57. Heart Softners
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11755No grade recorded
صَلَّى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ حَتَّى تَوَرَّمَتْ قَدَمَاهُ فَقِيلَ لَهُ أَلَيْسَ قَدْ غُفِرَ لَكَ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِكَ وَمَا تَأَخَّرَ؟ قَالَ «أَفَلَا أَكُونَ عَبْدًا شَكُورًا»
The Prophet ﷺ used to offer night prayers till his feet became swollen. Somebody said, to him," "Allah has forgiven you, your faults of the past and those to follow." On that, he said, "Shouldn't I be a thankful slave of Allah)?" (Using translation from Bukhārī 4836)
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11756No grade recorded
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «قُمْتُ عَلَى بَابِ الْجَنَّةِ فَإِذَا عَامَّةُ مَن ْيَدْخُلُهَا الْفُقَرَاءُ إِلَّا أَنَّ أَصْحَابَ الْجَدِّ مَحْبُوسُونَ إِلَّا أَهْلَ النَّارِ فَقَدْ أُمِرَ بِهِمْ إِلَى النَّارِ وَوَقَفْتُ عَلَى بَابِ النَّارِ فَإِذَا عَامَّةُ مَنْ دَخَلَهَا النِّسَاءُ»
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ he said: "I stood at the gate of Paradise, and the majority of those who enter it are the poor, except that the people of wealth are detained, except the people of the Fire, for they have been ordered to the Fire. And I stood at the gate of the Fire, and the majority of those who enter it are women."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11757No grade recorded
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «نَظَرْتُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ فَرَأَيْتُ أَكْثَرَ أَهْلِهَا الْفُقَرَاءُ وَنَظَرْتُ فِي النَّارِ فَرَأَيْتُ أَكْثَرَ أَهْلِهَا النِّسَاءُ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "I looked into Paradise and saw that most of its inhabitants are the poor, and I looked into the Fire and saw that most of its inhabitants are women."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11758No grade recorded
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ أَحَبَّ لِقَاءَ اللهِ أَحَبَّ اللهُ لِقَاءَهُ وَمَنْ كَرِهَ لِقَاءَ اللهِ كَرِهَ اللهُ لِقَاءَهُ» قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كُلُّنَا نَكْرَهُ الْمَوْتَ قَالَ «لَيْسَ ذَاكَ كَرَاهِيَةَ الْمَوْتِ وَلَكِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ إِذَا حَضَرَ جَاءَهُ الْبَشِيرُ مِنَ اللهِ ﷻ بِمَا هُوَ صَائِرٌ إِلَيْهِ فَلَيْسَ شَيْءٌ أَحَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ أَنْ يَكُونَ قَدْ لَقِيَ اللهَ ﷻ فَأَحَبَّ اللهُ لِقَاءَهُ وَإِنَّ الْفَاجِرَ أَوِ الْكَافِرَ إِذَا حَضَرَ جَاءَهُ بِمَا هُوَ صَائِرٌ إِلَيْهِ مِنَ الشَّرِّ أَوْ مَا يَلْقَى مِنَ الشَّرِّ فَكَرِهَ لِقَاءََََ اللهِ وَكَرِهَ اللهُ لِقَاءَهُ»
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ he said: "Whoever loves to meet Allah, Allah loves to meet him, and whoever hates to meet Allah, Allah hates to meet him." We said: O Messenger of Allah, all of us hate death. He said: "It is not that, the hatred of death, but when the believer is present, the bearer of good news comes to him from Allah ﷻ with what he is going to, and there is nothing more beloved to him than that he has met Allah ﷻ, so Allah loves to meet him. And when the wicked or the disbeliever is present, he comes to him with what he is going to of evil, or what he will meet of evil, so he hates to meet Allah, and Allah hates to meet him."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11759No grade recorded
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ أَحَبَّ لِقَاءَ اللهِ أَحَبَّ اللهُ لِقَاءَهُ وَمَنْ كَرِهَ لِقَاءَ اللهِ كَرِهَ اللهُ لِقَاءَهُ» قَالَ شُرَيْحٌ فَأَتَيْتُ عَائِشَةَ فَقُلْتُ يَا أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَذْكُرُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَدِيثًا إِنْ كَانَ كَذَلِك فَقَدْ هَلَكْنَا قَالَتْ وَمَا ذَاكَ؟ قَالَ «مَنْ أَحَبَّ لِقَاءَ اللهِ أَحَبَّ اللهُ لِقَاءَهُ وَمَنْ كَرِهَ لِقَاءَ اللهِ كَرِهَ اللهُ لِقَاءَهُ» وَلَيْسَ مِنَّا أَحَدٌ إِلَّا وَهُوَ يَكْرَهُ الْمَوْتَ قَالَتْ قَدْ قَالَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَكِنْ لَيْسَ بِالَّذِي تَذْهَبُ إِلَيْهِ وَلَكِنْ إِذَا طَمَحَ الْبَصَرُ وَحَشْرَجَ الصَّدْرُ وَاقْشَعَرَّ الْجَلْدُ فَعِنْدَ ذَلِكَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ لِقَاءَ اللهِ أَحَبَّ اللهُ لِقَاءَهُ وَمَنْ كَرِهَ لِقَاءَ اللهِ كَرِهَ اللهُ لِقَاءَهُ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever loves to meet Allah, Allah loves to meet him, and whoever hates to meet Allah, Allah hates to meet him." Shurayh said: I went to 'A'ishah and said: O Mother of the Believers, I heard Abu Hurayrah mention a hadith from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, if it is so then we are destroyed. She said: And what is that? He said: "Whoever loves to meet Allah, Allah loves to meet him, and whoever hates to meet Allah, Allah hates to meet him," and there is none of us but he hates death. She said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said it, but it is not as you think. Rather, when the eyesight stares, the chest rattles, and the skin shivers, then at that point whoever loves to meet Allah, Allah loves to meet him, and whoever hates to meet Allah, Allah hates to meet him."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11760No grade recorded
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَتْبَعُ الْمَيِّتَ ثَلَاثَةٌ أَهْلُهُ وَمَالُهُ وَعَمَلُهُ فَيَرْجِعُ اثْنَانِ أَهْلُهُ وَمَالُهُ وَيَبْقَى وَاحِدٌ وَهُوَ عَمَلُهُ [377] 11761 وَعَنْ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ نَصْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ بِهِ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Three things follow the deceased: his family, his wealth, and his deeds. Two return: his family and his wealth, and one remains: his deeds." [377] 11761 And from Suwayd b. Nasr from Ibn al-Mubarak from Sufyan b. 'Uyaynah with it.
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11762No grade recorded
خَطَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ خُطُوطًا فَقَالَ «هَذَا الْأَمَلُ وَهَذَا أَجْلُهُ» فَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ كَذَلِكَ إِذ جَاءَهُ الْخَطُّ الْأَقْرَبُ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ drew some lines and said: "This is hope, and this is his term." While he was like that, the nearest line came to him.
