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Employing oxen for ploughing.

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Darussalam · Volume 3

41 - THE BOOK OF CULTIVATION AND AGRICULTURE

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الحديث: 2324 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 103

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2324. Narrated Abū Hurairah رضي الله عنه: The Prophet ﷺ said, "While a man was riding a cow, it turned towards him and said, 'I have not been created for this purpose (i.e., carrying), I have been created for ploughing.'" The Prophet ﷺ added, "I, Abū Bakr and 'Umar believe in this story." The Prophet ﷺ further said, "A wolf caught a sheep, and when the shepherd chased it, the wolf said, 'Who will be its guard on the day of wild beasts, when there will be no shepherd for it except I?' " After narrating it, the Prophet ﷺ said, "I, Abū Bakr and 'Umar too believe it."(1) Abū Salama (a subnarrator) said, "Abū Bakr and 'Umar were not present then."(2)

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2324 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: " بَيْنَمَا رَجُلٌ رَاكِبٌ عَلَى بَقَرَةٍ التَفَتَتْ إِلَيْهِ، فَقَالَتْ: لَمْ أُخْلَقْ لِهَذَا، خُلِقْتُ لِلْحِرَاثَةِ "، قَالَ: " آمَنْتُ بِهِ أَنَا وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَعُمَرُ، وَأَخَذَ الذِّئْبُ شَاةً فَتَبِعَهَا الرَّاعِي، فَقَالَ لَهُ الذِّئْبُ: مَنْ لَهَا يَوْمَ السَّبُعِ، يَوْمَ لاَ رَاعِيَ لَهَا غَيْرِي "، قَالَ: «آمَنْتُ بِهِ أَنَا وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَعُمَرُ» قَالَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ: وَمَا هُمَا يَوْمَئِذٍ فِي القَوْمِ

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  1. 1

    (1) (H. 2324) The Prophet ﷺ talked on behalf of Abū Bakr and 'Umar, because he was sure that they would believe the story when they heard it.

  2. 2

    (2) (H. 2324) It has been written that a wolf also spoke to a shepherd during the Prophet's lifetime near Al-Madina as narrated in Musnad Imām Ahmad in the Musnad of Abū Sa'īd Al-Khudrī رضي الله عنه (Vol. 3): Narrated Abū Sa'īd Al-Khudrī رضي الله عنه: (While a shepherd was in his herd of sheep), suddenly a wolf attacked a sheep and took it away, the shepherd chased the wolf and took back the sheep, the wolf sat on its tail and addressed the shepherd saying: "Be afraid of Allāh, you have taken the provision from me which Allāh gave me". The shepherd said: 'What an amazing thing! A wolf sitting on its tail speaks to me in the language of a human being.' The wolf said: "Shall I tell you something more amazing than this? There is Muhammad, the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) in Yathrib (Al-Madina) informing the people about the news of the past." Then the shepherd (after hearing that) proceeded (towards Al-Madina) driving his sheep till he entered Al-Madina, cornered his sheep in a place, and came to Allāh's Messenger (Muhammad ﷺ) informed the whole story. Allāh's Messenger ordered for the proclamation of a congregational prayer (صلاة جامعة), then he ﷺ came out and asked=