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ahmad:13795ʿAbd al-Ṣamad b. Ḥassān > ʿUmārah > Thābit > Anas

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took three stones, and he placed one of them, then he placed another one in front of him, and he threw the third one. He said, "This is the son of Adam, and this is his life span, and this is his hope that he threw."  

أحمد:١٣٧٩٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ بْنُ حَسَّانَ أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَارَةُ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَخَذَ ثَلَاثَ حَصَيَاتٍ فَوَضَعَ وَاحِدَةً ثُمَّ وَضَعَ أُخْرَى بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَرَمَى بِالثَّالِثَةِ فَقَالَ هَذَا ابْنُ آدَمَ وَهَذَا أَجَلُهُ وَذَاكَ أَمَلُهُ الَّتِي رَمَى بِهَا