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tabarani:15233Aḥmad b. Yaḥyá al-Ḥaḍramī al-Miṣrī > Muḥammad b. Ayyūb b. ʿĀfiyah b. Ayyūb > Jaddī ʿĀfiyah b. Ayyūb > Muʿāwiyah b. Ṣāliḥ > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Jubayr b. Nufayr from his father > ʿAwf b. Mālik al-Ashjaʿī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ raised a piece of gold chain that remained from the booty with his staff and said, "How would you feel if this is preserved for you?" No one answered him, so a man from the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "By Allah, we would wish if it were preserved for us. Whoever can be patient, let him be patient, and whoever is tested, let him be tested." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Perhaps you will be an afflicted evil."  

الطبراني:١٥٢٣٣حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْحَضْرَمِيُّ الْمِصْرِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ عَافِيَةَ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ حَدَّثَنِي جَدِّي عَافِيَةُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ حَدَّثَنِي مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَوْفِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ الْأَشْجَعِيِّ قَالَ

رَفَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قِطْعَةَ سِلْسِلَةٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ بَقِيَتْ مِنَ الْفَيْءِ بِعَصَاهُ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ «كَيْفَ أَنْتُمْ يَوْمَ يُكْنَزُ لَكُمْ مِنْ هَذَا؟» فَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ أَحَدٌ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَاللهِ لَوَدِدْنَا لَوْ أُكْنِزَ لَنَا مِنْهُ فَصَبَرَ مَنْ صَبَرَ وَفُتِنَ مَنْ فُتِنَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَعَلَّكَ أَنْ تَكُونَ شَرٌّ مَفْتُونٌ»  


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"رَفَعَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ قِطْعَةَ سِلْسِلَةٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ بَقية بقيتْ مِنْ قِسْمَةِ الْفَىْءِ بِطَرَفِ عصَاهُ فَتَسْقُطُ، ثُمَّ يَرْفَعُهَا وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: فَكَيْفَ أَنْتُمْ يَوْمَ يَكْثُرُ لَكُمْ مِنْ هَذَا؟ فَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ أَحَدٌ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: وَالله لَوَدِدْنَا أَنْ يُكْثِرَ الله لَنَا مِنْهُ، فَصَبَرَ مَنْ صبَرَ، وَفُتِنَ مَنْ فُتِنَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ لَعَلَّك فتنة ثم لعصر (*) ".  

[ن] النسائي وسنده صحيح