Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-3063b
"عَنِ الْحَسَنِ الْبَصْرِىِّ قَالَ: كتَبَ عمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ إِلَى أَبِى مُوسَى الأَشْعَرِىِّ؛ اقْنَعْ بِرِزْقِكَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا، فَإِنَّ الرَّحْمَنَ فَضَّلَ بَعْضَ عِبَادِهِ عَلَى بَعْضٍ في الرِّزْقِ بَلَاءً يَبْتَلِى بِهِ كُلًا فَيَبْتَلِى بِهِ مَنْ بَسَطَ لَهُ كيْفَ شُكْرُهُ فِيهِ؟ وَشُكْرُهُ للَّهِ (أَدَاؤُهُ لِلحِقِّ الَّذِى افْتَرَضَ عَلَيْهِ ( )) فِيمَا رَزَقَهُ وَخَوَّلهُ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- al-Ḥasan al-Baṣri
- Ktab ʿMar b. al-Khaṭṭāb
- Abiá Mūsá al-Ashʿari Āqnaʿ Birizqik from al-Dunyā Faʾin al-Raḥman Faḍḍal
Machine translation, not reviewed
"From al-Hasan al-Basri, who said: 'Umar ibn al-Khattab wrote to Abu Musa al-Ash'ari: 'Be content with your provision from this world, for the Most Merciful has favored some of His servants over others in provision as a trial by which He tests them all. He tests the one to whom He extended it: how is his gratitude for it? His gratitude to Allah is his fulfilment of the right which He obligated upon him regarding what He provided and bestowed upon him.'"
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ابن أَبى حاتم
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