مسند أحمد
Musnad Ahmad Hadith 1399
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حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ، عَنْ سِمَاكٍ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ مُوسَى بْنَ طَلْحَةَ يُحَدِّثُ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ: مَرَرْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي نَخْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ، فَرَأَى أَقْوَامًا فِي رُءُوسِ النَّخْلِ يُلَقِّحُونَ النَّخْلَ، فَقَالَ: " مَا يَصْنَعُ هَؤُلاءِ؟ " قَالَ: يَأْخُذُونَ مِنَ الذَّكَرِ فَيَجْعَلُونَهُ فِي الْأُنْثَى يُلَقِّحُونَ بِهِ. فَقَالَ: " مَا أَظُنُّ، ، ذَلِكَ يُغْنِي شَيْئًا " فَبَلَغَهُمْ، فَتَرَكُوهُ وَنَزَلُوا عَنْهَا، فَلَمْ تَحْمِلْ تِلْكَ السَّنَةَ شَيْئًا، فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: " إِنَّمَا هُوَ ظَنٌّ ظَنَنْتُهُ، إِنْ كَانَ يُغْنِي شَيْئًا فَاصْنَعُوا، فَإِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُكُمْ، وَالظَّنُّ يُخْطِئُ وَيُصِيبُ، وَلَكِنْ مَا قُلْتُ لَكُمْ قَالَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَلَنِ أكْذِبَ عَلَى اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ " (١)،
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English translation
It was narrated from Simak that he heard Moosa bin Talhah narrate that his father said:
I was with the Prophet (ﷺ) and he passed by some palm trees of Madinah, and he saw some people at the top of the palm trees who were pollinating them. He said: “What are these people doing?" [Talhah] said: “They are taking (pollen) from the male and putting it in the female, to fertilise it.” He said: "I do not think this can help in any way.” News of that reached them, so they stopped doing that and came down from the trees, which did not bear any fruit that year as a result. News of that reached the Prophet (ﷺ) and he said: “It was only a thought that crossed my mind. If it helps in any way, then do it. I am only human, just like you, and thoughts may be right or wrong. But if I tell you that Allah, May He be glorified and exalted, said something, I will never tell a lie about Allah, may He be glorified and exalted.”
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Where is this hadith found?
This is Hadith 1399 in Musnad Ahmad. It appears in Book 6, Musnad of Abu Muhammad Talhah bin 'Ubaidullah, as in-book entry 19.
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Musnad Ahmad 1399 Arabic/English book : Book 6, Hadith 1399
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