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ahmad:16834ʿAffān > Ḥammād / Ibn Salamah > Jabalah b. ʿAṭiyyah > ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥayrīz > Muʿāwiyah b. Abū Sufyān

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "When Allah intends good for a servant, He grants him understanding of the religion."  

أحمد:١٦٨٣٤حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا جَبَلَةُ بْنُ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُحَيْرِيزٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا أَرَادَ اللهُ بِعَبْدٍ خَيْرًا فَقَّهَهُ فِي الدِّينِ  


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Collected by Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī, Aḥmad's Zuhd, Suyūṭī
ibnmajah:220Bakr b. Khalaf Abū Bishr > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab > Abū Hurayrah

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'When Allah wills good for a person, He causes him to understand the religion.'"  

ابن ماجة:٢٢٠حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ أَبُو بِشْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ يُرِدِ اللَّهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا يُفَقِّهْهُ فِي الدِّينِ  

ahmad:2790Sulaymān > Ismāʿīl > ʿAbdullāh b. Saʿīd b. Abū Hind from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If Allah wants to do good for somebody, he makes him comprehend the Religion (i.e. Islam), and Allah is the Giver and I am Al-Qasim (i.e. the distributor), and this (Muslim) nation will remain victorious over their opponents, till Allah's Order comes and they will still be victorious." (Using translation from Bukhārī 3116)  

أحمد:٢٧٩٠حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ يُرِدِ اللهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا يُفَقِّهُّ فِي الدِّينِ  

Allah gives opportunities to do righteous acts for the ones he wills good

ahmad:17784Surayj b. al-Nuʿmān > Baqiyyah > Muḥammad b. Ziyād al-Alhānī > Abū ʿInabah > Surayj And Lah Ṣuḥbah

the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If Allah wills goodness for a servant, He sweetens him.” It was said, “What would be his sweetness?” The Prophet said, “Allah opens the door of righteous deeds for him before his death and then receives his soul in that state.”  

أحمد:١٧٧٨٤حَدَّثَنَا سُرَيْجُ بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ الْأَلْهَانِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عِنَبَةَ قَالَ سُرَيْجٌ وَلَهُ صُحْبَةٌ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِذَا أَرَادَ اللهُ بِعَبْدٍ خَيْرًا، عَسَلَهُ۔» قِيلَ: وَمَا عَسَلُهُ؟ قَالَ: «يَفْتَحُ اللهُ لَهُ عَمَلًا صَالِحًا قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ ثُمَّ يَقْبِضُهُ عَلَيْهِ۔»  

ahmad:16874Rawḥ > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Jabalah b. ʿAṭiyyah > Ibn Muḥayrīz > Muʿāwiyah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "When Allah intends good for His servant, He grants him understanding of the religion."  

أحمد:١٦٨٧٤حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ جَبَلَةَ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ عَنِ ابْنِ مُحَيْرِيزٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا أَرَادَ اللهُ ﷻ بِعَبْدٍ خَيْرًا يُفَقّهْهُّ فِي الدِّينِ  

ahmad:16878Yaḥyá b. Ḥammād > Shuʿbah b. al-Ḥajjāj > Jarād a man from Banī Tamīm > Rajāʾ b. Ḥaywah > Muʿāwiyah b. Abū Sufyān

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If Allah wants to do good for somebody, he makes him comprehend the Religion (i.e. Islam), and Allah is the Giver and I am Al-Qasim (i.e. the distributor), and this (Muslim) nation will remain victorious over their opponents, till Allah's Order comes and they will still be victorious." (Using translation from Bukhārī 3116)  

أحمد:١٦٨٧٨حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ بْنُ الْحَجَّاجِ عَنْ جَرَادٍ رَجُلٍ مِنْ بَنِي تَمِيمٍ عَنْ رَجَاءِ بْنِ حَيْوَةَ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ يُرِدِ اللهُ بِهِخَيْرًا يُفَقِّهْهُ فِي الدِّينِ  

ahmad:16880Yaḥyá b. Isḥāq > Ibn Lahīʿah > Jaʿfar b. Rabīʿah > Rabīʿah b. Yazīd al-Dimashqī > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿĀmir al-Yaḥṣabī Qālasamiʿt Muʿāwiyah b. Abū Sufyān

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "When Allah intends good for a servant, He grants him understanding of the religion."  

