Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 2261
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ قُرَّةَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي حُمَيْدُ بْنُ هِلاَلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بُرْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ أَقْبَلْتُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَمَعِي رَجُلاَنِ مِنَ الأَشْعَرِيِّينَ، فَقُلْتُ مَا عَلِمْتُ أَنَّهُمَا يَطْلُبَانِ الْعَمَلَ. فَقَالَ " لَنْ أَوْ لاَ نَسْتَعْمِلُ عَلَى عَمَلِنَا مَنْ أَرَادَهُ ".
Musaddad narrated to us: Yahya narrated to us, from Qurra ibn Khalid; he said: Humayd ibn Hilal narrated to me: Abu Burda narrated to us, from Abu Musa, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: I came to the Prophet with two men from the Ashari tribe and said, “I did not know that they were seeking employment.” He said: “By no means”—or he said—“we do not appoint to our work anyone who seeks it.”