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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 7258 — some people of my tribe came to me and said
وَعَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى قَالَ : أَتَانِي نَاسٌ مِنْ قَوْمِي ، فَقَالُوا : اسْتَحْمِلْ لَنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَهُوَ يَحْمِلُ عَلَى إِبِلٍ . قَالَ : فَأَتَيْنَا النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَاسْتَحْمَلْنَاهُ ، قَالَ : « فَحَلَفَ : وَاللهِ لَا أَحْمِلُكُمْ » ، فَانْصَرَفْنَا وَقَدْ شَقَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْنَا . قَالَ : فَمَكَثْنَا أَيَّامًا ، وَأُتِيَ بِإِبِلٍ ، قَالَ : فَقَالَ : « خُذْ هَذَيْنِ الْقَرِينَيْنِ ، خُذْ هَذَيْنِ الْقَرِينَيْنِ » ثَلَاثًا سِتَّةَ أَحْمَالٍ ، فَقُلْتُ لِأَصْحَابِي : إِنَّهُ قَدْ حَلَفَ أَنْ لَا يَحْمِلَنَا ، وَلَا أُرَاهُ إِلَّا قَدْ نَسِيَ ، فَإِنْ أَخَذْنَاهَا لَمْ يُبَارَكْ لَنَا فِيهَا ، فَقُلْنَا : يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ، لَقَدْ كُنْتَ حَلَفْتَ ثَلَاثًا أَنْ لَا تَحْمِلَنَا ؟ فَقَالَ : « وَأَنَا أَحْلِفُ السَّاعَةَ ، وَاللهِ لَأَحْمِلَنَّكُمْ » ، فَحَلَفَ ثَلَاثًا ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ ، فَرَأَى مَا هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنْهَا ، فَلْيَأْتِ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ ، وَلْيُكَفِّرْ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) that some people of my tribe came to me and said: "Ask the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) for mounts for us." At that time he (peace and blessings be upon him) was mounting people on camels. Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Then we came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked him (peace and blessings be upon him) for mounts, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) swore and said: "By Allah! I will not give you mounts." So we went back, and this weighed heavily on us. Then we stayed a few days until some camels were brought to him (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Take these pairs of camels tied together, take these pairs of camels tied together" (he (peace and blessings be upon him) repeated these words three times), so that made six mounts in all. Then I said to my companions: "He (peace and blessings be upon him) had sworn not to give us mounts, and I think he (peace and blessings be upon him) has forgotten it; so if we take these camels in this state, we will not be blessed in them." So we said: "O Messenger of Allah! You (peace and blessings be upon him) had sworn three times that you would not give us mounts." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "And now I swear at this moment: by Allah! I will certainly give you mounts" (he (peace and blessings be upon him) swore this oath three times). Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever swears an oath about something and then sees something better than it, let him do what is better and expiate his oath."
