Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 918
حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ يَعْنِي أَبَا قُدَامَةَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الزَّهْرَانِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عِكْرِمَةُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَجُلٌ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّا كُنَّا فِي دَارٍ كَثُرَ فِيهَا عَدَدُنَا، وَكَثُرَ فِيهَا أَمْوَالُنَا، فَتَحَوَّلْنَا إِلَى دَارٍ أُخْرَى، فَقَلَّ فِيهَا عَدَدُنَا، وَقَلَّتْ فِيهَا أَمْوَالُنَا؟ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم: رُدَّهَا، أَوْ دَعُوهَا، وَهِيَ ذَمِيمَةٌ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
‘Ubaydullah ibn Sa‘id—Abu Qudama—related to us, saying: Bishr ibn ‘Umar al-Zahrani related to us, saying: ‘Ikrima ibn ‘Ammar related to us, from Ishaq ibn ‘Abdullah, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: A man said: “Messenger of Allah, we lived in a house where our numbers grew large and our wealth increased. We moved to another house, where our numbers dwindled and our wealth decreased.” The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “Return to it, or leave it; it is blameworthy.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The pronoun in “return to it or leave it” likely refers to the dwelling associated with the decline; the Arabic does not specify the referent explicitly.