Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 2595

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Sunan an-Nasa'i 2595
Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي الرِّجَالِ، عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ غَزِيَّةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ سَرَّحَتْنِي أُمِّي إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَتَيْتُهُ وَقَعَدْتُ فَاسْتَقْبَلَنِي وَقَالَ ‏ "‏ مَنِ اسْتَغْنَى أَغْنَاهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَمَنِ اسْتَعَفَّ أَعَفَّهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَمَنِ اسْتَكْفَى كَفَاهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَمَنْ سَأَلَ وَلَهُ قِيمَةُ أُوقِيَّةٍ فَقَدْ أَلْحَفَ ‏" ‏ ‏.‏ فَقُلْتُ نَاقَتِي الْيَاقُوتَةُ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أُوقِيَّةٍ فَرَجَعْتُ وَلَمْ أَسْأَلْهُ ‏.‏

Translation

Qutaybah reported: Ibn Abi al-Rijal narrated to us, from Umarah ibn Ghaziyyah, from Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Saeed al-Khudri, from his father, who said: My mother sent me to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I came and sat down. He turned toward me and said: Whoever seeks self-sufficiency, Allah, Mighty and Majestic, will make him self-sufficient. Whoever exercises restraint, Allah will preserve his dignity. Whoever seeks enough, Allah, Mighty and Majestic, will suffice him. Whoever asks while possessing the value of an uqiyyah has begged insistently. I said: My she-camel, al-Yaqutah, is worth more than an uqiyyah. So I returned and did not ask him.

Translation notes

  • The financial unit uqiyyah is retained without conversion, and the camel name al-Yaqutah is transliterated.