Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَن سُلَيْمَانَ يَعْنِي التَّيْمِيَّ عَن أَبِي السَّلِيلِ عَن زَهْدَمٍ عَن أَبِي مُوسَى قَالَ انْطَلَقْنَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَسْتَحْمِلُهُ فَقَالَ وَاللَّهِ لَا أَحْمِلُكُمْ فَرَجَعْنَا فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْنَا بِثَلَاثٍ بُقْعِ الذُّرَى فَقَالَ بَعْضُنَا لِبَعْضٍ حَلَفَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ لَا يَحْمِلَنَا فَأَتَيْنَاهُ فَقُلْنَا إِنَّكَ حَلَفْتَ أَنْ لَا تَحْمِلَنَا فَقَالَ مَا أَنَا حَمَلْتُكُمْ إِنَّمَا حَمَلَكُمْ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى مَا عَلَى الْأَرْضِ يَمِينٌ أَحْلِفُ عَلَيْهَا فَأَرَى غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا إِلَّا أَتَيْتُهُ.
English Translation
Ibn Abi Adiyy told us, from Sulayman - that is al-Taymi - from Abu al-Salil, from Zahdam, from Abu Musa, who said: We went to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, seeking mounts, and he said, "By Allah, I will not give you mounts." So we went back, and then he sent us three white-humped camels. Some of us said to others, "The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, swore not to give us mounts." So we came to him and said, "You swore not to give us mounts." He said, "I did not give you mounts; rather Allah Almighty gave you mounts. There is no oath on earth that I swear and then see something better than it, except that I do what is better."