Musnad Ahmad 15664
✧ My father is Hashim bin Uthbah.
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ قَالَ
دَخَلَ مُعَاوِيَةُ عَلَى خَالِهِ أَبِي هَاشِمِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ يَعُودُهُ قَالَ: فَبَكَى قَالَ: فَقَالَ لَهُ مُعَاوِيَةُ: مَا يُبْكِيكَ يَا خَالُ ؟ أَوَجَعًا يُشْئِزُكَ ؟ أَمْ حِرْصًا عَلَى الدُّنْيَا ؟ قَالَ: فَقَالَ: فَكُلًّا لَا، وَلَكِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَهِدَ إِلَيْنَا فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا هَاشِمٍ [إِنَّهَا عَلَّهَا] تُدْرِكَ أَمْوَالًا يُؤْتَاهَا أَقْوَامٌ، وَإِنَّمَا يَكْفِيكَ مِنْ جَمْعِ الْمَالِ خَادِمٌ وَمَرْكَبٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى، وَإِنِّي أُرَانِي قَدْ جَمَعْتُ
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Chain of narrators
- Abū Muʿāwiyah
- al-Aʿmash
- Shaqīq
✧ Muawiyah visited his uncle, Abu Hashim bin Utbah, to check on him, and he found him crying. Muawiyah asked him, "What makes you cry, uncle? Is it because of pain that distresses you or is it a desire for the worldly life?" Abu Hashim replied, "Neither. But the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings be upon Him) advised us and said, 'O Abu Hashim, maybe you will witness a time when wealth is given to people, but what suffices you from accumulating wealth is a servant and a mount in the way of Allah, the Blessed and Exalted.' And I see that I have gathered..."
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Same hadith, other wordings
- Musnad Ahmad 15665دَخَلَ مُعَاوِيَةُ عَلَى أَبِي هَاشِمِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ، وَهُوَ مَرِيضٌ يَبْكِي فَذَكَرَ مَعْنَاهُ