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abudawud:5235Musaddad b. Musarhad > Ḥafṣ > al-Aʿmash > Abū al-Safar > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came upon us when my mother and I were plastering a wall of mine. He asked: What is this, Abdullah ? I replied: It is something I am repairing. He said! The matter is quicker for you than that.  

أبو داود:٥٢٣٥حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدُ بْنُ مُسَرْهَدٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصٌ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي السَّفَرِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ

مَرَّ بِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا أُطَيِّنُ حَائِطًا لِي أَنَا وَأُمِّي فَقَالَ مَا هَذَا يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ شَىْءٌ أُصْلِحُهُ فَقَالَ الأَمْرُ أَسْرَعُ مِنْ ذَاكَ  


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ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ أَنْ يُطَوِّلَ الْمَرْءُ أَمَلَهُ فِي عِمَارَةِ هَذِهِ الدُّنْيَا الزَّائِلَةِ الْفَانِيَةِ

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[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ passed by me while my mother and I were fixing something separately for ourselves. He said, "What is this, Abdullah?" I said, "It is something we are fixing for ourselves." He said, "There are more urgent matters than this."  

ابن حبّان:٢٩٩٦أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ بِسْطَامٍ بِالْأُبُلَّةِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي السَّفَرِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ

مَرَّ بِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَأَنَا وَأُمِّي نُصْلِحُ خُصًّا لَنَا فَقَالَ «مَا هَذَا يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ؟ » قَالَ قُلْتُ خُصٌّ لَنَا نُصْلِحُهُ فَقَالَ «الْأَمْرُ أَسْرَعُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ»