English translation
3471. Narrated Abū Hurairah رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: Once, Allāh's Messenger ﷺ offered the morning Ṣalāt (prayer) and then faced the people and said, "While a man was driving a cow, he rode over it and beat it. The cow said, 'We have not been created for this, but we have been created for ploughing.'" On that the people said astonishingly, "Glorified be Allāh! A cow speaks!" The Prophet ﷺ said, "I believe this, and Abū Bakr and 'Umar, too, believe it, although neither of them was present there." The Prophet ﷺ added: "While a person was amongst his sheep, a wolf attacked and took one of the sheep. The man chased the wolf till he
rescued it (the sheep) from the wolf, whereupon the wolf said, 'You have rescued it (the sheep) from me; but who will guard it on the day of the wild beasts when there will be no shepherd to guard them except I?' The people said surprisingly, "Glorified be Allāh! A wolf speaks!"(1) The Prophet ﷺ said, "But I believe this and Abū Bakr and 'Umar, too, believe this, although neither of them was present there."
[See Vol. 3, Hadīth No. 2324 and also Vol. 5, Hadīth No. 3663]
Arabic text
3471 - حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، صَلاَةَ الصُّبْحِ، ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى النَّاسِ، فَقَالَ: " بَيْنَا رَجُلٌ يَسُوقُ بَقَرَةً إِذْ رَكِبَهَا فَضَرَبَهَا، فَقَالَتْ: إِنَّا لَمْ نُخْلَقْ لِهَذَا، إِنَّمَا خُلِقْنَا لِلْحَرْثِ " فَقَالَ النَّاسُ: سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ بَقَرَةٌ تَكَلَّمُ، فَقَالَ: " فَإِنِّي أُومِنُ بِهَذَا، أَنَا وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَعُمَرُ، - وَمَا هُمَا ثَمَّ - وَبَيْنَمَا رَجُلٌ فِي غَنَمِهِ إِذْ عَدَا الذِّئْبُ، فَذَهَبَ مِنْهَا بِشَاةٍ، فَطَلَبَ حَتَّى كَأَنَّهُ اسْتَنْقَذَهَا مِنْهُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ الذِّئْبُ هَذَا: اسْتَنْقَذْتَهَا مِنِّي، فَمَنْ لَهَا يَوْمَ السَّبُعِ، يَوْمَ لاَ رَاعِيَ لَهَا غَيْرِي " فَقَالَ النَّاسُ: سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ ذِئْبٌ يَتَكَلَّمُ، قَالَ: «فَإِنِّي أُومِنُ بِهَذَا أَنَا وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ، - وَمَا هُمَا ثَمَّ -»، وحَدَّثَنَا عَلِيٌّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: بِمِثْلِهِ
