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ahmad:1477 – Wakīʿ > Usāmah b. Zayd > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Labībah > Saʿd b. Mālik

[Machine] The Prophet Muhammad, ﷺ , said, "The best remembrance is the one done quietly, and the best provision is what is sufficient."  

أحمد:١٤٧٧ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَبِيبَةَ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خَيْرُ الذِّكْرِ الْخَفِيُّ وَخَيْرُ الرِّزْقِ مَا يَكْفِي  

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ahmad:1559 – Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Usāmah b. Zayd > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman Ibn Labībah > Saʿd b. Mālik

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ who said, "The best remembrance is that which is done secretly, and the best provision is what is sufficient."  

أحمد:١٥٥٩ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ابْنِ لَبِيبَةَ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ خَيْرُ الذِّكْرِ الْخَفِيُّ وَخَيْرُ الرِّزْقِ مَا يَكْفِي  

ahmad:1623 – ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Usāmah > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman Ibn Labībah > Saʿd b. Mālik

[Machine] I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, "The best remembrance is the hidden one, and the best sustenance is what is sufficient."  

أحمد:١٦٢٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا أُسَامَةُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ابْنِ لَبِيبَةَ أَنَّ سَعْدَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ خَيْرُ الذِّكْرِ الْخَفِيُّ وَخَيْرُ الرِّزْقِ مَا يَكْفِي  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ ذِكْرَ الْعَبْدِ رَبَّهُ جَلَّ وَعَلَا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ نَفْسِهِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ ذِكْرِهِ بِحَيْثُ يَسْمَعُ صَوْتَهُ

ibnhibban:809 – Ibn Qutaybah > Ḥarmalah > Ibn Wahb > Usāmah b. Zayd > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Labībah > Saʿd b. Abū Waqqāṣ

[Machine] I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, "The best remembrance is that which is hidden, and the best provision or way of living is that which is sufficient."  

ابن حبّان:٨٠٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَبِيبَةَ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ سَعْدَ بْنَ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ «خَيْرُ الذِّكْرِ الْخَفِيُّ وَخَيْرُ الرِّزْقِ أَوِ الْعَيْشِ مَا يَكْفِي»  

ahmad-zuhd:55 – ʿAbdullāh from my father > Wakīʿ > Usāmah b. Zayd > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Labībah > Saʿd b. Mālik

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The best provision is what is sufficient, and the best remembrance is the hidden one."  

الزهد لأحمد:٥٥ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَبِيبَةَ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «خَيْرُ الرِّزْقِ مَا يَكْفِي وَخَيْرُ الذِّكْرِ الْخَفِيُّ»  

suyuti:13960a –
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السيوطي:١٣٩٦٠a –

"خَيْرُ الذكر الخفِىُّ، وَخيْرُ الرِّزْقِ مَا يَكْفِى".  

[حم] أحمد ونعيم بن حماد في الفتن، والعسكرى في الأَمثال، وعبد بن حميد، وأَبو عوانة [ع] أبو يعلى [حب] ابن حبّان [هب] البيهقى في شعب الإيمان عن سعد بن أَبى وقاص