Zuhd

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Hisham ibn ‘Ammar narrated to us; ‘Amr ibn Waqid al-Qurashi narrated to us; Yunus ibn Maysarah ibn Halbas narrated to us, from Abu Idris al-Khawlani, from Abu Dharr al-Ghifari, who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Renunciation of this world does not mean forbidding what is lawful or wasting wealth. Rather, renunciation of this world means that you do not trust what is in your hands more than what is in Allah’s hand, and that when a calamity befalls you, you long for its reward more than you would wish the calamity had been averted and things left as they were.” Hisham said: Abu Idris al-Khawlani used to say, “Among reports, this one is like pure gold among gold.”

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Hisham ibn ‘Ammar narrated to us; al-Hakam ibn Hisham narrated to us; Yahya ibn Sa‘id narrated to us, from Abu Farwah, from Abu Khallad—who had been a Companion—who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “If you see a man who has been granted renunciation of this world and few words, draw near to him, for he is being given wisdom.”

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Abu ‘Ubaydah ibn Abi al-Safar narrated to us; Shihab ibn ‘Abbad narrated to us; Khalid ibn ‘Amr al-Qurashi narrated to us, from Sufyan al-Thawri, from Abu Hazim, from Sahl ibn Sa‘d al-Sa‘idi, who said: A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, “Messenger of Allah, show me a deed which, if I do it, will make Allah love me and people love me.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Renounce this world and Allah will love you; renounce what is in people’s hands and they will love you.”

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Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah narrated to us; Jarir informed us, from Mansur, from Abu Wa’il, from Samurah ibn Sahm—a man from his people—who said: I stayed with Abu Hashim ibn ‘Utbah while he was wounded by a spear. Mu‘awiyah came to visit him, and Abu Hashim wept. Mu‘awiyah said: “Why are you weeping, maternal uncle? Is some pain distressing you, or is it over this world, whose best part has already passed?” He replied: “Neither. But the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) gave me advice, and I wish I had followed it.” He said: “Perhaps you will live to see wealth distributed among people, but a servant and a mount for Allah’s cause are all you will need from it.” I lived to see that, but I accumulated wealth.

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Al-Hasan ibn Abi al-Rabi‘ narrated to us; ‘Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us; Ja‘far ibn Sulayman narrated to us, from Thabit, from Anas, who said: Salman fell ill, and Sa‘d visited him and found him weeping. Sa‘d said: “Why are you weeping, my brother? Were you not a Companion of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)? Were you not? Were you not?” Salman replied: “I am not weeping out of longing for this world or dislike of the Hereafter, for neither is the reason. Rather, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) gave me advice, and I think I have exceeded it.” He asked: “What advice did he give you?” Salman said: “He advised me that a provision like that of a traveler should suffice each of you, and I think I have exceeded that. As for you, Sa‘d, fear Allah when you judge, when you distribute, and when you resolve to do something.” Thabit said: I was told that Salman left only a little over twenty dirhams from the provisions he had with him.

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Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us; Muhammad ibn Ja‘far narrated to us; Shu‘bah narrated to us, from ‘Umar ibn Sulayman, who said: I heard ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Aban ibn ‘Uthman ibn ‘Affan narrate from his father, who said: Zayd ibn Thabit left Marwan’s presence at midday. I thought, “He must have summoned him at this hour to ask him something.” So I asked Zayd, and he said: “Marwan asked us about things we had heard from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘Whoever makes this world his chief concern, Allah will scatter his affairs, place poverty before his eyes, and he will receive of this world only what has been decreed for him. But whoever makes the Hereafter his intention, Allah will bring his affairs together, place contentment in his heart, and this world will come to him despite itself.’”

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‘Ali ibn Muhammad and al-Husayn ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman narrated to us; they said: ‘Abdullah ibn Numayr narrated to us, from Mu‘awiyah al-Nasri, from Nahshal, from al-Dahhak, from al-Aswad ibn Yazid, who said: ‘Abdullah said: I heard your Prophet (ﷺ) say: “Whoever makes all his concerns one concern—the concern of the Hereafter—Allah will suffice him against the concerns of this world. But whoever is pulled in many directions by worldly concerns, Allah will not care in which of its valleys he perishes.”

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Nasr ibn ‘Ali al-Jahdami narrated to us; ‘Abdullah ibn Dawud narrated to us, from ‘Imran ibn Za’idah, from his father, from Abu Khalid al-Walibi, from Abu Hurayrah—who said, and I can only think he attributed it to the Prophet (ﷺ)—that Allah, Glorified is He, says: “Son of Adam, devote yourself to worshipping Me; I will fill your heart with richness and relieve your poverty. If you do not, I will fill your heart with preoccupation and will not relieve your poverty.”

