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السيوطي:٢٣٦٣٧a

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

[م] مسلم عن أبي سعيد

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Collected by Muslim, Aḥmad, Suyūṭī
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:٢٩١٤حَدَّثَنَا 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:11581Ismāʿīl > 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:١١٥٨١حَدَّثَنَا 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:11456ʿAbd 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:١١٤٥٦حَدَّثَنَا 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