Sunan Ibn Majah 4228

Translation

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘The likeness of this nation is that of four people: A man to whom Allah gives wealth and knowledge, so he acts according to his knowledge with regard to his wealth, spending it as it should be spent; a man to whom Allah gives knowledge, but he does not give him wealth, so he says: “If I had been given (wealth) like this one, I would have done what (the first man) did.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘They will be equal in reward. And a man to whom Allah gives wealth but does not give knowledge, so he squanders his wealth and spends it in inappropriate ways; and a man to whom Allah gives neither knowledge nor wealth, and he says: “If I had (wealth) like this one, I would do what (the third man) did.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘They are equal in their burden (of sin).’” A similar report (as above) was narrated from Ibn Abu Kabshah, from his father, from the Prophet ﷺ.

Notes

• حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَنْبَأَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي كَبْشَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ مُفَضَّلٍ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي كَبْشَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ نَحْوَهُ

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• al-Tirmidhi

  صححه

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  in سنن ابن ماجه, p. 4350

Other narrations of this report

Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2325Musnad Ahmad 18031al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 20354al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 20363al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 4373

Narrators

1. 1
   Abū Kabshah al-Madhḥijī

   Companion (ṣaḥābī)d. between 61 AH and 70 AH
   أَبُو كَبْشَةَ الْمَذْحِجِيُّصحابي
   عن
2. 2
   Sālim b. Abī al-Jaʿd al-Ghaṭafānī

   Trustworthy (thiqah), but he used to narrate with omission of the Companion (irsāl) frequentlyd. 99 AH, Muṭayyan said: 100 AH, also said: 101 AH. Abū Nuʿaym said: 97 AH or 98 AH, and Ibn Ḥibbān said likewise in al-Thiqāt
   سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِثقة وكان يرسل كثيرا
   عن
3. 3
   al-Aʿmash

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a retentive memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), knowledgeable in the recitations (qirāʾāt), scrupulous (wariʿ), but he practiced concealment (tadlīs)d. Abū ʿAwānah said, and ʿAbd Allāh b. Dāwūd: 147 AH. Wakīʿ said, and more than one: 148 AH. And al-Khaṭīb considered it correct. Also said: 145 AH
   الْأَعْمَشُثقة حافظ , عارف بالقراءات ورع لكنه يدلس
   حدثنا
4. 4
   Wakīʿ b. al-Jarrāḥ

   Trustworthy, a memorizer, devout (thiqah ḥāfiẓ ʿābid)d. 196 AH, or 197 AH, or 198 AH
   وَكِيعٌثقة حافظ عابد
   حدثنا
5. 5
   ʿAlī b. Muḥammad

   trustworthy (thiqah), devout (ʿābid)d. 233 AH, or shortly before or shortly after it, also said: 235 AH
   وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍثقة عابد
   حدثنا
6. 6
   Ibn Mājah

   one of the imams, a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ)d. 273 AH, or: 275 AH
   ابْنُ مَاجَهْأحد الأئمة ، حافظ

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