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Qurʾān Ibn Rajab's Fifty Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn al-Adab al-Mufrad al-Luʾluʾ wa-al-Marjān Bukhārī Muslim Abū Dāwūd Tirmidhī Nasāʾī Ibn Mājah Dārimī Aḥmad Mālik Ḥākim Ibn Ḥibbān Ṭabarānī Nasāʾī's Kubrá Bayhaqī Aḥmad's Zuhd Suyūṭī
suyuti:14298a –
Translation not available.
السيوطي:١٤٢٩٨a –

"ذَهَبَ صَفْوُ الدُّنْيَا وَبَقِى الْكَدَرُ، فالموتُ اليوم تحفةٌ لِكلِّ مسلمٍ".

الحرث عن أَبى جحيفة وهب بن عبد اللَّه السوأنى

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Collected by Ṭabarānī, Aḥmad's Zuhd
tabarani:8775 – Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr al-Azdī > Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr > Zāʾidah > Yazīd b. Abū Ziyād > Abū Juḥayfah > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The passage translates to: "The joy of the world has gone, and only sorrow remains. Death today is a treasure for every Muslim."

الطبراني:٨٧٧٥ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ثنا زَائِدَةُ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي جُحَيْفَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

«ذَهَبَ صَفْوُ الدُّنْيَا فَلَمْ يَبْقَ إِلَّا الْكَدَرُ فَالْمَوْتُ الْيَوْمَ تُحْفَةٌ لِكُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ»

ahmad-zuhd:861 – ʿAbdullāh from my father > Hushaym > Yazīd b. Abū Ziyād > Abū Juḥayfah

[Machine] Abdullah said, "The best parts of this world are its vanishing aspects, while its hardships remain. Death is a sanctuary for every Muslim."

الزهد لأحمد:٨٦١ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي جُحَيْفَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ ذَهَبَ صَفْوُ الدُّنْيَا وَبَقِيَ كَدَرُهَا فَالْمَوْتُ الْيَوْمَ جُنَّةٌ لِكُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