حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الرُّومِيِّ الْيَمَامِيُّ وَعَبَّاسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَظِيمِ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْمَعْقِرِيُّ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عِکْرِمَةُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ عَمَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النَّجَاشِيِّ حَدَّثَنِي رَافِعُ بْنُ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ قَدِمَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْمَدِينَةَ وَهُمْ يَأْبُرُونَ النَّخْلَ يَقُولُونَ يُلَقِّحُونَ النَّخْلَ فَقَالَ مَا تَصْنَعُونَ قَالُوا کُنَّا نَصْنَعُهُ قَالَ لَعَلَّکُمْ لَوْ لَمْ تَفْعَلُوا کَانَ خَيْرًا فَتَرَکُوهُ فَنَفَضَتْ أَوْ فَنَقَصَتْ قَالَ فَذَکَرُوا ذَلِکَ لَهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ إِذَا أَمَرْتُکُمْ بِشَيْئٍ مِنْ دِينِکُمْ فَخُذُوا بِهِ وَإِذَا أَمَرْتُکُمْ بِشَيْئٍ مِنْ رَأْيٍ فَإِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ قَالَ عِکْرِمَةُ أَوْ نَحْوَ هَذَا قَالَ الْمَعْقِرِيُّ فَنَفَضَتْ وَلَمْ يَشُکَّ
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 6127
Rafi' b. Khadij reported that Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) came to Medina and the people had been grafting the trees. He said: What are you doing? They said: We are grafting them, whereupon he said: It may perhaps be good for you if you do not do that, so they abandoned this practice (and the date-palms) began to yield less fruit. They made a mention of it (to the Holy Prophet), whereupon he said: I am a human being, so when I command you about a thing pertaining to religion, do accept it, and when I command you about a thing out of my personal opinion, keep it in mind that I am a human being. 'Ikrima reported that he said something like this.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020