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ahmad:21470 – ʿAffān > Abū al-Ashhab > Khulayd al-ʿAṣarī > Abū Juray Ayn Laqīt Khulayd > Lā Adrī > al-Aḥnaf b. Qays

[Machine] I was sitting with people from the Quraysh, when Abu Dharr came near them and said to me, "The treasure hoarders will be pleased with a certain kind of cloth that comes out of their backsides, and the poor will be pleased with a certain kind of cloth that comes out of their foreheads." Then he stepped aside and sat down. I asked, "Who is this?" Abu Dharr said, "I did not say anything to them except words that they have heard from their Prophet." I asked him, "What do you say about this gift?" He said, "Take it, for today it is a support. If it becomes the price for your religion, then leave it."  

أحمد:٢١٤٧٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَشْهَبِ حَدَّثَنَا خُلَيْدٌ الْعَصَرِيُّ قَالَ أَبُو جُرَيٍّ أَيْنَ لَقِيتَ خُلَيْدًا؟ قَالَ لَا أَدْرِي عَنِ الْأَحْنَفِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ قَالَ

كُنْتُ قَاعِدًا مَعَ أُنَاسٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ إِذْجَاءَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ حَتَّى كَانَ قَرِيبًا مِنْهُمْ قَالَ لِيُبَشَّرِ الْكَنَّازُونَ بِكَيٍّ مِنْ قِبَلِ ظُهُورِهِمْ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ قِبَلِ بُطُونِهِمْ وَبِكَيٍّ مِنْ قِبَلِ أَقْفَائِهِمْ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ جِبَاهِهِمْ قَالَ ثُمَّ تَنَحَّى فَقَعَدَ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ مَنْ هَذَا؟ قَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ قَالَ فَقُمْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ مَا شَيْءٌ سَمِعْتُكَ تُنَادِي بِهِ؟ قَالَ مَا قُلْتُ لَهُمْ شَيْئًا إِلَّا شَيْئًا قَدْ سَمِعُوهُ مِنْ نَبِيِّهِمْ ﷺ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ مَا تَقُولُ فِي هَذَا الْعَطَاءِ؟ قَالَ خُذْهُ فَإِنَّ فِيهِ الْيَوْمَ مَعُونَةً فَإِذَا كَانَ ثَمَنًا لِدِينِكَ فَدَعْهُ  

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muslim:992b – Shaybān b. Farrūkh > Abū al-Ashhab > Khulayd al-ʿAṣarī > al-Aḥnaf b. Qays

While I was in the company of the (elites) of Quraiah, Abu Dharr came there and he was saying: Give glad tidings to the hoarders of riches that their backs would be branded (so deeply) that (the hot Iron) would come out of their sides, and when the backs of their necks would be branded, it would come out of their foreheads. He (Abu Dharr) then went away and sat down. I asked who he was. They said: He is Abu Dharr. I went to him and said to him: What is this that I heard from you which you were saying before? He said: I said nothing but only that which I heard from their Prophet ﷺ. I again said: What do you say about this gift? He said: Take it, for today it is a help. But when it becomes a price for your religion, then abandon it.  

مسلم:٩٩٢b – وَحَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَشْهَبِ حَدَّثَنَا خُلَيْدٌ الْعَصَرِيُّ عَنِ الأَحْنَفِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ قَالَ

كُنْتُ فِي نَفَرٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ فَمَرَّ أَبُو ذَرٍّ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ بَشِّرِ الْكَانِزِينَ بِكَىٍّ فِي ظُهُورِهِمْ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ جُنُوبِهِمْ وَبِكَىٍّ مِنْ قِبَلِ أَقْفَائِهِمْ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ جِبَاهِهِمْ قَالَ ثُمَّ تَنَحَّى فَقَعَدَ قَالَ قُلْتُ مَنْ هَذَا قَالُوا هَذَا أَبُو ذَرٍّ قَالَ فَقُمْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ مَا شَىْءٌ سَمِعْتُكَ تَقُولُ قُبَيْلُ قَالَ مَا قُلْتُ إِلاَّ شَيْئًا قَدْ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ نَبِيِّهِمْ ﷺ قَالَ قُلْتُ مَا تَقُولُ فِي هَذَا الْعَطَاءِ قَالَ خُذْهُ فَإِنَّ فِيهِ الْيَوْمَ مَعُونَةً فَإِذَا كَانَ ثَمَنًا لِدِينِكَ فَدَعْهُ  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ قَوْلَ أَبِي ذَرٍّ هَذَا سَمِعَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَلَمْ يَقُلْهُ مِنْ تِلْقَاءِ نَفْسِهِ

ibnhibban:3260 – Abū Yaʿlá > Shaybān b. Farrūkh > Abū al-Ashhab > Khulayd al-ʿAṣarī > al-Aḥnaf b. Qays

