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suyuti:23637a –
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السيوطي:٢٣٦٣٧a –

"مِنْ خُلَفَائِكُمْ خَلِيفَةٌ يَحْثُو المَال حَثْيًا، لا يَعُدُّهُ عَدًّا".

[م] مسلم عن أبي سعيد

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muslim:2914 – [Chain 1] Naṣr b. ʿAlī al-Jahḍamī > Bishr / Ibn al-Mufaḍḍal [Chain 2] ʿAlī b. Ḥujr al-Saʿdī > Ismāʿīl / Ibn ʿUlayyah > Saʿīd b. Yazīd > Abū Naḍrah > Abū Saʿīd

There would be amongst your caliphs a caliph who would give handfuls of wealth to the people, but would not count it. In the narration transmitted on the authority of Ibn Hujr, there is a slight variation of wording.

مسلم:٢٩١٤ – حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْمُفَضَّلِ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ السَّعْدِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عُلَيَّةَ كِلاَهُمَا عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ خُلَفَائِكُمْ خَلِيفَةٌ يَحْثُو الْمَالَ حَثْيًا لاَ يَعُدُّهُ عَدَدًا وَفِي رِوَايَةِ ابْنِ حُجْرٍ يَحْثِي الْمَالَ

ahmad:11581 – Ismāʿīl > Saʿīd b. Yazīd > Abū Naḍrah > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

There would be amongst your caliphs a caliph who would give handfuls of wealth to the people, but would not count it. In the narration transmitted on the authority of Ibn Hujr, there is a slight variation of wording. (Using translation from Muslim 2914)

أحمد:١١٥٨١ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْخُلَفَائِكُمْ خَلِيفَةٌ يَحْثِي الْمَالَ حَثْيًا لَا يَعُدُّهُ عَدًّا

ahmad:11456 – ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Abān > Saʿīd b. Yazīd > Abū Naḍrah > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

[Machine] "About the Prophet ﷺ, there will be a successor after me who will gather wealth excessively and will not count it."

أحمد:١١٤٥٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ يَزِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَكُونُ بَعْدِي خَلِيفَةٌ يَحْثِي الْمَالَ حَثْيًا وَلَا يَعُدُّهُ عَدًّا