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tabarani:16719aMuʿādh b. al-Muthanná And ʾAbū Khalīfah al-Faḍl b. al-Ḥubāb And ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar al-Ḍabbī > Abū al-Walīd al-Ṭayālisī > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ from his father

[Machine] I came to the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , as a delegate of my people. He asked, "Do you have any wealth?" I replied, "Yes." He asked, "What kind of wealth?" I said, "I have been given by Allah camels, horses, slaves, and sheep." He said, "When Allah gives you wealth, let it be seen on you."  

الطبراني:١٦٧١٩aحَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَأَبُو خَلِيفَةَ الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الضَّبِّيُّ قَالُوا ثنا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَا قَشِفُ الْهَيْئَةِ فَقَالَ «هَلْ لَكَ مِنْ مَالٍ؟» فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ فَقَالَ «مِنْ أَيِّ الْمَالِ؟» فَقُلْتُ مِنْ كُلٍّ قَدْ آتَانِي اللهُ مِنَ الْإِبِلِ وَالْخَيْلِ وَالرَّقِيقِ وَالْغَنَمِ قَالَ «إِذَا آتَاكَ اللهُ ﷻ مَالًا فَلْيُرَ عَلَيْكَ»  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī
nasai:5224Aḥmad b. Sulaymān > Abū Nuʿaym > Zuhayr > Abū Isḥāq > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ from his father

That he came to the Prophet [SAW] wearing shabby clothes. The Prophet [SAW] said to him: "Do you have any wealth?" He said: "Yes, all kinds of wealth." He said: "What kinds of wealth?" He said: "Allah has given me camels, cattle, sheep, horses and slaves." He said: "If Allah has given you wealth, then let the effect of Allah's blessing and generosity be seen on you."  

النسائي:٥٢٢٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي الأَحْوَصِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّهُ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فِي ثَوْبٍ دُونٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَلَكَ مَالٌ قَالَ نَعَمْ مِنْ كُلِّ الْمَالِ قَالَ مِنْ أَىِّ الْمَالِ قَالَ قَدْ آتَانِيَ اللَّهُ مِنَ الإِبِلِ وَالْغَنَمِ وَالْخَيْلِ وَالرَّقِيقِ قَالَ فَإِذَا آتَاكَ اللَّهُ مَالاً فَلْيُرَ عَلَيْكَ أَثَرُ نِعْمَةِ اللَّهِ وَكَرَامَتِهِ  

abudawud:4063al-Nufaylī > Zuhayr > Abū Isḥāq > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ from his father

I came to the Prophet ﷺ wearing a poor garment and he said (to me): Have you any property? He replied: Yes. He asked: What kind is it? He said: Allah has given me camels. Sheep, horses and slaves. He then said: When Allah gives you property, let the mark of Allah's favour and honour to you be seen.  

أبو داود:٤٠٦٣حَدَّثَنَا النُّفَيْلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي الأَحْوَصِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فِي ثَوْبٍ دُونٍ فَقَالَ أَلَكَ مَالٌ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ مِنْ أَىِّ الْمَالِ قَالَ قَدْ أَتَانِيَ اللَّهُ مِنَ الإِبِلِ وَالْغَنَمِ وَالْخَيْلِ وَالرَّقِيقِ قَالَ فَإِذَا أَتَاكَ اللَّهُ مَالاً فَلْيُرَ أَثَرُ نِعْمَةِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكَ وَكَرَامَتِهِ  

ahmad:17229Yazīd > Sharīk b. ʿAbdullāh > Abū Isḥāq > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ from his father

[Machine] I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with a garment or two garments on me, and he asked me, "Do you have any wealth?" I said, "Yes, Allah has given me from all His wealth, from his horses and camels, and sheep and slaves." He said, "So when Allah has given you wealth, let his blessings be seen upon you." I rejoiced in it, wearing it with pride.  

أحمد:١٧٢٢٩حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا شَرِيكُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَعَلَيَّ شَمْلَةٌ أَوْ شَمْلَتَانِ فَقَالَ لِي هَلْ لَكَ مِنْ مَالٍ؟ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَدْ آتَانِي اللهُ ﷻ مِنْ كُلِّ مَالِهِ مِنْ خَيْلِهِ وَإِبِلِهِ وَغَنَمِهِ وَرَقِيقِهِ فَقَالَ فَإِذَا آتَاكَ اللهُ مَالًا فَلْيَرَ عَلَيْكَ نِعْمَتَهُ فَرُحْتُ إِلَيْهِ فِي حُلَّةٍ  

ahmad:15887ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Abū Isḥāq > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ al-Jushamī from his father

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw me and noticed that I was wearing good clothes. He asked, "Do you have wealth?" I replied, "Yes." He then asked, "From what type of wealth?" I answered, "From all types of wealth that Allah has bestowed upon me, such as sheep and camels." He said, "May the blessings and generosity of Allah be upon you. Remember, and narrate, what happened to Shu'bah."  

