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ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَمَّا يَجِبُ عَلَى الْمَرْءِ مِنْ مُجَانَبَةِ الْكَلَامِ الْكَثِيرِ، وَتَضْيِيعِ الْمَالِ

ibnhibban:5719Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Abū ʿAwn > Aḥmad b. Manīʿ > Ibn ʿUlayyah > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ > Ibn Ashwaʿ > al-Shaʿbī > Kātab al-Mughīrah b. Shuʿbah > Katab Muʿāwiyah > al-Mughīrah

[Machine] That you write to me about something you heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , so he wrote to him: "I heard him say: 'Verily, Allah hates for you three things: gossiping, excessive questioning, and wasting wealth.'"

Ibn 'Ulayyah said, "Wasting wealth is spending it in an unjust manner."  

ابن حبّان:٥٧١٩أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَوْنٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ أَشْوَعَ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي كَاتَبُ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ قَالَ كَتَبَ مُعَاوِيَةُ إِلَى الْمُغِيرَةِ

أَنِ اكْتُبْ إِلَيَّ بِشَيْءٍ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ «إِنِّي سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَرِهَ لَكُمْ ثَلَاثًا قِيلَ وَقَالَ وَإِضَاعَةَ الْمَالِ وَكَثْرَةَ السُّؤَالِ» قَالَ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ «إِضَاعَةُ الْمَالِ إِنْفَاقُهُ فِي غَيْرِ حَقِّهِ»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī
bukhari:1477Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm > Ismāʿīl Ibn ʿUlayyah > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ > Ibn Ashwaʿ > al-Shaʿbī > Kātib al-Mughīrah b. Shuʿbah > Katab Muʿāwiyah > al-Mughīrah b. Shuʿbah

The clerk of Al-Mughira bin Shuʿba narrated, "Muawiya wrote to Al-Mughira bin Shuʿba: Write to me something which you have heard from the Prophet ﷺ ." So Al-Mughira wrote: I heard the Prophet saying, "Allah has hated for you three things: -1. Vain talks, (useless talk) that you talk too much or about others. -2. Wasting of wealth (by extravagance) -3. And asking too many questions (in disputed religious matters) or asking others for something (except in great need). (See Hadith No. 591, Vol. Ill)  

البخاري:١٤٧٧حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ الْحَذَّاءُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَشْوَعَ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ حَدَّثَنِي كَاتِبُ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ قَالَ كَتَبَ مُعَاوِيَةُ إِلَى الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ

أَنِ اكْتُبْ إِلَىَّ بِشَىْءٍ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَرِهَ لَكُمْ ثَلاَثًا قِيلَ وَقَالَ وَإِضَاعَةَ الْمَالِ وَكَثْرَةَ السُّؤَالِ  

muslim:593hAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Ismāʿīl Ibn ʿUlayyah > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ > Ibn Ashwaʿ > al-Shaʿbī > Kātib al-Mughīrah b. Shuʿbah

Mu'awiya wrote to Mughira: Write for me something which you heard from Messenger of Allah ﷺ ; and he wrote: I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying. Verily Allah disapproves three thingq for you: irrelevant talk, wasting of wealth and persistent questioning.  

مسلم:٥٩٣hحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ أَشْوَعَ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ حَدَّثَنِي كَاتِبُ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ قَالَ

كَتَبَ مُعَاوِيَةُ إِلَى الْمُغِيرَةِ اكْتُبْ إِلَىَّ بِشَىْءٍ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَرِهَ لَكُمْ ثَلاَثًا قِيلَ وَقَالَ وَإِضَاعَةَ الْمَالِ وَكَثْرَةَ السُّؤَالِ  

ahmad:18179Ismāʿīl > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ > Ibn Ashwaʿ > al-Shaʿbī > Kātib al-Mughīrah b. Shuʿbah > Katab Muʿāwiyah > al-Mughīrah b. Shuʿbah

The clerk of Al-Mughira bin Shuʿba narrated, "Muawiya wrote to Al-Mughira bin Shuʿba: Write to me something which you have heard from the Prophet ﷺ ." So Al-Mughira wrote: I heard the Prophet saying, "Allah has hated for you three things: -1. Vain talks, (useless talk) that you talk too much or about others. -2. Wasting of wealth (by extravagance) -3. And asking too many questions (in disputed religious matters) or asking others for something (except in great need). (See Hadith No. 591, Vol. Ill) (Using translation from Bukhārī 1477)  

أحمد:١٨١٧٩حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ الْحَذَّاءُ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ أَشْوَعَ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي كَاتِبُ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ قَالَ كَتَبَ مُعَاوِيَةُ إِلَى الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ

أَنْ اكْتُبْ إِلَيَّ بِشَيْءٍ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ اللهَ كَرِهَ لَكُمْ قِيلَ وَقَالَ وَإِضَاعَةَ الْمَالِ وَكَثْرَةَ السُّؤَالِ  

tabarani:18098[Chain 1] ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal from my father [Chain 2] ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ > Ibn al-Ashwaʿ > al-Shaʿbī > Kātab al-Mughīrah b. Shuʿbah > Katab Muʿāwiyah > al-Mughīrah

The clerk of Al-Mughira bin Shuʿba narrated, "Muawiya wrote to Al-Mughira bin Shuʿba: Write to me something which you have heard from the Prophet ﷺ ." So Al-Mughira wrote: I heard the Prophet saying, "Allah has hated for you three things: -1. Vain talks, (useless talk) that you talk too much or about others. -2. Wasting of wealth (by extravagance) -3. And asking too many questions (in disputed religious matters) or asking others for something (except in great need). (See Hadith No. 591, Vol. Ill) (Using translation from Bukhārī 1477)  

الطبراني:١٨٠٩٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَا ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَنَا خَالِدٌ الْحَذَّاءُ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ الْأَشْوَعِ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ حَدَّثَنِي كَاتَبُ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ قَالَ كَتَبَ مُعَاوِيَةُ إِلَى الْمُغِيرَةِ

أَنِ اكْتُبْ إِلَيَّ بِشَيْءٍ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ» اللهَ كَرِهَ لَكُمْ ثَلَاثًا قِيلَ وَقَالَ وَكَثْرَةَ السُّؤَالِ وَإِضَاعَةَ الْمَالِ  

tabarani:18141Muḥammad b. Shuʿayb al-Aṣbahānī > al-Ḥusayn b. ʿĪsá b. Maysarah al-Rāzī > al-Furāt b. Khālid > Mālik b. Mighwal

[Machine] He heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and wrote to him: He said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'Indeed, Allah dislikes for you three things: disrespecting mothers, burying daughters alive, and preventing what should be given (to others), spreading rumors and excessive asking for things, and wasting wealth."  

الطبراني:١٨١٤١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ ثنا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عِيسَى بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ الرَّازِيُّ ثنا الْفُرَاتُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ ثنا مَالِكُ بْنُ مِغْوَلٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَوْنٍ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ الثَّقَفِيَّ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ وَرَّادٍ مَوْلَى الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ أَنَّ مُعَاوِيَةَ كَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ يَسْأَلُهُ عَمَّا

سَمِعَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ» اللهَ ﷻ كَرِهَ لَكُمْ ثَلَاثًا عُقُوقَ الْأُمَّهَاتِ وَوَأْدَ الْبَنَاتِ وَمَنَعَ وَهَاتِ وَقِيلَ وَقَالَ وَكَثْرَةَ السُّؤَالِ وَإِضَاعَةَ الْمَالِ