Zuhd

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Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah narrated to us; ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn Abi Hazim narrated to us; my father narrated to me, from Sahl ibn Sa‘d al-Sa‘idi, who said: A man passed by the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and the Prophet (ﷺ) asked: “What do you say about this man?” They replied: “We defer to your judgment about him. He is one of the most eminent people; if he proposes marriage, he deserves to be married to; if he intercedes, his intercession deserves acceptance; and if he speaks, he deserves to be listened to.” The Prophet (ﷺ) remained silent. Then another man passed by, and he asked: “What do you say about this one?” They replied: “By Allah, Messenger of Allah, he is one of the poor Muslims. If he proposes marriage, he will not be married to; if he intercedes, his intercession will not be accepted; and if he speaks, he will not be listened to.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “This man is better than an earthful of people like the other one.”

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‘Ubaydullah ibn Yusuf al-Jubayri narrated to us; Hammad ibn ‘Isa narrated to us; Musa ibn ‘Ubaydah narrated to us; al-Qasim ibn Mihran informed me, from ‘Imran ibn Husayn, who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Allah loves His believing servant who is poor, self-restrained from begging, and responsible for a family.”

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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; Muhammad ibn Bishr narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn ‘Amr, from Abu Salamah, from Abu Hurayrah, who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “The poor among the believers will enter Paradise half a day—five hundred years—before the rich.”

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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; Bakr ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman narrated to us; ‘Isa ibn al-Mukhtar narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Abi Layla, from ‘Atiyyah al-‘Awfi, from Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri, from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), who said: “The poor among the Muhajirun will enter Paradise before their rich counterparts by five hundred years.”

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Ishaq ibn Mansur informed us; Abu Ghassan Buhlul narrated to us; Musa ibn ‘Ubaydah narrated to us, from ‘Abdullah ibn Dinar, from ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar, who said: The poor among the Muhajirun complained to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about the advantage Allah had given the rich over them. He said: “Poor people, shall I not give you glad tidings? The poor among the believers will enter Paradise half a day—five hundred years—before the rich.” Then Musa recited this verse: “A day with your Lord is like a thousand years of what you count.”

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‘Abdullah ibn Sa‘id al-Kindi narrated to us; Isma‘il ibn Ibrahim al-Taymi, Abu Yahya, narrated to us; Ibrahim Abu Ishaq al-Makhzumi narrated to us, from al-Maqburi, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: Ja‘far ibn Abi Talib loved the poor. He would sit with them and talk with them, and they would talk with him. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to call him Abu al-Masakin, “Father of the Poor.”

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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah and ‘Abdullah ibn Sa‘id narrated to us; they said: Abu Khalid al-Ahmar narrated to us, from Yazid ibn Sinan, from Abu al-Mubarak, from ‘Ata’, from Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri, who said: Love the poor, for I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say in his supplication: “O Allah, let me live poor, let me die poor, and resurrect me among the company of the poor.”

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Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Sa‘id al-Qattan narrated to us; ‘Amr ibn Muhammad al-‘Anqazi narrated to us; Asbat ibn Nasr narrated to us, from al-Suddi, from Abu Sa‘d al-Azdi, the reciter of al-Azd, from Abu al-Kanud, from Khabbab, concerning Allah Most High’s words, ‘Do not drive away those who call upon their Lord morning and evening,’ through His words, ‘lest you become one of the wrongdoers.’ Khabbab said: al-Aqra‘ ibn Habis al-Tamimi and ‘Uyaynah ibn Hisn al-Fazari came and found the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sitting with Suhayb, Bilal, ‘Ammar, and Khabbab, among some socially vulnerable believers. When they saw them around the Prophet (ﷺ), they looked down on them. They went to him privately and said: “We want you to set aside a place for us with you, so the Arabs will recognize our distinction. Delegations of Arabs come to you, and we are embarrassed for the Arabs to see us with these slaves. When we come to you, have them move away from you; when we have finished, you may sit with them if you wish.” He said: “Yes.” They said: “Then write a document binding you to that.” He called for a sheet and summoned ‘Ali to write, while we sat to one side. Then Gabriel, peace be upon him, descended and said: ‘Do not drive away those who call upon their Lord morning and evening, seeking His countenance. You are not accountable for them, nor are they accountable for you, that you should drive them away and become one of the wrongdoers.’ Then he mentioned al-Aqra‘ ibn Habis and ‘Uyaynah ibn Hisn and said: ‘Thus We have tested some of them by means of others, so that they may say, “Are these the ones whom Allah has favored among us?” Does Allah not know best those who are grateful?’ Then He said: ‘When those who believe in Our signs come to you, say, “Peace be upon you. Your Lord has prescribed mercy for Himself.”’ We drew so close to him that our knees touched his knees. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would sit with us; when he wished to rise, he would stand and leave us. Then Allah revealed: ‘Restrain yourself with those who call upon their Lord morning and evening, seeking His countenance, and do not let your eyes turn away from them,’—and do not sit with the nobles—‘desiring the adornment of the life of this world. Do not obey one whose heart We have made heedless of Our remembrance’—meaning ‘Uyaynah and al-Aqra‘—‘who follows his own desire and whose affair is ruined.’ Khabbab explained “ruined” as “destruction”; he said this referred to the affair of ‘Uyaynah and al-Aqra‘. Then He set out for them the parable of two men and the parable of the life of this world. Khabbab said: We used to sit with the Prophet (ﷺ); when it was time for him to rise, we would get up and leave him, so that he could then rise.

