
أَنَّهُ قَالَ كُنْتُ جَالِسًا مَعَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ بِأَرْضِهِ بِالْعَقِيقِ فَأَتَاهُ قَوْمٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ عَلَى دَوَابَّ فَنَزَلُوا قَالَ حُمَيْدٌ فَقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ اذْهَبْ إِلَى أُمِّي وَقُلْ لَهَا إِنَّ ابْنَكِ يُقْرِئُكِ السَّلاَمَ وَيَقُولُ أَطْعِمِينَا شَيْئًا قَالَ فَوَضَعَتْ ثَلاَثَةَ أَقْرَاصٍ مِنْ شَعِيرٍ وَشَيْئًا مِنْ زَيْتٍ وَمِلْحٍ فِي صَحْفَةٍ فَوَضَعْتُهَا عَلَى رَأْسِي فَحَمَلْتُهَا إِلَيْهِمْ فَلَمَّا وَضَعْتُهُ بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ كَبَّرَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ وَقَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَشْبَعَنَا مِنَ الْخُبْزِ بَعْدَ أَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ طَعَامُنَا إِلاَّ الأَسْوَدَانِ التَّمْرُ وَالْمَاءُ فَلَمْ يُصِبِ الْقَوْمُ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ شَيْئًا فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفُوا قَالَ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي أَحْسِنْ إِلَى غَنَمِكَ وَامْسَحْ الرُّغَامَ عَنْهَا وَأَطِبْ مُرَاحَهَا وَصَلِّ فِي نَاحِيَتِهَا فَإِنَّهَا مِنْ دَوَابِّ الْجَنَّةِ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَيُوشِكُ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ عَلَى النَّاسِ زَمَانٌ تَكُونُ الثُّلَّةُ مِنَ الْغَنَمِ أَحَبَّ إِلَى صَاحِبِهَا مِنْ دَارِ مَرْوَانَ
Translation
✧ Ḥumayd said: "I was sitting with Abū Hurayra on his land at al-ʿAqīq when a group of people from Madinah came to him on mounts and dismounted. Abū Hurayra said: 'Go to my mother and say to her: Your son sends you greetings and asks you to feed us something.' He said: 'She placed three barley cakes and some oil and salt on a platter. I put it on my head and carried it to them. When I placed it before them, Abū Hurayra said the takbīr and said: Praise be to Allah who has satisfied us with bread after our food had been only the two black things—dates and water. The people did not take any of the food. When they left, he said: O son of my brother, be good to your sheep, wipe the dust from them, make their resting place clean, and pray in their vicinity, for they are among the animals of Paradise. By the One in whose hand my soul is, a time is about to come upon people when a small flock of sheep will be dearer to its owner than the house of Marwān.'"
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