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ذِكْرُ الْمُدَّةِ الَّتِي خَدَمَ فِيهَا أَنَسٌ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ

ibnhibban:7179Abū Yaʿlá from Kitābih > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ > ʿAzrah b. Thābit > Thumāmah > Anas

[Machine] "I served the Prophet ﷺ for ten years, and he never sent me on a task except that he would say, 'If it happens, then it would have been destined to happen.'"  

ابن حبّان:٧١٧٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى مِنْ كِتَابِهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ عَزْرَةَ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ ثُمَامَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

«خَدَمْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَشْرَ سِنِينَ فَمَا بَعَثَنِي فِي حَاجَةٍ لَمْ تَتَهَيَّأْ إِلَّا قَالَ » لَوْ قُضِيَ لَكَانَ أَوْ لَوْ قُدِّرَ لَكَانَ «