Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 902
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ صَالِحٍ الْمِصْرِيُّ، عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ يَحْيَى الْكَلْبِيِّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الزُّهْرِيُّ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ: بَيْنَمَا رَاعٍ فِي غَنَمِهِ، عَدَا عَلَيْهِ الذِّئْبُ فَأَخَذَ مِنْهُ شَاةً، فَطَلَبَهُ الرَّاعِي، فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَيْهِ الذِّئْبُ فَقَالَ: مَنْ لَهَا يَوْمَ السَّبُعِ؟ لَيْسَ لَهَا رَاعٍ غَيْرِي، فَقَالَ النَّاسُ: سُبْحَانَ اللهِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم: فَإِنِّي أُؤْمِنُ بِذَلِكَ، أَنَا وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Yahya ibn Salih al-Misri related to us, from Ishaq ibn Yahya al-Kalbi, who said: al-Zuhri related to us, saying: Abu Salama ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman informed us that Abu Hurayra said: I heard the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say: A shepherd was among his sheep when a wolf attacked and took one of them. The shepherd pursued it, and the wolf turned to him and said: “Who will tend them on the day of the beast? They have no shepherd but me.” The people said: “Glory be to Allah!” The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “I believe that—myself, Abu Bakr, and ‘Umar.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The expression يَوْمَ السَّبُعِ is rendered literally as “the day of the beast”; its precise reference is unclear from this excerpt.
مَنْ لَهَا يَوْمَ السَّبُعِ
The expression “day of the beast” is not explained in the Arabic text; its precise reference remains unclear.
Can the intended reference of يَوْمَ السَّبُعِ be confirmed from a reliable commentary?