Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 4166

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، أَنْبَأَنَا أَبُو شُعَيْبٍ، صَالِحُ بْنُ رُزَيْقٍ الْعَطَّارُ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْجُمَحِيُّ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُلَىِّ بْنِ رَبَاحٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏ "‏ إِنَّ مِنْ قَلْبِ ابْنِ آدَمَ بِكُلِّ وَادٍ شُعْبَةً فَمَنِ اتَّبَعَ قَلْبُهُ الشُّعَبَ كُلَّهَا لَمْ يُبَالِ اللَّهُ بِأَىِّ وَادٍ أَهْلَكَهُ وَمَنْ تَوَكَّلَ عَلَى اللَّهِ كَفَاهُ التَّشَعُّبَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Ishaq ibn Mansur informed us; Abu Shu‘ayb Salih ibn Ruzaq al-‘Attar narrated to us; Sa‘id ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Jumahi narrated to us, from Musa ibn ‘Ulay ibn Rabah, from his father, from ‘Amr ibn al-‘As, who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “The heart of the son of Adam has branches stretching into every valley. Whoever lets his heart follow all of them, Allah will not care in which valley He lets him perish. But whoever relies upon Allah, He will spare him from being pulled in many directions.”