Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 2142
حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ، عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ غَزِيَّةَ، عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الأَنْصَارِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي حُمَيْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " أَجْمِلُوا فِي طَلَبِ الدُّنْيَا فَإِنَّ كُلاًّ مُيَسَّرٌ لِمَا خُلِقَ لَهُ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Hisham ibn ʿAmmar narrated to us; Ismaʿil ibn ʿAyyash narrated to us, from ʿUmarah ibn Ghaziyyah, from Rabiʿah ibn Abi ʿAbd al-Rahman, from ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Saʿid al-Ansari, from Abu Humayd al-Saʿidi, who said: The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said: ‘Seek worldly provision with moderation, for each person is made to find easy what he was created for.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " أَجْمِلُوا فِي طَلَبِ الدُّنْيَا فَإِنَّ كُلاًّ مُيَسَّرٌ لِمَا خُلِقَ لَهُ " .
أجملوا في طلب الدنيا means to seek worldly provision in a good/moderate manner; فإن كلاً ميسر لما خلق له states that each person is facilitated toward what they were created for.
Does ‘Seek worldly provision with moderation’ convey أجملوا naturally while retaining the second clause about each person’s created course?