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ahmad:11845Aswad b. ʿĀmir > Abū Isrāʾīl Ismāʿīl al-Mulāʾī > ʿAṭiyyah > Abū Saʿīd

[Machine] A dead person was found between two villages, or perhaps he was already dead. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered that the distance between the two villages be measured to determine which one was closer. It was found that one of them was closer by a cubit. He said, "It is as if I see the cubit of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, so he placed it on the one that was closer."  

أحمد:١١٨٤٥حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْرَائِيلَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ الْمُلَائِيُّ عَنْ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَ

وُجِدَ قَتِيلٌ بَيْنَ قَرْيَتَيْنِ أَوْ مَيِّتٌ فَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَذُرِعَ مَا بَيْنَ الْقَرْيَتَيْنِ إِلَى أَيِّهِمَا كَانَ أَقْرَبَ؟ فَوُجِدَ أَقْرَبَ إِلَى أَحَدِهِمَا بِشِبْرٍ قَالَ فَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى شِبْرِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَجَعَلَهُ عَلَى الَّذِي كَانَ أَقْرَبَ