حَدَّثَنَا
بَهْزٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا
حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ، أَخْبَرَنَا
إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، عَنْ
أَبِي صَالِحٍ ، عَنْ
أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : " إِنَّ
رَجُلًا حَمَلَ مَعَهُ خَمْرًا فِي سَفِينَةٍ يَبِيعُهُ ، وَمَعَهُ قِرْدٌ ، قَالَ : فَكَانَ الرَّجُلُ إِذَا بَاعَ الْخَمْرَ ، شَابَهُ بِالْمَاءِ ثُمَّ بَاعَهُ ، قَالَ : فَأَخَذَ الْقِرْدُ الْكِيسَ ، فَصَعِدَ بِهِ فَوْقَ الدَّقَلِ ، قَالَ : فَجَعَلَ يَطْرَحُ دِينَارًا فِي الْبَحْرِ وَدِينَارًا فِي السَّفِينَةِ ، حَتَّى قَسَمَهُ " .
It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: A man, in connection with trade, boarded a boat carrying wine. There was also a monkey with him. Whenever the man sold wine, he would first mix water into it and then sell it. One day, the monkey grabbed his money pouch and climbed up a tree. The monkey began throwing one dinar into the sea and another into his master's boat, until he had divided them equally. (From here the saying became famous: the milk was separated from the water, and the water from the milk.)