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suyuti:12208a –
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السيوطي:١٢٢٠٨a –

"بِئْسَ العَبْدُ عَبْدٌ تَخَيَّلَ وَاخْتَال، وَنَسِى الكبِيرَ المُتَعَالِ، بِئْسَ العَبْدُ عَبْدٌ تَجَبَّرَ واعْتَدَى ونَسِى الجبَّارَ الأَعلَى، بِئْسَ العبدُ عبدٌ سَهَا وَلَهَا، ونَسِى المقابِرَ والبِلى بِئْسَ العبدُ عبدٌ عَتَا وطَغَى ونَسِى المبتدا والمنتهى، بِئْسَ العبدُ عبدٌ يَخْتِلُ الدُّنيا بالدِّين، بِئْسَ العبدُ عبدٌ يختلُ الدِّين بالشبهاتِ، وَبِئْسَ العبدُ عبد طَمَعٍ يَقُودُه، بئْسَ العبدُ عبدٌ هَوًى يُضِلُّه، وَبِئْس العبدُ عَبْدُ رَغَبٍ يُذِلُّه".

[ت] الترمذي في الزهد وضعَّفه [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك وتُعُقِّب، [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير [حم] أحمد [هب] البيهقى في شعب الإيمان وضعّفه، عن أَسماءَ بنت عميس الخثعمية، [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير [عد] ابن عدى في الكامل [هب] البيهقى في شعب الإيمان وضعَّفه، عن نعيم بن حمار

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tirmidhi:2448 – Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá al-Azdī al-Baṣrī > ʿAbd al-Ṣamad b. ʿAbd al-Wārith

"What an evil servant is the one who fancies himself and becomes vain forgetting the Most Great, the Most High. What an evil servant is the one who forces and behaves hostility, forgetting the Compeller, the Most High. What an evil servant is the one who is heedless and diverted, forgetting about the graves and the trials. What an evil servant is the one who is violent and tyrannical, forgetting his beginnings or his end. What an evil servant is the one who seeks the world through the religion. What an evil servant is the one who seeks the religion through his desires. What an evil servant is the one who puts all hope in his own zeal. What an evil servant is the worshipper who is misled by his desire. What an evil servant is the one whose aspirations humiliate him."

الترمذي:٢٤٤٨ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الأَزْدِيُّ الْبَصْرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمٌ وَهُوَ ابْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْكُوفِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي زَيْدٌ الْخَثْعَمِيُّ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ عُمَيْسٍ الْخَثْعَمِيَّةِ قَالَتْ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ تَخَيَّلَ وَاخْتَالَ وَنَسِيَ الْكَبِيرَ الْمُتَعَالِ بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ تَجَبَّرَ وَاعْتَدَى وَنَسِيَ الْجَبَّارَ الأَعْلَى بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ سَهَا وَلَهَا وَنَسِيَ الْمَقَابِرَ وَالْبِلَى بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ عَتَا وَطَغَى وَنَسِيَ الْمُبْتَدَا وَالْمُنْتَهَى بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ يَخْتِلُ الدُّنْيَا بِالدِّينِ بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ يَخْتِلُ الدِّينَ بِالشُّبُهَاتِ بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ طَمَعٌ يَقُودُهُ بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ هَوًى يُضِلُّهُ بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ رَغَبٌ يُذِلُّهُ

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ وَلَيْسَ إِسْنَادُهُ بِالْقَوِيِّ

hakim:7885 – ʿAlī b. Bundār al-Zāhid > Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Sulaymān b. Yūsuf al-Salīṭī > ʿAlī b. Saʿīd al-Nasawī > ʿAbd al-Ṣamad b. ʿAbd al-Wārith

"What an evil servant is the one who fancies himself and becomes vain forgetting the Most Great, the Most High. What an evil servant is the one who forces and behaves hostility, forgetting the Compeller, the Most High. What an evil servant is the one who is heedless and diverted, forgetting about the graves and the trials. What an evil servant is the one who is violent and tyrannical, forgetting his beginnings or his end. What an evil servant is the one who seeks the world through the religion. What an evil servant is the one who seeks the religion through his desires. What an evil servant is the one who puts all hope in his own zeal. What an evil servant is the worshipper who is misled by his desire. What an evil servant is the one whose aspirations humiliate him." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2448)

الحاكم:٧٨٨٥ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ بُنْدَارٍ الزَّاهِدُ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يُوسُفَ السَّلِيطِيُّ ثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ النَّسَوِيُّ ثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ ثَنَا هَاشِمُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْكُوفِيُّ ثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْخَثْعَمِيُّ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ عُمَيْسٍ الْخَثْعَمِيَّةِ قَالَتْ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ تَخَيَّلَ وَاخْتَالَ وَنَسِيَ الْكَبِيرَ الْمُتَعَالِ بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ سَهَا وَلَهَا وَنَسِيَ الْمَبْدَأَ وَالْمُنْتَهَى بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ بَغَى وَعَتَا وَنَسِيَ الْمَقَابِرَ وَالْبِلَا بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ يَخْتِلُ الدُّنْيَا بِالدِّينِ بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ يَخْتِلُ الدِّينَ بِالشُّبُهَاتِ بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ يَصُدُّهُ الرُّعْبُ عَنِ الْحَقِّ بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ طَمَعٌ يَقُودُهُ بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدُ هَوًى يُضِلُّهُ»

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ لَيْسَ فِي إِسْنَادِهِ أَحَدٌ مَنْسُوبٌ إِلَى نَوْعٍ مِنَ الْجَرْحِ وَإِذَا كَانَ هَكَذَا فَإِنَّهُ صَحِيحٌ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ إسناده مظلم

زَيْدٌ الْخَثْعَمِيُّ، عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ عُمَيْسٍ

tabarani:20867 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī al-Ḥulwānī > ʿAbd al-Ṣamad b. ʿAbd al-Wārith

"What an evil servant is the one who fancies himself and becomes vain forgetting the Most Great, the Most High. What an evil servant is the one who forces and behaves hostility, forgetting the Compeller, the Most High. What an evil servant is the one who is heedless and diverted, forgetting about the graves and the trials. What an evil servant is the one who is violent and tyrannical, forgetting his beginnings or his end. What an evil servant is the one who seeks the world through the religion. What an evil servant is the one who seeks the religion through his desires. What an evil servant is the one who puts all hope in his own zeal. What an evil servant is the worshipper who is misled by his desire. What an evil servant is the one whose aspirations humiliate him." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2448)

الطبراني:٢٠٨٦٧ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْحُلْوَانِيُّ قَالَ ثنا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ ثنا هَاشِمٌ الْكُوفِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي زَيْدٌ الْخَثْعَمِيُّ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ عُمَيْسٍ الْخَثْعَمِيَّةِ قَالَتْ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ تَجَبَّرَ وَاعْتَدَى وَنَسِيَ الْجَبَّارَ الْأَعْلَى بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ بَخِلَ وَاخْتَالَ وَنَسِيَ الْكَبِيرَ الْمُتَعَالَ بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ لَهَا وَسَهَا وَنَسِيَ الْمَبْدَأَ وَالْمُنْتَهَى بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ بَغَى وعَتَا وَنَسِيَ الْمَقَابِرَ وَالْبِلَا بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ يَخْتِلُ الدُّنْيَا بِالدَّيْنِ بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ يَخْتِلُ الدِّينَ بِالشُّبُهَاتِ بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ يُذِلُّهُ الرُّعْبُ وَيُزِيلُهُ عَنِ الْحَقِّ بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ طَمَعٌ يَقُودُهُ بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ لَهُ هَوًى يُضِلُّهُ»