Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ بَهْرَامَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شَهْرُ بْنُ حَوْشَبٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ بَيْنَمَا رَجُلٌ وَامْرَأَةٌ لَهُ فِي السَّلَفِ الْخَالِي لَا يَقْدِرَانِ عَلَى شَيْءٍ فَجَاءَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ سَفَرِهِ فَدَخَلَ عَلَى امْرَأَتِهِ جَائِعًا قَدْ أَصَابَتْهُ مَسْغَبَةٌ شَدِيدَةٌ فَقَالَ لِامْرَأَتِهِ أَعِنْدَكِ شَيْءٌ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ أَبْشِرْ أَتَاكَ رِزْقُ اللَّهِ فَاسْتَحَثَّهَا فَقَالَ وَيْحَكِ ابْتَغِي إِنْ كَانَ عِنْدَكِ شَيْءٌ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ هُنَيَّةً نَرْجُو رَحْمَةَ اللَّهِ حَتَّى إِذَا طَالَ عَلَيْهِ الطَّوَى قَالَ وَيْحَكِ قُومِي فَابْتَغِي إِنْ كَانَ عِنْدَكِ خُبْزٌ فَأْتِينِي بِهِ فَإِنِّي قَدْ بَلَغْتُ وَجَهِدْتُ فَقَالَتْ نَعَمْ الْآنَ يَنْضَجُ التَّنُّورُ فَلَا تَعْجَلْ فَلَمَّا أَنْ سَكَتَ عَنْهَا سَاعَةً وَتَحَيَّنَتْ أَيْضًا أَنْ يَقُولَ لَهَا قَالَتْ هِيَ مِنْ عِنْدِ نَفْسِهَا لَوْ قُمْتُ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَى تَنُّورِي فَقَامَتْ فَوَجَدَتْ تَنُّورَهَا مَلْآنَ جُنُوبَ الْغَنَمِ وَرَحْيَيْهَا تَطْحَنَانِ فَقَامَتْ إِلَى الرَّحَى فَنَفَضَتْهَا وَأَخْرَجَتْ مَا فِي تَنُّورِهَا مِنْ جُنُوبِ الْغَنَمِ قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسُ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ بِيَدِهِ عَنْ قَوْلِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَوْ أَخَذَتْ مَا فِي رَحْيَيْهَا وَلَمْ تَنْفُضْهَا لَطَحَنَتْهَا إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ.
English Translation
Hashim ibn al-Qasim narrated to us, he said: Abd al-Hamid, meaning Ibn Bahram, narrated to us, he said: Shahr ibn Hawshab narrated to us, he said: Abu Hurayrah said: In ancient times there was a man and his wife who had nothing. The man returned from a journey and came to his wife hungry, having suffered severe hunger. He said to his wife: 'Do you have anything?' She said: 'Yes, rejoice! The provision of Allah has come to you.' He urged her and said: 'Woe to you, find it if you have something.' She said: 'Yes, just a little while - we hope for Allah's mercy.' When the hunger overwhelmed him, he said: 'Woe to you, get up and find it. If you have bread, bring it to me, for I am exhausted and suffering.' She said: 'Yes, the oven is almost ready, so do not rush.' When he was silent for a while and she anticipated that he would speak again, she said on her own: 'Let me get up and check my oven.' She got up and found her oven full of the sides of sheep and her millstones grinding. She went to the millstones and shook them out, and took out what was in her oven of the sides of sheep. Abu Hurayrah said: By the One in Whose hand is the soul of Abu al-Qasim, from the words of Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him): had she taken what was in her millstones without shaking them out, they would have continued grinding until the Day of Resurrection.