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suyuti:14027a –
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السيوطي:١٤٠٢٧a –

"خُيِّرَ عَبْدٌ مِنْ عَبِيدِ اللَّه: بَيْنَ الدُّنْيا ومُلكِهَا وَنَعِيمِها، وَبَيْنَ الآخِرَةِ، فَاخْتارَ الآخِرَة (فقال أَبو بكرٍ: بَلْ نفْدِيكَ يَا رَسولَ اللَّه بأَمْوَالنا وأَنْفُسِنا) ".

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tabarani:3295 – [Chain 1] Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAbd al-Awwal > Abū Yaḥyá al-Ḥimmānī [Chain 2] al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > Yaḥyá al-Ḥimmānī from my father > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Āmīn > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Abū Wāqid al-Laythī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A servant of Allah was given the choice between the world, its material possessions, and its pleasures, and the hereafter. He chose the hereafter." Abu Bakr said, "Indeed, we would sacrifice for you, O Messenger of Allah, our wealth and ourselves."

الطبراني:٣٢٩٥ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَوَّلِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَحْيَى الْحِمَّانِيُّ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى الْحِمَّانِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ آمِينَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا وَاقِدٍ اللَّيْثِيَّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «خُيِّرَ عَبْدٌ مِنْ عَبِيدِ اللهِ بَيْنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمُلْكِهَا وَنَعِيمِهَا وَبَيْنَ الْآخِرَةِ فَاخْتَارَ الْآخِرَةَ» فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ بَلْ نَفْدِيكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ بِأَمْوَالِنَا وَأَنْفُسِنَا