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ahmad:23938Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Muqriʾ > Ḥaywah > Abū Hāniʾ > ʿAmr b. Mālik > Faḍālah b. ʿUbayd

'These people are mad' or "possessed." So when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished the Salah, he turned to them and said: 'If you knew what was in store for you with Allah then you would love to be increased in poverty and need.'” Fadalah said: “And on that day, I was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.” (Hasan) (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2368)   

أحمد:٢٣٩٣٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمُقْرِئُ حَدَّثَنَا حَيْوَةُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو هَانِئٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مَالِكٍ حَدَّثَهُ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ فَضَالَةَ بْنَ عُبَيْدٍ يَقُولُ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا صَلَّى بِالنَّاسِ خَرَّ رِجَالٌ مِنْ قَامَتِهِمْ فِي الصَّلَاةِ لِمَا بِهِمْ مِنَ الْخَصَاصَةِ وَهُمْ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ الصُّفَّةِ حَتَّى يَقُولَ الْأَعْرَابُ إِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ مَجَانِينُ فَإِذَا قَضَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الصَّلَاةَ انْصَرَفَ إِلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ مَا لَكُمْ عِنْدَ اللهِ لَأَحْبَبْتُمْ لَوْ أَنَّكُمْ تَزْدَادُونَ حَاجَةً وَفَاقَةً قَالَ فَضَالَةُ وَأَنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَئِذٍ  


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tirmidhi:2368al-ʿAbbās b. Muḥammad al-Dūrī > ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd > Ḥaywah b. Shurayḥ > Abū Hāniʾ al-Khawlānī > Abū ʿAlī ʿAmr b. Mālik al-Janbī > Faḍālah b. ʿUbayd

'These people are mad' or "possessed." So when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished the Salah, he turned to them and said: 'If you knew what was in store for you with Allah then you would love to be increased in poverty and need.'” Fadalah said: “And on that day, I was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.” (Hasan)  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ.
الترمذي:٢٣٦٨حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الدُّورِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ حَدَّثَنَا حَيْوَةُ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو هَانِئٍ الْخَوْلاَنِيُّ

أَنَّ أَبَا عَلِيٍّ عَمْرَو بْنَ مَالِكٍ الْجَنْبِيَّ أَخْبَرَهُ عَنْ فَضَالَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا صَلَّى بِالنَّاسِ يَخِرُّ رِجَالٌ مِنْ قَامَتِهِمْ فِي الصَّلاَةِ مِنَ الْخَصَاصَةِ وَهُمْ أَصْحَابُ الصُّفَّةِ حَتَّى تَقُولَ الأَعْرَابُ هَؤُلاَءِ مَجَانِينُ أَوْ مَجَانُونَ فَإِذَا صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ انْصَرَفَ إِلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ مَا لَكُمْ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ لأَحْبَبْتُمْ أَنْ تَزْدَادُوا فَاقَةً وَحَاجَةً قَالَ فَضَالَةُ وَأَنَا يَوْمَئِذٍ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ

ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ بِأَنَّ عَلَى الْمَرْءِ عِنْدَ الْعُدْمِ النَّظَرَ إِلَى مَا ادُّخِرَ لَهُ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ دُونَ التَّلَهُّفِ، عَلَى مَا فَاتَهُ مِنْ بُغْيَتِهِ

ibnhibban:724Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr > al-Muqriʾ > Ḥaywah b. Shurayḥ > Abū Hāniʾ Ḥumayd b. Hāniʾ > Abū ʿAlī al-Janbī > Faḍālah b. ʿUbayd

[Machine] Abu Ali Al-Janbi told him that he heard Fadalah ibn 'Ubayd narrating that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: When the Prophet ﷺ used to pray with the people, some men would bend themselves in prayer due to their need, even though they were the leaders of their tribes. The Bedouins would say: These people are insane. But when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished his prayer, he would say, "If you knew what you have with Allah, you would have loved to increase your poverty and need."  

ابن حبّان:٧٢٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُقْرِئُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَيْوَةُ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو هَانِئٍ حُمَيْدُ بْنُ هَانِئٍ

أَنَّ أَبَا عَلِيٍّ الْجَنْبِيَّ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ فَضَالَةَ بْنَ عُبَيْدٍ يُحَدِّثُ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا صَلَّى بِالنَّاسِ يَخِرُّ رِجَالٌ مِنْ قَامَتِهِمْ فِي الصَّلَاةِ لِمَا بِهِمْ مِنَ الْحَاجَةِ وَهُمْ أَصْحَابُ الصُّفَّةِ حَتَّى يَقُولَ الْأَعْرَابُ إِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ لَمَجَانِينَ فَإِذَا قَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلَاتَهُ قَالَ «لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ مَا لَكُمْ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ لَأَحْبَبْتُمْ أَنْ تَزْدَادُوا فَاقَةً وَحَاجَةً»  

tabarani:15949Hārūn b. Malūl al-Miṣrī > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Muqriʾ > Ḥaywah b. Shurayḥ > Abū Hānī > ʿAmr b. Mālik > Faḍālah b. ʿUbayd

[Machine] When the Prophet ﷺ used to pray, some men would prostrate due to their exertion. They were the Companions of the Suffah, to the point that the Bedouins would say, "These people are insane." When he finished his prayer, he turned to them and said, "If you only knew what you have with Allah, you would wish to increase in poverty and need." Fadalah said, "I was with the Prophet ﷺ on that day."  

