مسند أحمد
Musnad Ahmad Hadith 4508
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Original Arabic
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَيُّوبُ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: (١) " مَثَلُكُمْ، وَمَثَلُ الْيَهُودِ، وَالنَّصَارَى كَرَجُلٍ اسْتَعْمَلَ عُمَّالًا، فَقَالَ: مَنْ يَعْمَلُ (٢) مِنْ صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ إِلَى نِصْفِ النَّهَارِ عَلَى قِيرَاطٍ قِيرَاطٍ؟ أَلَا فَعَمِلَتِ الْيَهُودُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَنْ يَعْمَلُ لِي مِنْ نِصْفِ النَّهَارِ إِلَى صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ عَلَى قِيرَاطٍ قِيرَاطٍ؟ أَلَا فَعَمِلَتِ النَّصَارَى، ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَنْ يَعْمَلُ لِي مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ إِلَى غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ عَلَى قِيرَاطَيْنِ قِيرَاطَيْنِ (٣) ؟ أَلَا فَأَنْتُمُ الَّذِينَ عَمِلْتُمْ، فَغَضِبَ (٤) الْيَهُودُ، وَالنَّصَارَى قَالُوا: نَحْنُ كُنَّا أَكْثَرَ عَمَلًا، وَأَقَلَّ عَطَاءً قَالَ: هَلْ ظَلَمْتُكُمْ مِنْ حَقِّكُمْ شَيْئًا؟ قَالُوا: لَا، قَالَ: فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ فَضْلِي، أُوتِيهِ مَنْ أَشَاءُ " (٥)، ، . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .، ،
Translation
English translation
It is narrated from Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "The example of you and the Jews and Christians is like that of a man who hired some laborers and said, 'Who will work from the morning prayer until midday for one qirat?' So the Jews worked from the morning prayer until midday. Then he said, 'Who will work from midday until the afternoon prayer for one qirat?' So the Christians worked. Then he said, 'Who will work from the afternoon prayer until sunset for two qirats each?' Remember! That is you who worked during this period. But the Jews and Christians became angry and said, 'Our labor was so much and the wage so little?' Allah said, 'Did I fall short or diminish anything in giving you your right?' They replied, 'No.' Allah said, 'Then this is My grace, I bestow it upon whom I will.'"
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This is Hadith 4508 in Musnad Ahmad. It appears in Book 27, Musnad of Abdullah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with them), as in-book entry 61.
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مسند احمد / مسند المكثرين من الصحابة / 4508
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