Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا هَوْذَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَوْفٌ عَنْ خِلَاسٍ هُوَ ابْنُ عَمْرٍو الْهَجَرِيُّ فِيمَا يَحْسَبُ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ بَيْنَمَا امْرَأَةٌ فِيمَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ تُرْضِعُ ابْنًا لَهَا إِذْ مَرَّ بِهَا فَارِسٌ مُتَكَبِّرٌ عَلَيْهِ شَارَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ فَقَالَتْ الْمَرْأَةُ اللَّهُمَّ لَا تُمِتْ ابْنِي هَذَا حَتَّى أَرَاهُ مِثْلَ هَذَا الْفَارِسِ عَلَى مِثْلِ هَذَا الْفَرَسِ قَالَ فَتَرَكَ الصَّبِيُّ الثَّدْيَ ثُمَّ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَجْعَلْنِي مِثْلَ هَذَا الْفَارِسِ قَالَ ثُمَّ عَادَ إِلَى الثَّدْيِ يَرْضَعُ ثُمَّ مَرُّوا بِجِيفَةٍ حَبَشِيَّةٍ أَوْ زِنْجِيَّةٍ تُجَرُّ فَقَالَتْ أُعِيذُ ابْنِي بِاللَّهِ أَنْ يَمُوتَ مِيتَةَ هَذِهِ الْحَبَشِيَّةِ أَوْ الزِّنْجِيَّةِ فَتَرَكَ الثَّدْيَ وَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ أَمِتْنِي مِيتَةَ هَذِهِ الْحَبَشِيَّةِ أَوْ الزِّنْجِيَّةِ فَقَالَتْ أُمُّهُ يَا بُنَيَّ سَأَلْتُ رَبَّكَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَكَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ الْفَارِسِ فَقُلْتَ اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَجْعَلْنِي مِثْلَهُ وَسَأَلْتُ رَبَّكَ أَلَّا يُمِيتَكَ مِيتَةَ هَذِهِ الْحَبَشِيَّةِ أَوْ الزِّنْجِيَّةِ فَسَأَلْتَ رَبَّكَ أَنْ يُمِيتَكَ مِيتَتَهَا قَالَ فَقَالَ الصَّبِيُّ إِنَّكِ دَعَوْتِ رَبَّكِ أَنْ يَجْعَلَنِي مِثْلَ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ وَإِنَّ الْحَبَشِيَّةَ أَوْ الزِّنْجِيَّةَ كَانَ أَهْلُهَا يَسُبُّونَهَا وَيَضْرِبُونَهَا وَيَظْلِمُونَهَا فَتَقُولُ حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ.
English Translation
Hawdhah narrated to us, he said: 'Awf narrated to us, from Khilas - he is Ibn 'Amr al-Hajari, as he thinks - from Abu Hurayrah, from the Prophet (peace be upon him) who said: "Once, among those who came before you, a woman was nursing her child when a proud horseman in fine attire passed by. The woman said: 'O Allah, do not let my son die until I see him like this horseman on a horse like this.' The child left the breast and said: 'O Allah, do not make me like this horseman.' Then he returned to nursing. Then they passed by an Abyssinian or Zanj corpse being dragged. The mother said: 'I seek refuge in Allah for my son from dying the death of this Abyssinian or Zanj woman.' The child left the breast and said: 'O Allah, let me die the death of this Abyssinian or Zanj woman.' His mother said: 'O my son, I asked your Lord to make you like that horseman, and you said: O Allah, do not make me like him. And I asked your Lord not to let you die the death of this Abyssinian or Zanj woman, and you asked your Lord to let you die her death.' The child said: 'You asked your Lord to make me like a man from the people of the Fire. And the Abyssinian or Zanj woman - her people used to curse her, beat her, and oppress her, and she would say: Allah is sufficient for me, Allah is sufficient for me.'"