Hadith #515
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفُ بْنُ خَلِيفَةَ عَنْ حَفْصٍ عَنْ عَمِّهِ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ كَانَ أَهْلُ بَيْتٍ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ لَهُمْ جَمَلٌ يَسْنُونَ عَلَيْهِ وَإِنَّ الْجَمَلَ اسْتُصْعِبَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَمَنَعَهُمْ ظَهْرَهُ وَإِنَّ الْأَنْصَارَ جَاءُوا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالُوا إِنَّهُ كَانَ لَنَا جَمَلٌ نُسْنِي عَلَيْهِ وَإِنَّهُ اسْتُصْعِبَ عَلَيْنَا وَمَنَعَنَا ظَهْرَهُ وَقَدْ عَطِشَ الزَّرْعُ وَالنَّخْلُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ قُومُوا فَقَامُوا فَدَخَلَ الْحَائِطَ وَالْجَمَلُ فِي نَاحِيَةٍ فَمَشَى النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَحْوَهُ فَقَالَتْ الْأَنْصَارُ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُ قَدْ صَارَ
مِثْلَ الْكَلْبِ الْكَلِبِ وَإِنَّا نَخَافُ عَلَيْكَ صَوْلَتَهُ فَقَالَ لَيْسَ عَلَيَّ مِنْهُ بَأْسٌ فَلَمَّا نَظَرَ الْجَمَلُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَقْبَلَ نَحْوَهُ حَتَّى خَرَّ سَاجِدًا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَأَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِنَاصِيَتِهِ أَذَلَّ مَا كَانَتْ قَطُّ حَتَّى أَدْخَلَهُ فِي الْعَمَلِ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَصْحَابُهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَذِهِ بَهِيمَةٌ لَا تَعْقِلُ تَسْجُدُ لَكَ وَنَحْنُ نَعْقِلُ فَنَحْنُ أَحَقُّ أَنْ نَسْجُدَ لَكَ فَقَالَ لَا يَصْلُحُ لِبَشَرٍ أَنْ يَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ وَلَوْ صَلَحَ لِبَشَرٍ أَنْ يَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ لَأَمَرْتُ الْمَرْأَةَ أَنْ تَسْجُدَ لِزَوْجِهَا مِنْ عِظَمِ حَقِّهِ عَلَيْهَا وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَوْ كَانَ مِنْ قَدَمِهِ إِلَى مَفْرِقِ رَأْسِهِ قُرْحَةً تَنْبَجِسُ بِالْقَيْحِ وَالصَّدِيدِ ثُمَّ اسْتَقْبَلَتْهُ فَلَحَسَتْهُ مَا أَدَّتْ حَقَّهُ
Isnad Chain
حسين
خلف بن خليفة
English Translation
Husayn narrated to us, Khalaf ibn Khalifah narrated to us, from Hafs, from his uncle Anas ibn Malik (رضي الله عنه) who said: A household from the Ansar had a camel that they used for irrigation. The camel became difficult and refused to let them ride it. The Ansar came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: 'We have a camel used for irrigation that has become unruly and refuses to let us ride.' the Prophet ﷺ said: 'Take me to it.' They took him to it, and the Prophet ﷺ entered the garden. The camel came forward, prostrated before him, and the Prophet ﷺ took hold of its forelock. It was the most submissive it had ever been, until he led it to work. The people said: 'O Messenger of Allah, this is an animal with no intellect that prostrates to you — should we not prostrate to you?' He said: 'It is not fitting for any human to prostrate to another human. If I were to command anyone to prostrate to another, I would have commanded the wife to prostrate to her husband.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 25, Hadith 515
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 12153
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-48543