Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 128
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا بَشِيرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ قَالَ: كُنْتُ عِنْدَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، وَغُلاَمُهُ يَسْلُخُ شَاةً، فَقَالَ: يَا غُلاَمُ، إِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَابْدَأْ بِجَارِنَا الْيَهُودِيِّ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ: الْيَهُودِيُّ أَصْلَحَكَ اللَّهُ؟ قَالَ: إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُوصِي بِالْجَارِ، حَتَّى خَشِينَا أَوْ رُئِينَا أَنَّهُ سَيُوَرِّثُهُ.
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Abu Nu'aym related to us: Bashir ibn Sulayman related to us, from Mujahid, who said: I was with 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr while his servant was skinning a sheep. He said: ‘Boy, when you finish, start with our Jewish neighbour.’ A man among the people said: ‘The Jew, may Allah set you right?’ He replied: ‘I heard the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, urge us to treat the neighbour well until we feared—or thought—that he would make him an heir.’