Sunan Abi Dawud
Sunan Abi Dawud 4617
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا هِلاَلُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي حُمَيْدٌ، قَالَ كَانَ الْحَسَنُ يَقُولُ لأَنْ يُسْقَطَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ إِلَى الأَرْضِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ أَنْ يَقُولَ الأَمْرُ بِيَدِي .
Translation
Hilal ibn Bishr narrated to us; he said: Hammad narrated to us; he said: Humayd informed me. He said: Al-Hasan used to say, ‘For him to be dropped from heaven to earth would be dearer to him than saying, “The matter is in my hands.”’