al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8059
✧ The Virtue of Abu Bakr and Umar
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أَخْبَرَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعَيْبُ بْنُ اللَّيْثِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ
انْصَرَفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَالَ «بَيْنَمَا رَجُلٌ يَسُوقُ بَقَرَةً فَبَدَا لَهُ أَنْ يَرْكَبَهَا فَأَقْبَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ» فَقَالَتْ «إِنَّا لَمْ نُخْلَقْ لِهَذَا إِنَّمَا خُلِقْنَا لِلْحِرَاثَةِ» فَقَالَ مَنْ حَوْلَهُ «سُبْحَانَ اللهِ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ» فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «فَإِنِّي آمَنْتُ بِهِ أَنَا وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ» وَبَيْنَمَا رَجُلٌ فِي غَنَمِهِ إِذْ جَاءَ الذِّئْبُ فَأَخَذَ شَاةً مِنْ غَنَمِهِ فَطَلَبَهُ رَاعِيَهَا فَلَمَّا أَدْرَكَهُ لَفِظَهَا وَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ «مَنْ لَهَا يَوْمَ السَّبُعِ لَا يَكُونُ لَهَا رَاعٍ غَيْرِي؟» فَقَالَ مَنْ حَوْلَهُ «سُبْحَانَ اللهِ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ» فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «فَإِنِّي آمَنْتُ بِهِ أَنَا وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ»
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Chain of narrators
- al-Rabīʿ b. Sulaymān
- Shuʿayb b. al-Layth from his father
- ʿUqayl
- Ibn Shihāb
- Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib
- Abū Hurayrah
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished the prayer and turned to his companions and said: "While a man was driving a cow, it occurred to him to ride it, and it turned to him and said: 'We were not created for this; we were only created for plowing.' Those around him said: 'Glory be to Allah! Glory be to Allah!' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Indeed I believe in it, I and Abu Bakr and 'Umar.' And while a man was among his sheep, a wolf came and took a sheep from his flock. Its shepherd pursued it, and when he caught up with it, it (the wolf) spat it out and turned to him and said: 'Who will be for her on the day of the predator, when she will have no shepherd but me?' Those around him said: 'Glory be to Allah! Glory be to Allah!' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Indeed I believe in it, I and Abu Bakr and 'Umar.'"
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