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11763No grade recorded
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «هَذَا ابْنُ آدَمَ وَهَذَا أَجْلُهُ» وَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ عِنْدَ قَفَاهُ ثُمَّ بَسَطَهَا فَقَالَ «وَثَمَّ أَمَلُهُ وَثَمَّ أَمَلُهُ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "This is the son of Adam, and this is his term," and he placed his hand at the back of his neck, then he extended it and said: "And there is his hope, and there is his hope."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11764No grade recorded
«خَطَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ خَطًّا مُرَبَّعًا وَخَطَّ خَطًّا فِي الْوَسَطِ خَارِجًا مِنْهُ وَخَطَّ خُطُطًا صِغَارًا إِلَى هَذَا الَّذِي فِي الْوَسَطِ مِنْ جَانِبِهِ الَّذِي فِي الْوَسَطِ» وَقَالَ هَذَا الْإِنْسَانُ وَهَذَا أَجْلُهُ مُحِيطٌ بِهِ أَوْ قَدْ أَحَاطَ بِهِ وَهَذَا الَّذِي هُوَ خَارِجٌ أَمَلُهُ وَهَذِهِ الْخُطَُطُ الصِّغَارُ الْأَعْرَاضُ فَإِنْ أَخْطَأَهُ هَذَا نَهَشَهُ هَذَا وَإِنْ أَخْطَأَهُ هَذَا نَهَشَهُ هَذَا
The Prophet ﷺ drew a square and then drew a line in the middle of it and let it extend outside the square and then drew several small lines attached to that central line, and said, "This is the human being, and this, (the square) in his lease of life, encircles him from all sides (or has encircled him), and this (line), which is outside (the square), is his hope, and these small lines are the calamities and troubles (which may befall him), and if one misses him, an-other will snap (i.e. overtake) him, and if the other misses him, a third will snap (i.e. overtake) him." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6417)
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11765No grade recorded
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ يَهْرَمُ ابْنُ آدَمَ وَتَبْقَى مِنْهُ اثْنَتَانِ الْحِرْصُ وَالْأَمَلُ
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ he said: "The son of Adam grows old, and two things remain in him: greed and hope."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11766No grade recorded
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَا يَزَالُ قَلْبُ الشَّيْخِ شَابًّا فِي اثْنَتَيْنِ فِي حُبِّ الْمَالِ وَطُولِ الْأَمَلِ
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ he said: "The heart of an old man remains young in two things: in love of wealth and long hope."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11767No grade recorded
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ مَا أَعْلَمُ لَضَحِكْتُمْ قَلِيلًا وَلَبَكَيْتُمْ كَثِيرًا»
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ he said: "If you knew what I know, you would laugh little and weep much."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11768No grade recorded
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «يَا أُمَّةََ مُحَمَّدٍ وَاللهِ لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ مَا أَعْلَمُ لَضَحِكْتُمْ قَلِيلًا وَلَبَكَيْتُمْ كَثِيرًا»
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ he said: "O community of Muhammad, by Allah, if you knew what I know, you would laugh little and weep much."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11769No grade recorded
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَتَكَلَّمُ بِالْكَلِمَةِ مِنْ سَخَطِ اللهِ مَا يَظُنُّ أَنْ تَبْلُغَ مَا تَبْلُغُ فَيَكْتُبُ اللهُ بِهَا سَخَطَهُ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ وَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَتَكَلَّمُ بِالْكَلِمَةِ مِنْ رِضْوَانِ اللهِ مَا يَظُنُّ أَنْ تَبْلُغَ مَا بَلَغَتْ فَيَكْتُبُ اللهُ بِهَا رِضَاهُ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ» 11770 وَعَنْ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ نَصْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ وَقَّاصٍ بِهِ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ مُوسَى بْنِ عُقْبَةَ لَمْ يَسْمَعْ مِنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ وَقَّاصٍ 11771 وَعَنْ قُتَيْبَةَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ وَعَنِ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ اللَّيْثِ عَنِ اللَّيْثِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَجْلَانَ كِلَاهُمَا مَالِكٌ وَابْنُ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرو بْنِ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ بِلَالِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بِهِ 11772 وَعَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَفْصِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ طَهْمَانَ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرو بْنِ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ وَقَّاصٍ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ وَقَّاصٍ عَنْ بِلَالِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ الْمُزَنِيِّ صَاحِبِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِهِ مَوْقُوفًا
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: "A man may utter a word that displeases Allah, not thinking it will reach what it reaches, and Allah will record for him His displeasure because of it until the Day of Resurrection. And a man may utter a word that pleases Allah, not thinking it will reach what it reaches, and Allah will record for him His pleasure because of it until the Day of Resurrection." 11770 And from Suwayd b. Nasr, from 'Abd Allah b. al-Mubarak, from Musa b. 'Uqbah, from 'Alqamah b. Waqqas, with that. Abu 'Abd al-Rahman said: Musa b. 'Uqbah did not hear from 'Alqamah b. Waqqas. 11771 And from Qutaybah b. Sa'id, from Malik, and from al-Rabi' b. Sulayman, from Shu'ayb b. al-Layth, from al-Layth, from Muhammad b. 'Ajlan, both Malik and Ibn 'Ajlan from Muhammad b. 'Amr b. 'Alqamah, from his father, from Bilal b. al-Harith, with that. 11772 And from Ahmad b. Hafs b. 'Abd Allah, from his father, from Ibrahim b. Tahman, from Musa b. 'Uqbah, from Muhammad b. 'Amr b. 'Alqamah b. Waqqas, from his grandfather 'Alqamah b. Waqqas, from Bilal b. al-Harith al-Muzani, the Companion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, with that, as a mawquf report.
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11773No grade recorded
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالًَ «إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ لَيَتَكَلَّمُ بِالْكَلِمَةِ يَزِلُّ بِهَا فِي النَّارِ أَبْعَدَ مِمَّا بَيْنَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ» [380] 11774 وَعَنْ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ نَصْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ بِهِ مَوْقُوفًا
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: "A slave may utter a word by which he slips into the Fire farther than the distance between the east and the west." [380] 11774 And from Suwayd b. Nasr, from 'Abd Allah b. al-Mubarak, from 'Abd Allah b. Dinar, from Abu Salih, from Abu Hurayrah, with that, as a mawquf report.
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11775No grade recorded
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيُحْرَمَ الرِّزْقَ بِالذَّنْبِ يُصِيبُهُ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: "A man is deprived of provision because of a sin he commits."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11776No grade recorded
قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قُلْ لِي فِي الْإِسْلَامِ قَوْلًا لَا أَسْأَلُ عَنْهُ أَحَدًا بَعْدَكَ قَالَ قُلْ آمَنْتُ بِاللهِ ثُمَّ اسْتَقِمْ 11777 وَعَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى عَنْ أَبِي دَاوُدَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مَاعِزٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ الثَّقَفِيِّ نَحْوَهُ [381] 11778 وَعَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ بِهِ
✧ I said: "O Messenger of Allah, tell me something in Islam that I will not ask anyone about after you." He said: "Say: 'I believe in Allah,' then be steadfast." 11777 And from Muhammad b. al-Muthanna, from Abu Dawud, from Ibrahim b. Sa'd, from Ibn Shihab, from Muhammad b. 'Abd al-Rahman b. Ma'iz, from Sufyan b. 'Abd Allah al-Thaqafi, similar to it. [381] 11778 And from Muhammad b. Isma'il b. Ibrahim, from Ibrahim b. Sa'd, with that.
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11779No grade recorded
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخَرِ فَلْيَقُلْ خَيْرًا أَوْ لِيَصْمُتْ» 11780 وَعَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ مَعْنِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ بِهِ 11781 وَعَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ مِسْكِينٍ عَنِ ابْنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ بِهِ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: "Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him say what is good or remain silent." 11780 And from 'Ali b. Shu'ayb, from Ma'n b. 'Isa, from Malik, from Sa'id al-Maqburi, with that. 11781 And from al-Harith b. Miskin, from Ibn al-Qasim, from Malik, from al-Maqburi, with that.
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11782No grade recorded
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخَرِ فَلْيَقُلْ خَيْرًا أَوْ لِيَصْمُتْ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: "Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him say what is good or remain silent."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11783No grade recorded
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخَرِ فَلْيَقُلْ خَيْرًا أَوْ لِيَصْمُتْ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: "Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him say what is good or remain silent."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11784No grade recorded
سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ اللهَ كَرِهَ لَكُمْ ثَلَاثًا قِيلَ وَقَالَ وَإِضَاعَةَ الْمَالِ وَكَثْرَةَ السُّؤَالِ وَنَهَى عَنْ عُقُوقِ الْأُمَّهَاتِ وَوَأْدِ الْبَنَاتِ وَمَنَعِ وَهَاتِ
✧ I heard the Prophet ﷺ say: "Allah has disliked for you three things: idle talk, wasting wealth, and excessive asking." And he forbade disobedience to mothers, burying daughters alive, and withholding and demanding.
