Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2024
حَدَّثَنَا الأَنْصَارِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مَعْنٌ، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، أَنَّ نَاسًا، مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ سَأَلُوا النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَعْطَاهُمْ ثُمَّ سَأَلُوهُ فَأَعْطَاهُمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ " مَا يَكُونُ عِنْدِي مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَلَنْ أَدَّخِرَهُ عَنْكُمْ وَمَنْ يَسْتَغْنِ يُغْنِهِ اللَّهُ وَمَنْ يَسْتَعْفِفْ يُعِفَّهُ اللَّهُ وَمَنْ يَتَصَبَّرْ يُصَبِّرْهُ اللَّهُ وَمَا أُعْطِيَ أَحَدٌ شَيْئًا هُوَ خَيْرٌ وَأَوْسَعُ مِنَ الصَّبْرِ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَنَسٍ . وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنْ مَالِكٍ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ " فَلَنْ أَذْخَرَهُ عَنْكُمْ " . وَالْمَعْنَى فِيهِ وَاحِدٌ يَقُولُ لَنْ أَحْبِسَهُ عَنْكُمْ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Al-Ansari narrated to us: Ma‘n narrated to us: Malik ibn Anas narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from ‘Ata’ ibn Yazid, from Abu Sa‘id, that some people from the Ansar asked the Prophet ﷺ for something, and he gave it to them. They asked him again, and he gave it to them. Then he said: “Whatever good I have, I will never withhold from you. Whoever seeks self-sufficiency, Allah will make him self-sufficient; whoever seeks chastity, Allah will grant him chastity; and whoever strives to be patient, Allah will make him patient. No one has been given anything better and more expansive than patience.” Abu ‘Isa said: A report on this topic is also related from Anas. This hadith is hasan sahih. It has also been narrated from Malik with the wording, “I will never withhold it from you.” The meaning is the same: “I will not hold it back from you.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Rendered the three verbal forms as seeking self-sufficiency, seeking chastity, and striving for patience; the source explains the alternate verb for withholding as having the same meaning.
مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ سَأَلُوا النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَعْطَاهُمْ ثُمَّ سَأَلُوهُ فَأَعْطَاهُمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ " مَا يَكُونُ عِنْدِي مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَلَنْ أَدَّخِرَهُ عَنْكُمْ وَمَنْ يَسْتَغْنِ يُغْنِهِ اللَّهُ وَمَنْ يَسْتَعْفِفْ يُعِفَّهُ اللَّهُ وَمَنْ يَتَصَبَّرْ يُصَبِّرْهُ اللَّهُ وَمَا أُعْطِيَ أَحَدٌ شَيْئًا هُوَ خَيْرٌ وَأَوْسَعُ مِنَ الصَّبْرِ " .
The three conditional expressions use verbs of seeking or cultivating sufficiency, chastity, and patience, followed by Allah granting or producing those qualities.
Does this parallel English phrasing preserve the source’s repeated effort-and-grant structure?
وَالْمَعْنَى فِيهِ وَاحِدٌ يَقُولُ لَنْ أَحْبِسَهُ عَنْكُمْ .
Abu ‘Isa says the alternate verb for withholding has the same meaning as the main wording.
Is the alternate wording retained as equivalent in meaning rather than treated as a contradiction?