مسند احمد
Musnad Ahmad
مسند المكثرين من الصحابةMusnad of the Prolific Narrators Among the Companions
مسنَد اَبِی هرَیرَةَ رَضِیَ اللَّه عَنهMusnad of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him)
Hadith 7987
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ ، قَالَ : قال إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي خَالِدٍ : عَنْ قَيْسٍ ، قَالَ : نَزَلَ عَلَيْنَا أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ ، بِالْكُوفَةِ ، قَالَ : وكَانَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ مَوْلَانَا قَرَابَةٌ ، قَالَ سُفْيَانُ : وَهُوَ مَوْلَى الْأَحْمَسِ فَاجْتَمَعَتْ أَحْمَسُ ، قَالَ قَيْسٌ : فَأَتَيْنَاهُ نُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْهِ ، وَقَالَ سُفْيَانُ مَرَّةً : فَأَتَاهُ الْحَيُّ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبِي : يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ، هَؤُلَاءِ أَنْسِبَاؤُكَ أَتَوْكَ يُسَلِّمُونَ عَلَيْكَ وَتُحَدِّثُهُمْ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ . قَالَ : مَرْحَبًا بِهِمْ وَأَهْلًا ، صَحِبْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثَلَاثَ سِنِينَ ، لَمْ أَكُنْ أَحْرَصَ عَلَى أَنْ أَعِيَ الْحَدِيثَ مِنِّي فِيهِنَّ ، حَتَّى سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ : " وَاللَّهِ لَأَنْ يَأْخُذَ أَحَدُكُمْ حَبْلًا فَيَحْتَطِبَ عَلَى ظَهْرِهِ ، فَيَأْكُلَ وَيَتَصَدَّقَ ، خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ رَجُلًا أَغْنَاهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ ، فَيَسْأَلَهُ ، أَعْطَاهُ أَوْ مَنَعَهُ " . ثُمَّ ثُمَّ قَالَ هَكَذَا بِيَدِهِ : " قَرِيبٌ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْ السَّاعَةِ سَتَأْتُونَ تُقَاتِلُونَ قَوْمًا نِعَالُهُمْ الشَّعَرُ ، كَأَنَّ وُجُوهَهُمْ الْمَجَانُّ الْمُطْرَقَةُ " .
Qais (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once Hazrat Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) was our guest in Kufa. He had some relations of kinship with our masters. We went to him to greet him, so my father said to him, "O Abu Hurairah, these are your kinsmen who have come to serve you so that they may greet you and you may narrate to them a hadith of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)." Hazrat Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) welcomed us and said, "I remained in the company of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) for three years. Among the group of companions, during those three years, there was no one more devoted to memorizing hadith than me. I heard the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'By Allah, if any one of you were to take a rope, gather firewood, carry it on his back, and earn his livelihood from it, eating from it himself and giving charity as well, this is far better than going to a man whom Allah has blessed with wealth and asking him for something—whether he gives or withholds.' Then, gesturing with his hand, he said: 'Near the Day of Judgment, you will fight against a people whose faces will be like flat shields and whose shoes will be made of hair.'"
