Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 577

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، سَمِعْتُ أَبَا إِسْحَاقَ، سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَةَ بْنَ حَزْنٍ يَقُولُ‏:‏ تَفَاخَرَ أَهْلُ الإِبِلِ وَأَصْحَابُ الشَّاءِ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم‏:‏ بُعِثَ مُوسَى وَهُوَ رَاعِي غَنَمٍ، وَبُعِثَ دَاوُدُ وَهُوَ رَاعٍ، وَبُعِثْتُ أَنَا وَأَنَا أَرْعَى غَنَمًا لأَهْلِي بِأَجْيَادِ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Muhammad ibn Bashshar related to us: Muhammad ibn Ja‘far related to us: Shu‘bah related to us. I heard Abu Ishaq say: I heard ‘Abdah ibn Hazn say: The people who owned camels and the people who owned sheep vied in boasting. The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “Musa was sent as a shepherd of sheep; Dawud was sent as a shepherd; and I was sent while I was tending my family’s sheep at Ajyad.”

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • The Arabic names Ajyad as the location where the Prophet tended his family’s sheep.