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tabarani:3081[Chain 1] ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > Abū al-Rabīʿ al-Zahrānī [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. al-ʿAbbās al-Muʾaddib > Saʿd b. ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd b. Jaʿfar > Fulayḥ b. Sulaymān > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib And ʿUrwh b. al-Zubayr > Ḥakīm b. Ḥizām

[Machine] I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for some money, and I insisted, so he gave me. Then I asked him again, and he gave me. He said, "O wise man, I did not hesitate to fulfill your request, as this money is green and sweet, but it is also the filth of people's hands. Whoever takes it generously, will be blessed in it, and whoever takes it with arrogance will not be blessed. It is like the one who eats and never feels satisfied. The hand of Allah is above the hand of the giver, and the hand of the giver is above the hand of the receiver, and the hand of the receiver is the lowest."  

الطبراني:٣٠٨١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ ثنا أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ الزَّهْرَانِيُّ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ الْمُؤَدِّبُ ثنا سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَا ثنا فُلَيْحُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ وَعُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حِزَامٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ مِنَ الْمَالِ فَأَلْحَحْتُ فَأَعْطَانِي ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ فَأَعْطَانِي فَقَالَ «مَا أَنْكَرَ مَسْأَلَتَكَ يَا حَكِيمُ إِنَّ هَذَا الْمَالَ خَضِرَةٌ حُلْوَةٌ وَإِنَّهَا أَوْسَاخُ أَيْدِي النَّاسِ فَمَنْ أَخَذَهَا بِسَخَاوَةٍ بُورِكَ لَهُ فِيهَا وَمَنْ أَخَذَهَا بِإِشْرَافِ نَفْسٍ لَمْ يُبَارَكْ لَهُ فِيهِ وَكَانَ كَالْآكِلِ وَلَا يَشْبَعُ يَدُ اللهِ فَوْقَ يَدِ الْمُعْطِي وَيَدُ الْمُعْطِي فَوْقَ يَدِ الْمُعْطَى وَيَدُ الْمُعْطَى أَسْفَلُ الْأَيْدِي»  


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bukhari:6441ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah And Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab > Ḥakīm b. Ḥizām

I asked the Prophet (for some money) and he gave me, and then again I asked him and he gave me, and then again I asked him and he gave me and he then said, "This wealth is (like) green and sweet (fruit), and whoever takes it without greed, Allah will bless it for him, but whoever takes it with greed, Allah will not bless it for him, and he will be like the one who eats but is never satisfied. And the upper (giving) hand is better than the lower (taking) hand."  

البخاري:٦٤٤١حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الزُّهْرِيَّ يَقُولُ أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ وَسَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حِزَامٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَعْطَانِي ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ فَأَعْطَانِي ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ فَأَعْطَانِي ثُمَّ قَالَ هَذَا الْمَالُ وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ سُفْيَانُ قَالَ لِي يَا حَكِيمُ إِنَّ هَذَا الْمَالَ خَضِرَةٌ حُلْوَةٌ فَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِطِيبِ نَفْسٍ بُورِكَ لَهُ فِيهِ وَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِإِشْرَافِ نَفْسٍ لَمْ يُبَارَكْ لَهُ فِيهِ وَكَانَ كَالَّذِي يَأْكُلُ وَلاَ يَشْبَعُ وَالْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى  

muslim:1035Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And ʿAmrw al-Nāqid > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr Wasaʿīd > Ḥakīm b. Ḥizām

I begged the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he gave me. I again begged, he again gave me. I again begged, he again gave me, and then said: This property is green and sweet; he who receives it with a cheerful heart is blessed in it, and he who receives it with an avaricious mind would not be blessed in it, he being like one who eats without being satished, and the upper hand is better thad the lower hand.  

