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المعجم الأوسط
Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat (Tabarani)
باب الألف
Names Beginning with the Letter Alif
مَنِ اسْمُهُ أَحْمَدُ
Those Named Ahmad
Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 2271 — the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Envy
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ الْبَرْقِيُّ ، قَالَ : نَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ قَالَ : نَا الْهَيْثَمُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي زَيْدُ بْنُ وَاقِدٍ ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ مُوسَى ، عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْأَخْنَسِ ، وَكَانَتْ لَهُ صُحْبَةٌ ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ- قَالَ : لَا تَنَافُسَ بَيْنَكُمْ إِلَّا فِي اثْنَتَيْنِ : رَجُلٌ أَعْطَاهُ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قُرْآنًا ، فَهُوَ يَقُومُ بِهِ آنَاءَ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ ، يَتَّبِعُ مَا فِيهِ ، فَيَقُولُ رَجُلٌ : لَوْ أَنَّ اللهَ أَعْطَانِي مِثْلَ مَا أَعْطَى فُلَانًا ، فَأَقُومُ بِهِ كَمَا يَقُومُ . وَرَجُلٌ أَعْطَاهُ مَالًا فَهُوَ يُنْفِقُ وَيَتَصَدَّقُ ، وَيَقُولُ رَجُلٌ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ . لَمْ يُسْنِدْ يَزِيدُ بْنُ الْأَخْنَسِ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ- حَدِيثًا غَيْرَ هَذَا ، تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ زَيْدُ بْنُ وَاقِدٍ I " .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Yazid bin al-Akhnas (may Allah be pleased with him), who had the honour of companionship, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Envy (ghibtah) among you is permissible only regarding two men: a man to whom Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, has given the Qur'an, and he stands with it in the hours of the night and the day and follows its rulings, so another man says: 'If only Allah had given me the like of what He gave so-and-so, I would stand with the Qur'an just as he does.' And a man to whom Allah has given wealth, and he spends it and gives it in charity, and another man says the same (wishing for it)."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Yazid bin al-Akhnas (may Allah be pleased with him) did not narrate any hadith with a connected chain from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) other than this one, and Zayd bin Waqid (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Yazid bin al-Akhnas (may Allah be pleased with him) did not narrate any hadith with a connected chain from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) other than this one, and Zayd bin Waqid (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it."
