صحيح الادب المفرد
Sahih Adab al-Mufrad
Part One: Ahadith 1 to 249
باب من لا يرحم لا يرحم
Who does not show mercy will not be shown mercy
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Hadith 70
70/95 عن أبي سعيد، عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: " من لا يرحم لا يرحم".
Sayyiduna Abu Sa‘id (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) that he (peace be upon him) said: “Whoever does not show mercy will not be shown mercy.”
Hadith 71
71/96 عن جرير بن عبد الله قال : قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : " لا يرحم الله من لا يرحم الناس"، ( وفي طريق أخرى بلفظ : " من لا يرحم الناس لا يرحمه الله " 97).
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jarir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him). He said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Allah does not have mercy on the one who does not have mercy on people." In another chain of narration, the words are: "Whoever does not have mercy on people, Allah does not have mercy on him."
Hadith 72
72/99 عن أبي عثمان ؛ أن عمر رضي الله عنه استعمل رجلاً، فقال العامل : إن لي كذا وكذا، الولد، ما قبلتُ واحداً منهم! فزعم عمرُ، أو قال عمرُ: " إن الله عز وجل لا يرحمُ من عباده إلا أبرّهم".
It is narrated from Abu Uthman that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) appointed a man as an official. The official said: I have so many sons, but I have not kissed any of them. So Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) thought, or Umar said: Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, only shows mercy to those among His servants who are the best in their conduct towards others.
