حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي أُوَيْسٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِکٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ مَوْلَی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِنَّمَا مَثَلُکُمْ وَالْيَهُودُ وَالنَّصَارَی کَرَجُلٍ اسْتَعْمَلَ عُمَّالًا فَقَالَ مَنْ يَعْمَلُ لِي إِلَی نِصْفِ النَّهَارِ عَلَی قِيرَاطٍ قِيرَاطٍ فَعَمِلَتْ الْيَهُودُ عَلَی قِيرَاطٍ قِيرَاطٍ ثُمَّ عَمِلَتْ النَّصَارَی عَلَی قِيرَاطٍ قِيرَاطٍ ثُمَّ أَنْتُمْ الَّذِينَ تَعْمَلُونَ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ إِلَی مَغَارِبِ الشَّمْسِ عَلَی قِيرَاطَيْنِ قِيرَاطَيْنِ فَغَضِبَتْ الْيَهُودُ وَالنَّصَارَی وَقَالُوا نَحْنُ أَکْثَرُ عَمَلًا وَأَقَلُّ عَطَائً قَالَ هَلْ ظَلَمْتُکُمْ مِنْ حَقِّکُمْ شَيْئًا قَالُوا لَا فَقَالَ فَذَلِکَ فَضْلِي أُوتِيهِ مَنْ أَشَائُ
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 2269
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar bin Al-Khattab: Allah's Apostle said, "Your example and the example of Jews and Christians is like the example of a man who employed some laborers to whom he said, 'Who will work for me up to midday for one Qirat each?' The Jews carried out the work for one Qirat each; and then the Christians carried out the work up to the `Asr prayer for one Qirat each; and now you Muslims are working from the `Asr prayer up to sunset for two Qirats each. The Jews and Christians got angry and said, 'We work more and are paid less.' The employer (Allah) asked them, 'Have I usurped some of your right?' They replied in the negative. He said, 'That is My Blessing, I bestow upon whomever I wish.' "
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020