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11785No grade recorded
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ أَتَرَى كَثْرَةَ الْمَالِ هُوَ الْغِنَى؟» قُلْتُ نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ «فَتَرَى قِلَّةَ الْمَالِ هُوَ الْفَقْرُ؟» قُلْتُ نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ «إِنَّمَا الْغِنَى غِنًى الْقَلْبِ وَالْفَقْرُ فَقْرُ الْقَلْبِ» ثُمَّ سَأَلَنِي عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ فَقَالَ هَلْ تَعْرِفُ فُلَانًا؟ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ «فَكَيْفَ تَرَاهُ أَوْ تَرَاهُ؟» قُلْتُ إِذَا سَأَلَ أُعْطِيَ وَإِذَا حَضَرَ أُدْخَلَ ثُمَّ سَأَلَنِي عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الصُّفَّةِ فَقَالَ «هَلْ تَعْرِفُ فُلَانًا؟» قُلْتُ لَا وَاللهِ مَا أَعْرِفُهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ فَمَا زَالَ يُحَلِّيهُ وَيَنْعَتُهُ حَتَّى عَرَفْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ قَدْ عَرَفْتُهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ «فَكَيْفَ تَرَاهُ أَوْ تَرَاهُ؟» قُلْتُ رَجُلٌ مِسْكِينٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الصُّفَّةِ فَقَالَ «هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ طِلَاعِ الْأَرْضِ مِنْ الْآخَرِ» قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولًَ اللهِ أَفَلَا يُعْطَى مِن بَعْضِ مَا يُعْطَى الْآخَرُ؟ فَقَالَ «إِذَا أَعْطِيَ خيراً فَهُوَ أَهْلُهُ وَإِنْ صُرِفَ عَنْهُ فَقَدْ أُعْطِيَ حَسَنَةً»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "O Abu Dharr, do you think that wealth is abundance?" I said, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "So, do you think that poverty is a lack of wealth?" I said, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "Indeed, true wealth is the richness of the heart, and poverty is the poverty of the heart." Then he asked me about a man from the Quraysh and said, "Do you know so-and-so?" I said, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "How do you see him or how do you consider him?" I said, "If he asks, he is given, and if he comes, he is welcomed." Then he asked me about a man from the people of a certain tribe and said, "Do you know so-and-so?" I said, "No, by Allah, I do not know him, O Messenger of Allah." He continued to praise and describe him until I recognized him, so I said, "I have recognized him, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "How do you see him or how do you consider him?" I said, "He is a poor man from the people of that tribe." He said, "He is better than the treasures of the earth and all that it contains." I said, "O Messenger of Allah, should he not be given some of what is given to others?" He said, "If he is given good, then he is deserving, but if it is withheld from him, then it is a good deed for him."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11786No grade recorded
عَن النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَيْسَ الْغِنَى عَنْ كَثْرَةِ الْعَرَضِ إِنَّمَا الْغِنَى غِنًى النَّفْسِ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: "Wealth is not from abundance of possessions; true wealth is wealth of the soul."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11787No grade recorded
قَالًَ «مَا أَكَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي خِوَانٍ وَلَا سُكُرُّجَةٍ وَلَا خُبِزَ لَه مُرَقَّقٌ» قَالَ وَقُلْتُ لِقَتَادَةَ عَلَى أَيِّ شَيْءٍ كَانُوا يَأْكُلُونَ؟ قَالَ عَلَى السَّفَرِ
✧ He said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ never ate from a table, nor from a sukurrujah, nor was thin bread baked for him." He said: "I asked Qatadah: 'On what did they eat?' He said: 'On a leather mat.'"
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11788No grade recorded
سَأَلْتُ سَهْلَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ هَلْ أَكَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ النَّقِيَّ؟ فَقَالَ سَهْلٌ «مَا رَأَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ النَّقِيَّ مِنْ حِينِ ابْتَعَثَهُ اللهُ حَتَّى قَبَضَهُ اللهُ» قَالَ فَقُلْتُ هَلْ كَانَتْ لَكُمْ فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَنَاخِلَ؟ قَالَ «مَا رَأَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مُنْخُلًا مِنْ حِينِ ابْتَعَثَهُ اللهُ حَتَّى قَبَضَهُ اللهُ» قَالَ قُلْتُ كَيْفَ كُنْتُمْ تَأْكُلُونَ الشَّعِيرَ غَيْرَ مَنْخُولٍ؟ قَالَ «كُنَّا نَطْحَنُهُ وَنَنْفُخُهُ فَيَطِيرُ مَا طَارَ وَمَا بَقِيَ ثَرَّيْنَاهُ فَأَكَلْنَاهَ»
✧ I asked Sahl b. Sa'd: "Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ eat refined flour?" Sahl said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ never saw refined flour from the time Allah sent him as a prophet until Allah took his soul." I said: "Did you have sieves during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?" He said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ never saw a sieve from the time Allah sent him as a prophet until Allah took his soul." I said: "How did you eat barley without sieving it?" He said: "We would grind it and blow on it, and whatever flew away flew away, and what remained we moistened and ate."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11789No grade recorded
«كُنَّا نَغْزُوا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَا لَنَا طَعَامٌ نَأْكُلُهُ إِلَّا وَرَقُ السَّمَرِ»
✧ "We used to go on military expeditions with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and we had no food to eat except the leaves of the samur tree."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11790No grade recorded
«أَمَا بَعْدُ فَإِنَّ الدُّنْيَا قَدْ آذَنَتْ بِصَرْمٍ وَوَلَّتْ حِذَاءَ فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْهَا إِلَّا صُبَابَةٌ كَصُبَابَةِ الْإِنَاءِ يَصْطَبُّهَا صَاحِبُهَا وَأَنْتُمْ تَنْتَقِلُونَ مِنْهُ إِلَى دَارٍ لَا زَوَالَ لَهَا فَانْتَقِلُوا بِخَيْرِ مَا بِحَضْرَتِكُمْ فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ ذُكِرَ لَنَا أَنَّ الْحَجَرَ يُلْقَى مِنْ شَفِيرِ جَهَنَّمَ فَيَهْوِي فِيهَا سَبْعِينَ عَامًا لَا يُدْرِكُ لَهَا قَعْرًا وَاللهِ لَتُمْلَأَنَّ فَعَجِبْتُمْ؟ وَقَدْ ذُكِرَ لَنَا أَنَّ مَا بَيْنَ مِصْرَاعَيْنِ مِنْ مَصَارِيعِ الْجَنَّةِ مَسِيرَةَ أَرْبَعِينَ عَامًا وَلَيَأْتِيَنَّ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمٌ وَهُوَ كَظِيظُ الزِّحَامِ وَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي وَإِنِّي سَابِعُ سَبْعَةٍ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَا لَنَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا وَرِقُ الشَّجَرِ حَتَّى قَرِحَتْ أَشْدَاقُنَا وَالْتَقَطْتُ بُرْدَةً فَاشْتَقَقْتُهَا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ سَعْدِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ وَاتَّزَرْتُ بِنِصْفِهَا وائتزرَ بِنِصْفِهَا فَمَا أَصْبَحَ مِنَّا الْيَوْمَ أَحَدٌ حَيًّا إِلَّا أَصْبَحَ أَمِيرًا عَلَى مِصْرٍ مِنْ الْأَمْصَارِ فَإِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِاللهِ أَنْ أَكُونَ فِي نَفْسِي عَظِيمًا وَعِنْدَ اللهِ صَغِيرًا وَإِنَّهَا لَمْ تَكُنْ نُبُوَّةٌ قَطُّ إِلَّا تَنَاسَخَتْ حَتَّى تَصِيرَ عَاقِبَتُهَا مَلَكًا وَسَتُبْلَوْنَ أَوْ سَتُجَرِّبُونَ الْأُمَرَاءَ بَعْدِي»
✧ Now then, the world has announced its departure and turned away, and nothing remains of it except the dregs like the dregs of a vessel that its owner pours out. And you will move from it to an abode that has no end, so move with the best of what you have. For it has been mentioned to us that a stone is thrown from the edge of Hell and falls in it for seventy years without reaching its bottom. By Allah, it will surely be filled. Are you amazed? And it has been mentioned to us that the distance between two of the gates of Paradise is a journey of forty years, and a day will surely come upon it when it is crowded with throngs. I have seen myself as the seventh of seven with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and we had no food except tree leaves until the corners of our mouths became sore. I picked up a striped cloak and split it between myself and Sa'd b. Malik; I used half of it as a waist-wrapper and he used half as a waist-wrapper. Today none of us remains alive except that he has become a ruler over one of the cities. I seek refuge in Allah from being great in my own eyes and small in the sight of Allah. No prophethood has ever existed except that it eventually turned into kingship. You will surely be tested, or you will surely experience the rulers after me.
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11791No grade recorded
إِنْ كُنَّا لَنَفْرَحُ بِيَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ كَانَتْ لَنَا عَجُوزٌ تَأْخُذُ مِنْ أُصُولِ سَلَقٍ لَنَا كُنَّا نَغْرِسُهُ فِي أَرْبِعَائِنَا فَتَجْعَلُهُ فِي قَدْرٍ لَهَا فَتَجْعَلُ فِيهِ حَبَّاتٍ مِنْ شَعِيرٍ لَا أَعْلَمُ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَيْسَ فِيهِ شَحْمٌ وَلَا وَدَكٌ فَإِذَا صَلَّيْنَا الْجُمُعَةَ زُرْنَاهَا فَقَرَّبَتْهُ إِلَيْنَا فَكُنَّا نَفْرَحُ بِيَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ وَمَا كُنَّا نَتَغَدَّى وَلَا نَقِيلُ إِلَّا بَعْدَ الْجُمُعَةِ
✧ We used to rejoice at Friday. An old woman of ours would take the roots of our chard that we planted in our small garden, put them in a pot of hers, and add grains of barley. I think he said: There was no fat or grease in it. When we prayed the Friday prayer, we would visit her and she would serve it to us. We used to rejoice at Friday because of that, and we never had lunch or a midday nap except after Friday.
