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"أَهْدَيْنا لَرسُولِ الله ﷺ لِقْحَةً فَأَمَرَنى أَنْ أَحْلُبَهَا، فَحَلَبْتُهَا، فَلَمَّا أَخَذْتُ لأُجهِدَهَا قَالَ: لاَ تَفْعَلْ، دع دَاعِىَ اللّبَنِ (لاَ تُجْهِدْهَا) ".  

[حم] أحمد [خ] البخاري في تاريخه، وابن منده، [كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه

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Collected by Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ṭabarānī
ahmad:18981Aswad b. ʿĀmir > Zuhayr > al-Aʿmash > Yaʿqūb b. Baḥīr a man from al-Ḥay > Ḍirār b. al-Azwar

[Machine] "We presented the Prophet of Allah ﷺ with a young camel. He said, 'I milked it.' When I began to exert myself to make it yield more, he said, 'Do not do that, leave it for the milker.'"  

أحمد:١٨٩٨١حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ بَحِيرٍ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْحَيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ضِرَارَ بْنَ الْأَزْوَرِ قَالَ

أَهْدَيْنَا لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لِقْحَةً قَالَ فَحَلَبْتُهَا قَالَ فَلَمَّا أَخَذْتُ لِأُجْهِدَهَا قَالَ لَا تَفْعَلْ دَعْ دَاعِيَ اللَّبَنِ  

darimi:2040Yaʿlá > al-Aʿmash > Yaʿqūb b. Baḥīr > Ḍirār b. al-Azwar

[Machine] "I gifted the Messenger of Allah ﷺ a she-camel, and he commanded me to milk it. So I milked it and exerted effort in milking it, and he said, 'Leave some milk for the caller of the milk.'"  

الدارمي:٢٠٤٠أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ بَحِيرٍ عَنْ ضِرَارِ بْنِ الْأَزْوَرِ قَالَ

أَهْدَيْتُ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِقْحَةً فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَحْلُبَهَا فَحَلَبْتُهَا فَجَهَدْتُ فِي حَلْبِهَا فَقَالَ «دَعْ دَاعِيَ اللَّبَنِ»  

tabarani:8128Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. Khālid al-Ḥarrānī from my father > Zuhayr b. Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Yaʿqūb b. Baḥīr > Ḍirār b. al-Azwar

[Machine] We gave the Messenger of Allah ﷺ a newborn calf, so I milked it for him. When I started to make an effort to milk it, he said, "Don't do that, leave the milk for its calves."  

الطبراني:٨١٢٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْحَرَّانِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثنا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ ثنا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ بَحِيرٍ عَنْ ضِرَارِ بْنِ الْأَزْوَرِ قَالَ

أَهْدَيْنَا لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لِقْحَةً فَحَلَبْتُهَا لَهُ فَلَمَّا أَخَذْتُ لِأُجْهِدَهَا قَالَ «لَا تَفْعَلْ دَعْ دَوَاعِي اللَّبَنِ»