Narrated Abu Said al-Khudri: Allah's Apostle said, "There will come a time when the best property of a man will be sheep which he will graze on the tops of mountains and the places where rain falls (i.e. pastures) escaping to protect his religion from afflictions."
— Sahih Bukhari, Volume 4, Book 54: Beginning of Creation, Hadith #519
Narrated Abu Said al-Khudri: Allah's Apostle said, "There will come a time when the best property of a man will be sheep which he will graze on the tops of mountains and the places where rain falls (i.e. pastures) escaping to protect his religion from afflictions."
This hadith is from the book of Beginning of Creation in Sahih Bukhari, compiled by Imam al-Bukhari. It is hadith number 519 in book 54 of volume 4.
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