The Messenger of Allah ﷺ one day called for a she-camel and asked, "Who will milk her?"A man stood up and said, "I will."The Prophet ﷺ asked, "What is your name?"He replied, "Mura."The Prophet ﷺ said, "Sit down."Then another man stood up, and the Prophet ﷺ asked, "What is your name?"He answered, "Jamra."The Prophet ﷺ said, "Sit down."Then Yaish stood up, and the Prophet ﷺ asked, "What is your name?"He said, "Yaish."The Prophet ﷺ said, "Milk her."
دعا رسول الله ﷺ بناقة يوما فقال: من يحلبها؟ فقال رجل: أنا قال: ما اسمك؟ قال: مرة، قال: اقعد، ثم قام آخر فقال: ما اسمك؟ قال: جمرة، قال: اقعد، ثم قام يعيش، فقال: ما اسمك؟ قال: يعيش قال: احلبها.
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Tabarani narrated it in al-Kabir (22/277) via Saeed bin Abu Maryam, who said, Ibn Lahia informed us, Harith bin Yazid told me, from Abdul-Rahman bin Jubayr bin Nufayr, from Yaish Ghifari, who said, then he mentioned it.Ibn Wahb also narrated it in his Jami, as found in Tuhfat Mawdud p. 92, and via his route Ibn Abdul-Barr narrated it in Tamhid (72/24). Ibn Qani narrated it in Mujam Sahabah (2393) via Qutayba bin Saeed. Both of them, Ibn Wahb and Qutayba, narrated it from Ibn Lahia with this chain.Its isnad is hasan because of Ibn Lahia, about whom there is well-known discussion, but Ibn Wahb and Qutayba bin Saeed are among his early students, so their narration from him is hasan as long as it does not conflict with other reports.Haythami said in al-Majma (47/8), "Tabarani narrated it, and its isnad is hasan."Malik narrated it in al-Istidhan (24) from Yahya bin Saeed, that is, Ansari, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said regarding a milch camel being milked, "Who will milk this one?" The hadith continues in the same way, except that he said "Harb" instead of "Jamrah." Its isnad is broken, with a gap of missing narrators, but Ibn Abdul-Barr connected it in Tamhid via the route of Ibn Wahb from Ibn Lahia with the same chain mentioned earlier.Ibn Abdul-Barr said, "This, in my view, and Allah knows best, has nothing to do with bad omens, for it would be impossible for him to forbid something and then do it himself. Rather, it belongs to the category of seeking a good omen."