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nasai-kubra:4417 – ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān b. Saʿīd b. Kathīr > Baqiyyah > Shuʿbah > Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl > Anas b. Mālik

"The Messenger of Allah raced with a Bedouin and (the latter) won. It was as if the Companions of the Messenger of Allah were upset by this, so he said: 'It is a right upon Allah that there is nothing that raises itself in this world except that He lowers it.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3592)

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٤١٧ – أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي شُعْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي حُمَيْدٌ الطَّوِيلُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

سَابَقَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَعْرَابِيًّا فَسَبَقَهُ فَكَأَنَّ أَصْحَابَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَجَدُوا فِي نَفْسِهِمْ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ «حَقٌّ عَلَى اللهِ أَنْ لَا يَرْفَعَ شَيْءٌ نَفْسَهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا وَضَعَهُ اللهُ»

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nasai:3592 – ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān b. Saʿīd b. Kathīr > Baqiyyah b. al-Walīd > Ḥaddathaná Shuʿbah > Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl > Anas b. Mālik

"The Messenger of Allah raced with a Bedouin and (the latter) won. It was as if the Companions of the Messenger of Allah were upset by this, so he said: 'It is a right upon Allah that there is nothing that raises itself in this world except that He lowers it.'"

النسائي:٣٥٩٢ – أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَى شُعْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي حُمَيْدٌ الطَّوِيلُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

سَابَقَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَعْرَابِيٌّ فَسَبَقَهُ فَكَأَنَّ أَصْحَابَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَجَدُوا فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَقِيلَ لَهُ فِي ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ حَقٌّ عَلَى اللَّهِ أَنْ لاَ يَرْفَعَ شَىْءٌ نَفْسَهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا إِلاَّ وَضَعَهُ اللَّهُ

abudawud:4802 – Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Ḥammād > Thābit > Anas

The she-camel of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called al-Adba’ had not been outstripped by another, but an Aʿrabi (a nomadic Arab) came on a young riding camel of his and it outstripped it. That distressed the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, but he said: It is Allah’s right that nothing should become exalted in the world but he lowers it.

أبو داود:٤٨٠٢ – حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

كَانَتِ الْعَضْبَاءُ لاَ تُسْبَقُ فَجَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ عَلَى قَعُودٍ لَهُ فَسَابَقَهَا فَسَبَقَهَا الأَعْرَابِيُّ فَكَأَنَّ ذَلِكَ شَقَّ عَلَى أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ حَقٌّ عَلَى اللَّهِ ﷻ أَنْ لاَ يَرْفَعَ شَيْئًا مِنَ الدُّنْيَا إِلاَّ وَضَعَهُ