al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 7054
✧ Muhammad b. Sirin on Samurah
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وَبِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مِنَ الْأُمَمِ أُمَّةٌ ضُرِبَ لَهُمْ مَثَلٌ كَمَثَلِ أُجَرَاءَ ائْتَجَرَهُمْ رَجُلٌ يَعْمَلُونَ لَهُ يَوْمًا كُلَّهُ وَجَعَلَ لَهُمْ قِيرَاطًا فَعَمِلُوا حَتَّى إِذَا انْتَصَفَ النَّهَارُ سَئِمُوا فَقَالُوا لِلرَّجُلِ حَاسِبْنَا فَحَاسَبَهُمْ فَكَانَ لَهُمْ نِصْفُ قِيرَاطٍ فَقَالَ مَنْ يَكْتَلْ لِي عَمَلِي إِلَى اللَّيْلِ عَلَى قِيرَاطٍ قِيرَاطٍ فَبَايَعَهُ قَوْمٌ آخَرُونَ فَعَمِلُوا حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ قَرِيبًا مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ سَئِمُوا فَقَالُوا حَاسِبْنَا فَحَاسَبَهُمْ فَكَانَ لَهُمْ نِصْفُ قِيرَاطٍ وَأَحَبَّ الرَّجُلُ أَنْ يُقْضَى لَهُ عَمَلُهُ قَبْلَ اللَّيْلِ فَائْتَجَرَ قَوْمًا عَلَى أَنْ يُكْمِلُوا مَا غَبَرَ مِنْ عَمَلِهِ إِلَى اللَّيْلِ عَلَى قِيرَاطَيْنِ فَقَالَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنِّي لَأَرْجُو إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ أَنْ تَكُونُوا أَنْتُمْ أَصْحَابَ الْقِيرَاطَيْنِ»
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- Samurah b. Jundub
✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said: Among the nations there was a community for whom a parable was struck like the parable of hired workers whom a man hired to work for him for a whole day, and he set for them a qirat. They worked until when half the day had passed, they became weary and said to the man, 'Settle our account.' So he settled with them, and they had half a qirat. Then he said, 'Who will complete my work until nightfall for a qirat, a qirat?' Another group contracted with him. They worked until when it was close to the afternoon prayer, they became weary and said, 'Settle our account.' So he settled with them, and they had half a qirat. The man wanted his work to be completed before nightfall, so he hired a group to complete what remained of his work until nightfall for two qirats. The Messenger of God ﷺ said to us: 'I hope, if God wills, that you will be the companions of the two qirats.'
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