37. Asceticism

٣٧۔ كتاب الزهد

37.5 The virtue of poverty

٣٧۔٥ باب فَضْلِ الْفُقَرَاءِ

ibnmajah:4120Muḥammad b. al-Ṣabbāḥ > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Abū Ḥāzim from my father > Sahl b. Saʿd al-Sāʿidī

“A man passed by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and the Prophet ﷺ said: ‘What do you say about this man?’ They said: ‘We agree with your opinion concerning him. We say: He is one of the noblest of people. If he proposes marriage, his proposal deserves to be accepted; and if he intercedes, his intercession deserves to be accepted; and if he speaks, he deserves to be listened to.’ The Prophet ﷺ remained silent, and another man passed by. The Prophet ﷺ said: ‘What do you think about this man?’ We said: ‘By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, this is one of the poor Muslims. If he proposes marriage, he does not deserve to get married; and if he intercedes, his intercession does not deserve to be accepted; and if he speaks, he does not deserve to be listened to.’ The Prophet ﷺ said: ‘This one is better than an earthful of (men like) the other man.’”  

ابن ماجة:٤١٢٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ قَالَ

مَرَّ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَا تَقُولُونَ فِي هَذَا الرَّجُلِ قَالُوا رَأْيَكَ فِي هَذَا نَقُولُ هَذَا مِنْ أَشْرَافِ النَّاسِ هَذَا حَرِيٌّ إِنْ خَطَبَ أَنْ يُخَطَّبَ وَإِنْ شَفَعَ أَنْ يُشَفَّعَ وَإِنْ قَالَ أَنْ يُسْمَعَ لِقَوْلِهِ فَسَكَتَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَمَرَّ رَجُلٌ آخَرُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَا تَقُولُونَ فِي هَذَا قَالُوا نَقُولُ وَاللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَذَا مِنْ فُقَرَاءِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ هَذَا حَرِيٌّ إِنْ خَطَبَ لَمْ يُنْكَحْ وَإِنْ شَفَعَ لاَ يُشَفَّعْ وَإِنْ قَالَ لاَ يُسْمَعْ لِقَوْلِهِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لَهَذَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ مِلْءِ الأَرْضِ مِثْلَ هَذَا  

ibnmajah:4121ʿUbaydullāh b. Yūsuf al-Jubayrī > Ḥammād b. ʿĪsá > Mūsá b. ʿUbaydah > al-Qāsim b. Mihrān > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

“Allah loves His believing slave who is poor, does not beg and has many children.”  

ابن ماجة:٤١٢١حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْجُبَيْرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ عِيسَى حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ عُبَيْدَةَ أَخْبَرَنِي الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ مِهْرَانَ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ عَبْدَهُ الْمُؤْمِنَ الْفَقِيرَ الْمُتَعَفِّفَ أَبَا الْعِيَالِ