Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 772
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم رَأَى رَجُلاً يَسُوقُ بَدَنَةً، فَقَالَ: ارْكَبْهَا، فَقَالَ: إِنَّهَا بَدَنَةٌ، قَالَ: ارْكَبْهَا، قَالَ: إِنَّهَا بَدَنَةٌ، قَالَ: ارْكَبْهَا، قَالَ: فَإِنَّهَا بَدَنَةٌ، قَالَ: ارْكَبْهَا، وَيْلَكَ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Anas reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, saw a man driving a sacrificial camel. He said: “Ride it.” The man replied: “It is a sacrificial camel.” He said: “Ride it.” The man repeated: “It is a sacrificial camel.” He said: “Ride it.” The man said: “But it is a sacrificial camel.” He said: “Ride it, woe to you!”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
وَيْلَكَ
The Arabic expression means “woe to you” or is an emphatic rebuke; the witness’s “bother you” is unclear and misleading.
Please check the closing expression against the Arabic.