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مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي
Musnad Abi Ya'la al-Mawsili
من مسند أبي سعيد الخدري
From the Musnad of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri
مِنْ مُسْنَدِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ
From the Musnad of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri
Musnad Abi Ya'la 1085 — the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Envy (ghibtah)
حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : « لَا حَسَدَ إِلَّا فِي اثْنَتَيْنِ : رَجُلٌ آتَاهُ اللهُ الْقُرْآنَ فَهُوَ يَتْلُوهُ آنَاءَ اللَّيْلِ وَآنَاءَ النَّهَارِ ، فَهُوَ يَقُولُ : لَوْ أُوتِيتُ مِثْلَ مَا أُوتِيَ هَذَا ، لَفَعَلْتُ كَمَا يَفْعَلُ ، وَرَجُلٌ آتَاهُ اللهُ مَالًا فَهُوَ يُنْفِقُهُ فِي حَقِّهِ ، فَهُوَ يَقُولُ : لَوْ أُوتِيتُ مِثْلَ مَا أُوتِيَ هَذَا لَفَعَلْتُ كَمَا يَفْعَلُ » .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Envy (ghibtah) is permissible only in two cases: a man whom Allah Almighty has blessed with the Noble Qur'an and he recites it in the hours of the night and the day, so (another person, seeing him) says: 'Would that I were given (knowledge) like what he has been given; then I would do just as he is doing'; and a man whom Allah Almighty has blessed with wealth and he spends it in the way of truth, so (the onlooker) says: 'If I were given wealth like his, I too would do (good deeds) just as he is doing.'"
