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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 17866 — A little that suffices is better than much
وَعَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ - أُرَاهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، شَكَّ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - عَلَى الْأَعْوَادِ ، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ : " مَا قَلَّ وَكَفَى خَيْرٌ مِمَّا كَثُرَ وَأَلْهَى " . رَوَاهُ أَبُو يُعْلَى ، وَرِجَالُهُ رِجَالُ الصَّحِيحِ غَيْرَ صَدَقَةَ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ ، وَهُوَ ثِقَةٌ . .
Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Sa'id relates: (The narrator says: I think he narrated
this from his father; this doubt is on the part of the narrator Abu Abdullah.) He (that is, Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him)) says: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say on the pulpit: "What is little and suffices is better than what is much and distracts."
Abu Ya'la recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih, except Sadaqah bin al-Rabi', who is thiqah (trustworthy).
this from his father; this doubt is on the part of the narrator Abu Abdullah.) He (that is, Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him)) says: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say on the pulpit: "What is little and suffices is better than what is much and distracts."
Abu Ya'la recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih, except Sadaqah bin al-Rabi', who is thiqah (trustworthy).
