حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ مِقْسَمٍ الثَّقَفِيُّ مِنْ أَهْلِ الطَّائِفِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَتْنِي سَارَّةُ بِنْتُ مِقْسَمٍ الثَّقَفِيِّ، أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتْ مَيْمُونَةَ بِنْتَ كَرْدَمٍ، قَالَتْ: "خَرَجْتُ مَعَ أَبِي فِي حِجَّةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَرَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَسَمِعْتُ النَّاسَ، يَقُولُونَ: رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَجَعَلْتُ أُبِدُّهُ بَصَرِي، فَدَنَا إِلَيْهِ أَبِي وَهُوَ عَلَى نَاقَةٍ لَهُ مَعَهُ دِرَّةٌ كَدِرَّةِ الْكُتَّابِ، فَسَمِعْتُ الْأَعْرَابَ وَالنَّاسَ يَقُولُونَ: الطَّبْطَبِيَّةَ، الطَّبْطَبِيَّةَ، فَدَنَا إِلَيْهِ أَبِي، فَأَخَذَ بِقَدَمِهِ، قَالَتْ: فَأَقَرَّ لَهُ، وَوَقَفَ، فَاسْتَمَعَ مِنْهُ، فَقَالَ: "يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إِنِّي نَذَرْتُ إِنْ وُلِدَ لِي وَلَدٌ ذَكَرٌ، أَنْ أَنْحَرَ عَلَى رَأْسِ بُوَانَةَ فِي عَقَبَةٍ مِنَ الثَّنَايَا عِدَّةً مِنَ الْغَنَمِ، قَالَ: لَا أَعْلَمُ إِلَّا أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ: خَمْسِينَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: هَلْ بِهَا مِنَ الْأَوْثَانِ شَيْءٌ ؟، قَالَ: لَا، قَالَ: فَأَوْفِ بِمَا نَذَرْتَ بِهِ لِلَّهِ، قَالَتْ: فَجَمَعَهَا، فَجَعَلَ يَذْبَحُهَا، فَانْفَلَتَتْ مِنْهَا شَاةٌ، فَطَلَبَهَا وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: اللَّهُمَّ أَوْفِ عَنِّي نَذْرِي، فَظَفِرَهَا، فَذَبَحَهَا".
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 3314
Narrated Maymunah, daughter of Kardam: I went out with my father to see the hajj performed by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I fixed my eyes on him. My father came near him while he was riding his she-camel. He had a whip like the whip of scribes. I heard the bedouin and the people say: The whip, the whip. My father came near him and held his foot. She said: He admitted his Prophethood and stood and listened to him. He said: Messenger of Allah, I have made a vow that if a son is born to me, I shall slaughter a number of sheep at the end of Buwanah in the dale of hill. The narrator said: I do not know (for certain) that she said: Fifty (sheep). The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Does it contain any idol? He said: No. Then he said: Fulfil your vow that you have taken for Allah. He then gathered them (i. e. the sheep) and began to slaughter them. A sheep ran away from them. He searched for it saying: O Allah, fulfil my vow on my behalf. So he succeeded (in finding it) and slaughtered it.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020