al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8062
✧ The Virtue of Abu Bakr and Umar
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أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ عَنِ الزُّبَيْدِيِّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «بَيْنَا أَنَا نَائِمٌ رَأَيْتُنِي عَلَى قُلَيْبٍ عَلَيْهَا دَلْوٌ فَنُزِعَتْ مِنْهَا مَا شَاءَ اللهُ ثُمَّ أَخَذَهَا ابْنُ أَبِي قُحَافَةَ فَنَزَعَ ذَنُوبًا أَوْ ذَنُوبَيْنِ وَفِي نَزْعِهِ ضَعْفٌ وَلْيَغْفِرِ اللهُ لَهُ ثُمَّ اسْتَحَالَتِ الدَّلْوُ غَرْبًا فَأَخَذَهَا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ فَلَمْ أَرَ عَبْقَرِيًّا مِنَ النَّاسِ يَنْزِعُ نَزْعَ ابْنِ الْخَطَّابِ حَتَّى ضَرَبَ النَّاسُ بِعَطَنٍ»
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- ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān
- Muḥammad b. Ḥarb
- al-Zubaydī
- al-Zuhrī
- Saʿīd
- Abū Hurayrah
✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "While I was asleep, I saw myself at a well upon which there was a bucket. I drew from it as much as Allah willed. Then Ibn Abi Quhafah (Abu Bakr) took it and drew one bucket or two, and in his drawing there was weakness—may Allah forgive him. Then the bucket turned into a large bucket, and 'Umar ibn al-Khattab took it. I have never seen any mighty man among the people draw like Ibn al-Khattab, until the people watered their camels."
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