مسلم:١٠٣٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَعَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ وَسَعِيدٍ عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حِزَامٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَعْطَانِي ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ فَأَعْطَانِي ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ فَأَعْطَانِي ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ هَذَا الْمَالَ خَضِرَةٌ حُلْوَةٌ فَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِطِيبِ نَفْسٍ بُورِكَ لَهُ فِيهِ وَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِإِشْرَافِ نَفْسٍ لَمْ يُبَارَكْ لَهُ فِيهِ وَكَانَ كَالَّذِي يَأْكُلُ وَلاَ يَشْبَعُ وَالْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى  

nasai:2531Qutaybah > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd And ʿUrwh Samiʿā Ḥakīm b. Ḥizām

"I asked the Messenger of Allah and he gave me, then I asked him and he gave me, then I asked him and he gave me. Then he said: "This wealth is attractive and sweet. Whoever takes it without insisting, it will be blessed for him, and whoever takes it with avarice, it will not be blessed for him. He is like one who eats and is not satisfied. And the upper hand is better than the lower hand."'  

النسائي:٢٥٣١أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ

أَخْبَرَنِي سَعِيدٌ وَعُرْوَةُ سَمِعَا حَكِيمَ بْنَ حِزَامٍ يَقُولُ سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَعْطَانِي ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ فَأَعْطَانِي ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ فَأَعْطَانِي ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ هَذَا الْمَالَ خَضِرَةٌ حُلْوَةٌ فَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِطِيبِ نَفْسٍ بُورِكَ لَهُ فِيهِ وَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِإِشْرَافِ نَفْسٍ لَمْ يُبَارَكْ لَهُ فِيهِ وَكَانَ كَالَّذِي يَأْكُلُ وَلاَ يَشْبَعُ وَالْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى  

nasai:2601ʿAbd al-Jabbār b. al-ʿAlāʾ b. ʿAbd al-Jabbār > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > Ḥakīm b. Ḥizām

"I asked the Messenger of Allah and he gave me, then I asked him and he gave me, then I asked him and he gave me. Then he said: This wealth is attractive and sweet. Whoever takes it without insisting, it will be blessed for him, and whoever takes it with avarice, it will not be blessed for him. He is like one who eats and is not satisfied. And the upper hand is better than the lower hand."'  

النسائي:٢٦٠١أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْجَبَّارِ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حِزَامٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَعْطَانِي ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ فَأَعْطَانِي ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ فَأَعْطَانِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَا حَكِيمُ إِنَّ هَذَا الْمَالَ خَضِرَةٌ حُلْوَةٌ فَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِطِيبِ نَفْسٍ بُورِكَ لَهُ فِيهِ وَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِإِشْرَافِ نَفْسٍ لَمْ يُبَارَكْ لَهُ فِيهِ وَكَانَ كَالَّذِي يَأْكُلُ وَلاَ يَشْبَعُ وَالْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى  

nasai:2602Aḥmad b. Sulaymān > Miskīn b. Bukayr > al-Awzāʿī > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab > Ḥakīm b. Ḥizām

"I asked the Messenger of Allah and he gave me, then I asked him and he gave me, then I asked him and he gave me. Then he said: 'O Kahim! This wealth is attractive and sweet. Whoever takes it without being greedy, it will be blessed for him, and whoever takes it with avarice, it will not be blessed for him. He is like one who eats and is not satisfied. And the upper hand is better than the lower hand."'  

النسائي:٢٦٠٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مِسْكِينُ بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حِزَامٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَعْطَانِي ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ فَأَعْطَانِي ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ فَأَعْطَانِي ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَا حَكِيمُ إِنَّ هَذَا الْمَالَ خَضِرَةٌ حُلْوَةٌ مَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِسَخَاوَةِ نَفْسٍ بُورِكَ لَهُ فِيهِ وَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِإِشْرَافِ النَّفْسِ لَمْ يُبَارَكْ لَهُ فِيهِ وَكَانَ كَالَّذِي يَأْكُلُ وَلاَ يَشْبَعُ وَالْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى  

nasai:2603al-Rabīʿ b. Sulaymān b. Dāwud > Isḥāq b. Bakr from my father > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr And Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab > Ḥakīm b. Ḥizām

