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bayhaqi:5344 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās al-Naysābūrī Bimarw > Abū al-Muwajjah > Aḥmad b. Yūnus > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Saʿīd al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] Abu Abdullah Al-Hafiz reported to us that Abu Al-Abbas Al-Naysaburi narrated to us from Marw, who narrated from Abu Al-Mujjah, who narrated from Ahmed bin Yunus, who narrated from Ibn Abi Dhib, who narrated from Sa'eed al-Maqburi, who narrated from Abu Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, you will eagerly desire leadership, and on the Day of Judgment it will be a source of regret and remorse. So, blessed are those who are breastfed, and wretched is Fatimah."  

البيهقي:٥٣٤٤ –

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ النَّيْسَابُورِيُّ بِمَرْوَ ثنا أَبُو الْمُوَجَّهِ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ ثنا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّكُمْ سَتَحْرِصُونَ عَلَى الْإِمَارَةِ وَإِنَّهَا سَتَكُونُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ حَسْرَةً وَنَدَامَةً فَنِعْمَتِ الْمُرْضِعَةُ وَبِئْسَتِ الْفَاطِمَةُ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ يُونُسَ

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bukhari:7148 – Aḥmad b. Yūnus > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Saʿīd al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said, "You people will be keen to have the authority of ruling which will be a thing of regret for you on the Day of Resurrection. What an excellent wet nurse it is, yet what a bad weaning one it is!"  

البخاري:٧١٤٨ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ سَتَحْرِصُونَ عَلَى الإِمَارَةِ وَسَتَكُونُ نَدَامَةً يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَنِعْمَ الْمُرْضِعَةُ وَبِئْسَتِ الْفَاطِمَةُ وَقَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ حُمْرَانَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَوْلَهُ  

ahmad:9791 – Yazīd b. Hārūn > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet [SAW] said: "You will be keen for governorship but it will be regret and loss on the Day of Resurrection. What a good position it is when they are alive, but how miserable their state when they die (and leave it behind)." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 5385)  

أحمد:٩٧٩١ – حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنِ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ سَتَحْرِصُونَ عَلَى الْإِمَارَةِ وَسَتَصِيرُ نَدَامَةً وَحَسْرَةً يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَنِعْمَتِ الْمُرْضِعَةُ وَبِئْسَتِ الْفَاطِمَةُ  

ahmad:10162 – Wakīʿ > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb Waḥajjāj > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Saʿīd al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said, "Indeed, you will desire leadership and it will become a source of regret and remorse." Hajjaj said on the Day of Judgment, "Blessed be the one who breastfed me, and how unfortunate is Fatimah."  

أحمد:١٠١٦٢ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ وَحَجَّاجٌ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّكُمْ سَتَحْرِصُونَ عَلَى الْإِمَارَةِ وَسَتَصِيرُ حَسْرَةً وَنَدَامَةً قَالَ حَجَّاجٌ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ نِعْمَتِ الْمُرْضِعَةُ وَبِئْسَتِ الْفَاطِمَةُ  

bayhaqi:20213 – Abū Ḥāzim ʿUmar b. Aḥmad al-ʿAbdawī al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-Faḍl Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Sayyār al-Bazzāz > Aḥmad b. Najdah b. al-ʿUryān al-Qurashī > Aḥmad b. Yūnus > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Saʿīd al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah

"You will become keen for positions of authority, but that will become a regret and loss. What a good life they will live, but how hard it will be for them when they die." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4211)   

البيهقي:٢٠٢١٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو حَازِمٍ عُمَرُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْعَبْدَوِيُّ الْحَافِظُ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الْفَضْلِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سَيَّارٍ الْبَزَّازُ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ نَجْدَةَ بْنِ الْعُرْيَانِ الْقُرَشِيُّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ ثنا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ سَتَحْرِصُونَ عَلَى الْإِمَارَةِ وَإِنَّهَا سَتَكُونُ حَسْرَةً وَنَدَامَةً يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةَ فَنِعْمَ الْمُرْضِعَةُ وَبِئْسَتِ الْفَاطِمَةُ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ يُونُسَ