مسند أحمد
Musnad Ahmad Hadith 9260
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Original Arabic
حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَوْسِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " مَثَلُ الَّذِي يَسْمَعُ الْحِكْمَةَ وَيَتَّبِعُ شَرَّ مَا يَسْمَعُ، كَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ أَتَى رَاعِيًا، فَقَالَ لَهُ (٣) : أَجْزِرْنِي شَاةً مِنْ غَنَمِكَ، فَقَالَ: اذْهَبْ فَخُذْ بِأُذُنِ خَيْرِهَا شَاةً، فَذَهَبَ فَأَخَذَ بِأُذُنِ كَلْبِ الْغَنَمِ " (٤)،
Translation
English translation
It is narrated from Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (ﷺ) gave the example of a person "who sits in a gathering and hears words of wisdom, but only selects and conveys the wrong things from it to his companion. His example is like that of a person who comes to a shepherd and says, 'O shepherd! Slaughter a goat for me from your flock.' The shepherd replies, 'Go and bring the ear of the best one among them,' and he goes and brings the ear of the flock's dog."
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This is Hadith 9260 in Musnad Ahmad. It appears in Book 30, Musnad of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), as in-book entry 2142.
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مسند احمد / مسند المكثرين من الصحابة / 9260
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