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tabarani:4891bYūsuf al-Qāḍī > ʿAmr b. Marzūq > Shuʿbah > ʿUmar b. Sulaymān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abān b. ʿUthmān from his father > Zayd b. Thābit

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever makes the Hereafter his intention, Allah will gather his affairs for him, place richness in his heart, and the world will come to him, humbled. And whoever makes the world his intention, Allah will disperse his affairs, place poverty before his eyes, and he will get nothing of the world except what has been decreed for him."  

الطبراني:٤٨٩١bحَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ الْقَاضِي ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ سُلَيْمَانَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبَانَ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ كَانَتْ نِيَّتُهُ الْآخِرَةَ جَمَعَ اللهُ لَهُ شَمْلَهُ وَجَعَلَ غِنَاهُ فِي قَلْبِهِ وَأَتَتْهُ الدُّنْيَا رَاغِمَةً وَمَنْ كَانَتْ نِيَّتُهُ الدُّنْيَا فَرَّقَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ أَمْرَهُ وَجَعَلَ فَقْرَهُ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ وَلَمْ يَأْتِهِ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا مَا كَتَبَ اللهُ لَهُ»  


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Collected by Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, Ṭabarānī, Suyūṭī
tirmidhi:2465Hannād > Wakīʿ > al-Rabīʿ b. Ṣabīḥ > Yazīd b. Abān Wahū al-Raqāshī > Anas b. Mālik

"Whoever makes the Hereafter his goal, Allah makes his heart rich, and organizes his affairs, and the world comes to him whether it wants to or not. And whoever makes the world his goal, Allah puts his poverty right before his eyes, and disorganizes his affairs, and the world does not come to him, except what has been decreed for him."  

الترمذي:٢٤٦٥حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنِ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ صَبِيحٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبَانَ وَهُوَ الرَّقَاشِيُّ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ كَانَتِ الآخِرَةُ هَمَّهُ جَعَلَ اللَّهُ غِنَاهُ فِي قَلْبِهِ وَجَمَعَ لَهُ شَمْلَهُ وَأَتَتْهُ الدُّنْيَا وَهِيَ رَاغِمَةٌ وَمَنْ كَانَتِ الدُّنْيَا هَمَّهُ جَعَلَ اللَّهُ فَقْرَهُ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ وَفَرَّقَ عَلَيْهِ شَمْلَهَ وَلَمْ يَأْتِهِ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا إِلاَّ مَا قُدِّرَ لَهُ  

ibnmajah:4105Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > ʿUmar b. Sulaymān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abān b. ʿUthmān b. ʿAffān from his father

“Zaid bin Thabit departed from Marwan at mid-day. I said: ‘He has not sent him out at this time of the day except for something he asked.’ So I asked him, and he said: ‘He asked me about some things we heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “Whoever is focused only on this world, Allah will confound his affairs and make him fear poverty constantly, and he will not get anything of this world except that which has been decreed for him. Whoever is focused on the Hereafter, Allah will settle his affairs for him and make him feel content with his lot, and his provision and worldly gains will undoubtedly come to him.”  

ابن ماجة:٤١٠٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ أَبَانَ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ خَرَجَ زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ مِنْ عِنْدِ مَرْوَانَ بِنِصْفِ النَّهَارِ فَقُلْتُ مَا بَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ هَذِهِ السَّاعَةَ إِلاَّ لِشَىْءٍ سَأَلَ عَنْهُ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ سَأَلَنَا

عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ سَمِعْنَاهَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ كَانَتِ الدُّنْيَا هَمَّهُ فَرَّقَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ أَمْرَهُ وَجَعَلَ فَقْرَهُ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ وَلَمْ يَأْتِهِ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا إِلاَّ مَا كُتِبَ لَهُ وَمَنْ كَانَتِ الآخِرَةُ نِيَّتَهُ جَمَعَ اللَّهُ لَهُ أَمْرَهُ وَجَعَلَ غِنَاهُ فِي قَلْبِهِ وَأَتَتْهُ الدُّنْيَا وَهِيَ رَاغِمَةٌ  

tabarani:4891aYūsuf al-Qāḍī > ʿAmr b. Marzūq > Shuʿbah > ʿUmar b. Sulaymān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abān b. ʿUthmān from his father > Zayd b. Thābit

“Zaid bin Thabit departed from Marwan at mid-day. I said: ‘He has not sent him out at this time of the day except for something he asked.’ So I asked him, and he said: ‘He asked me about some things we heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “Whoever is focused only on this world, Allah will confound his affairs and make him fear poverty constantly, and he will not get anything of this world except that which has been decreed for him. Whoever is focused on the Hereafter, Allah will settle his affairs for him and make him feel content with his lot, and his provision and worldly gains will undoubtedly come to him.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4105)   

الطبراني:٤٨٩١aحَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ الْقَاضِي ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ سُلَيْمَانَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبَانَ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ كَانَتْ نِيَّتُهُ الْآخِرَةَ جَمَعَ اللهُ لَهُ شَمْلَهُ وَجَعَلَ غِنَاهُ فِي قَلْبِهِ وَأَتَتْهُ الدُّنْيَا رَاغِمَةً وَمَنْ كَانَتْ نِيَّتُهُ الدُّنْيَا فَرَّقَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ أَمْرَهُ وَجَعَلَ فَقْرَهُ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ وَلَمْ يَأْتِهِ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا مَا كَتَبَ اللهُ لَهُ»  

tabarani:11690ʿAlī b. Saʿīd al-Rāzī > ʿAlī b. Muḥammad al-Ṭanāfisī > Manṣūr b. And Rdān al-ʿAṭṭār > Abū Ḥamzah al-Thumālī > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivered a sermon to us in the Mosque of Khaif. He praised Allah and mentioned Him as He deserves. Then he said, "Whoever makes the Hereafter his main concern, Allah will bring together his affairs, and will make him content with his wealth in this life. As for someone whose main concern is this world, Allah will scatter his affairs, and will make poverty appear before his eyes. And he will not get from this world, except what was already written for him."  

