Sunan Ibn Majah
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Chapter 14 · The Chapter on Business Transactionsالصِّنَاعَاتِ
حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْقُرَشِيُّ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي أُحَيْحَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: مَا بَعَثَ اللَّهُ نَبِيًّا إِلَّا رَاعِيَ غَنَمٍ ، قَالَ لَهُ أَصْحَابُهُ: وَأَنْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: وَأَنَا كُنْتُ أَرْعَاهَا لِأَهْلِ مَكَّةَ بِالْقَرَارِيطِ ، قَالَ سُوَيْدٌ: يَعْنِي كُلَّ شَاةٍ بِقِيرَاطٍ.
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The Arabic text and the translations come from our previous collection: English from hadithapi.com, German and Turkish machine-translated (Gemini) and unreviewed. A new translation from the Arabic with the chain of narration will follow.
Occupations
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Allah has not sent any Prophet but he was a shepherd. His Companions said to him: Even you, O Messenger of Allah? He said: Even me I used to tend the sheep of the people of Makkah for a few Qirats. (Sahih)(One of the narrators) Suwaid said: Meaning one Qirat for every sheep.