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.