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Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) was speaking 1 while a Bedouin was present: “A man from the people of Paradise will seek permission from his Lord to cultivate. Allah will say to him, ‘Are you not in whatever you desire?’ He will say, ‘Yes, but I love to cultivate.’ So he will sow, and before the blink of an eye, it will sprout, grow, and be harvested, becoming like mountains. Allah, Exalted is He, will say, ‘Take it, O son of Adam, for nothing will satisfy you.’ The Bedouin said, ‘By Allah, you will not find him except a Qurayshi or an Ansari, for they 2 are people of cultivation, while we are not people of cultivation.’ The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) laughed.”
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Commentary and footnotes (4)
Note 1
(1) His statement: “was speaking while a Bedouin was present: that a man…”: The word “that” is with a kasrah on the hamzah, indicating narration, as it is part of what he was speaking about. In some versions, it has a fathah, as the object of “was speaking,” and the phrase between them is an incidental condition. Al-Tayyibi said: It is with a kasrah on the hamzah, the object of “was speaking,” narrating what the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) uttered, meaning: that a man from the people of Paradise, etc. (As stated in Al-Mirqat)
Note 2
(2) His statement: “for they are people of cultivation”: The Quraysh gained familiarity with cultivation after arriving in Madinah in the company of the Ansar; otherwise, they were not so in Makkah. (As stated in Al-Lama’at)
Note 1
(۱) قوله : كان يتحدث وعنده رجل من أهل البادية إن رجلا إلخ: بكسر الهمزة على الحكاية، فهي من جملة ما يتحدث به، وفي بعض النسخ بفتحها على أنه مفعول يتحدث، والجملة بينهما حالية معترضة. وقال الطيبي : هو بكسر الهمزة مفعول يتحدث على حكاية ما يلفظ به رسول الله ، وحاصله: أن رجلا من أهل الجنة إلخ. كذا في المرقاة».
Note 2
(۲) قوله: فإنهم أصحاب زرع صحبة الزرع حصلت للقرشيين بعد قدومهم بالمدينة في صحبة الأنصار، وإلا لم يكونوا كذلك بمكة. كذا في «اللمعات».