Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Book 14, Hadith 301
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي أُوَيْسٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلاَلٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ الأَسْلَمِيِّ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ مُعَاذَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ خُبَيْبٍ الْجُهَنِيَّ يُحَدِّثُ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَمِّهِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم خَرَجَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَعَلَيْهِ أَثَرُ غُسْلٍ، وَهُوَ طَيِّبُ النَّفْسِ، فَظَنَنَّا أَنَّهُ أَلَمَّ بِأَهْلِهِ، فَقُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، نَرَاكَ طَيِّبَ النَّفْسِ؟ قَالَ: أَجَلْ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، ثُمَّ ذُكِرَ الْغِنَى، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم: إِنَّهُ لاَ بَأْسَ بِالْغِنَى لِمَنِ اتَّقَى، وَالصِّحَّةُ لِمَنِ اتَّقَى خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْغِنَى، وَطِيبُ النَّفْسِ مِنَ النِّعَمِ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Isma‘il ibn Abi Uways narrated to us: Sulayman ibn Bilal narrated to me, from ‘Abd Allah ibn Sulayman ibn Abi Salama al-Aslami, who heard Mu‘adh ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn Khubayb al-Juhani relate, from his father, from his uncle, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to them with traces of ritual bathing upon him, cheerful in spirit. We thought he had been with his family. We said, ‘Messenger of Allah, we see that you are cheerful.’ He said, ‘Yes, and praise belongs to Allah.’ Then wealth was mentioned, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘There is no harm in wealth for one who is mindful of Allah; but health for one who is mindful of Allah is better than wealth, and a cheerful spirit is one of the blessings.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source relates that they inferred he had been with his family from the traces of ghusl and his cheerful mood; it does not state this as a fact. The final phrase names a cheerful or contented spirit among blessings.