Hadith #565
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ مُضَرَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ وَكَانَ وَهْبٌ أَدْرَكَ ابْنَ عُمَرَ لَيْسَ فِي كِتَابِ ابْنِ مَا
لِكٍ أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ رَأَى رَاعِيَ غَنَمٍ فِي مَكَانٍ قَبِيحٍ وَقَدْ رَأَى ابْنُ عُمَرَ مَكَانًا أَمْثَلَ مِنْهُ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ وَيْحَكَ يَا رَاعِي حَوِّلْهَا فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ كُلُّ رَاعٍ مَسْئُولٌ عَنْ رَعِيَّتِهِ
Isnad Chain
قتيبة بن سعيد
بكر بن مضر
ابن عجلان
English Translation
It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar (رضي الله عنهما) — via Qutayba ibn Sa'id, from Bakr ibn Mudar, from Ibn 'Ajlan, from Wahb ibn Kaysan — who had met Ibn 'Umar — that Ibn 'Umar saw a shepherd [with his flock] in a bad place, while he had seen a better place [nearby]. Ibn 'Umar said: 'Woe to you, O shepherd — move them! For I heard the Prophet ﷺ say: "Every shepherd is responsible for his flock."'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 14, Hadith 565
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 5603
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-41993