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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 1267 — once he was struck by severe hardship, poverty
حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ ، حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ : حَدَّثَ هِلَالُ بْنُ حِصْنٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ : أَصَابَهُ مَرَّةً جَهْدٌ شَدِيدٌ ، فَقَالَ لِي بَعْضُ أَهْلِي : لَوْ سَأَلْتَ لَنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ، صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ؟ قَالَ : فَانْطَلَقْتُ مُحْنَقًا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَكَانَ أَوَّلَ مَا وَاجَهَنِي بِهِ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ أَنَّهُ قَالَ : « مَنِ اسْتَعَفَّ أَعَفَّهُ اللهُ ، وَمَنِ اسْتَغْنَى أَغْنَاهُ اللهُ ، وَمَنْ سَأَلَنَا لَمْ نَدَّخِرْ عَنْهُ شَيْئًا وَجَدْنَاهُ » . قَالَ : فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى نَفْسِي أُخَيِّرُ إِلَيْهَا : أَلَا أَسْتَعَفُّ فَيُعِفَّنِي اللهُ ؟ أَلَا أَسْتَغْنِي فَيُغْنِيَنِي اللهُ ؟ قَالَ : فَمَا مَشَيْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ أَسْأَلُهُ شَيْئًا مِنْ فَاقَةٍ حَتَّى أَقْبَلَتْ عَلَيْنَا الدُّنْيَا ، فَغَرَّقَتْنَا ، إِلَّا مَا عَصَمَ اللهُ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that once he was struck by severe hardship, poverty and hunger, and someone from his household said to him: "If only you would go to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and ask him for something for us!" He says: I went to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) with a very heavy heart, and the very first thing he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me was: "Whoever seeks chastity and self-respect, Allah Almighty makes him chaste; whoever seeks self-sufficiency, Allah makes him free of need; and whoever asks us, we never hold back from giving him whatever we have." Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I settled it in my heart: should I not adopt chastity and self-respect so that Allah makes me chaste? And should I not seek self-sufficiency so that Allah makes me free of need? He says: After this incident I never again went to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to ask for anything because of poverty and hunger, until the wealth of the world came to us in such abundance that we were drowned in it, except those whom Allah Almighty protected.