أحمد:١٦٨٨٠حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ الدِّمَشْقِيِّ أَخْبَرَهُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ الْيَحْصَبِيِّ قَالَسَمِعْتُ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنَ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِذَا أَرَادَ اللهُ ﷻ بِعَبْدٍ خَيْرًا فَقَّهَهُ فِي الدِّينِ  

ahmad:16842ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī And Bahz > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Jabalah b. ʿAṭiyyah > Ibn Muḥayrīz > Bahz ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥayrīz > Muʿāwiyah b. Abū Sufyān

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When Allah intends good for a servant, He grants him understanding in religion."  

أحمد:١٦٨٤٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ وَبَهْزٌ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ جَبَلَةَ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ عَنِ ابْنِ مُحَيْرِيزٍ قَالَ بَهْزٌ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَيْرِيزٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: «إِذَا أَرَادَ اللهُ ﷻ بِعَبْدٍ خَيْرًا يُفَقِّهُهُّ فِي الدِّينِ۔»  

tabarani:17022Zakariyyā b. Yaḥyá al-Sājī > Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Abū Dāwud > Shuʿbah > Jarād > Rajāʾ b. Ḥaywah > Muʿāwiyah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If Allah wants to do good for somebody, he makes him comprehend the Religion (i.e. Islam), and Allah is the Giver and I am Al-Qasim (i.e. the distributor), and this (Muslim) nation will remain victorious over their opponents, till Allah's Order comes and they will still be victorious." (Using translation from Bukhārī 3116)  

الطبراني:١٧٠٢٢حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَى السَّاجِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ جَرَادٍ عَنْ رَجَاءَ بْنِ حَيْوَةَ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ يُرِدِ اللهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا يُفَقِّهْهُ فِي الدِّينِ»  

tabarani:17023Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná from my father > Ibn ʿAwn > Rajāʾ b. Ḥaywah > Muʿāwiyah

[Machine] "Indeed, the Prophet ﷺ said, 'Whoever Allah wishes good for, He grants him understanding of the religion.'"  

الطبراني:١٧٠٢٣حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا أَبِي ثنا ابْنُ عَوْنٍ عَنْ رَجَاءِ بْنِ حَيْوَةَ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ يُرِدِ اللهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا فَلْيُفَقِّهْهُ فِي الدِّينِ»  

tabarani:16867al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Abū Rizmah > ʿAlī b. al-Ḥasan b. Shaqīq > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAwf > Muʿāwiyah b. Abū Sufyān

I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "If Allah wants to do good to a person, He makes him comprehend the religion. I am just a distributor, but the grant is from Allah. (And remember) that this nation (true Muslims) will keep on following Allah's teachings strictly and they will not be harmed by any one going on a different path till Allah's order (Day of Judgment) is established." (Using translation from Bukhārī 71)  

الطبراني:١٦٨٦٧حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ أَبِي رِزْمَةَ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ أَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ يُرِدِ اللهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا يُفَقِّهْهُ فِي الدِّينِ»  

tabarani:16897al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > Yaḥyá al-Ḥimmānī > Sharīk > ʿUthmān b. Rāshid > Muḥammad b. Kaʿb > Muʿāwiyah

[Machine] I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, "Whoever Allah intends good for, He gives him understanding of the religion and guides him on the right path."  

