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مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد
Majma' al-Zawa'id
كتاب الزهد
Book of Asceticism
بَابُ مَا قَلَّ وَكَفَى خَيْرٌ مِمَّا كَثُرَ وَأَلْهَى .
A little that suffices is better than much that distracts
Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 17865
اُردوEn
عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ ، قَالَ : قَالَ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " مَا طَلَعَتْ شَمْسٌ قَطُّ إِلَّا بُعِثَ بِجَنْبِهَا مَلَكَانِ يُنَادِيَانِ يُسْمِعَانِ أَهْلَ الْأَرْضِ إِلَّا الثَّقَلَيْنِ : يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ ، هَلُمُّوا إِلَى رَبِّكُمْ ، مَا قَلَّ وَكَفَى خَيْرٌ مِمَّا كَثُرَ وَأَلْهَى " . رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ ، وَالطَّبَرَانِيُّ فِي الْكَبِيرِ ، وَزَادَ : " وَلَا آبَتْ شَمْسٌ قَطُّ إِلَّا بُعِثَ بِجَنْبِهَا مَلَكَانِ يُنَادِيَانِ : اللَّهُمَّ أَعْطِ مُنْفِقًا خَلَفًا ، وَأَعْطِ مُمْسِكًا تَلَفًا " . رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ فِي الْأَوْسَطِ ، إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ : " اللَّهُمَّ مَنْ أَنْفَقَ فَأَعْطِهِ خَلَفًا ، وَمَنْ أَمْسَكَ فَأَعْطِهِ تَلَفًا " . وَرِجَالُ أَحْمَدَ ، وَبَعْضُ رِجَالِ أَسَانِيدِ الطَّبَرَانِيِّ فِي الْكَبِيرِ رِجَالُ الصَّحِيحِ .
Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda' (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whenever the sun rises, two angels are with it who make an announcement, and all the people of the earth except the two groups (that is, jinn and humans) hear their (the angels') voice. (They say:) 'O people, come to your Lord! What is little and suffices is better than what is much and distracts.'"
Ahmad recorded it, and al-Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir, and he added these words: "Whenever the sun sets, two angels are sent alongside it who say aloud: O Allah, give the one who spends (in Your path) a replacement for it, and bring ruin upon (the wealth of) the one who does not spend (in Your path)."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, but with these words: "O Allah, whoever spends, give him a replacement for it, and whoever does not spend, bring ruin upon (his wealth)." The narrators of Ahmad, and some of the narrators of al-Tabarani's chains in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir, are the narrators of the Sahih.
Ahmad recorded it, and al-Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir, and he added these words: "Whenever the sun sets, two angels are sent alongside it who say aloud: O Allah, give the one who spends (in Your path) a replacement for it, and bring ruin upon (the wealth of) the one who does not spend (in Your path)."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, but with these words: "O Allah, whoever spends, give him a replacement for it, and whoever does not spend, bring ruin upon (his wealth)." The narrators of Ahmad, and some of the narrators of al-Tabarani's chains in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir, are the narrators of the Sahih.
