Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 2141
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ خُبَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَمِّهِ، قَالَ كُنَّا فِي مَجْلِسٍ فَجَاءَ النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ وَعَلَى رَأْسِهِ أَثَرُ مَاءٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ بَعْضُنَا نَرَاكَ الْيَوْمَ طَيِّبَ النَّفْسِ . فَقَالَ " أَجَلْ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ " . ثُمَّ أَفَاضَ الْقَوْمُ فِي ذِكْرِ الْغِنَى فَقَالَ " 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.
Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; Khalid ibn Makhlad narrated to us; ʿAbdullah ibn Sulayman narrated to us, from Muʿadh ibn ʿAbdullah ibn Khubayb, from his father, from his paternal uncle, who said: We were sitting in a gathering when the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) came, with traces of water on his head. One of us said to him, ‘We see you in good spirits today.’ He said, ‘Yes, praise be to Allah.’ Then the people spoke at length about wealth, and he said, ‘There is no harm in wealth for one who is mindful of Allah. Good health for one who is mindful of Allah is better than wealth, and a cheerful disposition is among the blessings.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
قَالَ كُنَّا فِي مَجْلِسٍ فَجَاءَ النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ وَعَلَى رَأْسِهِ أَثَرُ مَاءٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ بَعْضُنَا نَرَاكَ الْيَوْمَ طَيِّبَ النَّفْسِ .
طيب النفس means being in good spirits/cheerful; the report notes traces of water on the Prophet’s head but does not say why.
Does ‘in good spirits’ convey طيب النفس naturally without inferring the cause of the water?
ثُمَّ أَفَاضَ الْقَوْمُ فِي ذِكْرِ الْغِنَى فَقَالَ " لاَ بَأْسَ بِالْغِنَى لِمَنِ اتَّقَى وَالصِّحَّةُ لِمَنِ اتَّقَى خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْغِنَى وَطِيبُ النَّفْسِ مِنَ النِّعَمِ " .
لا بأس بالغنى لمن اتقى means there is no blame/harm in wealth for the God-conscious; الصحة لمن اتقى خير من الغنى means health for such a person is better than wealth.
Does ‘There is no harm in wealth … Good health … is better’ preserve both comparisons clearly?