Hadith #558
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَن سُلَيْمَانَ يَعْنِي التَّيْمِيَّ عَن أَبِي السَّلِيلِ عَن زَهْدَمٍ عَن أَبِي مُوسَى قَالَ انْطَلَقْنَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَسْتَحْمِلُهُ فَقَالَ وَاللَّهِ لَا أَحْمِلُكُمْ فَرَجَعْنَا فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْنَا بِث
َلَاثٍ بُقْعِ الذُّرَى فَقَالَ بَعْضُنَا لِبَعْضٍ حَلَفَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ لَا يَحْمِلَنَا فَأَتَيْنَاهُ فَقُلْنَا إِنَّكَ حَلَفْتَ أَنْ لَا تَحْمِلَنَا فَقَالَ مَا أَنَا حَمَلْتُكُمْ إِنَّمَا حَمَلَكُمْ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى مَا عَلَى الْأَرْضِ يَمِينٌ أَحْلِفُ عَلَيْهَا فَأَرَى غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا إِلَّا أَتَيْتُهُ
Isnad Chain
ابن أبي عدي
سليمان ي
التيمي
أبي السليل
زهدم
أبي موسى
English Translation
Ibn Abī ʿAdī narrated to us, from Sulaymān — meaning al-Taymī — from Abū al-Salīl, from Zahdam, from Abū Mūsā, who said: We went to the Prophet ﷺ asking him for mounts. He said: 'By Allah, I will not give you mounts.' So we went back, and he sent us three spotted-humped camels. Some of us said to others: the Prophet ﷺ swore not to give us mounts. So we went to him and said: You swore not to give us mounts. He said: 'It was not I who carried you; rather it was Allah تعالى who carried you. There is no oath I swear but if I see something better than it, I do what is better.'
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Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 36, Hadith 558
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 18796
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-55186