"I asked the Messenger of Allah and he gave me, then I asked him and he gave me. The he said: 'O Hakim, this wealth is attractive and sweet. Whoever takes it without being greedy, it will be blessed for him, and whoever takes it with avarice, it will be blessed for him. He is like one who eats and is not satisfied. And the upper hand is better than the lower hand.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! By the One Who sent you with the truth, I will never ask anyone for anything after you, until I depart this world. "'  

النسائي:٢٦٠٣أَخْبَرَنِي الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ وَسَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ أَنَّ حَكِيمَ بْنَ حِزَامٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَعْطَانِي ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ فَأَعْطَانِي ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَا حَكِيمُ إِنَّ هَذَا الْمَالَ حُلْوَةٌ فَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِسَخَاوَةِ نَفْسٍ بُورِكَ لَهُ فِيهِ وَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِإِشْرَافِ نَفْسٍ لَمْ يُبَارَكْ لَهُ فِيهِ وَكَانَ كَالَّذِي يَأْكُلُ وَلاَ يَشْبَعُ وَالْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى قَالَ حَكِيمٌ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ لاَ أَرْزَأُ أَحَدًا بَعْدَكَ حَتَّى أُفَارِقَ الدُّنْيَا بِشَىْءٍ  

ahmad:15321Yazīd > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Muslim b. Jundub > Ḥakīm b. Ḥizām

[Machine] I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for money, but he kept insisting. He said, "O Hakim, I do not deny your request, O Hakim. This money is green and sweet, yet it is still tainted by people's dirty hands. The hand of the giver is above the hand of the recipient, and the hand of the recipient is below the hand of the giver, while the lowest hand is that of the recipient."  

أحمد:١٥٣٢١حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حِزَامٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ مِنَ الْمَالِ فَأَلْحَفْتُ فَقَالَ يَا حَكِيمُ مَا أَنْكَرَ مَسْأَلَتَكَ يَا حَكِيمُ إِنَّ هَذَا الْمَالَ خَضِرَةٌ حُلْوَةٌ وَإِنَّمَا هُوَ مَعَ ذَلِكَ أَوْسَاخُ أَيْدِي النَّاسِوَيَدُ اللهِ فَوْقَ يَدِ الْمُعْطِي وَيَدُ الْمُعْطِي فَوْقَ يَدِ الْمُعْطَى وَأَسْفَلُ الْأَيْدِي يَدُ الْمُعْطَى  

ahmad:15574Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah And Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib Yaqūlān > Ḥakīm b. Ḥizām

I begged the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he gave me. I again begged, he again gave me. I again begged, he again gave me, and then said: This property is green and sweet; he who receives it with a cheerful heart is blessed in it, and he who receives it with an avaricious mind would not be blessed in it, he being like one who eats without being satished, and the upper hand is better thad the lower hand. (Using translation from Muslim 1035)  

أحمد:١٥٥٧٤حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ سَمِعَ عُرْوَةَ وَسَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيِّبِ يَقُولَانِ

سَمِعْنَا حَكِيمَ بْنَ حِزَامٍ يَقُولُ سَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَعْطَانِي ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ فَأَعْطَانِي ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ فَأَعْطَانِي ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ هَذَا الْمَالَ خَضِرَةٌ حُلْوَةٌ فَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِحَقِّهِ بُورِكَ لَهُ فِيهِ وَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِإِشْرَافِ نَفْسٍ لَمْ يُبَارَكْ لَهُ فِيهِ وَكَانَ كَالَّذِي يَأْكُلُ وَلَا يَشْبَعُ وَالْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى  

darimi:1690Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > al-Awzāʿī > Ibn Shihāb > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib And ʿUrwh b. al-Zubayr > Ḥakīm b. Ḥizām