الطبراني:١٦٨٩٧حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى الْحِمَّانِيُّ ثنا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ رَاشِدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُعَاوِيَةَ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ يُرِدِ اللهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا يُفَقِّهْهُ فِي الدِّينِ وَيُلْهِمُهُ رُشْدَهُ»  

tabarani:16921aMuʿādh b. al-Muthanná > ʿAlī b. al-Madīnī > Hārūn b. Muslim > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Akhnas > Yūsuf b. Māhak > Muʿāwiyah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If Allah wants to do good for somebody, he makes him comprehend the Religion (i.e. Islam), and Allah is the Giver and I am Al-Qasim (i.e. the distributor), and this (Muslim) nation will remain victorious over their opponents, till Allah's Order comes and they will still be victorious." (Using translation from Bukhārī 3116)  

الطبراني:١٦٩٢١aحَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمَدِينِيِّ ثنا هَارُونُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْأَخْنَسِ عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ مَاهَكَ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ يُرِدِ اللهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا يُفَقِّهْهُ فِي الدِّينِ»  

tabarani:16921bMuʿādh b. al-Muthanná > ʿAlī b. al-Madīnī > Hārūn b. Muslim > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Akhnas > Yūsuf b. Māhak > Muʿāwiyah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If Allah wants to do good for somebody, he makes him comprehend the Religion (i.e. Islam), and Allah is the Giver and I am Al-Qasim (i.e. the distributor), and this (Muslim) nation will remain victorious over their opponents, till Allah's Order comes and they will still be victorious." (Using translation from Bukhārī 3116)  

الطبراني:١٦٩٢١bحَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمَدِينِيِّ ثنا هَارُونُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْأَخْنَسِ عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ مَاهَكَ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ يُرِدِ اللهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا يُفَقِّهْهُ فِي الدِّينِ»  

tabarani:8756Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr > Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr > Zāʾidah > al-Aʿmash > Tamīm b. Salamah > Abū ʿUbaydah > ʿAbdullāh

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If Allah wants to do good for somebody, he makes him comprehend the Religion (i.e. Islam), and Allah is the Giver and I am Al-Qasim (i.e. the distributor), and this (Muslim) nation will remain victorious over their opponents, till Allah's Order comes and they will still be victorious." (Using translation from Bukhārī 3116)  

الطبراني:٨٧٥٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ثنا زَائِدَةُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

«مَنْ يُرِدِ اللهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا يُفَقِّهْهُ فِي الدِّينِ»  

ahmad-zuhd:870ʿAbdullāh from my father > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū ʿAwānah > al-Aʿmash > Tamīm b. Salamah > Abū ʿUbaydah > ʿAbdullāh

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'When Allah wills good for a person, He causes him to understand the religion.'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 220)   

الزهد لأحمد:٨٧٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي عَوَانَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

مَنْ يُرِدِ اللَّهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا يُفَقِّهْهُ فِي الدِّينِ  

suyuti:23523a

"For whomsoever Allah wishes good, He gives him the Fiqh (true understanding) of the Religion."  

السيوطي:٢٣٥٢٣a

«مَنْ يُرِدِ اللهُ بِهِ خَيرًا يُفَقِّهْهُ فِي الدِّينِ۔»  

[حم] أحمد [خ] البخاري [م] مسلم [حب] ابن حبّان عن معاوية، [حم] أحمد والدارمي، [ت] الترمذي حسن صحيح عن ابن عباس، [طس] الطبرانى في الأوسط عن ابن عمرو، [هـ] ابن ماجة [طس] الطبرانى في الأوسط عن أبي هريرة، تمام، وابن عساكر عن عبد الملك بن مروان عن أبي خالد عن أبيه
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السيوطي:١١٠٣a

"إذا أرادَ الله بعبدٍ خيرًا فَقَهه في الدين، وزهَّدَهَ في الدُّنيا، وبَصَّره عُيُوبه" .  

[هب] البيهقى في شعب الإيمان والديلمى عن أنس، [هب] البيهقى في شعب الإيمان عن محمد بن كعب القُرَظى مرسلًا