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مسند احمد
Musnad Ahmad
مسند المكثرين من الصحابة
Musnad of the Prolific Narrators Among the Companions
مسنَد اَبِی سَعِید الخدرِیِّ رَضِیَ اللَّه تَعَالَى عَنه
Musnad of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him)
Musnad Ahmad 11132 — Musnad of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri
(حديث مرفوع) حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ، حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ، عَنْ أَبِي الْمُتَوَكِّلِ ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ ، أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ غَرَزَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ غَرْزًا ، ثُمَّ غَرَزَ إِلَى جَنْبِهِ آخَرَ ، ثُمَّ غَرَزَ الثَّالِثَ ، فَأَبْعَدَهُ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : " هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَا هَذَا ؟ " ، قَالُوا : اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ ، قَالَ : " هَذَا الْإِنْسَانُ ، وَهَذَا أَجَلُهُ ، وَهَذَا أَمَلُهُ ، يَتَعَاطَى الْأَمَلَ ، يَخْتَلِجُهُ دُونَ ذَلِكَ " .
It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) planted a stick in front of him, a second one near it, and a third one farther away. Then he asked the companions (may Allah be pleased with them), "Do you know what this is?" They said, "Allah and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) know best!" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "This is man, and this is his death, and this is his hopes; man keeps reaching for his hopes, but death snatches him away before that."