Hakim bin Hizam said, "(Once) I asked Messenger of Allah ﷺ (for something) and he gave it to me. Again I asked and he gave (it to me). Again I asked and he gave (it to me). And then he said, "O Hakim! This property is like a sweet fresh fruit; whoever takes it without greediness, he is blessed in it, and whoever takes it with greediness, he is not blessed in it, and he is like a person who eats but is never satisfied; and the upper (giving) hand is better than the lower (receiving) hand." Hakim added, "I said to Messenger of Allah ﷺ , 'By Him (Allah) Who sent you with the Truth, I shall never accept anything from anybody after you, till I leave this world.' " Then Abu Bakr (during his caliphate) called Hakim to give him his share from the war booty (like the other companions of the Prophet ﷺ ), he refused to accept anything. Then ʿUmar (during his caliphate) called him to give him his share but he refused. On that ʿUmar said, "O Muslims! I would like you to witness that I offered Hakim his share from this booty and he refused to take it." So Hakim never took anything from anybody after the Prophet ﷺ till he died. (Using translation from Bukhārī 1472)  

الدارمي:١٦٩٠أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ عَنْ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ وَعُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّ حَكِيمَ بْنَ حِزَامٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَعْطَانِي ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ فَأَعْطَانِي ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ فَأَعْطَانِي ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ «يَا حَكِيمُ إِنَّ هَذَا الْمَالَ خَضِرٌ حُلْوٌ فَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِسَخَاوَةِ نَفْسٍ بُورِكَ لَهُ فِيهِ وَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِإِشْرَافِ نَفْسٍ لَمْ يُبَارَكْ لَهُ فِيهِ وَكَانَ كَالَّذِي يَأْكُلُ وَلَا يَشْبَعُ»  

darimi:2792Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > al-Awzāʿī > Ibn Shihāb > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib And ʿUrwh b. al-Zubayr > Ḥakīm b. Ḥizām

"I asked the Messenger of Allah and he gave me, then I asked him and he gave me, then I asked him and he gave me. Then he said: This wealth is attractive and sweet. Whoever takes it without insisting, it will be blessed for him, and whoever takes it with avarice, it will not be blessed for him. He is like one who eats and is not satisfied. And the upper hand is better than the lower hand."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2601)  

الدارمي:٢٧٩٢أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ عَنْ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ وَعُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّ حَكِيمَ بْنَ حِزَامٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَعْطَانِي ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ فَأَعْطَانِي ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ فَأَعْطَانِي ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يَا حَكِيمُ إِنَّ هَذَا الْمَالَ خَضِرٌ حُلْوٌ فَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِسَخَاوَةِ نَفْسٍ بُورِكَ لَهُ فِيهِ وَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِإِشْرَافِ نَفْسٍ لَمْ يُبَارَكْ لَهُ فِيهِ وَكَانَ كَالَّذِي يَأْكُلُ وَلَا يَشْبَعُ وَالْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى»  

hakim:6048Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Baḥr b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh b. Wahb > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Muslim b. Jundub > Ḥakīm b. Ḥizām

[Machine] I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he gave me, but I insisted. He said, "I do not deny your request, O wise one. However, this wealth is green and sweet, but it is also the dirt of people's hands. And the hand of Allah is above the hand of the giver, and the hand of the giver is above the hand of the asker, and the hand of the asker is at the bottom of the hands."  

