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tabarani:16971ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Ḥajjāj b. al-Minhāl > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Jabalah b. ʿAṭiyyah > ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥayrīz > Muʿāwiyah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If Allah wants to do good for somebody, he makes him comprehend the Religion (i.e. Islam), and Allah is the Giver and I am Al-Qasim (i.e. the distributor), and this (Muslim) nation will remain victorious over their opponents, till Allah's Order comes and they will still be victorious." (Using translation from Bukhārī 3116)  

الطبراني:١٦٩٧١حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ جَبَلَةَ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُحَيْرِيزٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ يُرِدِ اللهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا يُفَقِّهْهُ فِي الدِّينِ»  


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God tests those for whom He wills goodness

bukhari:5645ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > Mālik > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Ṣaʿṣaʿah > Saʿīd b. Yasār Abū al-Ḥubāb > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If Allah wants to do good to somebody, He afflicts him with trials."  

البخاري:٥٦٤٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي صَعْصَعَةَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ يَسَارٍ أَبَا الْحُبَابِ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «مَنْ يُرِدِ اللَّهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا يُصِبْ مِنْهُ۔»  

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  

ibnmajah:221Hishām b. ʿAmmār > al-Walīd b. Muslim > Marwān b. Janāḥ > Yūnus b. Maysarah b. Ḥalbas > Muʿāwiyah b. Abū Sufyān

"I heard Mu'awiyah bin Abu Sufyan narrating that the Messenger of Allah said: "Goodness is a (natural) habit while evil is a stubbornness (constant prodding from Satan). When Allah wills good for a person, He causes him to understand the religion.'"  

ابن ماجة:٢٢١حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ جَنَاحٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ بْنِ حَلْبَسٍ أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَهُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنَ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ يُحَدِّثُ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ الْخَيْرُ عَادَةٌ وَالشَّرُّ لَجَاجَةٌ وَمَنْ يُرِدِ اللَّهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا يُفَقِّهْهُ فِي الدِّينِ  

malik:50-7Mālik > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Ṣaʿṣaʿah > Abū al-Ḥubāb Saʿīd b. Yasār > Abū Hurayrah

Yahya related to me from Malik that Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Abi Sasaca said that he heard Abu'l-Hubab Said ibn Yasar say that he had heard Abu Hurayra say, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Allah afflicts the one for whom He desires good.'"  

مالك:٥٠-٧وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي صَعْصَعَةَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْحُبَابِ سَعِيدَ بْنَ يَسَارٍ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ

يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ يُرِدِ اللَّهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا يُصِبْ مِنْهُ  

ahmad:2790Sulaymān > Ismāʿīl > ʿAbdullāh b. Saʿīd b. Abū Hind from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If Allah wants to do good for somebody, he makes him comprehend the Religion (i.e. Islam), and Allah is the Giver and I am Al-Qasim (i.e. the distributor), and this (Muslim) nation will remain victorious over their opponents, till Allah's Order comes and they will still be victorious." (Using translation from Bukhārī 3116)  

أحمد:٢٧٩٠حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ يُرِدِ اللهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا يُفَقِّهُّ فِي الدِّينِ  

ahmad:16878Yaḥyá b. Ḥammād > Shuʿbah b. al-Ḥajjāj > Jarād a man from Banī Tamīm > Rajāʾ b. Ḥaywah > Muʿāwiyah b. Abū Sufyān

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If Allah wants to do good for somebody, he makes him comprehend the Religion (i.e. Islam), and Allah is the Giver and I am Al-Qasim (i.e. the distributor), and this (Muslim) nation will remain victorious over their opponents, till Allah's Order comes and they will still be victorious." (Using translation from Bukhārī 3116)  

أحمد:١٦٨٧٨حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ بْنُ الْحَجَّاجِ عَنْ جَرَادٍ رَجُلٍ مِنْ بَنِي تَمِيمٍ عَنْ رَجَاءِ بْنِ حَيْوَةَ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ يُرِدِ اللهُ بِهِخَيْرًا يُفَقِّهْهُ فِي الدِّينِ  

ahmad:7194

[Machine] "And whoever Allah intends for him good, He grants him understanding of the religion. And indeed, I am only a distributor, and Allah is the provider."  

