مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد
Majma' al-Zawa'id
كتاب الزهد
Book of Asceticism
بَابُ مَثَلِ الدُّنْيَا .
The parable of this world
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عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " إِنَّ مَطْعَمَ ابْنِ آدَمَ جُعِلَ مَثَلًا لِلدُّنْيَا وَإِنْ قَزَّحَهُ وَمَلَّحَهُ ، فَانْظُرْ إِلَى مَا يَصِيرُ " . رَوَاهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ ، وَالطَّبَرَانِيُّ ، وَرِجَالُهُمَا رِجَالُ الصَّحِيحِ غَيْرَ عُتَيٍّ ، وَهُوَ ثِقَةٌ .
Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The food of man has been made a parable for the world; however much a person makes it fine and tasty, look at what it finally becomes."
Abdullah and al-Tabarani recorded it, and the narrators of both are the narrators of the Sahih, except Utayy, who is thiqah (trustworthy).
Abdullah and al-Tabarani recorded it, and the narrators of both are the narrators of the Sahih, except Utayy, who is thiqah (trustworthy).
وَعَنِ الضَّحَّاكِ بْنِ سُفْيَانَ : أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - قَالَ لَهُ : " يَا ضَحَّاكُ ، مَا طَعَامُكَ ؟ " . قَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، اللَّحْمُ وَاللَّبَنُ . قَالَ : " ثُمَّ يَصِيرُ إِلَى مَاذَا ؟ " . قَالَ : إِلَى مَا قَدْ عَلِمْتَ . قَالَ : " فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى ضَرَبَ مَا يَخْرُجُ مِنِ ابْنِ آدَمَ مَثَلًا لِلدُّنْيَا " . رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ ، وَالطَّبَرَانِيُّ ، وَرِجَالُ الطَّبَرَانِيِّ رِجَالُ الصَّحِيحِ غَيْرَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ جُدْعَانَ ، وَقَدْ وُثِّقَ .
Sayyiduna al-Dahhak bin Sufyan (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "O Dahhak, what is your food?" He said: "O Messenger of Allah, meat and milk." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Then what does it become?" He said: "What you already know." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What comes out of the son of Adam, Allah Almighty has struck it as a parable for the world (or made it a parable)."
Ahmad and al-Tabarani recorded it, and the narrators of al-Tabarani are the narrators of the Sahih, except Ali bin Zayd bin Jud'an, who has nonetheless been declared trustworthy.
Ahmad and al-Tabarani recorded it, and the narrators of al-Tabarani are the narrators of the Sahih, except Ali bin Zayd bin Jud'an, who has nonetheless been declared trustworthy.
وَعَنْ سَلْمَانَ قَالَ : جَاءَ قَوْمٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَقَالَ لَهُمْ : " أَلْكُمْ طَعَامٌ ؟ " . قَالُوا : نَعَمْ . قَالَ : " فَلَكُمْ شَرَابٌ ؟ " . قَالُوا : نَعَمْ . قَالَ : " فَتُصَفُّونَهُ ؟ " . قَالُوا : نَعَمْ . قَالَ : " وَتُبَرِّدُونَهُ ؟ " . قَالُوا : نَعَمْ . قَالَ : " فَإِنَّ مَعَادَهُمَا كَمَعَادِ الدُّنْيَا ، يَقُومُ أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى خَلْفِ بَيْتِهِ فَيُمْسِكُ عَلَى أَنْفِهِ مِنْ نَتْنِهِ " . رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ ، وَرِجَالُهُ رِجَالُ الصَّحِيحِ .
Sayyiduna Salman al-Farisi (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Some people came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked them: "Do you have food?" They said: "Yes." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Do you have drink?" They said: "Yes." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Do you purify it?" They said: "Yes." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "And then you cool it?" They said: "Yes." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The end of these two is like the end of the world: one of you gets up and goes behind his house and holds his nose against its stench."
Al-Tabarani recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.
Al-Tabarani recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.