الحاكم:٦٠٤٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثَنَا بَحْرُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ ثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حِزَامٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَعْطَانِي وَأَلْحَفْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ «مَا أُنْكِرُ مَسْأَلَتَكَ يَا حَكِيمُ إِنَّمَاهَذَا الْمَالُ خَضِرَةٌ حُلْوَةٌ وَإِنَّمَا هُوَ ذَلِكَ أَوْسَاخُ أَيْدِي النَّاسِ وَيَدُ اللَّهِ فَوْقَ يَدِ الْمُعْطِي وَيَدُ الْمُعْطِي فَوْقَ يَدِ السَّائِلِ وَيَدُ السَّائِلِ أَسْفَلُ الْأَيْدِي»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ صحيح

ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ أَخَذِ مَا أُعْطِيَ الْمَرْءُ مِنْ حُطَامِ هَذِهِ الدُّنْيَا وَهُوَ مُشْرِفُ النَّفْسِ إِلَيْهِ

ibnhibban:3402Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná > Abū al-Rabīʿ al-Zahrānī > Fulayḥ > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah And Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Ḥakīm b. Ḥizām

"I asked the Messenger of Allah and he gave me, then I asked him and he gave me. The he said: 'O Hakim, this wealth is attractive and sweet. Whoever takes it without being greedy, it will be blessed for him, and whoever takes it with avarice, it will be blessed for him. He is like one who eats and is not satisfied. And the upper hand is better than the lower hand.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! By the One Who sent you with the truth, I will never ask anyone for anything after you, until I depart this world. "' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2603)  

ابن حبّان:٣٤٠٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ الزَّهْرَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا فُلَيْحٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ وَسَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ أَنَّ حَكِيمَ بْنَ حِزَامٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَعْطَانِي ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ فَأَعْطَانِي ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يَا حَكِيمُ إِنَّ هَذَا الْمَالَ حُلْوَةٌ خَضِرَةٌ فَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِسَخَاوَةِ نَفْسٍ بُورِكَ لَهُ فِيهِ وَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِإِشْرَافِ نَفْسٍ لَمْ يُبَارَكْ لَهُ فِيهِ وَكَانَ كَالَّذِي يَأْكُلُ وَلَا يَشْبَعُ وَالْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا أَخْيَرُ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى» قَالَ حَكِيمٌ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ لَا أَرْزَأُ أَحَدًا بَعْدَكَ شَيْئًا حَتَّى أُفَارِقَ الدُّنْيَا  

ذِكْرُ إِثْبَاتِ الْبَرَكَةِ لِآخِذِ مَا أُعْطِيَ بِغَيْرِ إِشْرَافِ نَفْسٍ مِنْهُ

ibnhibban:3406Ḥāmid b. Muḥammad b. Shuʿayb al-Balkhī > Surayj b. Yūnus > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib And ʿUrwh b. al-Zubayr > Ḥakīm b. Ḥizām

"I asked the Messenger of Allah and he gave me, then I asked him and he gave me, then I asked him and he gave me. Then he said: "This wealth is attractive and sweet. Whoever takes it without insisting, it will be blessed for him, and whoever takes it with avarice, it will not be blessed for him. He is like one who eats and is not satisfied. And the upper hand is better than the lower hand."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2531)   

ابن حبّان:٣٤٠٦أَخْبَرَنَا حَامِدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ الْبَلْخِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُرَيْجُ بْنُ يُونُسَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ

أَخْبَرَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيِّبِ وَعُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّهُمَا سَمِعَا حَكِيمَ بْنَ حِزَامٍ يَقُولُ سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَعْطَانِي ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ فَأَعْطَانِي ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنَّ هَذَا الْمَالَ حُلْوَةٌ خَضِرَةٌ فَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِطِيبِ نَفْسٍ بُورِكَ لَهُ فِيهِ وَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِإِشْرَافِ نَفْسٍ لَهُ لَمْ يُبَارَكْ لَهُ فِيهِ وَكَانَ كَالَّذِي يَأْكُلُ وَلَا يَشْبَعُ وَالْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى»  

tabarani:3079Bishr b. Mūsá > al-Ḥumaydī > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr And Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Ḥakīm b. Ḥizām

"I asked the Messenger of Allah and he gave me, then I asked him and he gave me, then I asked him and he gave me. Then he said: "This wealth is attractive and sweet. Whoever takes it without insisting, it will be blessed for him, and whoever takes it with avarice, it will not be blessed for him. He is like one who eats and is not satisfied. And the upper hand is better than the lower hand."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2531)   

