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Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 6819

وَعَنْ عُمَيْرٍ مَوْلَى آبِي اللَّحْمِ قَالَ : أَقْبَلْتُ مَعَ سَادَتِي نُرِيدُ الْهِجْرَةَ حَتَّى إِذَا دَنَوْنَا مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ وَخَلَّفُونِي فِي ظَهْرِهِمْ قَالَ : أَصَابَتْنِي مَجَاعَةٌ شَدِيدَةٌ . قَالَ : فَمَرَّ بِي بَعْضُ مَنْ يَخْرُجُ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ فَقَالُوا : لَوْ دَخَلْتَ الْمَدِينَةَ فَأَصَبْتَ مِنْ تَمْرِ حَوَائِطِهَا قَالَ : فَدَخَلْتُ حَائِطًا فَقَطَعْتُ مِنْهُ قِنْوَيْنِ ، فَأَتَانِي صَاحِبُ الْحَائِطِ فَأَتَى بِيَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَأَخْبَرَهُ خَبَرِي وَعَلَيَّ ثَوْبَانِ فَقَالَ : " أَيُّهُمَا أَفْضَلُ ؟ " فَأَشَرْتُ لَهُ إِلَى أَحَدِهِمَا قَالَ : " خُذْهُ " وَأَعْطِ صَاحِبَ الْحَائِطِ الْآخَرَ ، وَخَلَّ سَبِيلِي .
رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ ، وَالطَّبَرَانِيُّ فِي الْكَبِيرِ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ : فَاقْتَطَعْتُ قِنْوَيْنِ مِنْ نَخْلَةٍ . وَقَالَ فِي آخِرِهِ : فَقُلْ لِي : " أَيُّهُمَا أَفْضَلُ ؟ " . فَأَشَرْتُ إِلَى أَحَدِهِمَا فَأَمَرَنِي فَأَخَذْتُهُ وَأَعْطَى صَاحِبَ الْحَائِطِ الْآخَرَ .
Sayyiduna Umayr (may Allah be pleased with him), the slave of Sayyiduna Abi al-Lahm, narrates: I came with my masters intending to emigrate. When we drew near to Madinah, they left me behind with their animals. The narrator says: I was struck by severe hunger. A person passed by me who had come out of Madinah, and he said: It would be good if you went into Madinah and got some dates from its orchards. The narrator says: I entered an orchard and broke off two clusters from it. The owner of the orchard came to me and took me to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he told the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about me. I had two garments on my body. He asked: Which of these two is superior (that is, which is better)? I pointed to one of them, indicating that it was this one. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: You take this one, give the other garment to the owner of the orchard, and let him go.
Imam Ahmad recorded it, and Imam Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir, though he narrated these words: I cut two clusters from a date palm. And at the end of this narration the words are: He asked me: Which of these two is better? I pointed to one of them, and he ordered me to take it and to give the other to the owner of the orchard.
Hadith Reference مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب البيوع / 6819
Hadith Grading محدثین: إسنادہ صحیح
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