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مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد
Majma' al-Zawa'id
كتاب الزهد
Book of Asceticism
بَابٌ فِيمَنْ يَرْضَى بِمَا قُسِمَ لَهُ .
One who is content with what is allotted to him
Majma al-Zawaid 17877 — One who is content with what is allotted
وَعَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ - يَعْنِي ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ - قَالَ : يَا حَبَّذَا الْمَكْرُوهَاتُ : الْمَوْتُ وَالْفَقْرُ ، [ وَايْمُ اللَّهِ ، مَا هُوَ إِلَّا الْغِنَي وَالْفَقْرُ ] وَمَا أُبَالِي بِأَيِّهِمَا ابْتُلِيتُ ، [ لِأَنَّ حَقَّ اللَّهِ فِي كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا وَاجِبٌ ] إِنْ كَانَ الْغِنَى إِنَّ فِيهِ الْعَطْفَ ، وَإِنْ كَانَ الْفَقْرُ إِنَّ فِيهِ لَلصَّبْرَ . رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ ، وَفِيهِ الْمَسْعُودِيُّ ، وَقَدِ اخْتَلَطَ .
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) says: "How excellent are the disliked things: death and poverty! By Allah, between wealth and poverty, I do not care with which of the two I am tested, because in each of the two situations the right of Allah Almighty is obligatory: if it is wealth, then kindness is required in it, and if it is poverty, then patience is required in it."
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains al-Mas'udi, whose memory became confused (ikhtilat).
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains al-Mas'udi, whose memory became confused (ikhtilat).
