59 - If trust is lost, wait for the hour

[59] حدثنا محمد بن سنان قال: حدثنا فليح ح وحدثني إبراهيم بن المنذر قال: حدثنا محمد بن فليح قال: حدثني أبي قال: حدثني هلال بن علي عن عطاء بن يسار عن أبي هريرة قال: بينما النبي ﷺ في مجلس يحدث القوم جاءه أعرابي، فقال متى الساعة فمضى رسول الله ﷺ يحدث، فقال بعض القوم سمع ما قال: فكره ما قال، وقال بعضهم بل لم يسمع حتى إذا قضى حديثه قال أين أراه السائل عن الساعة؟ قال: ها أنا يا رسول الله قال: فإذا ضيعت الأمانة فانتظر الساعة قال كيف إضاعتها قال إذا وسد الأمر إلى غير أهله فانتظر الساعة

[59]Muhammad bin Sinan told us, he said: Falih told us, Ibrahim bin Al-Mundhir told me, he said: Muhammad bin Falih told us, he said: My father told me, he said: Hilal bin Ali told me on the authority of Ata bin Yasar on the authority of Abu Huraira who said: While the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, was in a gathering talking to the people, a Bedouin came to him and said, “When is the hour?” Then the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, went on speaking, some of the people said he heard what he said: he hated what he said, and some of them said he did not even hear when he finished his speech he said: Where do the questioner see him about the Hour? He said: Here I am, O Messenger of God. He said: If the trust is lost, then wait for the Hour. He said, how did you waste it? He said: If the matter is closed to someone who does not deserve it, then wait for the hour.