Hadith 9974

Chapter 5

باب 5

(5) باب إِذَا قَالَ اكْفِنِي مَئُونَةَ النَّخْلِ أَوْ غَيْرِهِ، وَتُشْرِكُنِي فِي الثَّمَرِ

(5) Chapter: To say to another, "Look after my date-palm trees...
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حَدَّثَنَا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ قَالَتِ الأَنْصَارُ لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم اقْسِمْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ إِخْوَانِنَا النَّخِيلَ. قَالَ " لاَ ". فَقَالُوا تَكْفُونَا الْمَئُونَةَ وَنُشْرِكُكُمْ فِي الثَّمَرَةِ. قَالُوا سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا.

Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Ansar said to the Prophet (ﷺ) "Distribute the date palm trees between us and our emigrant brothers." He replied, "No." The Ansar said (to the emigrants), "Look after the trees (water and watch them) and share the fruits with us." The emigrants said, "We listen and obey."

Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 2325

In-book reference: Book 41, Hadith 6

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Vol. 3, Book 39, Hadith 518