Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 2445
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عُمَرَ، حَفْصُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا سَلِيمُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ، سَمِعْتُ أَبِي يَقُولُ، سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، يَقُولُ نَشَأْتُ يَتِيمًا وَهَاجَرْتُ مِسْكِينًا وَكُنْتُ أَجِيرًا لاِبْنَةِ غَزْوَانَ بِطَعَامِ بَطْنِي وَعُقْبَةِ رِجْلِي أَحْطِبْ لَهُمْ إِذَا نَزَلُوا وَأَحْدُو لَهُمْ إِذَا رَكِبُوا فَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي جَعَلَ الدِّينَ قِوَامًا وَجَعَلَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ إِمَامًا .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Umar, Hafs ibn Amr, narrated to us: Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated to us: Sulaym ibn Hayyan narrated to us: I heard my father say that he heard Abu Hurayrah say: I grew up an orphan and migrated as a poor man. I worked for the daughter of Ghazwan in return for food and a turn to ride. I gathered firewood for them when they stopped, and urged their mounts onward with song when they rode. Praise be to Allah, who made religion a source of stability and made Abu Hurayrah an imam.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The phrase وعقبة رجلي literally refers to a turn or share for my foot, and is opaque; it is rendered broadly as a turn to ride, following the English witness without specifying a camel. The closing imam is kept as written.