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tabarani:11000 – al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > Abū al-Muʿāfá Muḥammad b. Wahbb. Abū Karīmah > Muḥammad b. Salamah > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥīm > Zayd b. Abū Unaysah > Abū al-Zubayr > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ , he said, "Do not covet other people's wealth, for whoever covets something belongs to the person they covet." And the coveter is the one who says to someone, "This belongs to So-and-So as long as they are alive, but if So-and-So dies, it belongs to another person."

الطبراني:١١٠٠٠ – حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا أَبُو الْمُعَافَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ وَهْبِ بْنِ أَبِي كَرِيمَةَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَبِي أُنَيْسَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا تُرْقِبُوا أَمْوَالَكُمْ فَمَنْ أُرْقِبَ شَيْئًا فَهُوَ لِمَنْ أُرْقِبَهُ» وَالرُّقْبَى أَنْ يَقُولَ الرَّجُلُ هَذَا لِفُلَانٍ مَا عَاشَ فَإِنْ مَاتَ فُلَانٌ فَهُوَ لِفُلَانٍ

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nasai:3709 – Muḥammad b. Wahb > Muḥammad b. Salamah > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥīm > Zayd > Abū al-Zubayr > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

"Do not give away your property on the basis of Ruqba, for whoever gives a gift on that basis, it belongs to the one to whom he gave it."

النسائي:٣٧٠٩ – أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي زَيْدٌ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ تُرْقِبُوا أَمْوَالَكُمْ فَمَنْ أَرْقَبَ شَيْئًا فَهُوَ لِمَنْ أُرْقِبَهُ

ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ أَنْ يَرْقُبَ الْمَرْءُ دَارَهُ أَخَاهُ الْمُسْلِمَ

ibnhibban:5126 – al-Ḥusayn b. Muḥammad b. Abū Maʿshar > Muḥammad b. Wahbb. Abū Karīmah > Muḥammad b. Salamah > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥīm > Zayd b. Abū Unaysah > Abū al-Zubayr > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Do not spy on each other's wealth, for whoever spies on something belongs to the one he spies on." And a form of spying is when a man says to another: 'As long as so-and-so is alive, I will not give it to him, but if he dies, it will go to so-and-so.'

ابن حبّان:٥١٢٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي مَعْشَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ وَهْبِ بْنِ أَبِي كَرِيمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَبِي أُنَيْسَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا تُرْقِبُوا أَمْوَالَكُمْ فَمَنْ أَرْقَبَ شَيْئًا فَهُوَ لِمَنْ أَرْقَبَهُ» وَالرُّقْبَى أَنْ يَقُولَ الرَّجُلُ هَذَا لِفُلَانٍ مَا عَاشَ فَإِذَا مَاتَ فُلَانٌ فَهُوَ لِفُلَانٍ

nasai-kubra:6504 – Muḥammad b. Wahbal-Ḥarrānī > Muḥammad b. Salamah > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥīm Wahū al-Jazarī Khālid b. Abū Yazīd > Zayd > Ibn Abū Unaysah > Abū al-Zubayr > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

"Do not give away your property on the basis of Ruqba, for whoever gives a gift on that basis, it belongs to the one to whom he gave it." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3709)

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٥٠٤ – أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ وَهْبٍ الْحَرَّانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ وَهُوَ الْجَزَرِيُّ خَالِدُ بْنُ أَبِي يَزِيدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي زَيْدٌ هُوَ ابْنُ أَبِي أُنَيْسَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا تَرْقُبُوا أَمْوَالَكُمْ فَمَنْ أَرْقَبَ شَيْئًا فَهُوَ لِمَنْ أَرْقَبَهُ»