Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 4160

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي السَّفَرِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، قَالَ مَرَّ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ وَنَحْنُ نُعَالِجُ خُصًّا لَنَا فَقَالَ ‏"‏ مَا هَذَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَقُلْتُ خُصٌّ لَنَا وَهَى نَحْنُ نُصْلِحُهُ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏ "‏ مَا أُرَى الأَمْرَ إِلاَّ أَعْجَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Abu Kurayb narrated to us; Abu Mu‘awiyah narrated to us, from al-A‘mash, from Abu al-Safar, from ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amr, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) passed by while we were working on a reed hut of ours. He said: “What is this?” I replied: “It is a hut of ours that has fallen into disrepair; we are fixing it.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “I think the matter will come sooner than that.”