I served the Prophet ﷺ for ten years. He never once commanded me to do something which I delayed in doing, or which I neglected, and then blamed me for it. If any member of his household blamed me, he would say, "Leave him alone. If it had been decreed," or he said, "if it had been destined to happen, it would have happened."
حدثنا كثير بن هشام حدثنا جعفر حدثنا عمران البصري القصير
خدمت النبي ﷺ عشر سنين فما أمرني بأمر فتوانيت عنه أو ضيعته فلامني فإن لامني أحد من أهل بيته إلا قال دعوه فلو قدر أو قال لو قضي أن يكون كان
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Its isnad is sahih. Imran the short one, of Basrah, is Ibn Muslim, who saw Anas but they did not mention that he heard from him. Jafar is Ibn Burqan. The hadith has preceded many times without its last part in ,
, and it is found in Ibn Abu Asim in as-Sunnah 1/157 no. 355, and Ibn Hibban 450 no. 1816 (Mawarid).