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11792No grade recorded
بَيْنَا أنَا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَحَلْقَةٌ مِنْ فُقَرَاءِ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ قُعُودٌ إِذْ قَعَدَ إِلَيْهِمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُمْتُ إِلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ «لِيُبْشِرْ فُقَرَاءُ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ بِمَا يَسُرُّ وُجُوهَهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ قَبْلَ الْأَغْنِيَاءِ بِأَرْبَعِينَ عَامًا» فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ أَلْوَانَهُمْ أَسْفَرَتْ حَتَّى تَمَنَّيْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِنْهُمْ
✧ While I was in the mosque and a circle of poor emigrants was sitting, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came and sat with them, so I went to them. He said, 'Let the poor emigrants be given glad tidings of what will brighten their faces, for they will enter Paradise forty years before the wealthy.' I saw their faces light up so much that I wished I were one of them.
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11793No grade recorded
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «طُوبَى لِمَنْ هُدِيَ لِلْإِسْلَامِ وَكَانَ عَيْشُهُ كَفَافًا وَقَنَعَ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Blessed is the one who is guided to Islam, whose livelihood is sufficient, and who is content.'
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11794No grade recorded
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «الْمُجَاهِدُ مِنْ جَاهَدَ نَفْسَهُ لِلَّهِ ﷻ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said, 'The one who strives is the one who strives against his own self for the sake of Allah, the Exalted.'
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11795No grade recorded
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ لِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ فِتْنَةً وَفِتْنَةُ أُمَّتِي الْمَالُ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Every nation has a trial, and the trial of my nation is wealth.'
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11796No grade recorded
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَا ذِئْبَانِ جَائِعَانِ أُرْسِلَا فِي غَنَمٍ بِأَفْسَدَ لَهَا مِنْ حَرَصِ الْمَرْءِ عَلَى الْمَالِ وَالشَّرَفِ لِدِينِهِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Two hungry wolves sent among sheep do not cause more harm to them than a man's greed for wealth and status does to his religion.'
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11797No grade recorded
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَا الدُّنْيَا فِي الْآخِرَةِ إِلَّا كَمَثَلِ مَا يَجْعَلُ أَحَدُكُمْ إِصْبَعَهُ فِي الْيَمِّ فَلْيَنْظُرْ بِمَ تَرْجِعُ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said, 'The world compared to the Hereafter is but like what one of you gets when he dips his finger into the sea; let him see what he brings back.'
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11798No grade recorded
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ سَبْعَةٌ يُظِلُّهُمُ اللهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فِي ظِلُّهِ يَوْمَ لَا ظِلَّ إِلَّا ظِلُّهُ إِمَامٌ عَادِلٌ وَشَابٌّ نَشَأ فِي عُبَادَةِ اللهِ وَرَجُلٌ ذِكْرَ اللهَ فِي خَلَاءٍ فَفَاضَتْ عَيْنَاهُ وَرَجُلٌ قَلْبُهُ مُعَلَّقٌ بِالْمَسْجِدِ وَرَجُلَانِ تَحَابَّا فِي اللهِ وَرَجُلٌ دَعَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ ذَاتُ مَنْصِبٍ وَجَمَالٍ إِلَى نَفْسَهَا فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَخَافُ اللهَ وَرَجُلٌ تَصَدَّقَ بِصَدَقَةٍ فَأَخْفَاهَا حَتَّى لَا تَعْلَمَ شِمَالُهُ مَا صَنَعْتْ يَمِينُهُ
The Prophet ﷺ said, "Seven (people) will be shaded by Allah by His Shade on the Day of Resurrection when there will be no shade except His Shade. (They will be), a just ruler, a young man who has been brought up in the worship of Allah, a man who remembers Allah in seclusion and his eyes are then flooded with tears, a man whose heart is attached to mosques (offers his compulsory congregational prayers in the mosque), two men who love each other for Allah's Sake, a man who is called by a charming lady of noble birth to commit illegal sexual intercourse with her, and he says, 'I am afraid of Allah,' and (finally), a man who gives in charity so secretly that his left hand does not know what his right hand has given." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6806)
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11799No grade recorded
«أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي وَلِجَوْفِهِ أَزِيزٌ كَأَزِيزِ الْمِرْجَلِ» يَعْنِي يَبْكِي
"I came to the Prophet ﷺ when he was praying, and there was a sound coming from his chest like the sound of water boiling," meaning, he was weeping. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1214)
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11800No grade recorded
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ نِعْمَتَانِ مَغْبُونٌ فِيهِمَا كَثِيرٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ الصِّحَّةُ وَالْفَرَاغُ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Two blessings are neglected by many people: health and free time.'
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11801No grade recorded
عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِيمَا يَرْوِي عَنْ رَبِّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى «إِنَّ رَبِّكُمْ رَحِيمٌ مَنْ هُمَّ بِحَسَنَةٍ فَلَمْ يَعْمَلْهَا كُتِبَتْ لَهُ حَسَنَةً فَإِنْ عَمِلَهَا كُتِبَتْ لَهُ عَشْرًا إِلَى سَبْعِمَائَةٍ إِلَى أَضْعَافٍ كَثِيرَةٍ وَمَنْ هُمَّ بِسَيِّئَةٍ وَلَمْ يَعْمَلْهَا كُتِبَتْ لَهُ حَسَنَةً فَإِنْ عَمِلَهَا كُتِبَتْ وَاحِدَةً أَوْ يَمْحَاهَا اللهُ وَلَا يَهْلِكُ عَلَى اللهِ إِلَّا هَالِكٌ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, narrating from his Lord, Blessed and Exalted: 'Your Lord is Merciful. Whoever intends a good deed but does not do it, one good deed is recorded for him. If he does it, it is recorded for him as ten, up to seven hundred, up to many times over. Whoever intends an evil deed but does not do it, one good deed is recorded for him. If he does it, it is recorded as one, or Allah erases it. No one is destroyed by Allah except one who is doomed.'
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11802No grade recorded
سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَذْكُرُ فِي النَّجْوَى؟ قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ «يَدْنُو الْمُؤْمِنُ مِنْ رَبِّهِ ﷻ حَتَّى يَضَعَ عَلَيْهِ كَنَفَهُ» فَذَكَرَ صَحِيفَتِهُ قَالَ فَيُقَرِّرُهُ ذُنُوبَهُ هَلٍْ تَعْرِفُ؟ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّ أَعْرِفُ فَيَقُولُ هَل تَعْرِفُ؟ فَيَقُولُ نَعَمْ رَبِّ أَعْرِفُ حَتَّى يَبْلُغُهُ بِهِ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ أَنْ يَبْلُغَ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ إِنِّي سَتَرْتُهَا عَلَيْكَ وَأَنَا أَغْفِرُهَا لَكَ الْيَوْمَ قَالَ فَيُعْطَى كِتَابَ حَسَنَاتِهِ وَأَمَّا الْكَافِرُ فَيُنَادَى عَلَى رُءُوسِ الْأَشْهَادِ قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى {وَيَقُولُ الْأَشْهَادُ هَؤُلَاءِ الَّذِينَ كَذَبُوا عَلَى رَبِّهِمْ أَلَا لَعْنَةُ اللهِ عَلَى الظَّالِمِينَ} [هود 18]
✧ Did you hear the Messenger of Allah ﷺ mention anything about the private conversation? He said: I heard him say, 'The believer comes close to his Lord, the Exalted, until He places His cover over him,' and he mentioned his record. He said, 'Then He will make him acknowledge his sins: Do you recognize? He will say: My Lord, I recognize. He will say: Do you recognize? He will say: Yes, my Lord, I recognize, until he reaches what Allah wills. Then He will say: I concealed them for you, and I forgive them for you today.' He said, 'Then he will be given the book of his good deeds. As for the disbeliever, he will be called out before the witnesses. Allah, the Exalted, said: "And the witnesses will say, 'These are the ones who lied against their Lord.' Unquestionably, the curse of Allah is upon the wrongdoers" [Hud 18].'
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11803No grade recorded
أَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِبَعْضِ جَسَدِي فَقَالَ «اعْبُدِ اللهَ كَأَنَّكَ تَرَاهُ وَكُنْ فِي الدُّنْيَا كَأَنَّكَ غَرِيبٌ أَوْ عَابِرُ سَبِيلٍ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took hold of part of my body and said, 'Worship Allah as if you see Him, and be in this world as if you were a stranger or a traveler passing by.'