الطبراني:٣٠٧٩حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ ثنا سُفْيَانُ ثنا الزُّهْرِيُّ

أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ وَسَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيِّبِ أَنَّهُمَا سَمِعَا حَكِيمَ بْنَ حِزَامٍ يَقُولُ سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَعْطَانِي ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ فَأَعْطَانِي ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنَّ هَذَا الْمَالَ خَضِرَةٌ حُلْوَةٌ فَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِطِيبِ نَفْسٍ بُورِكَ لَهُ فِيهِ وَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِإِشْرَافِ نَفْسٍ لَمْ يُبَارَكْ لَهُ فِيهِ وَكَانَ كَالَّذِي يَأْكُلُ وَلَا يَشْبَعُ وَالْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى»  

tabarani:3082Muṭṭalib b. Shuʿayb al-Azdī > ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Layth > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Khālid b. Musāfir > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr

"I asked the Messenger of Allah and he gave me, then I asked him and he gave me, then I asked him and he gave me. Then he said: This wealth is attractive and sweet. Whoever takes it without insisting, it will be blessed for him, and whoever takes it with avarice, it will not be blessed for him. He is like one who eats and is not satisfied. And the upper hand is better than the lower hand."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2601)   

الطبراني:٣٠٨٢حَدَّثَنَا مُطَّلِبُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ خَالِدِ بْنِ مُسَافِرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ

أَنَّ حَكِيمَ بْنَ حِزَامٍ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ مِائَةً مِنَ الْإِبِلِ فَأَعْطَاهُ ثُمَّ سَأَلَهُ مِائَةً فَأَعْطَاهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يَا حَكِيمُ بْنَ حِزَامٍ إِنَّ هَذَا الْمَالَ خَضِرَةٌ حُلْوَةٌ فَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِسَخَاوَةِ نَفْسٍ بُورِكَ لَهُ فِيهِ وَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِإِشْرَافِ نَفْسٍ لَمْ يُبَارَكْ لَهُ فِيهِ وَكَانَ كَالَّذِي يَأْكُلُ وَلَا يَشْبَعُ وَالْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى وَابْدَأْ بِمَنْ تَعُولُ»  

مُسْلِمُ بْنُ جُنْدُبٍ عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حِزَامٍ

tabarani:3095ʿUmar b. Ḥafṣ al-Sadūsī > ʿĀṣim b. ʿAlī > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Muslim b. Jundub > Ḥakīm b. Ḥizām

[Machine] I asked the Prophet ﷺ and insisted on him. He said, "I do not deny your request, O wise man. Indeed, this wealth is green and sweet, but it is also tainted by the hands of people. Indeed, the hand of Allah is above the hand of the giver, and the hand of the giver is above the hand of the receiver, and the lowest hand is the hand of the receiver."  

الطبراني:٣٠٩٥حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ السَّدُوسِيُّ ثنا عَاصِمُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ثنا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حِزَامٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَلْحَحْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ «مَا أَنْكَرَ مَسْأَلَتَكَ يَا حَكِيمُ إِنَّ هَذَا الْمَالَ خَضِرَةٌ حُلْوَةٌ وَإِنَّمَا هُوَ مَعَ ذَلِكَ أَوْسَاخُ أَيْدِي النَّاسِ وَإِنَّ يَدَ اللهِ فَوْقَ يَدِ الْمُعْطِي وَيَدُ الْمُعْطِي فَوْقَ يَدِ الْمُعْطَى وَأَسْفَلُ الْأَيْدِي يَدُ الْمُعْطَى»  

nasai-kubra:2394Aḥmad b. Sulaymān > Miskīn b. Bukayr > al-Awzāʿī > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Ḥakīm b. Ḥizām

