Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْد اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا قَيْسُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ الْأَسَدِيُّ، عَنْ إِيَادِ بْنِ لَقِيطٍ، عَنْ أَبِي رِمْثَةَ، قَالَ انْطَلَقْتُ مَعَ أَبِي وَأَنَا غُلَامٌ، فَأَتَيْنَا رَجُلًا مِنْ الْهَاجِرَةِ جَالِسًا فِي ظِلِّ بَيْتِهِ وَعَلَيْهِ بُرْدَانِ أَخْضَرَانِ وَشَعْرُهُ وَفْرَةٌ وَبِرَأْسِهِ رَدْعٌ مِنْ حِنَّاءٍ قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي أَبِي أَتَدْرِي مَنْ هَذَا فَقُلْتُ لَا قَالَ هَذَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ فَتَحَدَّثْنَا طَوِيلًا قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبِي إِنِّي رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِ طِبٍّ فَأَرِنِي الَّذِي بِبَاطِنِ كَتِفِكَ فَإِنْ تَكُ سِلْعَةً قَطَعْتُهَا وَإِنْ تَكُ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ أَخْبَرْتُكَ قَالَ طَبِيبُهَا الَّذِي خَلَقَهَا قَالَ ثُمَّ نَظَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَيَّ فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُكَ هَذَا قَالَ أَشْهَدُ بِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ انْظُرْ مَا تَقُولُ قَالَ إِي وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ قَالَ فَضَحِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِشَبَهِي بِأَبِي وَلِحَلِفِ أَبِي عَلَيَّ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَا هَذَا لَا يَجْنِي عَلَيْكَ وَلَا تَجْنِي عَلَيْهِ.
English Translation
Abu Rimthah narrated: I went with my father when I was a young boy, and we came to a man sitting in the shade of his house during the midday heat, wearing two green garments, with flowing hair and traces of henna on his head. My father said to me: "Do you know who this is?" I said: "No." He said: "This is the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)." He said: We conversed with him for a long time. Then my father said to him: "I am a man from a family of physicians. Show me what is on the inner side of your shoulder. If it is a growth, I shall cut it out. And if it is something else, I shall inform you." He said: "Its physician is the One who created it." Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) looked at me and said to him: "Is this your son?" He said: "I bear witness to it." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Consider what you are saying." He said: "Yes, by the Lord of the Ka'bah." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) laughed at my resemblance to my father and at my father's oath regarding me. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "O you, he shall not bear your burden, nor shall you bear his."