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ذِكْرُ وَصْفِ جَهْدِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ فِي أَوَّلِ الْإِسْلَامِ مَعَ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ

ibnhibban:7151 – Abū Yaʿlá > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar b. Abān > Ibn Fuḍayl from his father > Abū Ḥāzim > Abū Hurayrah > Aṣābanī

[Machine] So I walked a short distance until I became tired. Suddenly, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ appeared in front of me and said, "O Abu Hurairah!" I replied, "At your service, O Messenger of Allah, and may my life be sacrificed for you." He then took my hand and stood me up, recognizing who I was. He then proceeded towards his camel and commanded for a cup of milk to be brought to me. I drank it, and then he said, "Come back, O Abu Hurairah." I returned and drank until my stomach was full and it resembled a pot. I then saw Umar and remembered the question I had in mind. I asked him, "Who is more deserving of this honor, O Umar, you or me? By Allah, I have memorized this verse before you." Umar replied, "By Allah, for me to have brought you into Islam is more beloved to me than having the red camels."  

ابن حبّان:٧١٥١ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ أَبَانَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ فُضَيْلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ أَصَابَنِي جَهْدٌ شَدِيدٌ فَلَقِيتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ فَاسْتَقْرَأْتُهُ آيَةً مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ فَدَخَلَ دَارَهُ وَفَتَحَهَا عَلَيَّ قَالَ

فَمَشَيْتُ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ فَخَرَرْتُ لِوَجْهِي مِنَ الْجَهْدِ فَإِذَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَائِمٌ عَلَى رَأْسِي فَقَالَ «يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ» قُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَسَعْدَيْكَ قَالَ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي فَأَقَامَنِي وَعَرَفَ الَّذِي بِي فَانْطَلَقَ إِلَى رَحْلِهِ فَأَمَرَ لِي بِعُسٍّ مِنْ لَبَنٍ فَشَرِبْتُ ثُمَّ قَالَ «عُدْ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ» فَعُدْتُ فَشَرِبْتُ حَتَّى اسْتَوَى بَطْنِي وَصَارَ كَالْقِدْحِ قَالَ وَرَأَيْتُ عُمَرَ فَذَكَرْتُ الَّذِي كَانَ مِنْ أَمْرِي وَقُلْتُ لَهُ مَنْ كَانَ أَحَقَّ بِهِ مِنْكَ يَا عُمَرُ؟ وَاللَّهِ لَقَدِ اسْتَقْرَأْتُكَ الْآيَةَ وَلَأَنَا أَقْرَأُ لَهَا مِنْكَ قَالَ عُمَرُ وَاللَّهِ لَأَنْ أَكُونَ أَدْخَلْتُكَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ يَكُونَ لِي حُمْرُ النَّعَمِ  

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bukhari:5375 – Abū Ḥāzim

Once while I was in a state of fatigue (because of severe hunger), I met 'Umar bin Al-Khattab, so I asked him to recite a verse from Allah's Book to me. He entered his house and interpreted it to me. (Then I went out and) after walking for a short distance, I fell on my face because of fatigue and severe hunger. Suddenly I saw Allah's Apostle standing by my head. He said, "O Abu Huraira!" I replied, "Labbaik, O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and Sadaik!" Then he held me by the hand, and made me get up. Then he came to know what I was suffering from. He took me to his house, and ordered a big bowl of milk for me. I drank thereof and he said, "Drink more, O Abu Hirr!" So I drank again, whereupon he again said, "Drink more." So I drank more till my belly became full and looked like a bowl. Afterwards I met 'Umar and mentioned to him what had happened to me, and said to him, "Somebody, who had more right than you, O 'Umar, took over the case. By Allah, I asked you to recite a Verse to me while I knew it better than you." On that Umar said to me, "By Allah, if I admitted and entertained you, it would have been dearer to me than having nice red camels.  

البخاري:٥٣٧٥ – وَعَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَصَابَنِي جَهْدٌ شَدِيدٌ فَلَقِيتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ فَاسْتَقْرَأْتُهُ آيَةً مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ فَدَخَلَ دَارَهُ وَفَتَحَهَا عَلَىَّ فَمَشَيْتُ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ فَخَرَرْتُ لِوَجْهِي مِنَ الْجَهْدِ وَالْجُوعِ فَإِذَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَائِمٌ عَلَى رَأْسِي فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ فَقُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَسَعْدَيْكَ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي فَأَقَامَنِي وَعَرَفَ الَّذِي بِي فَانْطَلَقَ بِي إِلَى رَحْلِهِ فَأَمَرَ لِي بِعُسٍّ مِنْ لَبَنٍ فَشَرِبْتُ مِنْهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ عُدْ يَا أَبَا هِرٍّ فَعُدْتُ فَشَرِبْتُ ثُمَّ قَالَ عُدْ فَعُدْتُ فَشَرِبْتُ حَتَّى اسْتَوَى بَطْنِي فَصَارَ كَالْقِدْحِ قَالَ فَلَقِيتُ عُمَرَ وَذَكَرْتُ لَهُ الَّذِي كَانَ مِنْ أَمْرِي وَقُلْتُ لَهُ تَوَلَّى اللَّهُ ذَلِكَ مَنْ كَانَ أَحَقَّ بِهِ مِنْكَ يَا عُمَرُ وَاللَّهِ لَقَدِ اسْتَقْرَأْتُكَ الآيَةَ وَلأَنَا أَقْرَأُ لَهَا مِنْكَ قَالَ عُمَرُ وَاللَّهِ لأَنْ أَكُونَ أَدْخَلْتُكَ أَحَبُّ إِلَىَّ مِنْ أَنْ يَكُونَ لِي مِثْلُ حُمْرِ النَّعَمِ