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ahmad:4208Wakīʿ > al-Masʿūdī > ʿAmr b. Murrah > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] "Narrated by the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم: 'My relationship with this worldly life is like that of a traveler who seeks shade under a tree on a hot summer day, and then moves on, leaving it behind.'"  

أحمد:٤٢٠٨حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْمَسْعُودِيُّ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَا لِي وَلِلدُّنْيَا إِنَّمَا مَثَلِي وَمَثَلُ الدُّنْيَا كَمَثَلِ رَاكِبٍ قَالَ فِي ظِلِّ شَجَرَةٍ فِي يَوْمٍ صَائِفٍ ثُمَّ رَاحَ وَتَرَكَهَا  


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hakim:7859al-Ḥasan b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb b. Ḥabīb > Jaʿfar b. ʿAwn > al-Masʿūdī > ʿAmr b. Murrah > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "What do I have to do with this worldly life? Indeed, my example and the example of this worldly life is like that of a traveler who takes rest under a tree on a hot summer day, then leaves it."  

الحاكم:٧٨٥٩أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ ثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَوْنٍ أَنْبَأَ الْمَسْعُودِيُّ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَا لِي وَلِلدُّنْيَا إِنَّمَا مَثَلِي وَمَثَلُ الدُّنْيَا كَمَثَلِ رَاكِبٍ قَالَ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةٍ فِي يَوْمٍ صَائِفٍ فَرَاحَ وَتَرَكَهَا»  

ahmad-zuhd:35ʿAbdullāh from my father > Wakīʿ > al-Masʿūdī > ʿAmr b. Murrah > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] Narrated by the Prophet ﷺ , he said, "What do I have to do with this world? My example and the example of this world is like that of a traveler who took a rest under a tree on a hot summer day, then he moved on and left it behind."  

الزهد لأحمد:٣٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْمَسْعُودِيُّ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَا لِي وَلِلدُّنْيَا؟ إِنَّمَا مَثَلِي وَمَثَلُ الدُّنْيَا كَمَثَلِ رَاكِبٍ قَالَ فِي ظِلِّ شَجَرَةٍ فِي يَوْمٍ صَائِفٍ ثُمَّ رَاحَ وَتَرَكَهَا»