Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنِ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ الْمِصْرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ مَوْلَى مَعْمَرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نَافِعِ بْنِ نَضْلَةَ الْعَدَوِيِّ عَنْ مَعْمَرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ كُنْتُ أَرْحَلُ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي لَيْلَةً مِنْ اللَّيَالِي يَا مَعْمَرُ لَقَدْ وَجَدْتُ اللَّيْلَةَ فِي أَنْسَاعِي اضْطِرَابًا قَالَ فَقُلْتُ أَمَا وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ لَقَدْ شَدَدْتُهَا كَمَا كُنْتُ أَشُدُّهَا وَلَكِنَّهُ أَرْخَاهَا مَنْ قَدْ كَانَ نَفَسَ عَلَيَّ لِمَكَانِي مِنْكَ لِتَسْتَبْدِلَ بِي غَيْرِي قَالَ فَقَالَ أَمَا إِنِّي غَيْرُ فَاعِلٍ قَالَ فَلَمَّا نَحَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ هَدْيَهُ بِمِنًى أَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَحْلِقَهُ قَالَ فَأَخَذْتُ الْمُوسَى فَقُمْتُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ قَالَ فَنَظَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي وَجْهِي وَقَالَ لِي يَا مَعْمَرُ أَمْكَنَكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ شَحْمَةِ أُذُنِهِ وَفِي يَدِكَ الْمُوسَى قَالَ فَقُلْتُ أَمَا وَاللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ ذَلِكَ لَمِنْ نِعْمَةِ اللَّهِ عَلَيَّ وَمَنِّهِ قَالَ فَقَالَ أَجَلْ إِذًا أُقِرُّ لَكَ قَالَ ثُمَّ حَلَقْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ.
English Translation
Ya'qub told us, he said: my father told us, from Ibn Ishaq, he said: Yazid ibn Abi Habib al-Misri told me, from Abd al-Rahman ibn Uqbah, freed slave of Ma'mar ibn Abdullah ibn Nafi' ibn Nadlah al-Adawi, from Ma'mar ibn Abdullah, he said: I used to saddle the mount for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) during the Farewell Pilgrimage. He said: One night he said to me: "O Ma'mar, tonight I found some looseness in my saddle-straps." He said: I said: "By the One who sent you with the truth, I tightened them just as I always tightened them, but someone who envied me for my position with you loosened them, so that you would replace me with someone else." He said: He said: "I will not do that." He said: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had sacrificed his offering at Mina, he ordered me to shave his head. He said: So I took the razor and stood over his head. He said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) looked into my face and said to me: "O Ma'mar, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has given you access to the lobe of his ear, while the razor is in your hand?" He said: I said: "By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, that is indeed one of the blessings and favors of Allah upon me." He said: He said: "Yes indeed, I acknowledge that for you." He said: Then I shaved the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).