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Warning against seeking reputation and showing off

bukhari:6499 – Musaddad > Yaḥyā > Sufyān > Salamah b. Kuhayl; Abū Nuʿaym > Sufyān > Salamah > Jundab

[AI] The Prophet ﷺ said—and I had not heard anyone besides him say, "The Prophet ﷺ said," so I drew near to him and heard him say: The Prophet ﷺ said: "Whoever makes his deeds heard of, Allah will make him heard of, and whoever shows off, Allah will expose him."

البخاري:٦٤٩٩ – حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنِي سَلَمَةُ بْنُ كُهَيْلٍ وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جُنْدَبًا يَقُولُ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ، وَلَمْ أَسْمَعْ أَحَدًا يَقُولُ: قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ غَيْرَهُ، فَدَنَوْتُ مِنْهُ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: «مَنْ سَمَّعَ سَمَّعَ اللَّهُ بِهِ، وَمَنْ يُرَائِي يُرَائِي اللَّهُ بِهِ».

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muslim:2987a – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Salamah b. Kuhayl > Jundub al-ʿAlaqī

He who wants to publicise (his deeds), Allah will publicise (his humility), and he who makes a hypocritical display (of his deeds), Allah will make a display of him.

مسلم:٢٩٨٧a – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جُنْدُبًا الْعَلَقِيَّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ يُسَمِّعْ يُسَمِّعِ اللَّهُ بِهِ وَمَنْ يُرَائِي يُرَائِي اللَّهُ بِهِ

ahmad:18808 – Wakīʿ And ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > Salamah b. Kuhayl > Jundub > ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Bajalī

“Whoever wants to be heard of, Allah will make him heard of, and whoever wants to be seen, Allah will show him (i.e., expose his real motives).” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4207)

أحمد:١٨٨٠٨ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جُنْدُبًا يَقُولُ قَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ الْبَجَلِيُّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ يُسَمِّعْ يُسَمِّعِ اللهُ بِهِ وَمَنْ يُرَائي يُرَائي اللهُ بِهِ

ذِكْرُ إِثْبَاتِ نَفْيِ الثَّوَابِ فِي الْعُقْبَى عَنْ مَنْ رَاءَى وَسَمَّعَ فِي أَعْمَالِهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا

ibnhibban:406 – ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Azdī > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Ḥanẓalī > al-Mulāʾī > Sufyān > Salamah b. Kuhayl > Jundub

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I have not heard anyone other than him (referring to someone) saying, 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said.' So, I approached him closely and heard him saying, 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Whoever listens to me, Allah will make him hear, and whoever sees me in a dream, Allah will make him see.'"

ابن حبّان:٤٠٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْحَنْظَلِيُّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا الْمُلَائِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جُنْدُبًا يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَلَمْ أَسْمَعْ أَحَدًا غَيْرَهُ يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَدَنَوْتُ قَرِيبًا مِنْهُ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ سَمَّعَ يُسَمِّعُ اللَّهُ بِهِ وَمَنْ رَاءَى يُرَائِي اللَّهُ بِهِ»

tabarani:1696 – ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Abū Nuʿaym > Sufyān > Salamah b. Kuhayl > Jundub

The Prophet ﷺ said, "He who lets the people hear of his good deeds intentionally, to win their praise, Allah will let the people know his real intention (on the Day of Resurrection), and he who does good things in public to show off and win the praise of the people, Allah will disclose his real intention (and humiliate him). (Using translation from Bukhārī 6499)

الطبراني:١٦٩٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جُنْدُبًا يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَمْ أَسْمَعْ أَحَدًا يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ غَيْرُهُ قَالَ فَدَنَوْتُ مِنْهُ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ يُسَمِّعْ يُسَمِّعِ اللهُ بِهِ وَمَنْ يُرَائِي يُرَائِي اللهُ بِهِ»

tabarani:1698 – [Chain 1] Abū al-Zinbāʿ Rawḥ b. al-Faraj > Ḥāmid b. Yaḥyá [Chain 2] Bishr b. Mūsá > al-Ḥumaydī > Sufyān [Chain 3] Abū Khalīfah > Ibrāhīm b. Bashhār al-Ramādī > Sufyān > al-Walīd b. Ḥarb [Chain 4] ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Salm al-Rāzī > Muḥammad b. Abū ʿAmr al-ʿAdanī > Sufyān > al-Ṣadūq al-Amīn al-Walīd b. Ḥarb > Salamah b. Kuhayl > Mā > from Aḥad

[Machine] He heard from the Prophet ﷺ except Junadah saying, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'Whoever causes others to hear, Allah will make him hear, and whoever shows others visions, Allah will show him visions.'"

الطبراني:١٦٩٨ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزِّنْبَاعِ رَوْحُ بْنُ الْفَرَجِ ثنا حَامِدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى ح وَحَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ قَالَا ثنا سُفْيَانُ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ الرَّمَادِيُّ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ سَلْمٍ الرَّازِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو الْعَدَنِيُّ ثنا سُفْيَانُ ثنا الصَّدُوقُ الْأَمِينُ الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَلَمَةَ بْنَ كُهَيْلٍ يَقُولُ مَا سَمِعْتُ مِنْ أَحَدٍ

سَمِعَ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِلَّا جُنْدُبًا يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ يُسَمِّعْ يُسَمِّعِ اللهُ بِهِ وَمَنْ يُرَائِي يُرَائِي اللهُ بِهِ»