Muwatta Malik, 955

Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said heard Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Habban mentioning that a certain man passed Abu Dharr at ar-Rabadha (which was about 30 miles from Madina) and Abu Dharr asked him, "Where are you heading to?" and he replied, "I am intending to do hajj." Abu Dharr questioned, "Has anything else brought you out?" and he said, "No," so Abu Dharr said "Resume what you are doing wholeheartedly." The man related, "I went on till I came to Makka and I stayed as long as Allah willed. Suddenly, one time, I was with a crowd of people thronging about a man and I pushed through the people to him and it was the old man that I had come across at ar- Rabadha. When he saw me, he recognized me and said, 'Ah, you have done what I told you

Yahia Ibn Sa'id a rapporté qu'il a entendu Mouhammad Ibn Yahia Ibn Habban raconter ce qui suit: «Un homme passa près de Abou Zarr à «Al-Rabza»; celui-ci lui demanda: «quelle est ta direction»? L'homme répondit: «Je vais à la Mecque pour le pèlerinage». Abou Zarr répliqua: «Auras-tu autre chose à faire»? «Non-répondit l'homme»; Ainsi, continue ton chemin lui proposa Abou-Zarr». L'homme continuant à raconter dit: «Ainsi, je sortis, de chez Abou Zarr, destination la Mecque; arrivé, j'y demeurai ce que Allah voulut; soudain je vis les gens entourant un homme, l'oppressant de tout côté; alors je m'épuisai afin de m'approcher de cet homme; ce fut le vieillard que j'avais croisé à Al-Rabaza- sous entendant Abou Zarr m'apercevant, il me reconnut». L'homme dit au rapporteur: «Tel est l'homme de qui je viens de parler»