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11804No grade recorded
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّمَا الْأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّةِ وَإِنَّمَا لِامْرِئٍ مَا نَوَى فَمَنْ كَانَتْ هِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى اللهِ وَإِلَى رَسُولِهِ فَهِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى اللهِ وَإِلَى رَسُولِهِ وَمَنْ كَانَتْ هِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى دُنْيَا يُصِيبُهَا أَوِ امْرَأَةٍ يَنْكِحُهَا فَهِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى مَا هَاجَرَ إِلَيْهِ»
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ: "Actions are only according to intentions, and a person will have only what he intended. Whoever's migration was to Allah and His Messenger, his migration is to Allah and His Messenger. And whoever's migration was to a worldly gain he might attain or a woman he might marry, his migration is to what he migrated for."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11805No grade recorded
عَنْ النَّبِي ﷺ قَالَ «لَو أَنَّكُم تَوَكَّلُون عَلَى الله حَق تَوَكُّلِه، لَرُزِقْتُم كَمَا تُرْزَق الطَّيْر: تَغْدُو خِمَاصًا وَتَرُوح بِطَانًا».
from the Prophet ﷺ who said: "If you were to rely upon Allah with the required reliance, then you will be provided for you just as a bird is provided for: it goes out in the morning empty, and returns full."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11806No grade recorded
لِعُمَرَ أَلَا تَلْبَسْ ثَوْبًا أَلْيَنَ مِنْ ثَوْبِكَ وَتَأْكُلُ طَعَامًا أَطْيَبَ مِنْ طَعَامِكَ؟ فَقَالَ «سَأُخَاصِمُكِ إِلَى نَفْسِكِ» فَجَعَلَ يُذَكِّرُهَا مَا كَانَ فِيهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَمَا كَانَتْ فِيهِ مِنْ الْجَهْدِ حَتَّى أَبْكَاهَا فَقَالَ قَدْ قُلْتُ لَكِ إِنَّهُ كَانَ لِي صَاحِبَانِ سِلْكًا طَرِيقًا وَإِنِّي إِنْ سَلَكَتُ غَيْرَ طَرِيقِهِمَا سُلِكَ بِي غَيْرُ طَرِيقِهِمَا وَإِنِّي وَاللهِ لَأُشَارِكَنَّهُمَا فِي مِثْلِ عَيْشِهِمَا لَعَلِّي أَنْ أُدْرِكَ مَعَهُمَا عَيْشَهُمَا الرَّخِيَّ
✧ It was said to ʿUmar: "Will you not wear a garment softer than your garment, and eat food better than your food?" He said, "I will take you to your own self as an adversary." He began reminding her of what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was in and what she was in of hardship until he made her weep. Then he said, "I said to you: I had two companions who traveled a path, and if I travel other than their path, I will be taken on other than their path. By Allah, I will share with them in the like of their living, so that perhaps I may attain with them their comfortable living."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11807No grade recorded
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ «إِذَا طَبَخْتَ قَدْرًا فَأَكْثِرْ مَرَقَهَا ثُمَّ انْظُرْ أَهْلَ بَيْتٍ مِنْ جِيرَانَكَ فَأَصِبْهُمْ مِنْهَا بِمَعْرُوفٍ»
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ: "When you cook a pot, increase its broth; then look to a household among your neighbors and give them some of it with kindness."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11808No grade recorded
أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ كَانَ يَقُولُ آللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ إِنْ كُنْتُ لَأَعْتَمِدُ بِكَبِدِي عَلَى الْأَرْضِ مِنَ الْجُوعِ وَإِنْ كُنْتُ لَأَشُدُّ الْحَجَرَ عَلَى بَطْنِي مِنَ الْجُوعِ وَلَقَدْ قَعَدْتُ يَوْمًا عَلَى طَرِيقِهِمُ الَّذِي يَخْرُجُونَ مِنْهُ فَمَرَّ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ آيَةٍ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللهِ مَا سَأَلْتُهُ إِلَّا لِيُشْبِعَنِي فَمَرَّ وَلَمْ يَفْعَل ثُمَّ مَرَّ بِي عُمَرُ فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ آيَةٍ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللهِ مَا سَأَلْتُهُ إِلَّا لِيُشْبِعَنِي فَمَرَّ فَلَمْ يَفْعَل ثُمَّ مَرَّ بِي أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ ﷺ فَتَبَسَّمَّ حِينَ رَآنِي وَعَرِفَ مَا فِي نَفْسِي وَمَا فِي وَجْهِي ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَبَا هِرٍّ» قُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ «الْحَقْ» وَمَضَى فَتَبِعْتُهُ فَدَخَلَ فَاسْتَأْذَنَ فَأَذِنَ لِي فَدَخَلَ فَوَجَدَ لَبَنًا فِي قَدَحٍ فَقَالَ «مِنْ أَيْنَ هَذَا اللَّبَنُ؟» قَالَوا أَهْدَاهُ لَكَ فُلَانٌ أَوْ فُلَانَةٌ قَالَ «أَبَا هِرٍّ» قُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ «الْحَقْ إِلَى أَهْلِ الصُّفَّةِ فَادْعُهُمْ لِي» قَالَ وَأَهْلُ الصُّفَّةِ أَضْيَافُ الْإِسْلَامِ لَا يَأْوُونَ إِلَى أَهْلٍ وَلَا مَالٍ وَلَا عَلَى أَحَدٍ إِذَا أَتَتْهُ صَدَقَةٌ بَعَثَ بِهَا إِلَيْهِمْ وَلَمْ يَتَنَاوَلْ مِنْهَا شَيْئًا وَإِذَا أَتَتْهُ هَدِيَّةٌ أَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِمْ وَأَصَابَ مِنْهَا وَأَشْرَكَهُمْ فِيهَا فَسَاءَنِي ذَلِكَ فَقُلْتُ وَمَا هَذَا اللَّبَنُ فِي أَهْلِ الصُّفَّةِ؟ كُنْتُ أَحَقَّ أنا أَنْ أُصِيبَ مِنْ هَذَا اللَّبَنِ شَرْبَةً أَتَقَوَّى بِهَا فَإِذَا جَاءَ أَمَرَنِي فَكُنْتُ أنا أُعْطِيهِمْ وَمَا عَسَى أَنْ يَبْلُغْنِي مِنْ هَذَا اللَّبَنِ؟ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ مِنْ طَاعَةِ اللهِ وَطَاعَةِ رَسُولِهِ ﷺ بُدٌ [391] فَأَتَيْتُهُمْ فَدَعَوْتُهُمْ فَأَقْبَلُوا فَاسْتَأْذَنُوا فَأَذِنَ لَهُمْ وَأَخَذُوا مَجَالِسَهُمْ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ قَالَ «يَا أَبَا هِرٍّ» قُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ «خُذْ فَأَعْطِهِمْ» قَالَ فَأَخَذْتُ الْقَدَحَ فَجَعَلْتُ أُعْطِيهِ الرَّجُلَ فَيَشْرَبَ حَتَّى يُرْوَى ثُمَّ يَرُدُّ عَلِيَّ الْقَدَحَ فَأُعْطِيهِ الرَّجُلَ فَيَشْرَبَ حَتَّى يُرْوَى ثُمَّ يَرُدُّ عَلِيَّ الْقَدَحَ فَيَشْرَبَ حَتَّى يُرْوَى ثُمَّ يَرُدُّ عَلِيَّ الْقَدَحَ حَتَّى انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَقَدْ رُوِي الْقَوْمُ كُلُّهُمْ فَأَخَذَ الْقَدَحَ فَوَضَعَهُ عَلَى يَدِهِ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيَّ فَتَبَسَّمَ فَقَالَ «أَبَا هِرٍّ» قُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ «بَقِيَتُ أنا وَأَنْتَ» قُلْتُ صَدَقْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ «اقْعُدْ فَاشْرَبْ» فَقَعَدْتُ فَشَرِبْتُ فَقَالَ «اشْرَبْ» فَشَرِبْتُ فَمَا زَالَ يَقُولُ «اشْرَبْ» حَتَّى قُلْتُ لَا وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ مَا أَجِدُ لَهُ مَسْلَكًا قَالَ «فَأَرِنِي» فَأَعْطَيْتُهُ الْقَدَحَ فَحَمِد اللهَ وَسَمَّى وَشُرْبَ الْفَضْلَةَ
✧ Abu Hurayrah used to say: "By Allah, besides whom there is no deity, I used to press my liver against the ground from hunger, and I used to tie a stone on my belly from hunger. One day I sat on their path from which they came out. Abu Bakr passed by, and I asked him about a verse from the Book of Allah. I only asked him so that he would satisfy me, but he passed by and did not do so. Then ʿUmar passed by me, and I asked him about a verse from the Book of Allah. I only asked him so that he would satisfy me, but he passed by and did not do so. Then Abu al-Qasim ﷺ passed by me and smiled when he saw me. He knew what was in my soul and what was on my face. Then he said, 'Abu Hirr.' I said, 'At your service, O Messenger of Allah.' He said, 'Follow.' And he went on, so I followed him. He entered and asked permission, so he permitted me, and I entered. He found milk in a bowl and said, 'From where is this milk?' They said, 'So-and-so or so-and-so gave it to you as a gift.' He said, 'Abu Hirr.' I said, 'At your service, O Messenger of Allah.' He said, 'Go to the people of the Suffah and call them for me.'" He said: "The people of the Suffah were the guests of Islam: they had no family, no wealth, and no one to depend on. When charity came to him, he would send it to them and not take anything from it. When a gift came to him, he would send for them and take some of it and share it with them. That saddened me, and I said, 'What is this milk to the people of the Suffah? I am more entitled to get a drink from this milk to strengthen myself with it. When they come, he will order me, and I will be the one to give it to them. What can reach me of this milk?' There was no escape from obedience to Allah and obedience to His Messenger ﷺ [391]. I went to them and called them, and they came and asked permission, and he permitted them. They took their seats in the house. He said, 'O Abu Hirr.' I said, 'At your service, O Messenger of Allah.' He said, 'Take it and give it to them.' He said: 'I took the bowl and began giving it to a man, and he would drink until he was satisfied, then return the bowl to me. I would give it to another man, and he would drink until he was satisfied, then return the bowl to me, until I reached the Prophet ﷺ, and all the people had been satisfied. He took the bowl and placed it on his hand, looked at me, and smiled. He said, 'Abu Hirr.' I said, 'At your service, O Messenger of Allah.' He said, 'It remains for me and you.' I said, 'You have spoken the truth, O Messenger of Allah.' He said, 'Sit and drink.' So I sat and drank. He said, 'Drink.' So I drank. He kept saying, 'Drink,' until I said, 'No, by the One who sent you with the truth, I find no passage for it.' He said, 'Show me.' So I gave him the bowl. He praised Allah, mentioned Allah's name, and drank the remainder."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11809No grade recorded
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «اللهُمَّ اجْعَلْ رِزْقَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ كَفَافًا»
“O Allah, make the provision of the family of Muhammad sufficient for them.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4139)
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11810No grade recorded
وَكَانَا يُكْثِرَانِ السَّفَرَ إِلَى مَكَّةَ قَالَا أَتَيْنَا عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَادِيَةَ فَقَالَ الْبَدَوِيُّ أَخَذَ بِيَدِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَجَعَلَ يُعَلِّمُنِي مِمَّا عِلْمِهُ اللهُ فَكَانَ مِمَّا حَفِظْتُ عَنْهُ أَنْ قَالَ «لَا تَدَعْ شَيْئًا اتِّقَاءَ اللهِ إِلَّا أَعْطَاكَ اللهُ خَيْرًا مِنْهُ»
✧ They used to travel frequently to Mecca. They said: We came upon a man from the desert people, and the Bedouin said: The Messenger of God ﷺ took my hand and began teaching me from what God had taught him. Among what I memorized from him is that he said: “Do not give up anything out of fear of God except that God will give you something better than it.”
