Hadith #100
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا كَثِيرُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرٌ حَدَّثَنَا عِمْرَانُ الْبَصْرِيُّ الْقَصِيرُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ خَدَمْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَشْرَ سِنِينَ فَمَا أَمَرَنِي بِأَمْرٍ فَتَوَانَيْتُ عَنْهُ أَوْ ضَيَّعْتُهُ فَلَامَنِي فَإِنْ لَامَنِي أَحَدٌ مِنْ
أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ إِلَّا قَالَ دَعُوهُ فَلَوْ قُدِّرَ أَوْ قَالَ لَوْ قُضِيَ أَنْ يَكُونَ كَانَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بنُ ثَابِتٍ حَدَّثَنِي جَعْفَرُ بْنُ بُرْقَانَ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ الْبَصْرِيِّ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ خَدَمْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَشْرَ سِنِينَ فَذَكَرَ مِثْلَهُ
Isnad Chain
كثير بن هشام
جعفر
عمران البصري القصير
أنس بن مالك
English Translation
Kathir ibn Hisham narrated to us, Ja'far narrated to us, Imran al-Basri al-Qasir narrated to us, from Anas ibn Malik (رضي الله عنه) who said: I served the Prophet ﷺ for ten years. Whenever I was slow in carrying out a command or neglected it, he never blamed me. If any member of his family reproached me, he would say, 'Leave him. If it was decreed, it would have happened' — or 'it would have been done.'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 27, Hadith 100
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 12938
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-49328