أَخْبَرَنِي الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ مُوسَی بْنِ أَعْيَنَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ جَائَ هِلَالٌ إِلَی رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِعُشُورِ نَحْلٍ لَهُ وَسَأَلَهُ أَنْ يَحْمِيَ لَهُ وَادِيًا يُقَالُ لَهُ سَلَبَةُ فَحَمَی لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ذَلِکَ الْوَادِيَ فَلَمَّا وَلِيَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ کَتَبَ سُفْيَانُ بْنُ وَهْبٍ إِلَی عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ يَسْأَلُهُ فَکَتَبَ عُمَرُ إِنْ أَدَّی إِلَيَّ مَا کَانَ يُؤَدِّي إِلَی رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ عُشْرِ نَحْلِهِ فَاحْمِ لَهُ سَلَبَةَ ذَلِکَ وَإِلَّا فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ ذُبَابُ غَيْثٍ يَأْکُلُهُ مَنْ شَائَ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 2505
It was narrated from ‘Amr bin Shuaib, from his father, that his grandfather said: “Hilal came to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم with one-tenth of his honey and asked him to protect a valley for him that was called Salabah. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم protected that valley for him. When Umar bin Al Khattab became the Khalifah, Sufyan bin Wahb wrote to ‘Umar and asked him (about that), and ‘Umar wrote: ‘If he gives me what he used to give to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم, one-tenth of his honey, I will protect Salabah for him, otherwise they are just bees and anyone who wants to may eat of it.” (Hasan)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020