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11811No grade recorded
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِيَّاكُمْ وَمُحَقَّرَاتِ الْأَعْمَالِ فَإِنَّ لَهَا مِنَ اللهِ طَالِبًا»
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ: "Beware of sins regarded as trivial, for they have a seeker from Allah."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11812No grade recorded
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «سَدِّدُوا وَقَارِبُوا وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّهَ لَنْ يُدْخِلَ أَحَدَكُمْ عَمُلُهُ الْجَنَّةًَ وَأَنَّ أَحَبَ الْأَعْمَالِ إِلَى اللهِ أَدْوَمُهَا وَإِنْ قُلَّ»
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ: "Adhere to righteousness and draw near; and know that none of you will enter Paradise by his deeds, and that the most beloved of deeds to Allah are the most constant, even if small."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11813No grade recorded
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «اللهُمَّ لَا خَيْرَ إِلَّا خَيْرُ الْآخِرَهْ فَبَارِكْ فِي الْأَنْصَارِ وَالْمُهَاجِرَهْ»
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ: "O Allah, there is no good except the good of the Hereafter, so bless the Ansar and the Muhajirun."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11814No grade recorded
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اللهُمَّ إِنَّ الْخَيْرَ خَيْرُ الْآخِرَهْ اغْفِرْ لِلْأَنْصَارِ وَالْمُهَاجِرَهْ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "O Allah, indeed good is the good of the Hereafter; forgive the Ansar and the Muhajirun."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11815No grade recorded
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اللهُمَّ إِنَّ الْخَيْرَ خَيْرُ الْآخِرَهْ فَأَصْلَحِ الْأَنْصَارَ وَالْمُهَاجِرَهْ»
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11816No grade recorded
كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بَالْخَنْدَقِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اللهُمَّ لَا عَيْشَ إِلَّا عَيْشُ الْآخِرَةِ فَاغْفِرْ لِلْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَالْأَنْصَارِ»
✧ We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at the Trench, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "O Allah, there is no life except the life of the Hereafter, so forgive the Muhajirun and the Ansar."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11817No grade recorded
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بَعَثَ أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ بْنِ الْجَرَّاحِ فَقَدِمَ بِمَالٍ مِنَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ وَسَمِعْتُ الْأَنْصَارُ بِقُدُومِ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ فَوَافَوْا صَلَاةَ الْفَجْرِ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا صَلَّى رَسُولُ الله ﷺ انْصَرَفَ فَتَعَرَّضُوا لَهُ فَتَبَسَّمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ رَآهُمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَظُنُّكُمْ سَمِعْتُمْ أَنَّ أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ قَدِمَ بِشَيْءٍ؟» قَالَوا أَجَلْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ «فَأَبْشِرُوا وَأَمِّلُوا مَا يَسُرُّكُمْ فَوَاللهِ مَا الْفَقْرَ أَخْشَى عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَكِنِّي أَخْشَى أَنْ تُبْسَطَ الدُّنْيَا عَلَيْكُمْ كَمَا بُسِطَتْ عَلَى مَنْ قَبْلَكُمْ فَتَنَافَسُوهَا كَمَا تَنَافَسُوهَا فَتُهْلِكَكُمْ كَمَا أَهْلَكَتْهُمْ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent Abu ʿUbaydah b. al-Jarrah, and he came with wealth from Bahrain. The Ansar heard of Abu ʿUbaydah's arrival, and they came to the Fajr prayer with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had prayed and turned away, they presented themselves to him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ smiled when he saw them, then said, "I think you have heard that Abu ʿUbaydah has come with something?" They said, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "Rejoice and hope for what pleases you. For by Allah, it is not poverty that I fear for you, but I fear that the world will be spread out for you as it was spread out for those before you, and you will compete for it as they competed for it, and it will destroy you as it destroyed them."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11818No grade recorded
سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَعْطَانِي ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ فَأَعْطَانِي ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ فَأَعْطَانِي ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يَا حَكِيمُ إِنِّ هَذَا الْمَالَ خَضِرَةٌ حُلْوَةٌ فَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِسَخَاوَةِ نَفْسٍ بُورِكَ لَهُ فِيهِ وَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِإِشْرَافِ نَفْسٍ لَمْ يُبَارَكْ لَهُ فِيهِ وَكَانَ كَالَّذِي يَأْكُلُ وَلَا يَشْبَعُ وَالْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى» قَالَ حَكِيمٌ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ لَا أَرْزَأُ أَحَدًا بَعْدَكَ حَتَّى أُفَارِقَ الدُّنْيَا شَيْئًا
✧ I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he gave me. Then I asked him and he gave me. Then I asked him and he gave me. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "O Hakim, this wealth is green and sweet. Whoever takes it with generosity of soul will be blessed in it, and whoever takes it with greed of soul will not be blessed in it. He will be like one who eats but is never satisfied. The upper hand is better than the lower hand." Hakim said, "I said, O Messenger of Allah, by the One who sent you with the truth, I will not ask anyone for anything after you until I depart from this world."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11819No grade recorded
أَنَّ نَاسًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ سَأَلُوا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَعْطَاهُمْ ثُمَّ سَأَلُوهُ فَأَعْطَاهُمْ حَتَّى إِذَا نَفِدَ مَا عِنْدَهُ قَالَ «مَا يَكُونُ عِنْدِي مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَلَنْ أَدَّخِرَهُ عَنْكُمْ وَمَنْ يَسْتَعْفِفْ يُعِفَّهُ اللهُ وَمَنْ يَصْبِرْ يُصَبِّرْهُ اللهُ وَمَا أُعْطِيَ أَحَدٌ عَطَاءً هُوَ خَيْرٌ وَأَوْسَعُ مِنَ الصَّبْرِ» 11820 وَعَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ مِسْكِينٍ عَنِ ابْنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ مَالِكٍ بِهِ
✧ Some people from the Ansar asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he gave them. Then they asked him, and he gave them, until what he had was exhausted. He said, "Whatever good I have, I will never store it away from you. Whoever seeks to be self-sufficient, Allah will make him self-sufficient. Whoever seeks to be patient, Allah will make him patient. No one is given a gift better and more ample than patience." 11820 And from al-Harith b. Miskin, from Ibn al-Qasim, from Malik, likewise.
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11821No grade recorded
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ هَذَا الْمَالَ خَضِرَةٌ حُلْوَةٌ فَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِحَقِّهِ فَنِعْمَ الْمَعُونَةُ هُوَ»
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: “Indeed this wealth is green and sweet. Whoever takes it by its right, then excellent is the help it provides.”
