Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 390
حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ شَقِيقًا يَقُولُ: قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ: قَسَمَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قِسْمَةً، كَبَعْضِ مَا كَانَ يَقْسِمُ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ: وَاللَّهِ، إِنَّهَا لَقِسْمَةٌ مَا أُرِيدَ بِهَا وَجْهَ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، قُلْتُ أَنَا: لَأَقُولَنَّ لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم، فَأَتَيْتُهُ، وَهُوَ فِي أَصْحَابِهِ، فَسَارَرْتُهُ، فَشَقَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَتَغَيَّرَ وَجْهُهُ، وَغَضِبَ، حَتَّى وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي لَمْ أَكُنْ أَخْبَرَتْهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: قَدْ أُوذِيَ مُوسَى بِأَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَصَبَرَ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
‘Abd Allah said: The Prophet made a distribution, as he would sometimes do. A man from the Ansar said, ‘By Allah, this was not a distribution made seeking the Face of Allah, Mighty and Majestic.’ I said to myself, ‘I will tell the Prophet.’ I went to him while he was among his Companions and spoke to him privately. This distressed him, his face changed, and he became angry, until I wished I had not told him. Then he said, ‘Musa was harmed even more than this, and he bore it patiently.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic says the Prophet made a distribution (قَسَمَ قِسْمَةً); the English witness mistakenly reads this as swearing an oath.
قَسَمَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قِسْمَةً،
The Arabic repeats the root for dividing/distributing and means that the Prophet made a distribution; it does not say he swore an oath.
Should the opening follow the Arabic ‘made a distribution’ rather than the witness’s ‘swore an oath’?