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ahmad:14230Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Hold onto your wealth and do not spend it, for if it is spent, it becomes the means of inheritance.  

أحمد:١٤٢٣٠حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَمْسِكُوا عَلَيْكُمْ أَمْوَالَكُمْ وَلَا تُعْمِرُوهَا فَإِنْ أُعْمِرَ عُمْرَى فَهِيَ سَبِيلُ الْمِيرَاثِ  


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muslim:1625iYaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Abū Khaythamah > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

Keep your property to yourselves and do not squander it, for he who conferred a life grant upon another that property will belong to him upon whom it is conferred whether he lives or dies, and (would pass on) to his successors (as heritage).  

مسلم:١٦٢٥iوَحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَمْسِكُوا عَلَيْكُمْ أَمْوَالَكُمْ وَلاَ تُفْسِدُوهَا فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ أَعْمَرَ عُمْرَى فَهِيَ لِلَّذِي أُعْمِرَهَا حَيًّا وَمَيِّتًا وَلِعَقِبِهِ  

nasai:3737Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Khālid > Hishām > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

"Hold on to your wealth and do not give it on the basis of 'Umra. For whoever is given something on the basis of 'Umra for the rest of his life, it belongs to him for the rest of his life and after his death."  

النسائي:٣٧٣٧أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ امْسِكُوا عَلَيْكُمْ أَمْوَالَكُمْ وَلاَ تُعْمِرُوهَا فَمَنْ أُعْمِرَ شَيْئًا حَيَاتَهُ فَهُوَ لَهُ حَيَاتَهُ وَبَعْدَ مَوْتِهِ  

ahmad:15017Kathīr > Hishām > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

"Hold on to your wealth and do not give it on the basis of 'Umra. For whoever is given something on the basis of 'Umra for the rest of his life, it belongs to him for the rest of his life and after his death." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3737)  

أحمد:١٥٠١٧حَدَّثَنَا كَثِيرٌ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَمْسِكُوا عَلَيْكُمْ أَمْوَالَكُمْ وَلَا تُعْمِرُوهَا فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ أَعْمَرَ شَيْئًا حَيَاتَهُ فَهُوَ لَهُ حَيَاتَهُ وَبَعْدَ مَوْتِهِ  

ahmad:14407Ismāʿīl > al-Ḥajjāj al-Ṣawwāf > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

"Jabir said: 'The Messenger of Allah said: "O Ansar! Hold on to your wealth, and do not give it on the basis of 'Umra. For whoever gives something on the basis of 'Umra, it belongs to the one to whom he gave it on that basis, for the rest of his life and after he dies."'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3736)  

أحمد:١٤٤٠٧حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَنِ الْحَجَّاجِ الصَّوَّافِ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَا مَعْشَرَ الْأَنْصَارِ أَمْسِكُوا عَلَيْكُمْ أَمْوَالَكُمْ وَلَا تُعْمِرُوهَا فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ أَعْمَرَ شَيْئًا فَهُوَ لَمن أُعْمِرَهُ حَيَاتَهُ وَمَوْتَهُ  

ahmad:15136Ḥasan > Zuhayr b. Muʿāwiyah Abū Khaythamah > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

Keep your property to yourselves and do not squander it, for he who conferred a life grant upon another that property will belong to him upon whom it is conferred whether he lives or dies, and (would pass on) to his successors (as heritage). (Using translation from Muslim 1625i)  

أحمد:١٥١٣٦حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَمْسِكُوا عَلَيْكُمْ أَمْوَالَكُمْ وَلَا تَقْسِمُوهَا فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ أَعْمَرَ عُمْرَى فَهِيَ لِلَّذِي أَعْمَرَهَا حَيًّا وَمَيِّتًاوَلِعَقِبِهِ  

ahmad:15176ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Sufyān And ʾAbū Nuʿaym > Sufyān > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Hold onto your wealth and do not give it to anyone, and whoever builds something, it belongs to him."  

أحمد:١٥١٧٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ وَأَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَمْسِكُوا عَلَيْكُمْ أَمْوَالَكُمْ وَلَا تُعْطُوهَا أَحَدًا فَمَنْ أُعْمِرَ شَيْئًا فَهُوَ لَهُ  

ذِكْرُ الْعِلَّةِ الَّتِي مِنْ أَجْلِهَا زُجِرَ عَنِ اسْتِعْمَالِ الْعُمْرَى

ibnhibban:5141al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Muḥammad b. al-Minhāl al-Ḍarīr > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Ayyūb > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Hold on to your wealth and do not squander it, for whoever squanders something, it becomes their life and inheritance after they die."  

ابن حبّان:٥١٤١أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ الضَّرِيرُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَمْسِكُوا عَلَيْكُمْ أَمْوَالَكُمْ وَلَا تُعْمِرُوهَا فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ أُعْمِرَ شَيْئًا فَهُوَ لَهُ حَيَاتَهُ وَلِوَرَثَتِهِ إِذَا مَاتَ»  

suyuti:4469a

Keep your property to yourselves and do not squander it, for he who conferred a life grant upon another that property will belong to him upon whom it is conferred whether he lives or dies, and (would pass on) to his successors (as heritage). (Using translation from Muslim 1625i)   

السيوطي:٤٤٦٩a

"أَمْسِكُوا عَلَيكم أَمْوالكُم، ولا تُفْسِدُوها، فإِنَّ مَنْ أَعْمَر عُمْرَى فهي للذي أُعْمِرهَا حيًّا، ومَيِّتًا، ولِعَقِبِه".  

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