Musnad Ahmad

Musnad Ahmad 370

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ، أَنْبَأَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ هُبَيْرَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي تَمِيمٍ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ لَوْ أَنَّكُمْ تَوَكَّلْتُمْ عَلَى اللَّهِ حَقَّ تَوَكُّلِهِ لَرَزَقَكُمْ كَمَا يَرْزُقُ الطَّيْرَ تَغْدُو خِمَاصًا وَتَرُوحُ بِطَانًا‏.‏

Translation

Hajjaj narrated to us; Ibn Lahi‘ah informed us, from ‘Abd Allah ibn Hubayrah, from Abu Tamim, who heard ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, say: I heard the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, say: ‘If you were to rely upon Allah with true reliance, He would provide for you as He provides for the birds: they go out in the morning hungry and return in the evening full.’