Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 37151 — The words of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq

It is narrated from al-Dahhak, who said: Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) saw a bird perched on a tree and said: O bird, glad tidings to you! By Allah, I would love to be like you. You perch on the trees, eat of the fruit, then fly away, and you face neither reckoning nor punishment. By Allah, I would love to be a tree growing at the side of the road, and that a camel would pass by me, take me and put me in its mouth, chew me, then swallow me, then bring me out as dung, and that I were not a human being.