Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 3300
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي أُوَيْسٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي صَعْصَعَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " يُوشِكُ أَنْ يَكُونَ خَيْرَ مَالِ الرَّجُلِ غَنَمٌ يَتْبَعُ بِهَا شَعَفَ الْجِبَالِ وَمَوَاقِعَ الْقَطْرِ، يَفِرُّ بِدِينِهِ مِنَ الْفِتَنِ ".
Ismaʿil ibn Abi Uways narrated to us: Malik narrated to me, from ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn Abi Saʿsaʿa, from his father, from Abu Saʿid al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Soon the best possession a man may have will be sheep, which he follows to the mountain heights and places where rain falls, fleeing with his religion from tribulations.’
Translation notes
Kept the image of following sheep to mountain heights and rain-fed places, as well as the stated purpose of fleeing religious trials.