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ahmad-zuhd:852ʿAbdullāh from my father > Wakīʿ > al-Masʿūdī > al-Qāsim

[Machine] Abdullah said to his son, "Oh my son, make sure your house is enough for you, and I own your tongue, and cry because of your sinful behavior."  

الزهد لأحمد:٨٥٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْمَسْعُودِيُّ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ قَالَ

قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ لِابْنِهِ يَا بُنَيَّ لِيَسَعْكَ بَيْتُكَ وأَمْلِكْ عَلَيْكَ لِسَانَكَ وَابْكِ مِنْ ذِكْرِ خَطِيئَتِكَ  


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Collected by Ṭabarānī, Aḥmad's Zuhd, Suyūṭī
tabarani:10353Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar al-Faydī > Jābir b. Nūḥ > al-Masʿūdī > al-Qāsim b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman from his father > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Let your home be spacious for you and weep over your sins, and control your tongue."  

الطبراني:١٠٣٥٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْفَيْدِيُّ ثنا جَابِرُ بْنُ نُوحٍ عَنِ الْمَسْعُودِيِّ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لِيَسَعْكَ بَيْتُكَ وَابْكِ مِنْ ذِكْرِ خَطِيئَتِكَ وَامْلِكْ عَلَيْكَ لِسَانَكَ»  

tabarani:8753Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr al-Azdī > Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr > Zāʾidah > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr > Āl ʿAbdullāh > ʿAbdullāh Awṣá Āb.ah ʿAbd al-Raḥman

[Machine] Abdullah advised his son Abdul Rahman saying, "I advise you to fear Allah, may your house suffice you, and cry over your sin, and I have control over your tongue."  

الطبراني:٨٧٥٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ثنا زَائِدَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنِي آلُ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ أَوْصَى ابْنَهُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ فَقَالَ «أُوصِيكَ بِاتِّقَاءِ اللهِ وَلْيَسَعْكَ بَيْتُكَ وَابْكِ عَلَى خَطِيئَتِكَ وَأَمْلِكْ عَلَيْكَ لِسَانَكَ»  

ahmad-zuhd:82ʿAbdullāh > Abū Kurayb Muḥammad b. al-ʿAlāʾ > Ibn al-Mubārak > Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb > ʿUbaydullāh b. Zaḥr > ʿAlī b. Yazīd > al-Qāsim > Abū Umāmah

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! What is the means to salvation?' He said: 'That you control your tongue, suffice yourself your house, and cry over your sins.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2406)   

الزهد لأحمد:٨٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ زَحْرٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ عُقْبَةُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا النَّجَاةُ؟ قَالَ «أَمْسِكْ عَلَيْكَ لِسَانَكَ وَلْيَسَعْكَ بَيْتُكَ وَابْكِ مِنْ ذِكْرِ خَطِيئَتِكَ»  

suyuti:4482a

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! What is the means to salvation?' He said: 'That you control your tongue, suffice yourself your house, and cry over your sins.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2406)   

السيوطي:٤٤٨٢a

"أَمْلِك عليك لِسَانَك، ولْيَسَعْكَ بَيتُكُ، وابْكِ عَلَى خطِيئَتِكَ" .  

[ت] الترمذي حسن [حل] أبى نعيم في الحلية [هب] البيهقى في شعب الإيمان عن عقبة بن عامر، [حم] أحمد عن أَبي أُمامة، [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن ابن مسعود