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ahmad:23074 – Wakīʿ > Sulaymān b. al-Mughīrah > Ḥumayd b. Hilāl > Abū Qatādah Waʾabī al-Dahmāʾ > Ataynā > a man from Ahl al-Bādiyah Faqulnā Hal

[Machine] From Abu Qatadah and Abu Dahmah who said: "We came to a man from the people of the desert and we asked him, 'Did you hear anything from the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ ?' He said, 'Yes, I heard him say, "Verily, you will never leave anything for the sake of Allah except that Allah will replace it with something better for you."'  

أحمد:٢٣٠٧٤ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ

عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ وَأَبِي الدَّهْمَاءِ قَالَا أَتَيْنَا عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَادِيَةِ فَقُلْنَا هَلْ سَمِعْتَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ شَيْئًا؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ إِنَّكَ لَنْ تَدَعَ شَيْئًا لِلَّهِ إِلَّا بَدَّلَكَ اللهُ بِهِ مَا هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكَ مِنْهُ  

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ahmad:20739 – Ismāʿīl > Sulaymān b. al-Mughīrah > Ḥumayd b. Hilāl > Abū Qatādah And ʾAbī al-Dahmāʾ > Kānā Yukthirān al-Safar Naḥw Hadhā al-Bayt > Ataynā > a man from Ahl al-Bādiyah

[Machine] Abu Qatada and Abu Dahma said: We used to travel extensively in the direction of this house (i.e. the Kaaba). They said: We once came across a man from the people of the desert. The Bedouin said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took me by the hand and started teaching me what Allah had taught him. He said: Verily, if you refrain from anything out of God-consciousness or fear of Allah, Allah will grant you something better than it.  

أحمد:٢٠٧٣٩ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ

عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ وَأَبِي الدَّهْمَاءِ قَالَا كَانَا يُكْثِرَانِ السَّفَرَ نَحْوَ هَذَا الْبَيْتِ قَالَا أَتَيْنَا عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَادِيَةِ فَقَالَ الْبَدَوِيُّ أَخَذَ بِيَدِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَجَعَلَ يُعَلِّمُنِي مِمَّا عَلَّمَهُ اللهُ وَقَالَ إِنَّكَ لَنْ تَدَعَ شَيْئًا اتِّقَاءَ اللهِ إِلَّا أَعْطَاكَ اللهُ خَيْرًا مِنْهُ