I asked the Prophet (for some money) and he gave me, and then again I asked him and he gave me, and then again I asked him and he gave me and he then said, "This wealth is (like) green and sweet (fruit), and whoever takes it without greed, Allah will bless it for him, but whoever takes it with greed, Allah will not bless it for him, and he will be like the one who eats but is never satisfied. And the upper (giving) hand is better than the lower (taking) hand." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6441)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٣٩٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مِسْكِينُ بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حِزَامٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَعْطَانِي ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ فَأَعْطَانِي ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ فَأَعْطَانِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يَا حَكِيمُ إِنَّ هَذَا الْمَالَ خَضِرَةٌ حُلْوَةٌ فَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِسَخَاوَةِ نَفْسٍ بُورِكَ لَهُ فِيهِ وَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِإِشْرَافِ نَفْسٍ لَمْ يُبَارَكْ لَهُ فِيهِ وَكَانَ كَالَّذِي يَأْكُلُ وَلَا يَشْبَعُ وَالْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى»  

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السيوطي:١٨٧٣٥a

"مَا أنكَر مَسْألَتكَ يَا حَكِيمُ إِنَّ هَذَا الْمَال خَضِرٌ حُلوٌ وَإنَّمَا هُوَ مَعَ ذَلِكَ أَوْسَاخُ أيدِي النَّاسِ فَمَنْ أَخَذَهَا بِسَخَاوَة بُورِكَ لَهُ فِيهَا، وَمَنْ أخَذَهَا بِإِشْرَافِ نَفْس لَمْ يُبَارَكْ لَهُ فِيهَا، وَكَانَ كَالآكلِ، وَلا يَشْبَعُ، وَإنَّ يَدَ اللهِ الْعُليَا، وَيَدُ الْمُعْطِى فَوْقَ الْمُعْطَى وَأَسْفَلُ الأَيدِى يَدُ الْمُعْطَى".  

[ط] الطيالسي [حم] أحمد [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك عن حكيم بن حزام
suyuti:288-4bḤakīm b. Ḥizām > Saʾalt Rasūl Allāh
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السيوطي:٢٨٨-٤b

"عن حَكِيم بْنِ حِزَامٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ مِنَ الْمَالِ فَأَلْحَفْتُ (*) عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: مَا أَنَكَرَ (* *) مَسْأَلَتَكَ يَا حَكِيمُ! إِنَّما هَذَا الْمَالُ خَضِرَةٌ حُلْوَةٌ، وَإِنَّمَا هُوَ مَعَ ذَلِكَ أَوْسَاخُ أَيْدِى النَّاسِ، وَإنَّ يَدَ اللهِ فَوْقَ يَدِ الْمُعْطِى، وَيَدَ الْمُعْطِى فَوْقَ يَدِ الْمُعْطَى، وَيَدَ الْمُعْطَى أَسْفَلُ الأَيْدِى".  

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suyuti:291-14b
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السيوطي:٢٩١-١٤b

"سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ مِنَ الْمَالِ فَأَلْحَحْتُ فَأَعْطَانِى، ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ فَأَعْطَانِى، فَقَالَ: مَا أَنْكَرَ مَسْأَلَتَكَ، إِنَّ هَذَا الْمَالَ خَضِرَةٌ وَإِنَّهَا أَوْسَاخُ أَيْدِى النَّاسِ، فَمن أَخَذَهَا بِسَخَاوَةٍ بُورِكَ لَهُ فِيهَا، وَمَنْ أَخَذَهَا بِإِشْرَافِ نَفْسٍ لَمْ يُبَاركْ لَهُ فِيهَا، وَكَانَ كَالآكِلِ وَلَا يَشْبِعُ يَدُ الله فَوْقَ يَدِ الْمُعْطِى، وَيَدُ الْمُعطِى فَوْقَ يَدِ الْمُعْطَى، وَيَدُ الْمُعْطَى أَسْفَلُ الأَيدِى".  

[طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن حكيم بن حزام