Musnad Ahmad 8977

Translation

✧ There is no owner of treasure who does not pay the zakat of his wealth but that he will be brought on the Day of Resurrection with his treasure, and it will be heated in the fire of Hell as plates, and his forehead, side, and back will be branded with them, until God judges between His servants on a day whose measure is fifty thousand years of what you count. Then he will see his path, either to Paradise or to the Fire. And there is no owner of camels who does not pay their zakat but that he will be brought on the Day of Resurrection with his camels, as numerous as they ever were, and he will be thrown down for them on a wide, barren plain. Every time the last of them passes, the first of them return to him, until God judges between His servants on a day whose measure is fifty thousand years of what you count. Then he will see his path, either to Paradise or to the Fire. And there is no owner of sheep who does not pay their zakat but that he will be brought on the Day of Resurrection with his sheep, as numerous as they ever were, and he will be thrown down for them on a wide, barren plain. They will trample him with their hooves and gore him with their horns. Every time the last of them passes, the first of them are returned to him, until God judges between His servants on a day whose measure is fifty thousand years of what you count. Then he will see his path, either to Paradise or to the Fire. It was said: "O Messenger of God, what about horses?" He said: "Horses have goodness tied to their forelocks until the Day of Resurrection. Horses are of three kinds: for one man they are a reward, for another a covering, and for another a burden. As for the one for whom they are a reward, he is the one who keeps them and reserves them for the cause of God. Whatever they conceal in their bellies is a reward for him. If they run freely from him over a hill or two hills, for every stride they take there is a reward for him. If he comes upon a river and waters them from it, for every drop they conceal in their bellies there is a reward for him"—until he mentioned the reward in their dung and urine. "As for the one for whom they are a covering, he is a man who keeps them out of chastity, beautification, and honor, and he does not forget their right on their backs and bellies in their hardship and ease. As for the one upon whom they are a burden, he is a man who keeps them out of pride, arrogance, showing off to people, and extravagance over them." It was said: "O Messenger of God, what about donkeys?" He said: "Nothing has been revealed to me about them except this comprehensive, unique verse: 'Whoever does an atom's weight of good will see it, and whoever does an atom's weight of evil will see it.'"

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• Dāraquṭnī

  الحديث محفوظ عن سهيل بن أبي صالح عن أبيه عن أبي هريرة

  in مسند أحمد, p. 9053

Other narrations of this report

Sahih al-Bukhari 2371Sahih al-Bukhari 4963

Narrators

1. 1
   Abū Hurayrah al-Dawsī

   Companion (ṣaḥābī)d. 57 AH
   أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ الدَّوْسِيُّصحابي
   عن
2. 2
   Dhakwān al-Sammān

   trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 101 AH
   أَبِيهِثقة ثبت
   عن
3. 3
   سُهَيْلٌ

   truthful (ṣadūq)d. 138 AH
   حدثنا
4. 4
   وُهَيْبُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الْبَصْرِيُّ

   trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 165 AH
   حدثنا
5. 5
   عَفَّانُ

   trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 219 AH
   حدثنا
6. 6
   Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal

   trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 241 AH
   أحمد بن حنبلثقة حافظ

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