Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3872
أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، وَطَاوُسٍ، وَمُجَاهِدٍ، عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ، قَالَ خَرَجَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَنَهَانَا عَنْ أَمْرٍ كَانَ لَنَا نَافِعًا وَأَمْرُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم خَيْرٌ لَنَا قَالَ " مَنْ كَانَ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَزْرَعْهَا أَوْ لِيَذَرْهَا أَوْ لِيَمْنَحْهَا " . وَمِمَّا يَدُلُّ عَلَى أَنَّ طَاوُسًا لَمْ يَسْمَعْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ
ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn Khalid reported to us: Hajjaj narrated to us: Shuʿbah narrated to me, from ʿAbd al-Malik, from ʿAtaʾ, Tawus, and Mujahid, from Rafiʿ ibn Khadij, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to us and forbade us something that had benefited us, but the Messenger of Allah’s command is better for us. He said: “Whoever has land should cultivate it, leave it, or grant it.” The source adds: “Among the indications that Tawus did not hear this hadith…”
Translation notes
The source text ends mid-sentence after stating that this is among the indications Tawus did not hear the hadith; the fragment is preserved.