Humayd ibn Malik ibn Khuthaym said, "I was sitting with Abu Hurayra
on some land he owned at 'Aqiq when some of the people of Madina came to
him on their animals and dismounted. Abu Hurayra said, 'Go to my mother
and tel…
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ الأَزْرَقُ، عَنْ أَبِي عُمَرَ، عَنِ ابْنِ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ: الشَّاةُ فِي الْبَيْتِ بَرَكَةٌ، وَالشَّاتَانِ بَرَكَتَانِ، وَالثَّلاَثُ بَرَكَاتٌ.
'Ali reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, said, "One sheep in a house is a blessing, two sheep are two blessings
and more sheep are all blessings.: