حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا خَلَّادُ بْنُ يَحْيَي حَدَّثَنَا بَشِيرُ بْنُ الْمُهَاجِرِ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَا هَذِهِ وَمَا هَذِهِ وَرَمَی بِحَصَاتَيْنِ قَالُوا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ هَذَاکَ الْأَمَلُ وَهَذَاکَ الْأَجَلُ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَی هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ
جامع ترمذی · Hadith 2870
Narrated 'Abdullah bin Buraidah: from his father that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: Do you know what the parable of this and this is? - and he tossed two pebbles. They said: Allah and His Messenger (ﷺ) know better. He said: This (the farther) one is hope, and this (closer) one is death.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020