حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلَائِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَمْزَةَ أَخْبَرَنَا سَالِمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ مَنْ اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْکُمْ أَنْ يَکُونَ مِثْلَ صَاحِبِ فَرْقِ الْأَرُزِّ فَلْيَکُنْ مِثْلَهُ قَالُوا وَمَنْ صَاحِبُ فَرْقِ الْأَرُزِّ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَذَکَرَ حَدِيثَ الْغَارِ حِينَ سَقَطَ عَلَيْهِمْ الْجَبَلُ فَقَالَ کُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ اذْکُرُوا أَحْسَنَ عَمَلِکُمْ قَالَ وَقَالَ الثَّالِثُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّکَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي اسْتَأْجَرْتُ أَجِيرًا بِفَرْقِ أَرُزٍّ فَلَمَّا أَمْسَيْتُ عَرَضْتُ عَلَيْهِ حَقَّهُ فَأَبَی أَنْ يَأْخُذَهُ وَذَهَبَ فَثَمَّرْتُهُ لَهُ حَتَّی جَمَعْتُ لَهُ بَقَرًا وَرِعَائَهَا فَلَقِيَنِي فَقَالَ أَعْطِنِي حَقِّي فَقُلْتُ اذْهَبْ إِلَی تِلْکَ الْبَقَرِ وَرِعَائِهَا فَخُذْهَا فَذَهَبَ فَاسْتَاقَهَا
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 3387
Narrated Abdullah bin Umar: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: If any of you can become like the man who had a faraq of rice, he should become like him. They (the people) asked: Who is the man who had a faraq of rice with him, Messenger of Allah ? Thereupon he narrated the story of the cave when a hillock fell on them (three persons), each of them said: Mention any best work of yours. The narrator said: The third of them said: O Allah, you know that I took a hireling for a faraq of rice. When the evening came, I presented to him his due (i. e. his wages). But he refused to take it and went away. I then cultivated it until I amassed cows and their herdsmen for him. He then met me and said: Give me my dues. I said (to him): Go to those cows and their herdsmen and take them all. He went and drove them away.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020