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nasai-kubra:9486 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Muḥammad b. Yazīd / Wāsiṭī > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Khālid > Abū Isḥāq > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ from his father

"I entered upon the Messenger of Allah [SAW] and he saw me looking scruffy. The Prophet [SAW] said: 'Do you have anything?' He said: 'Yes, Allah has given me all kinds of wealth.' He said: 'If you have wealth, let it be seen on you.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 5294)

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٤٨٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ وَهُوَ وَاسِطِيٌّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

دَخَلْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَرَآنِي سَيِّئَ الْهَيْئَةِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «هَلْ لَكَ مِنْ مَالٍ؟» قَالَ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ مِنْ كُلِّ الْمَالِ قَدْ آتَانِي اللهُ فَقَالَ «إِذَا كَانَ لَكَ مَالٌ فَلْيُرَ عَلَيْكَ»

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nasai:5294 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Muḥammad b. Yazīd > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Khālid > Abū Isḥāq > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ from his father

"I entered upon the Messenger of Allah [SAW] and he saw me looking scruffy. The Prophet [SAW] said: 'Do you have anything?' He said: 'Yes, Allah has given me all kinds of wealth.' He said: 'If you have wealth, let it be seen on you.'"

النسائي:٥٢٩٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي الأَحْوَصِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

دَخَلْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَرَآنِي سَيِّئَ الْهَيْئَةِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ هَلْ لَكَ مِنْ شَىْءٍ قَالَ نَعَمْ مِنْ كُلِّ الْمَالِ قَدْ آتَانِي اللَّهُ فَقَالَ إِذَا كَانَ لَكَ مَالٌ فَلْيُرَ عَلَيْكَ

tabarani:16727 – Aḥmad b. Shuʿayb Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Nasāʾī > Isḥāq b. Rāhawayh > Muḥammad b. Yazīd > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Khālid > Abū Isḥāq > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ from his father

[Machine] I entered upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and I was in a poor state of appearance. The Prophet ﷺ asked, "Do you have any wealth?" I replied, "Yes, Allah has bestowed upon me all kinds of wealth." He said, "If you have wealth, then let it be apparent on you."

الطبراني:١٦٧٢٧ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ النَّسَائِيُّ ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ رَاهَوَيْهِ أَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

دَخَلْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَإِنِّي سَيِّيءُ الْهَيْئَةِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «هَلْ لَكَ مِنْ مَالٍ؟» قُلْتُ نَعَمْ مِنْ كُلِّ الْمَالِ قَدْ آتَانِي اللهُ قَالَ «إِذَا كَانَ لَكَ مَالٌ فَلْيُرَ عَلَيْكَ»