Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْبِرْتِيُّ ثنا أَبُو حُذَيْفَةَ ثنا عِكْرِمَةُ هُوَ ابْنُ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَوْلًى لِسَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ قَالَ كُنَّا مَعَ سَعْدٍ ؓ فَأَتَيْنَا عَلَى وَادٍ فِيهِ نَخْلٌ قَدْ أَدْرَكَ فَأَعْطَانِي دِرْهَمَيْنِ فَقَالَ اشْتَرِ لَنَا عَلَفًا وَتَمْرًا فَذَهَبْتُ فَلَمْ أَجِدْ فِي النَّخْلِ أَحَدًا فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ لِي إِنْ سَرَّكَ أَنْ تَكُونَ مُؤْمِنًا حَقًّا فَلَا تَأْكُلْ مِنَ النَّخْلِ تَمْرَةً فَبَاتَ وَبَاتَتْ حَمَّارَتُنَا جَائِعِينَ
English Translation
Abu Sa'id ibn Abi Amr informed us: Abu Abdullah al-Saffar narrated to us: Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Birti narrated to us: Abu Hudhayfah narrated to us: Ikrimah — that is, Ibn Ammar — narrated to us, from Yahya, who said: A freedman of Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas narrated to me; he said: We were with Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him), and we came upon a valley in which were date-palms that had ripened. He gave me two dirhams and said: "Buy us fodder and dates." I went, but found no one at the palms, so I returned to him and told him. He said to me: "If it would please you to be a true believer, then do not eat a single date from the palms." So he spent the night — and our donkeys spent the night — hungry.