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المعجم الأوسط
Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat (Tabarani)
باب الألف
Names Beginning with the Letter Alif
بَابُ مَنِ اسْمُهُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ
Those Named Ibrahim
Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 2875 — he said: We fell into severe need
حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ قَالَ : نَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ قَالَ : نَا مُعْتَمِرٌ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ ، عَنْ هِلَالٍ ، أَخِي بَنِي مُرَّةَ بْنِ عَبَّادٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ : أَعْوَزْنَا عَوْزًا شَدِيدًا ، فَأَمَرَنِي أَهْلِي أَنْ آتِيَ النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَأَسْأَلَهُ شَيْئًا ، فَأَقْبَلْتُ ، فَكَانَ أَوَّلَ مَا سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - يَقُولُ : مَنِ اسْتَغْنَى أَغْنَاهُ اللهُ ، وَمَنِ اسْتَعَفَّ أَعَفَّهُ اللهُ ، وَمَنْ سَأَلَنَا لَمْ نَدَّخِرْ عَنْهُ شَيْئًا إِنْ وَجَدْنَا ، فَقُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي : لَأَسْتَغْنِيَنَّ فَيُغْنِيَنِي اللهُ ، وَلَأَتَعَفَّفَنَّ فَيُعِفَّنِي اللهُ ، فَلَمْ أَسْأَلِ النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - شَيْئًا .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "We fell into severe need and hardship, so my family told me to go to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and ask him for something. I came, and the first thing I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saying was: 'Whoever seeks to be free of need, Allah makes him free of need; whoever refrains from asking, Allah grants him chastity; and whoever asks us, if we have something, we will not hold anything back from him.' On hearing this I said to myself: 'I will certainly seek to be free of need so that Allah makes me free of need, and I will certainly refrain from asking so that Allah makes me chaste.' So I did not ask the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) for anything."
