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nasai-kubra:11766 – Hārūn b. Saʿīd > Khālid b. Nizār > al-Qāsim b. Mabrūr > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib And ʾAbī Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] From the Prophet ﷺ who said: The heart of the elderly person will continue to be youthful in two things; love for wealth and having long hope.  

الكبرى للنسائي:١١٧٦٦ – عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ نِزَارٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مَبْرُورٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ وَأَبِي سَلَمَةَ كِلَاهُمَا عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَا يَزَالُ قَلْبُ الشَّيْخِ شَابًّا فِي اثْنَتَيْنِ فِي حُبِّ الْمَالِ وَطُولِ الْأَمَلِ  

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bukhari:6420 – ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh > Abū Ṣafwān ʿAbdullāh b. Saʿīd > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab > Abū Hurayrah

I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "The heart of an old man remains young in two respects, i.e., his love for the world (its wealth, amusements and luxuries) and his incessant hope."  

البخاري:٦٤٢٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو صَفْوَانَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺيَقُولُ: «لاَ يَزَالُ قَلْبُ الْكَبِيرِ شَابًّا فِي اثْنَتَيْنِ: فِي حُبِّ الدُّنْيَا، وَطُولِ الأَمَلِ۔»  

قَالَ اللَّيْثُ حَدَّثَنِي يُونُسُ وَابْنُ وَهْبٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي سَعِيدٌ وَأَبُو سَلَمَةَ
ibnmajah:4233 – Abū Marwān Muḥammad b. ʿUthmān al-ʿUthmānī > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Abū Ḥāzim > al-ʿAlāʾ b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman from his father > Abū Hurayrah

“The heart of an old man is young in the love of two things: Love of life and much wealth.”  

ابن ماجة:٤٢٣٣ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَرْوَانَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الْعُثْمَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنِ الْعَلاَءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ قَلْبُ الشَّيْخِ شَابٌّ فِي اثْنَتَيْنِ فِي حُبِّ الْحَيَاةِ وَكَثْرَةِ الْمَالِ  

ahmad:8934 – Qutaybah > Layth b. Saʿd > Ibn ʿAjlān > al-Qaʿqāʿ b. Ḥakīm > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

"The heart of an old man remains young because of love for two things: Long life , and much wealth." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2338)  

أحمد:٨٩٣٤ – حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ الْقَعْقَاعِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ قَلْبُ الشَّيْخِ شَابٌّ فِي حُبِّ اثْنَتَيْنِ طُولِ الْحَيَاةِ وَكَثْرَةِ الْمَالِ  

ahmad:8946 – Qutaybah > Layth > Ibn ʿAjlān > al-Qaʿqāʿ b. Ḥakīm > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

"The heart of an old man remains young because of love for two things: Long life , and much wealth." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2338)  

أحمد:٨٩٤٦ – حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ عَنْ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ الْقَعْقَاعِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ قَلْبُ الشَّيْخِ شَابٌّ فِيحُبِّ اثْنَتَيْنِ طُولِ الْحَيَاةِ وَكَثْرَةِ الْمَالِ