Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 105

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلامٍ، قَالَ‏:‏ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ شَابُورَ، وَأَبِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، أَنَّهُ ذُبِحَتْ لَهُ شَاةٌ، فَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ لِغُلاَمِهِ‏:‏ أَهْدَيْتَ لِجَارِنَا الْيَهُودِيِّ‏؟‏ أَهْدَيْتَ لِجَارِنَا الْيَهُودِيِّ‏؟‏ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ‏:‏ مَا زَالَ جِبْرِيلُ يُوصِينِي بِالْجَارِ حَتَّى ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ سَيُوَرِّثُهُ‏.‏

Translation

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

Muhammad ibn Salam related to us: Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah informed us, from Dawud ibn Shabur and Abu Isma'il, from Mujahid, from 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr, that a sheep was slaughtered for him. He kept asking his servant, ‘Have you given a gift to our Jewish neighbour? Have you given a gift to our Jewish neighbour?’ He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say: ‘Jibril kept urging me to treat the neighbour well until I thought he would make him an heir.’