Chapter

The Book of Hajj

كتاب مناسك الحج

Arabic Text

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم رَأَى رَجُلاً يَسُوقُ بَدَنَةً وَقَدْ جَهَدَهُ الْمَشْىُ قَالَ ‏"‏ ارْكَبْهَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ إِنَّهَا بَدَنَةٌ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ ارْكَبْهَا وَإِنْ كَانَتْ بَدَنَةً ‏"‏ ‏.‏

English Translation

It was narrated from Anas that the Prophet saw a man driving a Badanah and he was exhausted from walking. He said:

"Ride it." He said: "It "It is Badanah." He said: "Ride it even if it is a Badanah."