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مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب الزهد
Book of Asceticism
كلام (أبي هريرة) ﵁
The words of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him)
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 37428 — The words of Abu Hurayrah
٣٧٤٢٨ - حدثنا معاذ بن معاذ قال: حدثنا ابن عون عن عبيد بن (باب) (١) قال: كنت أفرغ على أبي هريرة من إداوة، فمر به رجل فقال: أين تريد يا فلان؟ قال: السوق، قال: إن استطعت أن تشتري الموت قبل أن ترجع فافعل، قال: ثم أقبل عليّ فقال: لقد خفت اللَّه مما استعجل إليه قبل القدر (٢).
It is narrated from Ubayd bin Bab that he said: I was pouring water from a waterskin over Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) when a man passed by him, and he (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: O so-and-so, where are you heading? He said: To the market. He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: If you can buy death before you come back, then buy it. The narrator says: Then he (may Allah be pleased with him) turned to me and said: Indeed, I fear Allah regarding that which is sought in haste before its decreed time.
