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"إِنَّ رَجُلًا من أَهل الجنة استأذَنَ ربَّهُ في الزرعِ، فقالَ له: ألَسْتَ فِيما شِئْتَ؟ قال: بَلَى ولكنِّى أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَزْرع، فَبذرَ فَبَادَرَ الطَّرْفَ نَبَاتُه وَاسْتِوَاؤُه واستِحصَادُهُ، فكان أَمثال الجبال، فيقولُ اللَّه: دُونَك يَا ابنَ آدَمَ، فَإِنَّهُ لَا يُشْبِعُكَ شَىْءٌ".  

[حم] أحمد [خ] البخاري عن أبى هريرة

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Collected by Bukhārī, Aḥmad
bukhari:2348Muḥammad b. Sinān > Fulayḥ > Hilāl > ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad > Abū ʿĀmir > Fulayḥ > Hilāl b. ʿAlī > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār > Abū Hurayrah

Once the Prophet ﷺ was narrating (a story), while a bedouin was sitting with him. "One of the inhabitants of Paradise will ask Allah to allow him to cultivate the land. Allah will ask him, 'Are you not living in the pleasures you like?' He will say, 'Yes, but I like to cultivate the land.' " The Prophet ﷺ added, "When the man (will be permitted he) will sow the seeds and the plants will grow up and get ripe, ready for reaping and so on till it will be as huge as mountains within a wink. Allah will then say to him, 'O son of Adam! Take here you are, gather (the yield); nothing satisfies you.' " On that, the bedouin said, "The man must be either from Quraish (i.e. an emigrant) or an Ansari, for they are farmers, whereas we are not farmers." The Prophet ﷺ smiled (at this).  

البخاري:٢٣٤٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ حَدَّثَنَا فُلَيْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا هِلاَلٌ وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ حَدَّثَنَا فُلَيْحٌ عَنْ هِلاَلِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَوْمًا يُحَدِّثُ وَعِنْدَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَادِيَةِ أَنَّ رَجُلاً مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ اسْتَأْذَنَ رَبَّهُ فِي الزَّرْعِ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَلَسْتَ فِيمَا شِئْتَ قَالَ بَلَى وَلَكِنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَزْرَعَ قَالَ فَبَذَرَ فَبَادَرَ الطَّرْفَ نَبَاتُهُ وَاسْتِوَاؤُهُ وَاسْتِحْصَادُهُ فَكَانَ أَمْثَالَ الْجِبَالِ فَيَقُولُ اللَّهُ دُونَكَ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يُشْبِعُكَ شَىْءٌ فَقَالَ الأَعْرَابِيُّ وَاللَّهِ لاَ تَجِدُهُ إِلاَّ قُرَشِيًّا أَوْ أَنْصَارِيًّا فَإِنَّهُمْ أَصْحَابُ زَرْعٍ وَأَمَّا نَحْنُ فَلَسْنَا بِأَصْحَابِ زَرْعٍ فَضَحِكَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ  

bukhari:7519Muḥammad b. Sinān > Fulayḥ > Hilāl > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār > Abū Hurayrah

Once the Prophet ﷺ was preaching while a bedouin was sitting there. The Prophet ﷺ said, "A man from among the people of Paradise will request Allah to allow him to cultivate the land Allah will say to him, 'Haven't you got whatever you desire?' He will reply, 'yes, but I like to cultivate the land (Allah will permit him and) he will sow the seeds, and within seconds the plants will grow and ripen and (the yield) will be harvested and piled in heaps like mountains. On that Allah will say (to him), "Take, here you are, O son of Adam, for nothing satisfies you.' "On that the bedouin said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! Such man must be either from Quraish or from Ansar, for they are farmers while we are not." On that Messenger of Allah ﷺ smiled .  

البخاري:٧٥١٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ حَدَّثَنَا فُلَيْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا هِلاَلٌ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَوْمًا يُحَدِّثُ وَعِنْدَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَادِيَةِ أَنَّ رَجُلاً مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ اسْتَأْذَنَ رَبَّهُ فِي الزَّرْعِ فَقَالَ أَوَ لَسْتَ فِيمَا شِئْتَ قَالَ بَلَى وَلَكِنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَزْرَعَ فَأَسْرَعَ وَبَذَرَ فَتَبَادَرَ الطَّرْفَ نَبَاتُهُ وَاسْتِوَاؤُهُ وَاسْتِحْصَادُهُ وَتَكْوِيرُهُ أَمْثَالَ الْجِبَالِ فَيَقُولُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى دُونَكَ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يُشْبِعُكَ شَىْءٌ فَقَالَ الأَعْرَابِيُّ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لاَ تَجِدُ هَذَا إِلاَّ قُرَشِيًّا أَوْ أَنْصَارِيًّا فَإِنَّهُمْ أَصْحَابُ زَرْعٍ فَأَمَّا نَحْنُ فَلَسْنَا بِأَصْحَابِ زَرْعٍ فَضَحِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ  

ahmad:10642ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿAmr > Fulayḥ > Hilāl b. ʿAlī > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ once said while he was speaking to a man from the people of the desert, "Indeed, a man from the people of heaven sought permission from his Lord for farming. So his Lord asked him, 'Are you not able to do whatever you wish?' The man replied, 'Yes, but I prefer to engage in farming.' His Lord thus granted him permission and he planted a seed. The plant immediately grew and flourished and he harvested it. It became as huge as mountains." Then his Lord said to him, "Do as you please, O son of Adam, for nothing will ever satisfy you." The Bedouin man then said, "By Allah, you will not find him except as a Qurashi or an Ansari, as they are the people of farming. As for us, we are not its people." Upon hearing this, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ laughed.  

أحمد:١٠٦٤٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو حَدَّثَنَا فُلَيْحٌ عَنْ هِلَالِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ يَوْمًا وَهُوَ يُحَدِّثُ وَعِنْدَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَادِيَةِ إِنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ اسْتَأْذَنَ رَبَّهُ ﷻ فِي الزَّرْعِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَبُّهُ ﷻ أَلَسْتَ فِيمَا شِئْتَ؟ قَالَ بَلَى وَلَكِنْ أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَزْرَعَ قَالَ فَبَذَرَ فَبَادَرَ الطَّرْفَ نَبَاتُهُ وَاسْتِوَاؤُهُ وَاسْتِحْصَادُهُ فَكَانَ أَمْثَالَ الْجِبَالِ قَالَ فَيَقُولُ لَهُ رَبُّهُ ﷻ دُونَكَ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يُشْبِعُكَ شَيْءٌ قَالَ فَقَالَ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ وَاللهِ لَا تَجِدُهُ إِلَّا قُرَشِيًّا أَوْ أَنْصَارِيًّا فَإِنَّهُمْ أَصْحَابُ زَرْعٍ وَأَمَّا نَحْنُ فَلَسْنَا بِأَصْحَابِهِ قَالَ فَضَحِكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