أحمد:١٥٨٨٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ الْجُشَمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

رَآنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَعَلَيَّ أَطْمَارٌ فَقَالَ هَلْ لَكَ مَالٌ؟ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ مِنْ أَيِّ الْمَالِ؟ قُلْتُ مِنْ كُلِّ الْمَالِ قَدْ آتَانِي اللهُ ﷻ مِنَ الشَّاءِ وَالْإِبِلِ قَالَ فَلْتُرَ نِعَمُ اللهِ وَكَرَامَتُهُ عَلَيْكَ فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَ حَدِيثِ شُعْبَةَ  

ahmad:15889Wakīʿ > Abū Waʾisrāʾīl > Abū Isḥāq > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ from his father

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do you have any wealth?" He said, "Yes, Allah has given me wealth in the form of camels, horses, and slaves." He said, "When Allah bestows goodness upon you, let it be seen on you."  

أحمد:١٥٨٨٩حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي وَإِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ هَلْ لَكَ مِنْ مَالٍ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ مِنْ كُلِّ الْمَالِ قَدْ آتَانِي اللهُ ﷻ مِنَ الْإِبِلِ وَمِنَ الْخَيْلِ وَالرَّقِيقِ قَالَ فَإِذَا آتَاكَ اللهُ ﷻ خَيْرًا فَلْيُرَ عَلَيْكَ  

ذِكْرُ الْأَمْرِ لِلْمَرْءِ إِذَا أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يُرَى أَثَرُ نِعْمَتِهِ عَلَيْهِ

ibnhibban:5416Abū Khalīfah > Abū al-Walīd al-Ṭayālisī > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ ʿAwf b. Mālik b. Naḍlah from his father

[Machine] "I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while I was in rags. He asked, 'Do you have any wealth?' I replied, 'Yes.' He asked, 'What kind of wealth?' I said, 'All kinds, Allah has blessed me with camels, slaves, and sheep.' He said, 'When Allah bestows wealth upon you, let it be apparent.' I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, what if a man comes to live with me and does not show me any kindness or conjoin me, but when he leaves, he compensates me for what he has done?' He replied, 'No, refuse it.' Abu Al-Ahwas Awf bin Malik bin Nadlah was his father, and he was a companion."  

ابن حبّان:٥٤١٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ عَوْفِ بْنِ مَالِكِ بْنِ نَضْلَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا قَشِفُ الْهَيْئَةِ فَقَالُ «هَلْ لَكَ مِنْ مَالٍ؟ » فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ «مِنْ أَيِّ مَالٍ؟ » قُلْتُ مِنْ كُلٍّ قَدْ آتَانِيَ اللَّهُ مِنَ الْإِبِلِ وَالرَّقِيقِ وَالْغَنَمِ قَالَ «إِذَا آتَاكَ اللَّهُ مَالًا فَلْيُرَ عَلَيْكَ» قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرَأَيْتَ رَجُلًا نَزَلْتُ بِهِ فَلَمْ يُكْرِمْنِي وَلَمْ يَقْرِنِي فَنَزَلَ بِي أَجْزِيهِ بِمَا صَنَعَ؟ قَالَ «لَا بَلْ أَقْرِهِ» « أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَوْفُ بْنُ مَالِكِ بْنِ نَضْلَةَ أَبُوهُ مِنَ الصَّحَابَةِ»  

صَخْرٌ أَبُو حَازِمٍ الْأَحْمَسِيُّ أَبُو قَيْسِ بْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ

tabarani:7282Aḥmad b. Dāwud al-Sukkarī al-Jundīsābūrī > Muḥammad b. ʿUqbah al-Dawsī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Burdah b. ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Burdah b. Abū Mūsá al-Ashʿarī > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Khālid > Qays b. Abū Ḥāzim from his father > Atá al-Nabī Ṣallá

[Machine] He came to the Prophet ﷺ while he was in a disheveled state and asked, "Do you have any wealth?" He replied, "Yes, I have been given wealth in the form of camels, cows, and sheep, by Allah." He said, "Whoever has wealth should spend from it."  

الطبراني:٧٢٨٢حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ السُّكَّرِيُّ الْجُنْدِيسَابُورِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُقْبَةَ الدَّوْسِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ بْنِ أَبِي مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيُّ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّهُ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَهُوَ رَثُّ الْهَيْئَةِ فَقَالَ «هَلْ لَكَ مِنْ مَالٍ؟» قَالَ بَلَى مِنْ كُلِّ الْمَالِ قَدْ آتَانِي اللهُ مِنَ الْإِبِلِ وَالْبَقَرِ وَالْغَنَمِ قَالَ «مَنْ كَانَ لَهُ مَالٌ فَلْيُرَ عَلَيْهِ»