Darussalam · Volume 3
12. The Chapters On Business TransactionsSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 2149 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 727
Source no. 2149 · Volume 5 · Page 149
Sahih
صحيح غاية المرام (١٦١) ، أحاديث البيوع، تخريج فقه السيرة (٧٠)
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2149. It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Allāh has not sent any Prophet but he was a shepherd." His Companions said to him: "Even you, O Messenger of Allāh?" He said: "Even me. I used to tend the sheep of the people of Makkah for a few Qirāts." (Sahih) (One of the narrators) Suwaid said: "Meaning one Qirāt for every sheep."
2149 - حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْقُرَشِيُّ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي أُحَيْحَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَا بَعَثَ اللَّهُ نَبِيًّا إِلَّا رَاعِيَ غَنَمٍ» ، قَالَ لَهُ أَصْحَابُهُ: وَأَنْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ: «وَأَنَا كُنْتُ أَرْعَاهَا لِأَهْلِ مَكَّةَ بِالْقَرَارِيطِ» قَالَ سُوَيْدٌ: «يَعْنِي كُلَّ شَاةٍ بِقِيرَاطٍ»
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Physical work and labor is a lawful profession, provided a worker works honestly and he is not given work to do which is religiously unlawful. Work should not be started until the labor and salary is determined. Tending to goats and sheep was a profession of the Prophet ﷺ. Qirāt is a type of currency, which is a twentieth or twenty-fourth of a Dinār. (See: An-Nihâyah of Ibn Athir, root word Qirât).