حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ يَحْيَی بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْقُرَشِيُّ عَنْ جَدِّهِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي أُحَيْحَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَا بَعَثَ اللَّهُ نَبِيًّا إِلَّا رَاعِيَ غَنَمٍ قَالَ لَهُ أَصْحَابُهُ وَأَنْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ وَأَنَا کُنْتُ أَرْعَاهَا لِأَهْلِ مَکَّةَ بِالْقَرَارِيطِ قَالَ سُوَيْدٌ يَعْنِي کُلَّ شَاةٍ بِقِيرَاطٍ
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 2149
It was narrated that Nafey said: I used to send trade goods to Sham and Egypt, then I prepared to send tra?e goods to 'Iraq. I went to 'Aishah, the Mother of the Believers, and said to her. "0 Mother of the Believers! I used to send trade goods to Sham and I am preparing to send trade goods to 'Iraq." She said. "Do not do that. What is wrong with the way you have been doing it? I heard the Messenger of Allah P.B.U.H say. 'If Allah causes provision to come to one of you through a certain means, he should not leave it unless it changes or deteriorates." (Da'if)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020