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Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullah ibn Numayr narrated to us; my father and Muhammad ibn Bishr narrated to us; they said: Isma‘il ibn Abi Khalid narrated to us, from Qays ibn Abi Hazim, who said: I heard al-Mustawrid, a brother of Banu Fihr, say: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: “The likeness of this world in comparison with the Hereafter is like what one of you gets by dipping a finger into the sea. Let him see what he brings back.”

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Yahya ibn Hakim narrated to us; Abu Dawud narrated to us; al-Mas‘udi narrated to us; ‘Amr ibn Murrah informed me, from Ibrahim, from ‘Alqamah, from ‘Abdullah, who said: The Prophet (ﷺ) lay down on a reed mat, which left marks on his skin. I said: “May my father and mother be your ransom, Messenger of Allah! If you had allowed us, we would have spread something over it to protect you from it.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “What have I to do with this world? My relation to this world is like that of a rider who takes shade beneath a tree, then moves on and leaves it behind.”

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Hisham ibn ‘Ammar, Ibrahim ibn al-Mundhir al-Hizami, and Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah narrated to us; they said: Abu Yahya Zakariyya ibn Manzur narrated to us; Abu Hazim narrated to us, from Sahl ibn Sa‘d, who said: We were with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) at Dhu al-Hulayfah when we saw a dead sheep with its leg raised. He said: “Do you think this is insignificant to its owner? By the One in whose hand is my soul, this world is more insignificant to Allah than this is to its owner. If this world weighed even as much as a mosquito’s wing in Allah’s sight, He would never give a disbeliever a single drop of it to drink.”

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Yahya ibn Habib ibn ‘Arabi narrated to us; Hammad ibn Zayd narrated to us, from Mujalid ibn Sa‘id al-Hamdani, from Qays ibn Abi Hazim al-Hamdani, who said: al-Mustawrid ibn Shaddad narrated to us: I was riding with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when he came upon an abandoned young lamb. He said: “Do you think its owners considered it worthless?” They replied: “Messenger of Allah, they threw it away because it was worthless”—or words to that effect. He said: “By the One in whose hand is my soul, this world is more worthless to Allah than this is to its owners.”

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‘Ali ibn Maymun al-Raqqi narrated to us; Abu Khulayd ‘Utbah ibn Hammad al-Dimashqi narrated to us, from Ibn Thawban, from ‘Ata’ ibn Qurrah, from ‘Abdullah ibn Damrah al-Saluli, who said: Abu Hurayrah narrated to us: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: “This world is accursed, and accursed is all that is in it, except the remembrance of Allah and what is connected to it, or a scholar or a student.”

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Abu Marwan Muhammad ibn ‘Uthman al-‘Uthmani narrated to us; ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn Abi Hazim narrated to us, from al-‘Ala’ ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman, from his father, from Abu Hurayrah, who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “This world is a prison for the believer and a paradise for the disbeliever.”

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Yahya ibn Habib ibn ‘Arabi narrated to us; Hammad ibn Zayd narrated to us, from Layth, from Mujahid, from Ibn ‘Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) took hold of part of my body and said: “‘Abdullah, be in this world as though you were a stranger or a passerby, and consider yourself among the people of the graves.”

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Hisham ibn ‘Ammar narrated to us; Suwayd ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz narrated to us, from Zayd ibn Waqid, from Busr ibn ‘Ubaydullah, from Abu Idris al-Khawlani, from Mu‘adh ibn Jabal, who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Shall I tell you about the kings of Paradise?” I said: “Yes.” He said: “A weak, downtrodden man in two worn garments, one who is given no heed; if he swears an oath by Allah, Allah will fulfill it.”

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Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us; ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated to us; Sufyan narrated to us, from Ma‘bad ibn Khalid, who said: I heard Harithah ibn Wahb say: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Shall I tell you who the people of Paradise are? Everyone who is weak and humble. Shall I tell you who the people of the Fire are? Everyone who is harsh, arrogant, and conceited.”

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Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us; ‘Amr ibn Abi Salamah narrated to us, from Sadaqah ibn ‘Abdullah, from Ibrahim ibn Murrah, from Ayyub ibn Sulayman, from Abu Umamah, from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), who said: “The believer I most envy is one with little baggage, who has a share of prayer and is obscure among people, so that little attention is paid to him. His provision is sufficient, and he bears it patiently. His death comes soon, his estate is small, and few mourn him.”

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Kathir ibn ‘Ubayd al-Himsi narrated to us; Ayyub ibn Suwayd narrated to us, from Usamah ibn Zayd, from ‘Abdullah ibn Abi Umamah al-Harithi, from his father, who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Untidiness is part of faith.” He explained: Untidiness here means a rough, austere appearance—that is, self-denial.

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Suwayd ibn Sa‘id narrated to us; Yahya ibn Sulaym narrated to us, from Ibn Khuthaym, from Shahr ibn Hawshab, from Asma’ bint Yazid, who heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: “Shall I tell you who are the best among you?” They said: “Yes, Messenger of Allah.” He said: “The best of you are those who, when seen, bring Allah—Mighty and Majestic—to mind.”