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مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي
Musnad Abi Ya'la al-Mawsili
حديث أبي موسى الأشعري
Hadith of Abu Musa al-Ash'ari
حَدِيثُ أَبِي مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ
Hadith of Abu Musa al-Ash'ari
Musnad Abi Ya'la 7251 — he said: I came to the Prophet ﷺ with a group
حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ الْبَزَّارُ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ ، عَنْ غَيْلَانَ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى قَالَ : أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فِي رَهْطٍ مِنَ الْأَشْعَرِيِّينَ نَسْتَحْمِلُهُ ، فَقَالَ : وَاللهِ لَا أَحْمِلُكُمْ ، وَمَا عِنْدِي مَا أَحْمِلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ . قَالَ : فَلَبِثْنَا مَا شَاءَ اللهُ ، ثُمَّ أُتِيَ بِإِبِلٍ ، فَأَمَرَ لَنَا بِثَلَاثَةِ ذَوْدٍ غُرِّ الذُّرَى . قَالَ : فَلَمَّا انْطَلَقْنَا قُلْنَا - أَوْ قَالَ بَعْضُنَا لِبَعْضٍ - : لَا يُبَارِكُ اللهُ لَنَا ، أَتَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - نَسْتَحْمِلُهُ ، فَحَلَفَ أَلَّا يَحْمِلَنَا ، ثُمَّ حَمَلَنَا ، ائْتُوهُ فَأَخْبِرُوهُ ، فَقَالَ : « مَا أَنَا حَمَلْتُكُمْ ، وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ حَمَلَكُمْ ، إِنِّي وَاللهِ إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ لَا أَحْلِفُ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَأَرَى غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا إِلَّا كَفَّرْتُ عَنْ يَمِينِي ، وَأَتَيْتُ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ » .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) with a group of the Ash'aris so that we might ask him (peace and blessings be upon him) for mounts. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'By Allah! I will not give you mounts, nor do I have anything on which I could mount you.' The narrator said: Then we stayed as long as Allah willed, then some camels were brought to him (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that we be given three fine camels with white humps. Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When we set off from there, we said, or some of us said to others: Allah Almighty will not bless this for us, because we came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asking for mounts and he (peace and blessings be upon him) swore that he would not give us mounts, but then he gave us mounts; so we should go to him (peace and blessings be upon him) and inform him of this situation. (When he was told,) he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'It was not I who gave you mounts; rather Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, has mounted you. By Allah, if Allah wills, whenever I swear an oath about something and then see something else better than it, I expiate my oath and do what is better.'"
