Hadith #192
Arabic Text
قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ أَبُو دَاوُدَ الْحَفَرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سَعْدُ بْنُ طَارِقٍ عَنْ بِلَالِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ أَخْب
َرَنِي أَعْرَابِيٌّ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ مَا أَخَافُ عَلَى قُرَيْشٍ إِلَّا أَنْفُسَهَا قُلْتُ مَا لَهُمْ قَالَ أَشِحَّةٌ بَجَرَةٌ وَإِنْ طَالَ بِكَ عُمْرٌ لَتَنْظُرَنَّ إِلَيْهِمْ يَفْتِنُونَ النَّاسَ حَتَّى تَرَى النَّاسَ بَيْنَهُمْ كَالْغَنَمِ بَيْنَ الْحَوْضَيْنِ إِلَى هَذَا مَرَّةً وَإِلَى هَذَا مَرَّةً
Isnad Chain
عمر بن سعد أبو داود الحفري
يحيى بن زكريا بن أبي زائدة
سعد بن طارق
بلال بن يحيى
عمران بن حصين
English Translation
ʿUmar ibn Saʿd Abū Dāwūd al-Ḥafarī narrated to us, he said: Yaḥyā ibn Zakariyyā ibn Abī Zāʾidah narrated to us, he said: Saʿd ibn Ṭāriq narrated to me, from Bilāl ibn Yaḥyā, from ʿImrān ibn Ḥuṣayn, he said: A Bedouin informed me that he heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: I do not fear for Quraysh except from themselves. I said: What about them? He said: They are miserly and arrogant. If you live long enough, you will see them leading the people astray until you see the people among them like sheep between two watering troughs — going to this one at times and to that one at other times.
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 32, Hadith 192
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 16030
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-52420