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ahmad:9421 – Qutaybah > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muḥammad > al-ʿAlāʾ / Ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥman from his father > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'A person does not open the door of asking for something to himself except that Allah opens for him a door of poverty. The person takes his rope and heads towards the mountain, collects firewood on his back, and eats from it. This is better for him than asking people for something that might be given or withheld.'"  

أحمد:٩٤٢١ – حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَا يَفْتَحُ الْإِنْسَانُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ بَابَ مَسْأَلَةٍ إِلَّا فَتَحَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ بَابَ فَقْرٍ يَأْخُذُ الرَّجُلُ حَبْلَهُ فَيَعْمِدُ إِلَى الْجَبَلِ فَيَحْتَطِبُ عَلَى ظَهْرِهِ فَيَأْكُلُ بِهِ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْأَنْ يَسْأَلَ النَّاسَ مُعْطًى أَوْ مَمْنُوعًا  

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Collected by Ibn Ḥibbān, Suyūṭī

ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ فَتْحِ الْمَرْءِ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ بَابَ الْمَسْأَلَةِ بَعْدَ أَنْ أَغْنَاهُ اللَّهُ جَلَّ وَعَلَا عَنْهَا

ibnhibban:3387 – Abū Khalīfah > al-Qaʿnabī > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muḥammad > al-ʿAlāʾ from his father > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] Narrated Abu Huraira: The Messenger of Allahﷺ said: "No one opens a door of asking (for help) upon himself, but Allah will open a door of poverty for him, as if he were to stretch a rope to a mountain and take it upon his back, then eat from it, it would be better for him than to ask people, whether they give or refuse."  

ابن حبّان:٣٣٨٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ قَالَ

حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا يُفْتَحُ إِنْسَانٌ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ بَابَ مَسْأَلَةٍ إِلَّا فَتْحَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ بَابَ فَقْرٍ لَأَنْ يَعْمِدَ الرَّجُلُ حَبْلًا إِلَى جَبَلٍ فَيَحْتَطِبَ عَلَى ظَهْرِهِ وَيَأْكُلَ مِنْهُ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ يَسْأَلَ النَّاسَ مُعْطًى أَوْ مَمْنُوعًا»  

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السيوطي:٢٦٣٨٥a –

"لا يَفْتَحُ أحَدٌ عَلَى نَفْسِه بَابَ مَسْألَةٍ إِلا فَتَح اللهُ عَلَيهِ بَابَ فَقْرٍ، لأنْ يَأخُذَ أحَدُكُمْ أحْبُلَهُ فَيَأتِي الجَبَلَ فيحْتَطبَ عَلَى ظَهْرِه فَيَبيعَهُ فَيأكُلَ (*) خَيرٌ لهُ مِنْ أنْ يَسْألَ النَّاسَ مُعْطىً أوْ مَمْنُوعًا".  

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