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Sunan Ibn Majah 4172 — Wisdom
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ , حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى , عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ , عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ , عَنْ أَوْسِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ , عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ , قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " مَثَلُ الَّذِي يَجْلِسُ يَسْمَعُ الْحِكْمَةَ , ثُمَّ لَا يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ صَاحِبِهِ إِلَّا بِشَرِّ مَا يَسْمَعُ , كَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ أَتَى رَاعِيًا , فَقَالَ : يَا رَاعِي , أَجْزِرْنِي شَاةً مِنْ غَنَمِكَ , قَالَ : اذْهَبْ فَخُذْ بِأُذُنِ خَيْرِهَا , فَذَهَبَ فَأَخَذَ بِأُذُنِ كَلْبِ الْغَنَمِ " .
Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever sits in a gathering and listens to words of wisdom, then relates only something bad to his companion, his example is like a person who goes to a shepherd and says: 'O shepherd! Give me one of your goats to slaughter.' The shepherd says: 'Go and take hold of the ear of the best goat among them and take it.' So he goes and takes hold of the ear of the watchdog that guards the goats and takes it away."
قَالَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ , حَدَّثَنَاهُ إِسْمَاعِيل بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ , حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى . , حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ , فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ , وَقَالَ فِيهِ : " بِأُذُنِ خَيْرِهَا شَاةً " .
‘With this chain also,’ Hammad narrated in the same way; in it, instead of «بأذن خيرها», the word «بأذن خيرها شاة» is used.