الطبراني:١٥٩٤٩حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ مَلُولٍ الْمِصْرِيُّ ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمُقْرِئُ ثنا حَيْوَةُ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو هَانِي عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ فَضَالَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ قَالَ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا صَلَّى يَخِرُّ رِجَالٌ مِنْ قَامَتِهِمْ لِمَا بِهِمْ مِنَ الْجَهْدِ وَكَانُوا أَصْحَابَ الصُّفَّةِ حَتَّى تَقُولَ الْأَعْرَابُ إِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ لَمَجَانِينَ فَلَمَّا قَضَى الصَّلَاةَ انْصَرَفَ إِلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ «لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ مَا لَكُمْ عِنْدَ اللهِ لَأَحْبَبْتُمْ أَنْ تَزْدَادُوا فَاقَةً وَحَاجَةً» قَالَ فَضَالَةُ «وَأَنَا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَوْمَئِذٍ»  

tabarani:15950Ismāʿīl b. al-Ḥasan al-Khaffāf > Aḥmad b. Ṣāliḥ > Ibn Wahb > Abū Hānī > Abū ʿAlī ʿAmr b. Mālik al-Janbī > Faḍālah b. ʿUbayd > Samiʿtuh

[Machine] Abu Ali Amr ibn Malik al-Junbi narrated to me that Fadalah ibn 'Ubayd said, "I heard him say, 'When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray with the people, some men would prostrate before he had finished his prayer due to their neediness and they were among the distinguished companions. The Arabs would say, 'These people are insane.' When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished his prayer, he would turn to them and say, 'If you knew what you have with Allah, you would love to increase in poverty and neediness.' Fadalah ibn 'Ubayd said, 'I was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on that day.'"  

الطبراني:١٥٩٥٠حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْخَفَّافُ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ ثنا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو هَانِي

أَنَّ أَبَا عَلِيٍّ عَمْرَو بْنَ مَالِكٍ الْجَنْبِيَّ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ فَضَالَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا صَلَّى بِالنَّاسِ يَخِرُّ رِجَالٌ مِنْ قَامَتِهِمْ فِي الصَّلَاةِ لِمَا بِهِمْ مِنَ الْخَصَاصَةِ وَهُمْ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ الصُّفَّةِ تَقُولُ الْعَرَبُ إِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ لَمَجَانِينَ فَإِذَا قَضَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الصَّلَاةَ انْصَرَفَ إِلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ «لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ مَا لَكُمْ عِنْدَ اللهِ لَأَحْبَبْتُمْ أَنَّكُمْ تَزْدَادُونَ فَاقَةً وَحَاجَةً» قَالَ فَضَالَةُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ «وَأَنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَئِذٍ»  

tabarani:15951ʿAbd al-Malik b. Yaḥyá b. Bukayr from my father > Ibn Lahīʿah > Abū Hānī > Abū ʿAlī al-Janbī > Faḍālah b. ʿUbayd

[Machine] "Abu Ali Al-Janbi told me that he heard Fadalah ibn Ubayd saying that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ led the people in prayer, some men would collapse from their positions in the rows even though they were prominent individuals. The Bedouins would say, 'These people are crazy.' When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished the prayer, he turned towards them and said, 'If you knew what you have with Allah, you would have loved to increase your neediness and poverty.' Fadalah ibn Ubayd said, 'I was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on that day.'"  

الطبراني:١٥٩٥١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ بُكَيْرٍ ثنا أَبِي ثنا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هَانِي

أَنَّ أَبَا عَلِيٍّ الْجَنْبِيَّ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ فَضَالَةَ بْنَ عُبَيْدٍ يَقُولُ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا صَلَّى بِالنَّاسِ يَخِرُّ رِجَالٌ مِنْ قَامَتِهِمْ مِنَ الْخَصَاصَةِ وَهُمْ أَصْحَابُ الصُّفَّةِ حَتَّى تَقُولَ الْأَعْرَابُ إِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ لَمَجَانِينَ فَإِذَا قَضَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الصَّلَاةَ انْصَرَفَ إِلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ «لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ مَا لَكُمْ عِنْدَ اللهِ لَأَحْبَبْتُمْ أَنَّكُمْ تَزْدَادُونَ فَاقَةً وَحَاجَةً» قَالَ فَضَالَةُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ وَأَنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَئِذٍ  

ahmad-zuhd:195ʿAbdullāh from my father > ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd / al-Muqriʾ > Ḥaywah > Abū Hāniʾ > Abū ʿAlī > Faḍālah b. ʿUbayd

'These people are mad' or "possessed." So when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished the Salah, he turned to them and said: 'If you knew what was in store for you with Allah then you would love to be increased in poverty and need.'” Fadalah said: “And on that day, I was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.” (Hasan) (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2368)   

الزهد لأحمد:١٩٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ يَعْنِي الْمُقْرِئَ حَدَّثَنَا حَيْوَةُ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو هَانِئٍ أَنَّ أَبَا عَلِيٍّ حَدَّثَهُ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ فَضَالَةَ بْنَ عُبَيْدٍ يَقُولُ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا [33] صَلَّى بِالنَّاسِ يَخِرُّ رِجَالٌ مِنْ مَقَامِهِمْ فِي الصَّلَاةِ؛ لِمَا بِهِمْ مِنَ الْخَصَاصَةِ وَهُمْ أَصْحَابُ الصُّفَّةِ حَتَّى يَقُولَ الْأَعْرَابُ إِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ مَجَانِينُ فَإِذَا قَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الصَّلَاةَ انْصَرَفَ إِلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ «لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ مَا لَكُمْ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ ﷻ لَأَحْبَبْتُمْ لَوْ أَنَّكُمْ تَزْدَادُونَ حَاجَةً وَفَاقَةً» قَالَ فَضَالَةُ وَأَنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمَئِذٍ