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Contents of Hadith
Narrated: Abu Huraira
We were
sitting around the Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings
be upon him). Abu Bakr and Umar were also there among the
audience. In the meanwhile the Messenger of Allah got up and
left us, He delayed in coming back to us, which caused anxiety
that he might be attacked by some enemy when we were not with
him; so being alarmed we got up. I was the first to be
alarmed. I, therefore, went out to look for the Messenger of
Allah (may peace and blessings be upon him) and came to a
garden belonging to the Banu an?Najjar, a section of the Ansar
went round it looking for a gate but failed to find one.
Seeing a rabi' (i. e. streamlet) flowing into the garden from
a well outside, drew myself together, like a fox, and slinked
into (the place) where God's Messenger was. He (the Holy
Prophet) said: Is it Abu Huraira? I (Abu Huraira) replied:
Yes, Messenger of Allah. He (the Holy Prophet) said: What is
the matter with you? replied: You were amongst us but got up
and went away and delayed for a time, so fearing that you
might be attacked by some enemy when we were not with you, we
became alarmed. I was the first to be alarmed. So when I came
to this garden, I drew myself together as a fox does, and
these people are following me. He addressed me as Abu Huraira
and gave me his sandals and said: Take away these sandals of
mine, and when you meet anyone outside this garden who
testifies that there is no god but Allah, being assured of it
in his heart, gladden him by announcing that he shall go to
Paradise. Now the first one I met was Umar. He asked: What are
these sandals, Abu Huraira? I replied: These are the sandals
of the Messenger of Allah with which he has sent me to gladden
anyone I meet who testifies that there is no god but Allah,
being assured of it in his heart, with the announcement that
he would go to Paradise. Thereupon 'Umar struck me on the
breast and I fell on my back. He then said: Go back, Abu
Huraira, So I returned to the Messenger of Allah (may peace be
upon him), and was about to break into tears. 'Umar followed
me closely and there he was behind me. The Messenger of Allah
(may peace and blessings be on him) said: What is the matter
with you, Abu Huraira? I said: I happened to meet 'Umar and
conveyed to him the message with which you sent me. He struck
me on my breast which made me fall down upon my back and
ordered me to go back. Upon this the Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him) said: What prompted you to do this, 'Umar?
He said: Messenger of Allah, my mother and father be
sacrificed to thee, did you send Abu Huraira with your sandals
to gladden anyone he met and who testified that there is no
god but Allah, and being assured of it in his heart, with the
tidings that he would go to Paradise? He said: Yes. Umar said:
Please do it not, for I am afraid that people will trust in it
alone; let them go on doing (good) deeds. The Messenger of
Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Well, let them.