Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 4102

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ أَبِي السَّفَرِ، حَدَّثَنَا شِهَابُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الْقُرَشِيُّ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ، قَالَ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ دُلَّنِي عَلَى عَمَلٍ إِذَا أَنَا عَمِلْتُهُ أَحَبَّنِيَ اللَّهُ وَأَحَبَّنِيَ النَّاسُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏ "‏ ازْهَدْ فِي الدُّنْيَا يُحِبَّكَ اللَّهُ وَازْهَدْ فِيمَا فِي أَيْدِي النَّاسِ يُحِبُّوكَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

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.”