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Sahih al-Bukhari 2348 (Book 41, Hadith 26) #2247
Cultivating the Land in Paradise

SUMMARY: This hadith is about a man from Paradise who asked Allah to allow him to cultivate the land, and Allah granted his wish.

Narrated Abu Huraira: Once the Prophet was narrating (a story), while a bedouin was sitting with him".One of the inhabitants of Paradise will ask Allah to allow him to cultivate the land. Allah will ask him, 'Are you not living in the pleasures you like?' He will say, 'Yes, but I like to cultivate the land'. " The Prophet added, "When the man (will be permitted he) will sow the seeds and the plants will grow up and get ripe, ready for reaping and so on till it will be as huge as mountains within a wink. Allah will then say to him, 'O son of Adam! Take here you are, gather (the yield); nothing satisfies you'. " On that, the bedouin said, "The man must be either from Quraish (ie an emigrant) or an Ansari, for they are farmers, whereas we are not farmers". The Prophet smiled (at this).
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ، حَدَّثَنَا فُلَيْحٌ، حَدَّثَنَا هِلاَلٌ، وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا فُلَيْحٌ، عَنْ هِلاَلِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ كَانَ يَوْمًا يُحَدِّثُ وَعِنْدَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَادِيَةِ ‏ "‏ أَنَّ رَجُلاً مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ اسْتَأْذَنَ رَبَّهُ فِي الزَّرْعِ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَلَسْتَ فِيمَا شِئْتَ قَالَ بَلَى وَلَكِنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَزْرَعَ‏.‏ قَالَ فَبَذَرَ فَبَادَرَ الطَّرْفَ نَبَاتُهُ وَاسْتِوَاؤُهُ وَاسْتِحْصَادُهُ، فَكَانَ أَمْثَالَ الْجِبَالِ فَيَقُولُ اللَّهُ دُونَكَ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يُشْبِعُكَ شَىْءٌ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَقَالَ الأَعْرَابِيُّ وَاللَّهِ لاَ تَجِدُهُ إِلاَّ قُرَشِيًّا أَوْ أَنْصَارِيًّا، فَإِنَّهُمْ أَصْحَابُ زَرْعٍ، وَأَمَّا نَحْنُ فَلَسْنَا بِأَصْحَابِ زَرْعٍ‏.‏ فَضَحِكَ النَّبِيُّ ‏.‏

TOPICS
cultivation  *  paradise  *  farming

QUICK LESSONS:
Ask permission before doing something; Be content with what God has given us; Have ambition in life; Show gratitude towards God's blessings

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith speaks of a man from paradise who asked Allah for permission to cultivate the land. Allah granted his wish and allowed him to sow seeds and plants that grew up quickly into mountains. When it was time for harvest, Allah told him that nothing would satisfy him more than gathering the yield himself. The Prophet Muhammad smiled at this story, as it showed how even those in paradise still have desires and ambitions they want to fulfill. It also shows us that we should be content with what we have been given by God, no matter how much or little it may be.

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