[Machine] I and my companion set off until we reached the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , but we did not find him. Aisha fed us dates and gave us porridge. When the Prophet, ﷺ , arrived, he plucked his beard and said, "Did you feed them anything?" We said, "Yes." While we were still on that, a shepherd brought a sheep to the shepherd's place by his hand. He said, "Has she given birth?" He replied, "Yes." The Prophet, ﷺ , said, "Then slaughter a sheep." Then he approached us with his face and said, "Do not think that we slaughtered the sheep for your sake, as we have a hundred sheep and we do not want to increase them if the shepherd gives birth to them."
انْطَلَقْتُ أَنَا وَصَاحِبٌ لِي حَتَّى انْتَهَيْنَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمْ نَجِدْهُ فَأَطْعَمَتْنَا عَائِشَةُ تَمْرًا وَعَصَدَتْ لَنَا عَصِيدَةً إِذْ جَاءَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَنْقَلِعُ فَقَالَ «هَلْ أَطْعَمْتِهِمْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ؟» قُلْنَا نَعَمْ فَبَيْنَا نَحْنُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ دَفَعَ الرَّاعِي الْغَنَمَ إِلَى الْمُرَاحِ عَلَى يَدِهِ سَخْلَةٌ فَقَالَ «هَلْ وَلَدَتْ؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَاذْبَحْ شَاةً» ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا بِوَجْهِهِ فَقَالَ لَا تَحْسَبَنَّ وَلَمْ يَقُلْ لَا تَحْسَبُنَّ أَنَّا ذَبَحْنَا الشَّاةَ مِنْ أَجْلِكُمَا لَنَا غَنْمٌ مِائَةٌ لَا نُرِيدُ أَنْ تَزِيدَ عَلَيْهَا إِذَا وُلِدَ لِلرَّاعِي بَهْمَةٌ أَمَرْنَاهُ فَذَبَحَ شَاةً