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tabarani:16908ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Salm al-Rāzī > Sahl b. ʿUthmān > Sharāḥīl b. ʿAbdullāh > Jaʿfar b. Burqān > Yazīd b. al-Aṣam > Muʿāwiyah / Yakhṭub > al-Minbar

[Machine] I heard Muawiyah giving a sermon from the pulpit saying, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Whoever Allah intends to do good for, He grants him understanding of the religion.'"  

الطبراني:١٦٩٠٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ سَلْمٍ الرَّازِيُّ ثنا سَهْلُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ ثنا شَرَاحِيلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ بُرْقَانَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْأَصَمِّ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ مُعَاوِيَةَ وَهُوَ يَخْطُبُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ يُرِدِ اللهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا يُفَقِّهْهُ فِي الدِّينِ»  


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muslim:1037bḤarmalah b. Yaḥyá > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAwf > Muʿāwiyah b. Abū Sufyān Wahū Yakhṭub > Innī

I heard Mu'awiya b. Abu Sufyan saying in an address that he had heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: He to whom Allah intends to do good, He gives him insight into religion. And I am only the distributor while Allah is the Bestower.  

مسلم:١٠٣٧bوَحَدَّثَنِي حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي حُمَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنَ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ وَهُوَ يَخْطُبُ يَقُولُ إِنِّي

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ يُرِدِ اللَّهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا يُفَقِّهْهُ فِي الدِّينِ وَإِنَّمَا أَنَا قَاسِمٌ وَيُعْطِي اللَّهُ  

ibnmajah:220Bakr b. Khalaf Abū Bishr > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab > Abū Hurayrah

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'When Allah wills good for a person, He causes him to understand the religion.'"  

ابن ماجة:٢٢٠حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ أَبُو بِشْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ يُرِدِ اللَّهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا يُفَقِّهْهُ فِي الدِّينِ  

ahmad:16860Ibn Numayr And Yaʿlá > ʿUthmān b. Ḥakīm Waʾabū Badr > ʿUthmān b. Ḥakīm > Muḥammad b. Kaʿb al-Quraẓī > Muʿāwiyah

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say about these occasions, "O Allah, there is no preventer for what You have given, and no giver for what You have prevented. Whomsoever Allah intends good for, He grants him understanding of the religion."  

أحمد:١٦٨٦٠حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ وَيَعْلَى قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ وَأَبُو بَدْرٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ الْقُرَظِيِّ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ يَعْلَى فِي حَدِيثِهِ سَمِعْتُ مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ عَلَى هَذِهِ الْأَعْوَادِ اللهُمَّ لَا مَانِعَ لِمَا أَعْطَيْتَ وَلَا مُعْطِيَ لِمَا مَنَعْتَ مَنْ يُرِدِ اللهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا يُفَقِّهْهُّ فِي الدِّينِ  

darimi:2748Saʿīd b. Sulaymān > Ismāʿīl b. Jaʿfar > ʿAbdullāh b. Saʿīd b. Abū Hind from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'When Allah wills good for a person, He causes him to understand the religion.'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 220)  

الدارمي:٢٧٤٨أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ يُرِدِ اللَّهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا يُفَقِّهْهُ فِي الدِّينِ»  

darimi:230ʿAbdullāh > Ibn Ṣāliḥ > al-Layth > Yazīd b. ʿAbdullāh b. Usāmah b. al-Hād > ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > Ibn Shihāb > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Muʿāwiyah

I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "If Allah wants to do good to a person, He makes him comprehend the religion. I am just a distributor, but the grant is from Allah. (And remember) that this nation (true Muslims) will keep on following Allah's teachings strictly and they will not be harmed by any one going on a different path till Allah's order (Day of Judgment) is established." (Using translation from Bukhārī 71)  

الدارمي:٢٣٠أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ هُوَ ابْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ الْهَادِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ يُرِدِ اللَّهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا يُفَقِّهْهُ فِي الدِّينِ»  

darimi:231Saʿīd b. Sulaymān > Ismāʿīl b. Jaʿfar > ʿAbdullāh b. Saʿīd b. Abū Hind from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'When Allah wills good for a person, He causes him to understand the religion.'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 220)  

الدارمي:٢٣١أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ يُرِدِ اللَّهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا يُفَقِّهْهُ فِي الدِّينِ»  

darimi:232Yazīd b. Hārūn > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Jabalah b. ʿAṭiyyah > Ibn Muḥayrīz > Muʿāwiyah

I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "If Allah wants to do good to a person, He makes him comprehend the religion. I am just a distributor, but the grant is from Allah. (And remember) that this nation (true Muslims) will keep on following Allah's teachings strictly and they will not be harmed by any one going on a different path till Allah's order (Day of Judgment) is established." (Using translation from Bukhārī 71)  

الدارمي:٢٣٢أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَنبَأَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ جَبَلَةَ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ عَنِ ابْنِ مُحَيْرِيزٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ يُرِدِ اللَّهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا يُفَقِّهْهُ فِي الدِّينِ»  

ذِكْرُ إِرَادَةِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا خَيْرَ الدَّارَيْنِ بِمَنْ تَفَقَّهَ فِي الدِّينِ

ibnhibban:89Ibn Qutaybah > Ḥarmalah b. Yaḥyá > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Muʿāwiyah b. Abū Sufyān

I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "If Allah wants to do good to a person, He makes him comprehend the religion. I am just a distributor, but the grant is from Allah. (And remember) that this nation (true Muslims) will keep on following Allah's teachings strictly and they will not be harmed by any one going on a different path till Allah's order (Day of Judgment) is established." (Using translation from Bukhārī 71)  

ابن حبّان:٨٩أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي حُمَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنَ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ يُرِدِ اللَّهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا يُفَقِّهْهُ فِي الدِّينِ»  

ahmad-zuhd:870ʿAbdullāh from my father > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū ʿAwānah > al-Aʿmash > Tamīm b. Salamah > Abū ʿUbaydah > ʿAbdullāh

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'When Allah wills good for a person, He causes him to understand the religion.'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 220)   

الزهد لأحمد:٨٧٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي عَوَانَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

مَنْ يُرِدِ اللَّهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا يُفَقِّهْهُ فِي الدِّينِ