الادب المفرد
Adab al-Mufrad
كتابBook of Mutual Love Among People
بَابُ حُسْنِ الْخُلُقِChapter: Good Character
Hadith 275
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ زُبَيْدٍ، عَنْ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى قَسَمَ بَيْنَكُمْ أَخْلاَقَكُمْ، كَمَا قَسَمَ بَيْنَكُمْ أَرْزَاقَكُمْ، وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى يُعْطِي الْمَالَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ وَمَنْ لاَ يُحِبُّ، وَلاَ يُعْطِي الإِيمَانَ إِلاَّ مَنْ يُحِبُّ، فَمَنْ ضَنَّ بِالْمَالِ أَنْ يُنْفِقَهُ، وَخَافَ الْعَدُوَّ أَنْ يُجَاهِدَهُ، وَهَابَ اللَّيْلَ أَنْ يُكَابِدَهُ، فَلْيُكْثِرْ مِنْ قَوْلِ: لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ، وَسُبْحَانَ اللهِ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ.
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that indeed Allah Almighty has distributed good character among you just as He has distributed sustenance among you. Surely, Allah gives wealth to the one He likes and to the one He does not like, but He gives faith only to the one He loves. Whoever is miserly in spending wealth, fears to fight the enemy, and does not have the strength to endure hardship by standing in prayer at night, he should frequently recite: La ilaha illallah, Subhanallah, Alhamdulillah, and Allahu Akbar.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Usman Muneeb
Benefits and Issues:
➊ This hadith is apparently mawquf (attributed to a Companion), but it carries the ruling of marfu‘ (attributed to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), as explicitly stated by Shaykh al-Albani rahimahullah in al-Silsilah al-Sahihah (2714).
➋ Wealth and character are both distributed by Allah, the Exalted. Receiving more or less of them is by no means a sign of Allah’s displeasure or pleasure. Whoever Allah grants soundness in religion and enables to have correct creed should understand that Allah is pleased with him.
➌ Just as a person does not sit idly regarding wealth, thinking that whatever is destined for him will come to him, but rather strives for it, similarly, one should also strive to attain good character and accustom oneself to good manners. If a person abandons bad character, his character will automatically become good. Just as a person supplicates to Allah for wealth, likewise, he should also supplicate to Allah for good character.
➍ At the end of the hadith, several important and resolute matters are mentioned: if a person does not find the resolve to fulfill them, and despite effort is unable to spend in the way of Allah, or perform acts of worship such as jihad and standing in prayer at night (qiyam al-layl), then to make up for this deficiency, he should engage abundantly in the remembrance of Allah (dhikr). In this way, the deficiency in his good deeds will also be removed, and Allah, the Exalted, will grant him the resolve to perform these actions as well.
➊ This hadith is apparently mawquf (attributed to a Companion), but it carries the ruling of marfu‘ (attributed to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), as explicitly stated by Shaykh al-Albani rahimahullah in al-Silsilah al-Sahihah (2714).
➋ Wealth and character are both distributed by Allah, the Exalted. Receiving more or less of them is by no means a sign of Allah’s displeasure or pleasure. Whoever Allah grants soundness in religion and enables to have correct creed should understand that Allah is pleased with him.
➌ Just as a person does not sit idly regarding wealth, thinking that whatever is destined for him will come to him, but rather strives for it, similarly, one should also strive to attain good character and accustom oneself to good manners. If a person abandons bad character, his character will automatically become good. Just as a person supplicates to Allah for wealth, likewise, he should also supplicate to Allah for good character.
➍ At the end of the hadith, several important and resolute matters are mentioned: if a person does not find the resolve to fulfill them, and despite effort is unable to spend in the way of Allah, or perform acts of worship such as jihad and standing in prayer at night (qiyam al-layl), then to make up for this deficiency, he should engage abundantly in the remembrance of Allah (dhikr). In this way, the deficiency in his good deeds will also be removed, and Allah, the Exalted, will grant him the resolve to perform these actions as well.
Source: Fadlullah al-Ahad: Urdu Commentary on al-Adab al-Mufrad, Page: 275
