Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 572
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَلْحَلَةَ، عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ مَالِكِ بْنِ خُثَيْمٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: كُنْتُ جَالِسًا مَعَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ بِأَرْضِهِ بِالْعَقِيقِ، فَأَتَاهُ قَوْمٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ عَلَى دَوَابَّ، فَنَزَلُوا، قَالَ حُمَيْدٌ: فَقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ: اذْهَبْ إِلَى أُمِّي وَقُلْ لَهَا: إِنَّ ابْنَكِ يُقْرِئُكِ السَّلاَمَ وَيَقُولُ: أَطْعِمِينَا شَيْئًا، قَالَ: فَوَضَعَتْ ثَلاَثَةَ أَقْرَاصٍ مِنْ شَعِيرٍ، وَشَيْئًا مِنْ زَيْتٍ وَمِلْحٍ فِي صَحْفَةٍ، فَوَضَعْتُهَا عَلَى رَأْسِي، فَحَمَلْتُهَا إِلَيْهِمْ، فَلَمَّا وَضَعْتُهُ بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ، كَبَّرَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ وَقَالَ: الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَشْبَعَنَا مِنَ الْخُبْزِ بَعْدَ أَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ طَعَامُنَا إِلاَّ الأَسْوَدَانِ: التَّمْرُ وَالْمَاءُ، فَلَمْ يُصِبِ الْقَوْمُ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ شَيْئًا، فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفُوا قَالَ: يَا ابْنَ أَخِي، أَحْسِنْ إِلَى غَنَمِكَ، وَامْسَحْ الرُّغَامَ عَنْهَا، وَأَطِبْ مُرَاحَهَا، وَصَلِّ فِي نَاحِيَتِهَا، فَإِنَّهَا مِنْ دَوَابِّ الْجَنَّةِ، وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَيُوشِكُ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ عَلَى النَّاسِ زَمَانٌ تَكُونُ الثُّلَّةُ مِنَ الْغَنَمِ أَحَبَّ إِلَى صَاحِبِهَا مِنْ دَارِ مَرْوَانَ.
Isma‘il related to us: Malik told me, from Muhammad ibn ‘Amr ibn Halhalah, from Humayd ibn Malik ibn Khuthaym, who said: I was sitting with Abu Hurayrah on his land at al-‘Aqiq when some people from Madinah came to him riding animals and dismounted. Humayd said: Abu Hurayrah told me, “Go to my mother and tell her: ‘Your son sends you greetings of peace and asks you to give us something to eat.’” She put three barley loaves, along with some oil and salt, on a platter. I placed it on my head and carried it to them. When I set it before them, Abu Hurayrah exclaimed, “Allah is greatest,” and said, “Praise be to Allah, who has filled us with bread after our food used to be only the two dark things: dates and water.” The people did not take any of the food. When they had left, he said, “My nephew, treat your sheep well, wipe the dirt from them, keep their resting place clean, and pray in their midst, for they are among the mounts of Paradise. By the One in whose hand is my soul, a time is near when a small flock of sheep will be dearer to its owner than Marwan’s house.”
Translation notes
The English witness stops after Abu Hurayrah asks his mother for food; the Arabic continues through the meal, his advice about caring for and praying among sheep, and the saying about a flock being dearer than Marwan’s house.
I rendered الرغام as dirt, a contextually plausible sense in the instruction to wipe the sheep; the term can refer to dust or soil.
قَالَ: فَوَضَعَتْ ثَلاَثَةَ أَقْرَاصٍ مِنْ شَعِيرٍ،
The witness is materially incomplete relative to the Arabic source.
No question; retain the complete Arabic account and flag the English witness omission.
وَامْسَحْ الرُّغَامَ عَنْهَا،
الرغام refers to dust or dirt; the exact nuance here is uncertain.
Is “wipe the dust from them” preferable in this context?