Hadith 3664

The saying of the Prophet ﷺ: "If I were to take a Khalil..."

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Darussalam · Volume 5

62 - THE VIRTUES AND THE MERITS OF THE COMPANIONS OF THE PROPHET ﷺ

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الحديث: 3664 ¦ الجزء: 5 ¦ الصفحة: 6

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3664. Narrated Abū Hurairah رضي الله عنه: I heard Allāh's Messenger ﷺ saying, "While I was sleeping, I saw myself standing at a well, on it there was a bucket. I drew water from the well as much as Allāh wished. Then Ibn Abī Quḥāfa (i.e., Abū Bakr) took the bucket from me and brought out one or two buckets (of water) and there was weakness in his drawing the water. May Allāh forgive him, his weakness. Then the bucket turned into a very big one and Ibn Al-Khaṭṭāb took it over and I had never seen such a strong person amongst the people as him in performing such hard work, till the people drank to their satisfaction and watered their camels that knelt down there." [See Vol. 9, Hadīth No.7019]

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3664 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، عَنْ يُونُسَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ المُسَيِّبِ، سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، يَقُولُ: «بَيْنَا أَنَا نَائِمٌ رَأَيْتُنِي عَلَى قَلِيبٍ عَلَيْهَا دَلْوٌ، فَنَزَعْتُ مِنْهَا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ، ثُمَّ أَخَذَهَا ابْنُ أَبِي قُحَافَةَ فَنَزَعَ بِهَا ذَنُوبًا أَوْ ذَنُوبَيْنِ، وَفِي نَزْعِهِ ضَعْفٌ، وَاللَّهُ يَغْفِرُ لَهُ ضَعْفَهُ، ثُمَّ اسْتَحَالَتْ غَرْبًا، فَأَخَذَهَا ابْنُ الخَطَّابِ فَلَمْ أَرَ عَبْقَرِيًّا مِنَ النَّاسِ يَنْزِعُ نَزْعَ عُمَرَ، حَتَّى ضَرَبَ النَّاسُ بِعَطَنٍ»

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(1) (H. 3663) It has been written that a wolf also spoke to a shepherd during the Prophet's lifetime near Al-Madīna as narrated in Musnad Imām Ahmad in the Musnad of Abu Sa'īd Al-Khudrī رضي الله عنه: Narrated Abu 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 Muḥammad, the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) in Yathrib (Al-Madīna) informing the people about the news of the past." Then the shepherd (after hearing that) proceeded (towards Al-Madīna) driving his sheep till he entered Al-Madīna, cornered his sheep in a place, and came to Allāh's Messenger (Muḥammad ﷺ) and informed the whole story. Allāh's Messenger ordered for the proclamation of a congregational prayer (صلاة جامعة), then he ﷺ came out and asked the shepherd to inform the people (about his story) and he informed them. Then Allāh's Messenger said: "He (the shepherd) has spoken the truth. By Him (Allāh) in Whose Hands my soul is, the Day of Resurrection will not be established till beasts of prey (سباع) speak to the human beings, and the stick lash and the shoe-laces of a person speak to him and his thigh informs him about his family as to what happened to them after him. [Musnad Imām Ahmad, in the Musnad of Abū Sa'īd Al-Khudrī]