أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ يَوْمًا يُحَدِّثُ وَعِنْدَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَادِيَةِ أَنَّ رَجُلاً مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ اسْتَأْذَنَ رَبَّهُ فِي الزَّرْعِ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَلَسْتَ فِيمَا شِئْتَ قَالَ بَلَى وَلَكِنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَزْرَعَ. قَالَ فَبَذَرَ فَبَادَرَ الطَّرْفَ نَبَاتُهُ وَاسْتِوَاؤُهُ وَاسْتِحْصَادُهُ، فَكَانَ أَمْثَالَ الْجِبَالِ فَيَقُولُ اللَّهُ دُونَكَ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يُشْبِعُكَ شَىْءٌ . فَقَالَ الأَعْرَابِيُّ وَاللَّهِ لاَ تَجِدُهُ إِلاَّ قُرَشِيًّا أَوْ أَنْصَارِيًّا، فَإِنَّهُمْ أَصْحَابُ زَرْعٍ، وَأَمَّا نَحْنُ فَلَسْنَا بِأَصْحَابِ زَرْعٍ. فَضَحِكَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم.
Once the Prophet (ﷺ) was narrating (a story), while a bedouin was sitting with him. "One of theinhabitants of Paradise will ask Allah to allow him to cultivate the land. Allah will ask him, 'Are younot living in the pleasures you like?' He will say, 'Yes, but I like to cultivate the land.' " The Prophet (ﷺ)added, "When the man (will be permitted he) will sow the seeds and the plants will grow up and getripe, ready for reaping and so on till it will be as huge as mountains within a wink. Allah will then sayto him, 'O son of Adam! Take here you are, gather (the yield); nothing satisfies you.' " On that, thebedouin said, "The man must be either from Quraish (i.e. an emigrant) or an Ansari, for they arefarmers, whereas we are not farmers." The Prophet (ﷺ) smiled (at this).