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41 – Muhammad ibn ‘Abbad ibn Musa narrated to us; Zayd ibn al-Hubab narrated to us; from Musa ibn ‘Ubaydah; he informed me, ‘Umar ibn ‘Abd Allah, the client of Ghafrah, that Abu Bakr al-Siddiq—may Allah be pleased with him—once saw a bird flying and then perching on a tree. He said, “O bird, how blessed you are! No reckoning and no punishment await you. If only I were like you.”
٤١ - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبَّادِ بْنِ مُوسَى، حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ، أَخْبَرَنِي عُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مَوْلَى غَفْرَةَ، أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقَ ﵁، رَأَى طَيْرًا يَطِيرُ، وَيَقَعُ عَلَى شَجَرَةٍ، فَقَالَ: " يَا طَيْرُ مَا أَنْعَمَكَ، لَا حِسَابَ عَلَيْكَ وَلَا عَذَابَ، يَا لَيْتَنِي مِثْلُكَ