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ذِكْرُ وَصْفِ الْفَوْقِ الَّذِي فِي خَبَرِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ الَّذِي ذَكَرْنَاهُ

ibnhibban:714ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Baḥr al-Bazzār > Ibn Abū ʿUmar al-ʿAdanī > Sufyān > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "When one of you sees someone above him in wealth and status, he should look at someone below him in wealth and status."  

ابن حبّان:٧١٤أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ بَحْرٍ الْبَزَّارُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ الْعَدَنِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا رَأَى أَحَدُكُمْ مَنْ فَوْقَهُ فِي الْمَالِ وَالْحَسَبِ فَلْيَنْظُرْ إِلَى مَنْ هُوَ دُونَهُ فِي الْمَالِ وَالْحَسَبِ»  


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ذِكْرُ الْأَمْرِ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَى مَنْ هُوَ دُونَهُ فِي الْمَالِ وَالْخَلْقِ دُونَ مَنْ فَوْقَهُ فِيهِمَا

ibnhibban:712Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan b. Qutaybah > Ibn Abū al-Sarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Hammām b. Munabbih > Abū Hurayrah

When one of you looks at one who stands at a higher level than you in regard to wealth and physical structure he should also see one who stands at a lower level than you in regard to these things (in which he stands) at a higher level (as compared to him). (Using translation from Muslim 2963a)  

ابن حبّان:٧١٢أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ قُتَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي السَّرِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ هَمَّامِ بْنِ مُنَبِّهٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا نَظَرَ أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى مَنْ فُضِّلَ عَلَيْهِ فِي الْمَالِ وَالْخَلْقِ فَلْيَنْظُرْ إِلَى مَنْ هُوَ أَسْفَلُ مِنْهُ مِمَّنْ فُضِّلَ هُوَ عَلَيْهِ»