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11822No grade recorded
عَنْ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ عَمَّرَهُ اللهُ سِتِّينَ سَنَةً فَقَدْ أَعْذَرَ إِلَيْهِ فِي الْعُمُرِ»
✧ On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ who said, "Whoever Allah grants to live until sixty years old, they will be forgiven for their life."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11823No grade recorded
قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هَلْ نَرَى رَبَّنَا؟ قَالَ «هَل تَرَوْنَ الشَّمْسَ فِي يَوْمٍ لَا غَيْمَ فِيهِ وَتَرَوْنَ الْقَمَرَ فِي لَيْلَةٍ لَا غَيْمَ فِيهَا؟» قُلْنَا نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَإِنَّكُمْ سَتَرَوْنَ رَبِّكُمْ»
✧ We said: O Messenger of God, will we see our Lord? He said: “Do you see the sun on a day with no clouds, and do you see the moon on a night with no clouds?” We said: Yes. He said: “Then you will surely see your Lord.”
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11824No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ الْمَدِينَةَ فَإِذَا هُوَ بِرَجُلٍ قَدْ اجْتَمَعَ عَلَيْهِ النَّاسُ فَقَالَ مَنْ هَذَا؟ فَقَالَوا أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ فَدَنَوْتُ مِنْهُ حَتَّى قَعَدْتُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَهُوَ يُحَدِّثُ النَّاسَ فَلَمَّا سَكَتَ وَخَلَا قُلْتُ لَهُ أَسْأَلُكَ بِحَقٍّ وَبِحَقٍّ لَمَا حَدَّثَتْنِي حَدِيثًا سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَقَلْتَهُ وَعَلِمْتَهُ فَقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ أَفْعَلُ لَأُحَدِّثَنَّكَ حَدِيثًا حَدَّثَنِيهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَقَلْتُهُ وَعَلِمْتُهُ ثُمَّ نَشَغَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ نَشْغَةً فَمَكَثْنَا قَلِيلًا ثُمَّ أَفَاقَ فَقَالَ لَأُحَدِّثَنَّكَ حَدِيثًا حَدَّثَنِيهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي هَذَا الْبَيْتِ مَا مَعَنَا أَحَدٌ غَيْرِي وَغَيْرُهُ ثُمَّ نَشَغَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ نَشْغَةً شَدِيدَةً ثُمَّ أَفَاقَ فَمَسَحَ وَجْهَهُ فَقَالَ أَفْعَلُ لَأُحَدِّثَنَّكَ حَدِيثًا حَدَّثَنِيهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا وَهُوَ فِي هَذَا الْبَيْتِ مَا مَعَنَا أَحَدٌ غَيْرِي وَغَيْرُهُ ثُمَّ نَشَغَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ نَشْغَةً شَدِيدَةً ثُمَّ مَالَ خَارًّا عَلَى وَجْهِهِ فَأَسْنَدْتُهُ عَلِيَّ طَوِيلًا ثُمَّ أَفَاقَ فَقَالَ حَدَّثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّ اللهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ يَنْزِلُ إِلَى الْعِبَادِ لِيَقْضِيَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَكُلُّ أُمَّةٍ جَاثِيَةٌ [396] فَأَوَّلُ مَنْ يَدْعُو بِهِ رَجُلٌ جَمَعَ الْقُرْآنَ وَرَجُلٌ قُتِلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَرَجُلٌ كَثِيرُ الْمَالِ فَيَقُولُ اللهُ لِلْقَارِئِ أَلَمْ أُعَلِّمُكَ مَا أَنْزَلْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِي؟ قَالَ بَلَى يَا رَبِّ قَالَ فَمَاذَا عَمِلْتَ فِيمَا عَلِمْتَ؟ قَالَ كُنْتُ أَقُومُ بِهِ آنَاءَ اللَّيْلِ وَآنَاءَ النَّهَارِ فَيَقُولُ اللهُ لَهُ كَذَبْتَ وَتَقُولُ لَهُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ كَذَبْتَ وَيَقُولُ اللهُ بَلْ أَرَدْتَ أَنْ يُقَالَ إِنَّ فُلَانًا قَارِئٌ فَقَدْ قِيلَ ذَاكَ وَيُؤْتَى بِصَاحِبِ الْمَالِ فَيَقُولُ اللهُ لَهُ أَلَمْ أَوْسَعْ عَلَيْكَ حَتَّى لَمْ أَدَعَكَ تَحْتَاجُ إِلَى أَحَدٍ؟ قَالَ بَلَى يَا رَبِّ قَالَ فَمَاذَا عَمِلْتَ فِيمَا آتَيْتُكَ؟ قَالَ كُنْتُ أَصْلُ الرَّحِمَ وَأَتَصَدَّقُ فَيَقُولُ اللهُ لَهُ كَذَبْتَ وَتَقُولُ لَهُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ كَذَبْتَ وَيَقُولُ اللهُ تَعَالَى بَلْ أَرَدْتَ أَنْ يُقَالَ فُلَانٌ جَوَادٌ فَقَدْ قِيلَ ذَاكَ وَيُؤْتَى بِالَّذِي قُتِلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ فَيَقُولُ اللهُ لَهُ فِي مَاذَا قَتَلْتَ؟ فَيَقُولُ أُمِرْتُ بِالْجِهَادِ فِي سَبِيلِكَ فَقَاتَلْتُ حَتَّى قَتَلْتُ فَيَقُولُ اللهُ تَعَالَى لَهُ كَذَبْتَ وَتَقُولَُ لَهُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ كَذَبْتَ وَيَقُولُ اللهُ بَلْ أَرَدْتَ أَن يُقَالَ فُلَانٌ جَرِيءٌ فَقَدْ قِيلَ ذَاكَ ثُمَّ ضَرَبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى رُكْبَتِي فَقَالَ «يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ أُولَئِكَ الثَّلَاثَةُ أَوَّلُ خَلَقِ اللهِ تُسَعَّرُ بِهِمُ النَّارُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ» وَقَالَ الْوَلِيدُ أَبُو عُثْمَانَ فَأَخْبَرَنِي عُقْبَةُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ أَنَّ شُفَيًّا هُوَ الَّذِي دَخَلَ عَلَى مُعَاوِيَةَ فَأَخْبَرَهُ بِهَذَا قَالَ أَبُو عُثْمَانَ وَحَدَّثَنِي الْعَلَاءُ بْنُ أَبِي حَكِيمٍ أَنَّهُ كَانَ سَيَّافًا لِمُعَاوِيَةَ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ فَأَخْبَرَهُ بِهَذَا عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ فَقَالَ مُعَاوِيَةُ قَدْ فَعَلَ بِهَؤُلَاءِ هَذَا فَكَيْفَ بِمَنْ بَقِيَ مِنَ النَّاسِ؟ ثُمَّ بَكَى مُعَاوِيَةُ بُكَاءًا شَدِيدًا حَتَّى ظَنَنَّا أَنَّهُ هَالِكٌ وَقُلْنَا قَدْ جَاءَنَا هَذَا الرَّجُلُ بِشْرٍّ ثُمَّ أَفَاقَ مُعَاوِيَةُ وَمَسَحَ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ وَقَالَ صَدَقَ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ {مَنْ كَانَ يُرِيدُ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا وَزِينَتَهَا نُوَفِّ إِلَيْهِمْ أَعْمَالَهُمْ فِيهَا وَهُمْ فِيهَا لَا يُبْخَسُونَ أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ فِي الْآخِرَةِ إِلَّا النَّارُ وَحَبِطَ مَا صَنَعُوا فِيهَا وَبَاطِلٌ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ} [هود 16]
✧ He entered Madinah and found a man with people gathered around him. He said: Who is this? They said: Abu Hurayrah. I drew near to him until I sat in front of him while he was speaking to the people. When he became silent and was alone, I said to him: I ask you by a right and by a right that you narrate to me a hadith you heard from the Messenger of God ﷺ, which you understood and knew. Abu Hurayrah said: I will do so; I will narrate to you a hadith the Messenger of God ﷺ narrated to me, which I understood and knew. Then Abu Hurayrah sobbed once, and we remained a little while. Then he recovered and said: I will narrate to you a hadith the Messenger of God ﷺ narrated to me in this house, with no one else present except me and him. Then Abu Hurayrah sobbed violently, then recovered and wiped his face and said: I will do so; I will narrate to you a hadith the Messenger of God ﷺ narrated to me while I and he were in this house, with no one else present except me and him. Then Abu Hurayrah sobbed violently, then fell forward on his face, and I supported him for a long time. Then he recovered and said: The Messenger of God ﷺ narrated to me that God, Blessed and Exalted, on the Day of Resurrection will descend to His servants to judge between them, while every nation is kneeling [396]. The first one He will call is a man who collected the Quran, a man who was killed in the cause of God, and a man of great wealth. God will say to the reciter: Did I not teach you what I revealed to My Messenger? He will say: Yes, O Lord. He will say: Then what did you do with what you knew? He will say: I used to stand with it during the hours of the night and the hours of the day. God will say to him: You have lied. The angels will say to him: You have lied. God will say: Rather, you wanted it to be said that so-and-so is a reciter, and that was said. Then the wealthy man will be brought, and God will say to him: Did I not grant you abundance until I left you in need of no one? He will say: Yes, O Lord. He will say: Then what did you do with what I gave you? He will say: I used to maintain family ties and give charity. God will say to him: You have lied. The angels will say to him: You have lied. God, Exalted, will say: Rather, you wanted it to be said that so-and-so is generous, and that was said. Then the one killed in the cause of God will be brought, and God will say to him: In what were you killed? He will say: I was commanded to fight in Your cause, so I fought until I was killed. God, Exalted, will say to him: You have lied. The angels will say to him: You have lied. God will say: Rather, you wanted it to be said that so-and-so is brave, and that was said. Then the Messenger of God ﷺ struck my knee and said: “O Abu Hurayrah, those three are the first of God's creation with whom the Fire will be kindled on the Day of Resurrection.” Al-Walid Abu Uthman said: Uqbah b. Muslim informed me that Shufayy is the one who entered upon Muawiyah and told him this. Abu Uthman said: Al-Ala b. Abi Hakim narrated to me that he was a swordsman for Muawiyah, and a man entered upon him and told him this from Abu Hurayrah. Muawiyah said: If this is done to those, then what about the rest of the people? Then Muawiyah wept bitterly until we thought he would perish, and we said: This man has brought us evil. Then Muawiyah recovered, wiped his face, and said: God and His Messenger have spoken the truth: {Whoever desires the life of this world and its adornment, We will repay them fully for their deeds therein, and they will not be deprived therein. Those are the ones for whom there is nothing in the Hereafter but the Fire; and vain is what they did therein, and worthless is what they used to do} [Hud 16].
