Musnad Ahmad 5902
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حَدَّثَنَا مُؤَمَّلٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ
مَثَلُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ ( أَوْ قَالَ: أُمَّتِي ) وَمَثَلُ الْيَهُودِ وَالنَّصَارَى كَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ قَالَ: مَنْ يَعْمَلُ لِي مِنْ غُدْوَةٍ إِلَى نِصْفِ النَّهَارِ عَلَى قِيرَاطٍ ؟ قَالَتِ الْيَهُودُ: نَحْنُ. فَفَعَلُوا، فَقَالَ: فَمَنْ يَعْمَلُ لِي مِنْ نِصْفِ النَّهَارِ إِلَى [صَلَاةِ] الْعَصْرِ عَلَى قِيرَاطٍ ؟ قَالَتِ النَّصَارَى: نَحْنُ. فَعَمِلُوا. وَأَنْتُمُ الْمُسْلِمُونَ تَعْمَلُونَ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ إِلَى اللَّيْلِ عَلَى قِيرَاطَيْنِ. فَغَضِبَتِ الْيَهُودُ وَالنَّصَارَى، فَقَالُوا: نَحْنُ أَكْثَرُ عَمَلًا وَأَقَلُّ أَجْرًا، فَقَالَ: هَلْ ظَلَمْتُكُمْ مِنْ أَجْرِكُمْ شَيْئًا ؟ قَالُوا: لَا. قَالَ: فَذَاكَ فَضْلِي أُوتِيهِ مَنْ أَشَاءُ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Muʾammal
- Sufyān
- ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār
- Ibn ʿUmar
- Rasūl Allāh ﷺ
✧ The likeness of this community (or he said: my community) and the likeness of the Jews and Christians is like a man who said, 'Who will work for me from the early morning until midday for one qīrāṭ?' The Jews said, 'We will,' and they did. Then he said, 'Who will work for me from midday until the ʿaṣr prayer for one qīrāṭ?' The Christians said, 'We will,' and they worked. And you, the Muslims, work from the ʿaṣr prayer until nightfall for two qīrāṭs. The Jews and Christians became angry and said, 'We work more but receive less.' He said, 'Have I wronged you in any of your wages?' They said, 'No.' He said, 'That is My bounty; I give it to whomever I will.'
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