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ahmad:3709Yazīd > al-Masʿūdī > ʿAmr b. Murrah > Ibrāhīm al-Nakhaʿī > ʿAlqamah > ʿAbdullāh

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ laid down upon a reed mat and it left marks on his side. When he woke up, I started wiping his side, and I said, "O Messenger of Allah, why do you not let us spread something on top of this mat for you?" The Prophet said, "What is the world to me? What am I to the world? Verily, the parable of myself and this world is that of a rider who seeks shade under a tree, then he moves on and leaves it behind."  

أحمد:٣٧٠٩حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا الْمَسْعُودِيُّ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ النَّخَعِيِّ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

اضْطَجَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى حَصِيرٍ فَأَثَّرَ فِي جَنْبِهِ فَلَمَّا اسْتَيْقَظَ جَعَلْتُ أَمْسَحُ جَنْبَهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَلَا آذَنْتَنَا حَتَّى نَبْسُطَ لَكَ عَلَى الْحَصِيرِ شَيْئًا؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: «مَا لِي وَلِلدُّنْيَا؟ مَا أَنَا وَالدُّنْيَا؟ إِنَّمَا مَثَلِي وَمَثَلُ الدُّنْيَا كَرَاكِبٍ ظَلَّ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةٍ ثُمَّ رَاحَ وَتَرَكَهَا.»  


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“The Prophet ﷺ lay down on a reed mat, and it left marks on his skin. I said: ‘May my father and mother be ransomed for you, O Messenger of Allah! If you had told us we would have provided you with something that would save you this trouble.’ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘What is there between myself and the world? This world and I are just like a rider who stops to rest beneath the shade of a tree then goes and leaves it.’”  

ابن ماجة:٤١٠٩حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَكِيمٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ حَدَّثَنَا الْمَسْعُودِيُّ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ مُرَّةَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

اضْطَجَعَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى حَصِيرٍ فَأَثَّرَ فِي جِلْدِهِ فَقُلْتُ بِأَبِي وَأُمِّي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَوْ كُنْتَ آذَنْتَنَا فَفَرَشْنَا لَكَ عَلَيْهِ شَيْئًا يَقِيكَ مِنْهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا أَنَا وَالدُّنْيَا إِنَّمَا أَنَا وَالدُّنْيَا كَرَاكِبٍ اسْتَظَلَّ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةٍ ثُمَّ رَاحَ وَتَرَكَهَا  

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[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ slept on a mat, leaving a mark on his side. We said, "O Messenger of Allah, why don't you grant us permission to spread something softer than it for you?" He replied, "What do I have to do with the world? My example and the example of the world is like a traveler who rested under a tree in the heat of the day and then left it."  

الزهد لأحمد:٦٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَنْبَأَنَا الْمَسْعُودِيُّ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

نَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى حَصِيرٍ أَثَّرَ فِي جَنْبِهِ فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ أَلَا آذَنْتَنَا فَنَبْسُطَ تَحْتَكَ أَلْيَنَ مِنْهُ؟ فَقَالَ «مَا لِي وَلِلدُّنْيَا؟ إِنَّمَا مَثَلِي وَمَثَلُ الدُّنْيَا كَرَاكِبٍ سَارَ فِي يَوْمٍ صَائِفٍ فَقَالَ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةٍ ثُمَّ رَاحَ وَتَرَكَهَا»