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ذِكْرُ رِضَاءِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا عَمَّنِ الْتَمَسَ رِضَاهُ بِسَخَطِ النَّاسِ

ibnhibban:276 – al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > ʿAbd

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever seeks the pleasure of Allah while angering people, Allah will be pleased with him and people will be pleased with him. And whoever seeks the pleasure of people while angering Allah, Allah will be angry with him and people will be angry with him."  

ابن حبّان:٢٧٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْجُعْفِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمُحَارِبِيُّ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ وَاقِدٍ الْعُمَرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنِ الْتَمَسَ رِضَى اللَّهِ بِسَخَطِ النَّاسِ ؓ وَأَرْضَى النَّاسَ عَنْهُ وَمَنِ الْتَمَسَ رِضَا النَّاسِ بِسَخَطِ اللَّهِ سَخَطَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَأَسْخَطَ عَلَيْهِ النَّاسَ*»  

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Collected by Ṭabarānī, Suyūṭī
tabarani:11696 – Jbrwn b. ʿĪsá al-Muqriʾ > Yaḥyá b. Sulaymān al-Ḥafrī > Fuḍayl b. ʿIyāḍ > Ḥuṣayn > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever angers Allah in the satisfaction of people, Allah will be angry with him, and whoever angers him in his anger, Allah will be angry with him, and whoever satisfies Allah in the anger of people, Allah will be satisfied with him, and whoever satisfies him in his satisfaction, Allah will beautify him and beautify his words and actions in his sight."  

الطبراني:١١٦٩٦ – حَدَّثَنَا جبرونُ بْنُ عِيسَى الْمُقْرِئُ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الْحَفْرِيُّ ثنا فُضَيْلُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ عَنْ حُصَيْنِ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ أَسْخَطَ اللهَ فِي رِضَا النَّاسِ سَخِطَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وأَسْخَطَ عَلَيْهِ مَنْ أرضاهُ فِي سَخَطِهِ وَمَنْ أَرْضَى اللهَ فِي سَخَطِ النَّاسِ ؓ وَأَرْضَى عَنْهُ مَنْ أَسْخَطَهُ فِي رِضَاهُ حَتَّى يُزَيِّنَهُ وَيُزَيِّنَ قَوْلَهُ وَعَمَلَهُ فِي عَيْنِهِ»  

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السيوطي:٢٠٨٤٣a –

"مَنْ الْتَمَسَ رِضَى الله بِسَخَطِ النَّاس رَضِي الله عَنْه وَأَرْضَى عنه الناسَ، وَمَن الْتَمَسَ رِضَى النَّاسِ بِسخَط الله سَخطِ الله عَلَيه وَأَسْخَطَ عَلَيه النَّاسَ".  

[حب] ابن حبّان ابن عساكر عن عائشة
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السيوطي:٢٠٨٤٤a –

"مَنْ الْتَمَسَ رِضَى الله بِسَخَطِ النَّاسِ كَفَاهُ الله مَؤُونَةَ النَّاسِ، وَمَنْ الْتَمَسَ رِضى النَّاس بَسَخط الله وَكَلَه الله إِلى النَّاسِ".  

ابن المبارك [ت] الترمذي عن عائشة