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Qurʾān Bukhārī Muslim Nasāʾī Abū Dāwūd Tirmidhī Ibn Mājah Mālik Aḥmad Dārimī Ḥākim Ibn Ḥibbān Ṭabarānī Nasāʾī's Kubrá Bayhaqī al-Luʾluʾ wa-al-Marjān Ibn Rajab's Fifty Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn Aḥmad's Zuhd Suyūṭī
abudawud:2930 – And Hb b. Baqiyyah > Khālid > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Khālid > Akhīh > Bishr b. Qurrah al-Kalbī > Abū Burdah > Abū Mūsá

I went along with two men to see the Prophet ﷺ. One of them recited tashahhud and said: We have come to you so that you may employ us for your work. The other also said the same thing. He (the Prophet) replied: The most faithless of you in our eyes is the one who asked for it (responsible post). Abu Musa then apologized to the Prophet ﷺ and said: I did not know why they came to you. He did not employ them for anything until he died.  

أبو داود:٢٩٣٠ – حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَخِيهِ عَنْ بِشْرِ بْنِ قُرَّةَ الْكَلْبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى قَالَ

انْطَلَقْتُ مَعَ رَجُلَيْنِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَتَشَهَّدَ أَحَدُهُمَا ثُمَّ قَالَ جِئْنَا لِتَسْتَعِينَ بِنَا عَلَى عَمَلِكَ وَقَالَ الآخَرُ مِثْلَ قَوْلِ صَاحِبِهِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ أَخْوَنَكُمْ عِنْدَنَا مَنْ طَلَبَهُ فَاعْتَذَرَ أَبُو مُوسَى إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَقَالَ لَمْ أَعْلَمْ لِمَا جَاءَا لَهُ فَلَمْ يَسْتَعِنْ بِهِمَا عَلَى شَىْءٍ حَتَّى مَاتَ  

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nasai-kubra:5899 – Ibrāhīm b. Yaʿqūb And Hilāl b. al-ʿAlāʾ > Saʿīd b. Sulaymān > ʿAbbād b. al-ʿAwwām > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Khālid > Akhīh > Qurrah b. Bishr > Abū Burdah > Abū Mūsá

[Machine] I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ along with two men. One of them testified the Shahada (faith declaration) and said, "O Messenger of Allah, we have come to assist you in some of your work." Then, the other man testified the Shahada as well. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said the same words as the first man. He ﷺ said, "Indeed, your brothers whom you seek are present with me." However, he did not seek their assistance in anything until he passed away.  

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٨٩٩ – أَخْبَرَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ وَهِلَالُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ الْعَوَّامِ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَخِيهِ عَنْ قُرَّةَ بْنِ بِشْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى قَالَ

أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَا وَرَجُلَانِ فَتَشَهَّدَ أَحَدُهُمَا وَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ جِئْنَا تَسْتَعِينُ بِنَا عَلَى بَعْضِ عَمَلِكَ وَتَشَهَّدَ الْآخَرُ فَقَالَ مِثْلَ مَقَالَتِهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ أَخْوَنَكُمْ عِنْدِي مَنْ يَطْلُبُهُ» فَلَمْ يَسْتَعِنْ بِهِمَا فِي شَيْءٍ حَتَّى قُبِضَ