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ahmad:8836 – Muḥammad > Ismāʿīl b. Zakariyyā > al-Ḥasan b. al-Ḥakam al-Nakhaʿī > ʿAdī b. Thābit > Abū Ḥāzim > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah said, "Whoever initiates hostility, whoever follows the game (i.e., seeks to profit from corruption), and whoever approaches the gates of the ruler is tempted. And no servant strengthens his relationship with the ruler, except that it increases his distance with Allah."  

أحمد:٨٨٣٦ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ النَّخَعِيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ بَدَا جَفَا وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَ الصَّيْدَ غَفَلَ وَمَنْ أَتَى أَبْوَابَ السُّلْطَانِ افْتُتِنَ وَمَا ازْدَادَ عَبْدٌ مِنَ السُّلْطَانِ قُرْبًا إِلَّا ازْدَادَ مِنَ اللهِ بُعْدًا  

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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
abudawud:2860 – Muḥammad b. ʿĪsá > Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd > al-Ḥasan b. al-Ḥakam al-Nakhaʿī > ʿAdī b. Thābit > Shaykh from al-Anṣār > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said: He said: He who sticks to a king is perverted. This version adds: The nearer a servant (of Allah) goes to a king, the farther he keeps away from Allah.  

أبو داود:٢٨٦٠ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ النَّخَعِيُّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ شَيْخٍ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِمَعْنَى مُسَدَّدٍ قَالَ وَمَنْ لَزِمَ السُّلْطَانَ افْتُتِنَ زَادَ وَمَا ازْدَادَ عَبْدٌ مِنَ السُّلْطَانِ دُنُوًّا إِلاَّ ازْدَادَ مِنَ اللَّهِ بُعْدًا  

ahmad:9683 – Yaʿlá And Muḥammad Āb.ā ʿUbayd > al-Ḥasan b. al-Ḥakam > ʿAdī b. Thābit > Shaykh from al-Anṣār > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever starts a conflict will face hostility, whoever follows desires will neglect their responsibilities, and whoever approaches the doors of authority will be tested. And no servant increases in proximity to authority except that they increase in distance from Allah ﷻ."  

أحمد:٩٦٨٣ – حَدَّثَنَا يَعْلَى وَمُحَمَّدٌ ابْنَا عُبَيْدٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ شَيْخٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ بَدَا جَفَا وَمَنْ تَبِعَ الصَّيْدَ غَفَلَ وَمَنْ أَتَى أَبْوَابَ السُّلْطَانِ افْتُتِنَ وَمَا ازْدَادَ عَبْدٌ مِنَ السُّلْطَانِ قُرْبًا إِلَّا ازْدَادَ مِنَ اللهِ ﷻ بُعْدًا  

tabarani:11030 – ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Abū Nuʿaym > Sufyān > Abū Mūsá al-Yamānī > Wahbb. Munabbih > Ibn ʿAbbās Rafaʿah

[Machine] "He who starts being unfaithful, and he who follows the prey becomes careless, and he who approaches the ruler becomes tempted."  

الطبراني:١١٠٣٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الْيَمَانِيِّ عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ مُنَبِّهٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ

«مَنْ بَدَا جَفَا وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَ الصَّيْدَ غَفَلَ وَمَنْ أَتَى السُّلْطَانَ افْتُتِنَ»  

bayhaqi:20255 – Abū Saʿīd b. Abū ʿAmr > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ṣaffār > Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad b. Mihrān al-Aṣbahānī > Muḥammad b. al-Ṣabbāḥ > Ismāʿīl b. Zakariyyā > al-Ḥasan b. al-Ḥakam al-Nakhaʿī > ʿAdī b. Thābit > Abū Ḥāzim > Abū Hurayrah > Rasūl

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever starts a conflict, he is unjust, and whoever follows the game, he is heedless, and whoever approaches the doors of the ruler, he is tempted, and no servant increases in proximity to the ruler, except that he increases in distancing himself from Allah." And it was narrated by someone other than Al-Nakha'i, from 'Adi, from a Sheikh of the Ansar, from Abu Hurairah, from the Prophet ﷺ with its meaning.  

البيهقي:٢٠٢٥٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مِهْرَانَ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ النَّخَعِيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ بَدَا جَفَا وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَ الصَّيْدَ غَفَلَ وَمَنْ أَتَى أَبْوَابَ السُّلْطَانِ يُفْتَتَنْ وَمَا ازْدَادَ عَبْدٌ مِنْ سُلْطَانٍ قُرْبًا إِلَّا ازْدَادَ مِنَ اللهِ بُعْدًا وَرَوَاهُ غَيْرُهُ عَنِ النَّخَعِيِّ عَنْ عَدِيٍّ عَنْ شَيْخٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِمَعْنَاهُ  

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السيوطي:٢٠٩٧٢a –

"مَنْ بَدَا جَفَا، وَمَنْ اتَّبَعَ الصَّيدَ غَفَلَ، وَمَن أتَى أَبْوَابَ السُّلطَانِ افْتُتِنَ، وَمَا ازْدَادَ عَبْدٌ مِنْ السُّلطَانِ قُرْبا إِلا ازْدَادَ مِنْ اللهِ بُعْدًا".  

[حم] أحمد محمد، [ق] البيهقى في السنن عن أبي هريرة