أحمد:٧١٩٤قَالَ

وَمَنْ يُرِدِ اللهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا يُفَقِّهُّ فِي الدِّينِ وَإِنَّمَا أَنَا قَاسِمٌ وَيُعْطِي اللهُ ﷻ  

ahmad:7235ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Mālik > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Abīṣaʿṣaʿah > Saʿīd b. Yasār > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If Allah wants to do good to somebody, He afflicts him with trials." (Using translation from Bukhārī 5645)  

أحمد:٧٢٣٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِيصَعْصَعَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ يُرِدِ اللهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا يُصِبْ مِنْهُ  

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»  

ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَمَّا يَجِبُ عَلَى الْمَرْءِ مِنْ تَعُوُّدِ نَفْسِهِ أَعْمَالَ الْخَيْرِ فِي أَسْبَابِهِ

ibnhibban:310Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan b. Khalīl > Hishām b. ʿAmmār > al-Walīd b. Muslim > Marwān b. Junāḥ > Yūnus b. Maysarah > Muʿāwiyah

"I heard Mu'awiyah bin Abu Sufyan narrating that the Messenger of Allah said: "Goodness is a (natural) habit while evil is a stubbornness (constant prodding from Satan). When Allah wills good for a person, He causes him to understand the religion.'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 221)  

ابن حبّان:٣١٠أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ خَلِيلٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ جُنَاحٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُعَاوِيَةَ يُحَدِّثُ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «الْخَيْرُ عَادَةٌ وَالشَّرُّ لَجَاجَةٌ مَنْ يُرِدِ اللَّهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا يُفَقِّهْهُ فِي الدِّينِ»  

tabarani:8756Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr > Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr > Zāʾidah > al-Aʿmash > Tamīm b. Salamah > Abū ʿUbaydah > ʿAbdullāh

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If Allah wants to do good for somebody, he makes him comprehend the Religion (i.e. Islam), and Allah is the Giver and I am Al-Qasim (i.e. the distributor), and this (Muslim) nation will remain victorious over their opponents, till Allah's Order comes and they will still be victorious." (Using translation from Bukhārī 3116)  

الطبراني:٨٧٥٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ثنا زَائِدَةُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

«مَنْ يُرِدِ اللهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا يُفَقِّهْهُ فِي الدِّينِ»  

ahmad-zuhd:2225ʿAbdullāh from my father > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyān > ʿUbayd b. ʿUmayr

"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:٢٢٢٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ قَالَ

«مَنْ يُرِدِ اللَّهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا يُفَقِّهْهُ فِي الدِّينِ وَيُلْهِمْهُ رُشْدَهُ»  

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  

ahmad-zuhd:885ʿAbdullāh > Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Ayyūb > Abū Bakr b. ʿAyyāsh > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > 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:٨٨٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

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

suyuti:23523a

"For whomsoever Allah wishes good, He gives him the Fiqh (true understanding) of the Religion."  

السيوطي:٢٣٥٢٣a

«مَنْ يُرِدِ اللهُ بِهِ خَيرًا يُفَقِّهْهُ فِي الدِّينِ۔»  

[حم] أحمد [خ] البخاري [م] مسلم [حب] ابن حبّان عن معاوية، [حم] أحمد والدارمي، [ت] الترمذي حسن صحيح عن ابن عباس، [طس] الطبرانى في الأوسط عن ابن عمرو، [هـ] ابن ماجة [طس] الطبرانى في الأوسط عن أبي هريرة، تمام، وابن عساكر عن عبد الملك بن مروان عن أبي خالد عن أبيه
suyuti:23526a
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السيوطي:٢٣٥٢٦a

"مَنْ يُرِدِ اللهُ بِهِ خَيرًا يُفَقِّهْهُ فِي الدِّينِ، وَيُلهِمْهُ رُشْدَهُ".  

[طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن معاوية، [حل] أبى نعيم في الحلية عن ابن مسعود
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السيوطي:١٠٧٣٢a

"الخيرُ عَادةٌ والشرُّ لَجَاجَة، ومن يُرد الله خيرًا يُفَقَهْهُ في الدِّين".  

[هـ] ابن ماجة [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير [هب] البيهقى في شعب الإيمان [كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه عن معاوية