While I was in the company of the (elites) of Quraiah, Abu Dharr came there and he was saying: Give glad tidings to the hoarders of riches that their backs would be branded (so deeply) that (the hot Iron) would come out of their sides, and when the backs of their necks would be branded, it would come out of their foreheads. He (Abu Dharr) then went away and sat down. I asked who he was. They said: He is Abu Dharr. I went to him and said to him: What is this that I heard from you which you were saying before? He said: I said nothing but only that which I heard from their Prophet ﷺ. I again said: What do you say about this gift? He said: Take it, for today it is a help. But when it becomes a price for your religion, then abandon it. (Using translation from Muslim 992b)  

ابن حبّان:٣٢٦٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَشْهَبِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خُلَيْدٌ الْعَصَرِيُّ عَنِ الْأَحْنَفِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ قَالَ

كُنْتُ فِي نَفَرٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ فَمَرَّ أَبُو ذَرٍّ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ «بَشِّرِ الْكَنَّازِينَ فِي ظُهُورِهِمْ بِكَيٍّ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ جُنُوبِهِمْ وَبِكَيٍّ مِنْ قِبَلِ قَفَاهِمْ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ جِبَاهِهِمْ ثُمَّ تَنَحَّى فَقَعَدَ» فَقُلْتُ مَنْ هَذَا؟ قَالُوا أَبُو ذَرٍّ فَقُمْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ مَا شَيْءٌ سَمِعْتُكَ تَقُولُهُ قُبَيْلُ؟ قَالَ مَا قُلْتُ إِلَّا شَيْئًا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ نَبِيِّهِمْ ﷺ قَالَ قُلْتُ فَمَا تَقُولُ فِي هَذَا الْعَطَاءِ قَالَ خُذْهُ فَإِنَّ فِيهِ الْيَوْمَ مَعُونَةً فَإِذَا كَانَ ثَمَنًا لِدِينِكَ فَدَعْهُ  

bayhaqi:13040 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Kaʿbī > Muḥammad b. Ayyūb > Shaybān b. Farrūkh > Abū al-Ashhab > Khulayd al-ʿAṣarī > al-Aḥnaf b. Qays > Kunt

While I was in the company of the (elites) of Quraiah, Abu Dharr came there and he was saying: Give glad tidings to the hoarders of riches that their backs would be branded (so deeply) that (the hot Iron) would come out of their sides, and when the backs of their necks would be branded, it would come out of their foreheads. He (Abu Dharr) then went away and sat down. I asked who he was. They said: He is Abu Dharr. I went to him and said to him: What is this that I heard from you which you were saying before? He said: I said nothing but only that which I heard from their Prophet ﷺ. I again said: What do you say about this gift? He said: Take it, for today it is a help. But when it becomes a price for your religion, then abandon it. (Using translation from Muslim 992b)   

البيهقي:١٣٠٤٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْكَعْبِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ أنا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخَ ثنا أَبُو الْأَشْهَبِ ثنا خُلَيْدٌ الْعَصَرِيُّ عَنِ الْأَحْنَفِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ قَالَ

كُنْتُ فِي نَفَرٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ فَمَرَّ أَبُو ذَرٍّ ؓ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ بَشِّرِ الْكَنَّازِينَ بِكَيٍّ فِي ظُهُورِهِمْ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ جُنُوبِهِمْ وَبِكَيٍّ مِنْ قِبَلِ أَقْفِيَتِهِمْ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ جِبَاهِهِمْ قَالَ ثُمَّ تَنَحَّى فَقَعَدَ إِلَى سَارِيَةٍ فَقُلْتُ مَنْ هَذَا؟ قَالُوا هَذَا أَبُو ذَرٍّ فَقُمْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ مَا شَيْءٌ سَمِعْتُكَ تَقُولُ قَبْلُ؟ قَالَ مَا قُلْتُ إِلَّا شَيْئًا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ نَبِيِّهِمْ ﷺ قَالَ قُلْتُ مَا تَقُولُ فِي هَذَا الْعَطَاءِ؟ قَالَ خُذْهُ؛ فَإِنَّ فِيهِ الْيَوْمَ مَعُونَةً فَإِذَا كَانَ ثَمَنًا لِدِينِكَ فَدَعْهُ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ شَيْبَانَ بْنِ فَرُّوخَ وَهُوَ فِي الْعَطَاءِ مَوْقُوفٌ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ مِنْ وَجْهٍ آخَرَ مَرْفُوعًا