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ahmad:21824Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Muthanná > Ṣāliḥ b. Abū al-Akhḍar > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > Usāmah

[Machine] It was narrated that the Prophet ﷺ turned his face and Abu Bakr asked him, "What has been entrusted to you?" He answered, "I was entrusted to change the fate of my son to a better future, then he was burned."  

أحمد:٢١٨٢٤حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنِي صَالِحُ بْنُ أَبِي الْأَخْضَرِ حَدَّثَنِي الزُّهْرِيُّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أُسَامَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ وَجَّهَهُ وِجْهَةً فَقُبِضَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَسَأَلَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مَا الَّذِي عَهِدَ إِلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ عَهِدَ إِلَيَّ أَنْ أُغِيرَ عَلَى أُبْنَى صَبَاحًا ثُمَّ أُحَرِّقَ