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11825No grade recorded
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ قَالَ رَجُلٌ لَمْ يَعْمَلْ خَيْرًا قَطُّ إِذَا مَاتَ فَحَرِّقُوهُ وَاذْرُوا نِصْفَهُ فِي الْبِرِّ وَنِصْفَهُ فِي الْبَحْرِ فَوَاللهِ لَئِنْ قَدَرَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ لَيُعَذِّبَنَّهُ عَذَابًا لَا يُعَذِّبُهُ أَحَدًا مِنَ الْعَالَمِينَ فَأَمَرَ اللهُ الْبَحْرَ فَجَمَعَ مَا فِيهِ وَأَمَرَ الْبِرَّ فَجَمَعَ مَا فِيهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِمَ فَعَلْتَ؟ قَالَ مِنْ خَشْيَتِكَ وَأَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ فَغَفَرًَ لَهُ
✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said: “A man who had never done any good said: When I die, burn me and scatter half of me on land and half in the sea. By God, if God gets hold of me, He will punish me with a punishment with which He has never punished anyone in the worlds. So God commanded the sea, and it gathered what was in it, and commanded the land, and it gathered what was in it. Then He said: Why did you do that? He said: Out of fear of You, and You know best. So He forgave him.”
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11826No grade recorded
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ خَرَجَ ثَلَاثَةٌ يَمْشُونَ فَأَصَابَهُمُ الْمَطَرُ فَدَخَلُوا فِي غَارٍ فِي جَبَلٍ فَانْحَطَّتْ عَلَيْهِمْ صَخْرَةٌ قَالَ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ ادْعُوا اللهَ بِأَفْضَلِ عَمِلٍ عَمِلْتُمُوهُ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمْ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي كَانَ لِي أَبَوَانِ شَيْخَانِ كَبِيرَانِ فَكُنْتُ أَخْرَجُ فَأَرْعَى ثُمَّ أَجِيءُ فَأَحْلُبُ فَأَجِيءُ بِالْحِلَابِ فَآتِي بِهِ أَبَوَايَ فَيَشْرَبَانِ ثُمَّ أَسْقِي الصِّبْيَةَ وَأَهْلِي وَامْرَأَتِي فَاحْتَبَسْتُ لَيْلَةً فَجِئْتُ فَإِذَا هُمَا نَائِمَانِ قَالَ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أُوقِظَهُمَا وَالصِّبْيَةُ يَتَضَاغَوْنَ عِنْدَ رِجْلَي فَلَمْ يَزَلْ ذَلِكَ دَأْبِي وَدَأْبَهُمَا حَتَّى طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ اللهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ عَنَّا فُرْجَةً نَرَى مِنْهَا السَّمَاءَ قَالَ فَفَرَّجَ عَنْهُمْ [398] وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ اللهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي كُنْتُ أَحَبُّ امْرَأَةً مِنْ بَنَاتِ عَمِّي كَأَشَدِّ مَا يُحِبُّ الرَّجُلُ النِّسَاءَ فَقَالَتْ لَا تَنَالُ ذَلِكَ مِنْهَا حَتَّى تُعْطِيهَا مَائَة دِينَارٍ فَسَعَيْتُ فِيهَا حَتَّى جَمَعْتُهَا فَلَمَّا قَعَدْتُ بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهَا قَالَتْ اتَّقِ اللهَ وَلَا تَفُضَّ الْخَاتَمَ إِلَّا بِحَقِّهِ فَقُمْتُ وَتَرَكْتُهَا فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ عَنَّا فُرْجَةً قَالَ فَفَرَجْ عَنْهُمْ الثُّلُثَيْنِ وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ اللهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي اسْتَأْجَرْتُ أَجِيرًا بِفَرَقٍ مِنْ ذَرَّةٍ فَأَعْطَيْتُهُ وَأَبَى ذَاكَ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ فَعَمَدْتُ إِلَى ذَلِكَ الْفَرَقِ فَزَرَعْتُهُ حَتَّى اشْتَرَيْتُ مِنْهُ بَقَرًا وَرَاعِيَهَا ثُمَّ جَاءَ فَقَالَ يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ أَعْطِنِي حَقِّي فَقُلْتُ انْطَلَقْ إِلَى تِلْكَ الْبَقَرِ وَرَاعِيهَا فَإِنَّهَا لَكَ فَقَالَ أَتَسْتَهْزِئُ بِي؟ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ مَا أَسْتَهْزِئُ بِكَ وَلَكِنَّهَا لَكَ اللهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ عَنَّا فَكَشَفَ عَنْهُمْ
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: “Three men went out walking, and rain overtook them. They entered a cave in a mountain, and a rock rolled down and blocked them. He said: They said to each other: Call upon God by the best deed you have done. One of them said: O God, I had elderly parents, and I would go out and graze, then return and milk, then bring the milk to my parents, and they would drink. Then I would give drink to the children, my family, and my wife. One night I was delayed, and when I came, they were asleep. I disliked waking them, while the children were crying at my feet. That remained my habit and theirs until dawn broke. O God, if You know that I did that seeking Your face, then make an opening for us through which we can see the sky. He said: So it was opened for them [398]. The second said: O God, if You know that I loved a woman from my cousins as intensely as a man loves women, and she said: You will not get that from her until you give her a hundred dinars. I worked to obtain it until I gathered it. When I sat between her legs, she said: Fear God and do not break the seal except by its right. So I got up and left her. If You know that I did that seeking Your face, then make an opening for us. He said: So two-thirds of it was opened for them. The third said: O God, if You know that I hired a worker for a measure of corn, and I gave him his wages, but he refused to take it. I took that measure, sowed it, and from it I bought cattle and their herder. Then he came and said: O servant of God, give me my right. I said: Go to those cattle and their herder, for they are yours. He said: Are you mocking me? I said: I am not mocking you; they are yours. O God, if You know that I did that seeking Your face, then make an opening for us. So it was fully opened for them.”
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11827No grade recorded
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «يُحْشَرُ الْمُتَكَبِّرُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَمْثَالَ الذَّرِّ فِي صَوَرِ الرِّجَالِ يَغْشَاهُمُ الذُّلُّ مِنْ كُلِّ مَكَانٍ فَيُسَاقُونَ إِلَى سِجْنٍ فِي جَهَنَّمَ يُسَمَّى بُولَسَ تَعْلُوهُمْ نَارُ الْأَنْيَارِ يُسْقَونَ مِنْ عُصَارَةِ أَهْلِ النَّارِ طِينَةِ الْخَبَالِ»
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: “The arrogant will be gathered on the Day of Resurrection like tiny ants in the shape of men. Humiliation will cover them from every side. They will be driven to a prison in Hell called Bulas, over which the fire of the fires will rise. They will be given to drink from the extract of the people of the Fire, the pus of the people of Hell.”