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Al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3167 — Beware of the trial of wealth

قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ : أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ ، ثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ ، ثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ هِلَالٍ الْعَدَوِيُّ ، ثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ الْعَدَوِيُّ ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُمَا قَالَ : دَعَانِي عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ فَإِذَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ نَطْعٌ عَلَيْهِ ذَهَبٌ مَنْثُورٌ نَثْرَ الْحَثَا ، قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُمَا : وَالْحَثَا : التِّبْنُ ، فَقَالَ : هَلُمَّ فَاقْسِمْ بَيْنَ قَوْمِكَ ، وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ حِينَ حَبَسَ هَذَا عَنْ نَبِيِّهِ وَعَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ أَخَيْرًا أَرَادَ أَمْ شَرًّا ؟ فَجَعَلَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ يَبْكِي ، وَيَقُولُ فِي بُكَائِهِ : وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ ، مَا حَبَسَهُ عَنْ نَبِيِّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَعَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ إِرَادَةَ الشَّرِّ بِهِمَا وَأَعْطَانِيهِ إِرَادَةَ الْخَيْرِ بِي .
هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ رَوَاهُ الْهَيْثَمُ بْنُ كُلَيْبٍ الشَّاشِيُّ فِي مُسْنَدِهِ .
3167 \ 2 - حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُنَادِي ، ثَنَا أَبُو النَّضْرِ هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ ، ثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ ، عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ ، ثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ ، وَكَانَ يَغْشَى ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُمَا وَسَمِعَ مِنْهُ ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ يَقُولُ : دَعَانِي عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ ، فَذَكَرَهُ .
رِجَالُهُ أَخْرَجَ لَهُمْ مُسْلِمٌ سِوَى زُهَيْرٍ وَهُوَ غَيْرُ مَجْرُوحٍ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that Sayyiduna Umar al-Faruq (may Allah be pleased with him) called me. When I arrived, I saw that a leather mat was spread before him on which gold was scattered just as "al-hatha" (chaff) is scattered. Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: By "al-hatha" is meant dry straw or chaff. Then Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said to me: "Come near and distribute this among your people. Allah Almighty knows best whether, when He withheld this wealth from His Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and from Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), He intended good for them, or whether (now, by giving it to me) some evil is hidden in it for me." After that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) began to weep bitterly, and between his sobs he was saying: "By the One in whose Hand is my soul! Allah Almighty did not withhold this wealth from His Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and from Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) out of any intention of evil for them, nor has He given this wealth to me out of any special intention of good for me (rather, it is a trial)."
This hadith is hasan (good); al-Haytham bin Kulayb al-Shashi recorded it in his Musnad.
In another chain, Zuhayr bin Hayyan, who used to attend the gatherings of Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) and heard from him, relates: I heard Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) saying: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) called me, and then he mentioned the same incident as before.
The narrators of this report are narrators of Imam Muslim except Zuhayr, and he is not criticised (ghayr majruh).
Hadith Reference المطالب العالية بزوائد المسانيد الثمانية / كتاب الرقائق / 3167
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Hadith Takhrij «حکم الحدیث المطالب العالیہ محققاً تنسیق د. سعد بن ناصر بن عبد العزيز الشَّثري- مکتبہ شاملہ :قال ابن حجر: هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ رَوَاهُ الْهَيْثَمُ بْنُ كُلَيْبٍ الشَّاشِيُّ فِي مُسْنَدِهِ . رِجَالُهُ أَخْرَجَ لَهُمْ مُسْلِمٌ سِوَى زُهَيْرٍ وَهُوَ غَيْرُ مَجْرُوحٍ . »
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