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ahmad-zuhd:24 – ʿAbdullāh from my father > Yūnus > Baqiyyah > al-Sarī b. Yanʿum > Marīḥ b. Masrūq > Muʿādh b. Jabal

[Machine] "That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, when he sent him to Yemen, 'Beware of luxury and indulgence, for the servants of Allah are not indulgent.'"  

الزهد لأحمد:٢٤ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ عَنِ السَّرِيِّ بْنِ يَنْعُمَ عَنْ مَرِيحِ بْنِ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَهُ لَمَّا بَعَثَهُ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ «إِيَّاكَ وَالتَّنَعُّمَ فَإِنَّ عِبَادَ اللَّهِ لَيْسُوا بِالْمُتَنَعِّمِينَ»  

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ahmad:22105 – Surayj b. al-Nuʿmān And Yūnus > Baqiyyah b. al-Walīd > al-Sarī b. Yanʿum > Marīḥ b. Masrūq > Muʿādh b. Jabal

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ, when he was sent to Yemen, said, "Beware of extravagance, for the servants of Allah are not extravagant people."  

أحمد:٢٢١٠٥ – حَدَّثَنَا سُرَيْجُ بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ وَيُونُسُ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ عَنِ السَّرِيِّ بْنِ يَنْعُمَ عَنْ مَرِيحِ بْنِ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَمَّا بَعَثَ بِهِ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ قَالَ إِيَّاكَ وَالتَّنَعُّمَ؛ فَإِنَّ عِبَادَ اللهِ لَيْسُوا بِالْمُتَنَعِّمِينَ  

ahmad:22118 – Yūnus > Baqiyyah > al-Sarī b. Yanʿum > Marīḥ b. Masrūq > Muʿādh b. Jabal

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, when he sent him to Yemen: 'It is with me to exercise patience and tolerance, as the servants of Allah are not given to indulgence.'"  

أحمد:٢٢١١٨ – حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ عَنِ السَّرِيِّ بْنِ يَنْعُمَ عَنْ مَرِيحِ بْنِ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَمَّا بَعَثَهُ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ إِيَّايَ وَالتَّنَعُّمَ؛ فَإِنَّ عِبَادَ اللهِ لَيْسُوا بِالْمُتَنَعِّمِينَ