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ahmad:6678 – Yaḥyá > ʿUbaydullāh b. al-Akhnas > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

[Machine] An Arab visitor came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "Indeed, my father wishes to take over my wealth." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, "You and your wealth belong to your father. Indeed, the best of what you eat is from your own earnings, and the wealth of your children is also from your own earnings. So, enjoy it."  

أحمد:٦٦٧٨ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْأَخْنَسِ حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

أَتَى أَعْرَابِيٌّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّ أَبِي يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَجْتَاحَ مَالِي؟ قَالَ أَنْتَ وَمَالُكَ لِوَالِدِكَ إِنَّ أَطْيَبَ مَاأَكَلْتُمْ مِنْ كَسْبِكُمْ وَإِنَّ أَمْوَالَ أَوْلَادِكُمْ مِنْ كَسْبِكُمْ فَكُلُوهُ هَنِيئًا  

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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Bayhaqī
abudawud:3530 – Muḥammad b. al-Minhāl > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Ḥabīb al-Muʿallim > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: Messenger of Allah, I have property and children, and my father finishes my property. He replied; You and your property belong to your father; your children come from the pleasantest of what you earn; so enjoy from the earning of your children.  

أبو داود:٣٥٣٠ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَبِيبٌ الْمُعَلِّمُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ لِي مَالاً وَوَلَدًا وَإِنَّ وَالِدِي يَجْتَاحُ مَالِي قَالَ أَنْتَ وَمَالُكَ لِوَالِدِكَ إِنَّ أَوْلاَدَكُمْ مِنْ أَطْيَبِ كَسْبِكُمْ فَكُلُوا مِنْ كَسْبِ أَوْلاَدِكُمْ  

ibnmajah:2290 – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Ibn Abū Zāʾidah > al-Aʿmash > ʿUmārah b. ʿUmayr from his aunt > ʿĀʾishah

"The best of your provision is what you earn, and your children are part of what you earn. "  

ابن ماجة:٢٢٩٠ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَمَّتِهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ أَطْيَبَ مَا أَكَلْتُمْ مِنْ كَسْبِكُمْ وَإِنَّ أَوْلاَدَكُمْ مِنْ كَسْبِكُمْ  

ibnmajah:2292 – Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá And Yaḥyá b. Ḥakīm > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Ḥajjāj > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

"A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and said: 'My father is taking all my wealth.' He said: 'You and your wealth belong to your father.' And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Your children are among the best of your earnings, so eat from your wealth.’”  

ابن ماجة:٢٢٩٢ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى وَيَحْيَى بْنُ حَكِيمٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَنْبَأَنَا حَجَّاجٌ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّ أَبِي اجْتَاحَ مَالِي فَقَالَ أَنْتَ وَمَالُكَ لأَبِيكَ وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ أَوْلاَدَكُمْ مِنْ أَطْيَبِ كَسْبِكُمْ فَكُلُوا مِنْ أَمْوَالِهِمْ  

ahmad:7001 – ʿAffān > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Ḥabīb al-Muʿallim > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb > Abīhiʿan Jaddih

[Machine] A Bedouin man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "Indeed, I have wealth and a father, and my father wants to take control of my wealth." The Prophet ﷺ said, "You and your wealth belong to your father. Indeed, your children are from your purest earnings, so consume from the earnings of your children." Abu Abdullah (who is Abdullah bin Ahmad) informed me that Habib, the tutor, whose name is Habib ibn Abi Baqiyyah, told him this.  

أحمد:٧٠٠١ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَبِيبٌ الْمُعَلِّمُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِعَنْ جَدِّهِ

أَنَّ أَعْرَابِيًّا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّ لِي مَالًا وَوَالِدًا وَإِنَّ وَالِدِي يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَجْتَاحَ مَالِي؟ قَالَ أَنْتَ وَمَالُكَ لِوَالِدِكَ إِنَّ أَوْلَادَكُمْ مِنْ أَطْيَبِ كَسْبِكُمْ فَكُلُوا مِنْ كَسْبِ أَوْلَادِكُمْ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ [هُوَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ] بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ حَبِيبًا الْمُعَلِّمَ يُقَالُ لَهُ حَبِيبُ بْنُ أَبِي بَقِيَّةَ  

ahmad:25296 – Yaḥyá b. Zakariyyā > al-Aʿmash > ʿUmārah from his aunt > ʿĀʾishah

"The best of your provision is what you earn, and your children are part of what you earn. " (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2290)  

أحمد:٢٥٢٩٦ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ عَنْ عَمَّتِهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ أَطْيَبَ مَا أَكَلْتُمْ مِنْ كَسْبِكُمْ وَإِنَّ أَوْلَادَكُمْ مِنْ كَسْبِكُمْ  

bayhaqi:15748 – Abū Zakariyyā b. Abū Isḥāq al-Muzakkī > Abū Muḥammad ʿAbdullāh b. Isḥāq b. al-Khurāsānī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Muḥammad b. Manṣūr > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd al-Qaṭṭān > ʿUbaydullāh b. al-Akhnas > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

[Machine] "A Bedouin man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, 'Verily, my father intends to seize my wealth.' He ﷺ said, 'You and your wealth belong to your father. Indeed, the best of what you eat from your earnings, then consume it happily.'"  

البيهقي:١٥٧٤٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الْمُزَكِّي أنا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ الْخُرَاسَانِيِّ نا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَنْصُورٍ نا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْقَطَّانُ نا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْأَخْنَسِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ

أَنَّ أَعْرَابِيًّا أَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّ أَبِي يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَجْتَاحَ مَالِي قَالَ أَنْتَ وَمَالُكَ لِوَالِدِكَ إِنَّ أَطْيَبَ مَا أَكَلْتُمْ مِنْ كَسْبِكُمْ فَكُلُوهُ هَنِيئًا  

bayhaqi:15749 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > ʿAffān b. Muslim > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Ḥabīb al-Muʿallim > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

[Machine] A Bedouin man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "I have wealth and children, and my father wants to take away my wealth." The Prophet ﷺ said, "You and your wealth belong to your father. Indeed, your children are the best of your earnings."  

البيهقي:١٥٧٤٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ نا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ نا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ أنا عَفَّانُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ حَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ نا حَبِيبٌ الْمُعَلِّمُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ

أَنَّ أَعْرَابِيًّا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ لِي مَالًا وَوَلَدًا وَإِنَّ وَالِدِي يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَجْتَاحَ مَالِي فَقَالَ أَنْتَ وَمَالُكَ لِأَبِيكَ إِنَّ أَوْلَادَكُمْ مِنْ أَطْيَبِ كَسْبِكُمْ  

bayhaqi:15750 – Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Abū Bakr b. Dāsah > Abū Dāwud > Muḥammad b. al-Minhāl > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ Biʾisnādih

A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: Messenger of Allah, I have property and children, and my father finishes my property. He replied; You and your property belong to your father; your children come from the pleasantest of what you earn; so enjoy from the earning of your children. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3530)   

البيهقي:١٥٧٥٠ – وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ دَاسَةَ نا أَبُو دَاوُدَ نا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ نا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ بِإِسْنَادِهِ نَحْوَهُ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ لِي مَالًا وَوَلَدًا وَإِنَّ وَالِدِي يَجْتَاحُ مَالِي قَالَ أَنْتَ وَمَالُكَ لِوَالِدِكَ إِنَّ أَوْلَادَكُمْ مِنْ أَطْيَبِ كَسْبِكُمْ فَكُلُوا مِنْ كَسْبِ أَوْلَادِكُمْ