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Yahya ibn Hakim narrated to us; Abu Dawud narrated to us; Qays ibn al-Rabi‘ narrated to us, from al-Miqdam ibn Shurayh, from his father, from Sa‘d, who said: This verse was revealed concerning six of us: me, Ibn Mas‘ud, Suhayb, ‘Ammar, al-Miqdad, and Bilal. Quraysh said to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): “We do not want to be followers of them, so send them away from you.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was affected by this as much as Allah willed, then Allah, Mighty and Majestic, revealed: “Do not drive away those who call upon their Lord morning and evening, seeking His countenance.”

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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah and Abu Kurayb narrated to us; they said: Bakr ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman narrated to us; ‘Isa ibn al-Mukhtar narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Abi Layla, from ‘Atiyyah al-‘Awfi, from Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri, from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), who said: “Woe to those who amass wealth, except one who gives from his wealth in this way and that, this way and that”—four directions: to his right and left, before him and behind him.

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Al-‘Abbas ibn ‘Abd al-‘Azim al-‘Anbari narrated to us; al-Nadr ibn Muhammad narrated to us; ‘Ikrimah ibn ‘Ammar narrated to us; Abu Zumayl—namely Simak—narrated to me, from Malik ibn Mirthad al-Hanafi, from his father, from Abu Dharr, who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Those who amass the most will be the lowest on the Day of Resurrection, except one who gives from his wealth in such-and-such ways and earns it from what is good.”

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Yahya ibn Hakim narrated to us; Yahya ibn Sa‘id al-Qattan narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn ‘Ajlan, from his father, from Abu Hurayrah, who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Those who amass the most will be the lowest, except one who gives in such-and-such ways”—three times.

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Ya‘qub ibn Humayd ibn Kasib narrated to us; ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn Muhammad narrated to us, from Abu Suhayl ibn Malik, from his father, from Abu Hurayrah, that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “I would not like to have gold equal to Mount Uhud if a third night were to come and any of it remained with me, except what I set aside to repay a debt.”

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Hisham ibn ‘Ammar narrated to us; Sadaqah ibn Khalid narrated to us; Yazid ibn Abi Maryam narrated to us, from Abu ‘Ubaydullah Muslim ibn Mishkam, from ‘Amr ibn Ghaylan al-Thaqafi, who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “O Allah, whoever believes in me, affirms me, and knows that what I have brought is the truth from You, reduce his wealth and children, make meeting You beloved to him, and hasten his appointed end. Whoever does not believe in me, affirm me, and know that what I have brought is the truth from You, increase his wealth and children and prolong his life.”

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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; ‘Affan narrated to us; Ghassan ibn Barzin narrated to us. Another chain: ‘Abdullah ibn Mu‘awiyah al-Jumahi narrated to us; Ghassan ibn Barzin narrated to us; Sayyar ibn Salamah narrated to us, from al-Bara’ al-Sulaiti, from Nuqadah al-Asadi, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent me to a man to ask him for a she-camel, but he refused. Then he sent me to another man, who sent him a she-camel. When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saw it, he said: “O Allah, bless it and the one who sent it.” I said: “And the one who brought it?” He said: “And the one who brought it.” He then ordered that it be milked, and it yielded plentiful milk. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “O Allah, increase so-and-so’s wealth”—meaning the first man, who had refused—“and provide so-and-so with a day’s provision each day”—meaning the man who sent the she-camel.

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Al-Hasan ibn Hammad narrated to us; Abu Bakr ibn ‘Ayyash narrated to us, from Abu Hasin, from Abu Salih, from Abu Hurayrah, who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Wretched is the slave of the dinar, the slave of the dirham, the slave of the velvet cloak, and the slave of the striped cloak. If he is given, he is satisfied, but if he is not given, he is not content.”

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Ya‘qub ibn Humayd narrated to us; Ishaq ibn Sa‘id narrated to us, from Safwan ibn Sulaym, from ‘Abdullah ibn Dinar, from Abu Salih, from Abu Hurayrah, who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Wretched is the slave of the dinar, the slave of the dirham, and the slave of the striped cloak. May he be wretched and fall on his face; if he is pricked by a thorn, may it never be removed from him.”

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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; Sufyan ibn ‘Uyaynah narrated to us, from Abu al-Zinad, from al-A‘raj, from Abu Hurayrah, who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Wealth is not having abundant possessions; true wealth is contentment of the soul.”

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Muhammad ibn Rumh narrated to us; ‘Abdullah ibn Lahi‘ah narrated to us, from ‘Ubaydullah ibn Abi Ja‘far and Humayd ibn Hani’ al-Khawlani, who both heard Abu ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Hubuli report from ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amr ibn al-‘As, from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), who said: “Successful is the one who is guided to Islam, granted sufficient provision, and content with it.”

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Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullah ibn Numayr and ‘Ali ibn Muhammad narrated to us; they said: Waki‘ narrated to us; al-A‘mash narrated to us, from ‘Umarah ibn al-Qa‘qa‘, from Abu Zur‘ah, from Abu Hurayrah, who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “O Allah, make the provision of the family of Muhammad no more than enough to sustain them.”