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Sahih Muslim 2393a (Book 44, Hadith 27) #13278
The Dream of Drawing Water

SUMMARY: This hadith is about the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) seeing a dream in which he was drawing water with a leathern bucket on a wooden pulley. Abu Bakr and Umar also came to help him draw water, and Umar was seen as the most efficient of them all.

Abdullah b. 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger as saying: I saw (in a dream) as if I was drawing water with a leathern bucket on a wooden pulley. There came Abu Bakr and he drew out a bucketful or two and as he drew out, some weakness (was perceived in it) (may Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, forgive him). Then Umar came in order to serve water -and the bucket was changed into a large leather bucket and I did not see such a wonderful man amongst persons (drawing water) and he went on serving water to the people until they were fully satisfied and then went to their resting places.
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ، - وَاللَّفْظُ لأَبِي بَكْرٍ - قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ سَالِمٍ، عَنْ سَالِمِ، بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ ‏ "‏ أُرِيتُ كَأَنِّي أَنْزِعُ بِدَلْوِ بَكْرَةٍ عَلَى قَلِيبٍ فَجَاءَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَنَزَعَ ذَنُوبًا أَوْ ذَنُوبَيْنِ فَنَزَعَ نَزْعًا ضَعِيفًا وَاللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى يَغْفِرُ لَهُ ثُمَّ جَاءَ عُمَرُ فَاسْتَقَى فَاسْتَحَالَتْ غَرْبًا فَلَمْ أَرَ عَبْقَرِيًّا مِنَ النَّاسِ يَفْرِي فَرْيَهُ حَتَّى رَوِيَ النَّاسُ وَضَرَبُوا الْعَطَنَ

TOPICS
dream  *  water  *  pulley  *  bucket

QUICK LESSONS:
Strive for excellence in whatever you do and be willing to help others when needed without expecting anything in return . Work together as one team towards achieving your goals instead of competing against each other or trying to outdo one another .

EXPLANATIONS:
In this hadith narrated by Abdullah b. 'Umar, the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) saw himself in a dream drawing water with a leathern bucket on a wooden pulley. When Abu Bakr and Umar came to help him draw water from the well, they were both able to do so but it was noticed that there was some weakness in Abu Bakr's efforts while Umar went on serving water until everyone was satisfied. This hadith teaches us that we should always strive for excellence in whatever we do and be willing to help others when needed without expecting anything in return. It also shows us how important it is for us to work together as one team towards achieving our goals instead of competing against each other or trying to outdo one another.

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