Hadith 685

أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ ، حَدَّثَنِي مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ أَتَرَى كَثْرَةَ الْمَالِ هُوَ الْغِنَى ؟ " ، قُلْتُ : نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، قَالَ : " فَتَرَى قِلَّةَ الْمَالِ هُوَ الْفَقْرُ ؟ " ، قُلْتُ : نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، قَالَ : " إِنَّمَا الْغِنَى غِنَى الْقَلْبِ ، وَالْفَقْرُ فَقْرُ الْقَلْبِ " ثُمَّ سَأَلَنِي عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ ، فقَالَ : " هَلْ تَعْرِفُ فُلانًا " ؟ قُلْتُ : نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، قَالَ : " فَكَيْفَ تَرَاهُ وَتَرَاهُ ؟ " قُلْتُ : إِذَا سَأَلَ أُعْطِيَ ، وَإِذَا حَضَرَ أُدْخِلَ ، ثُمَّ سَأَلَنِي عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الصُّفَّةِ ، فقَالَ : " هَلْ تَعْرِفُ فُلانًا ؟ " قُلْتُ : لا وَاللَّهِ مَا أَعْرِفُهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، قَالَ : " فَمَا زَالَ يُحَلِّيهِ وَيَنْعَتُهُ حَتَّى عَرَفْتُهُ " ، فَقُلْتُ : قَدْ عَرَفْتُهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، قَالَ : " فَكَيْفَ تَرَاهُ أَوْ تَرَاهُ ؟ " قُلْتُ : رَجُلٌ مِسْكِينٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الصُّفَّةِ ، فقَالَ : " هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ طِلاعِ الأَرْضِ مِنَ الآخَرِ " ، قُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، أَفَلا يُعْطَى مِنْ بَعْضِ مَا يُعْطَى الآخَرُ ؟ فقَالَ : " إِذَا أُعْطِيَ خَيْرًا فَهُوَ أَهْلُهُ ، وَإِنْ صُرِفَ عَنْهُ فَقَدْ أُعْطِيَ حَسَنَةً " .
Sayyiduna Abu Dharr Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O Abu Dharr Ghifari! Do you think that having a lot of wealth is prosperity? I said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah! The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Then, do you think that having little wealth is poverty? I said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah! The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: True prosperity is the prosperity of the heart, and true poverty is the poverty of the heart. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked me about a man from the Quraysh. He said: Do you know so-and-so? I said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah! The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: What is your opinion about him and how is he regarded? I said: When he asks for something, it is given to him; when he comes somewhere, he is allowed to enter. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked me about a man from the people of Suffah and said: Do you know so-and-so? I said: No, by Allah, O Messenger of Allah! I do not know him. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) continued to mention his lineage to me until I recognized him, so I said: O Messenger of Allah! Now I have recognized him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: What is your opinion about him and how is he regarded? I said: He is a poor man from the people of Suffah. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: He (the poor man) is better than the earth full of people like the other (rich man). I said: O Messenger of Allah! That person was not given any share of what was given to the other. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If he has been given goodness, then he is more deserving of it, and if it has been withheld from him, then goodness has been granted to him.
Hadith Reference صحیح ابن حبان / كتاب الرقائق / 685
Hadith Grading فضيلة الشيخ الإمام محمد ناصر الدين الألباني صحيح - «التعليق الرغيب» (4/ 92 - 93). فضيلة الشيخ العلّامة شُعيب الأرناؤوط إسناده صحيح على شرط مسلم.
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