الطبراني:١١٦٩٠حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الرَّازِيُّ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الطَّنَافِسِيُّ ثنا مَنْصُورُ بْنُ وَرْدَانَ الْعَطَّارُ ثنا أَبُو حَمْزَةَ الثُّمَالِيُّ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي مَسْجِدِ الْخَيْفِ فَحَمِدَ اللهَ وَذَكَرَهُ بِمَا هُوَ أَهْلُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ «مَنْ كَانَتِ الْآخِرَةُ هَمَّهُ جَمَعَ اللهُ لَهُ شَمْلَهُ وَجَعَلَ غِنَاهُ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ وَأَتَتْهُ الدُّنْيَا وَهِيَ رَاغِمَةٌ وَمَنْ كَانَتِ الدُّنْيَا هَمَّهُ فَرَّقَ اللهُ شَمْلَهُ وَجَعَلَ فَقْرَهُ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ وَلَمْ يُؤْتِهِ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا مَا كُتِبَ»  

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السيوطي:٢٣٠٠٥a

"مَنْ كَانَتِ الآخرَةُ هَمَّهُ جَعَلَ الله غِنَاهُ في قَلْبِه، وَجَمَعَ لَه شَمْلَه وأَتَتْه الدُّنْيَا وَهِيَ رَاغِمَةٌ، وَمَن كَانَتِ الدُّنْيَا هَمَّهُ جَعَلَ الله فَقْرَهُ بَينَ عَينَيه وَفَرَّقَ عَلَيهِ شَمْله، وَلَمْ يَأتِهِ مِن الدُّنْيَا إِلا مَا قُدِّرَ لَهُ".  

هناد، [ت] الترمذي عن أَنس، [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن ابن عباس
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السيوطي:٢٣٠٠٦a

"مَنْ كَانَتْ نيَّتُهُ الآخِرَةَ جَمعَ الله لَهُ شَمْلَهُ، وَجَعَلَ غِنَاهُ في قَلْبِهِ وَأَتتْهُ الدُّنْيَا رَاغِمَةً، وَمَنْ كَانَتْ نِيَّتُهُ الدُّنْيَا مَزَّقَ الله عَلَيهِ أَمْرَهُ وَجَعَلَ فَقْرَهُ بَينَ عَينَيهِ وَلَمْ يَأتِهِ مِن الدُّنْيَا إِلا مَا كُتِبَ لَهُ".  

[ط] الطيالسي [هـ] ابن ماجة [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن زيد بن ثابت
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السيوطي:٢١١٥٨a

"مَنْ تَكُن الدُّنْيَا نِيَّتَهُ، جَعَلَ اللهُ فَقْرَهُ بَينَ عَينَيهِ، وَشَتَّتَ اللهُ ضَيْعَتَهُ، وَلَا يَأتِهِ منْهَا إلا مَا كُتِب لَهُ، وَمَنْ تَكُن الآخِرَةُ نِيَّتَهُ يَجْعَل اللهُ غِنَاهُ في قَلبه، ويَكُفَّ عليه ضَيعَتَةُ، وَتَأْتَهِ الدُّنْيَا وَهِيَ رَاغِمَةٌ".  

ابن عساكر عن زيد بن ثابت
suyuti:420-551bIbn ʿAbbās
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السيوطي:٤٢٠-٥٥١b

"عَنِ ابْن عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: خَطَبَنا رَسُولُ الله ﷺ في مَسْجِد الْخيفِ فَحَمدَ الله وَذَكَرَهُ بِمَا هُوَ أهْلُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَنْ كَانَتِ الآخِرَةُ هَمَّهُ جَمَعَ الله شَمْلَهُ، وَجَعَلَ غِنَاهُ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْه، وَأَتَتْهُ الدُّنْيَا وَهِىَ رَاغِمَةٌ، وَمَنْ كَانَتِ الدُّنْيَا هَمَّهُ فَرق الله شَمْلَهُ، وَجَعَلَ فَقْرَهُ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ وَلَمْ يَأت منَ الدُّنْيَا إِلاَّ مَا كَتَبَ لَهُ".  

[طب] الطبرانى في الكبير وأبو بكر الحفاف في معجمه، ابن النجار
suyuti:23007a

[Machine] "Whoever's intention is to seek the worldly life, Allah will scatter his affairs, and place poverty between his eyes, and nothing of the world will come to him except what has been written for him. And whoever's intention is to seek the Hereafter, Allah will gather his affairs, place wealth in his heart, and the worldly life will come to him willingly."  

السيوطي:٢٣٠٠٧a

"مَنْ كَانَتْ نِيَّتُهُ طَلَبَ الدُّنْيَا شَتَّتَ الله علَيه أَمْرَهُ، وَجَعَلَ الْفَقْر بَينَ عَينَيهِ، وَلَمْ يَأتِه مِن الدُّنْيَا إِلا مَا كُتِبَ لَهُ، وَمَنْ كَانَتْ نِيَّتُهُ طَلَبَ الآخِرَةِ جَمَعَ الله شَمْلَهُ وَجَعَل غِنَاهُ في قَلْبِهِ، وَأَتَتْهُ الدُّنْيَا وَهِيَ رَاغِمَةٌ".  

ابن أَبي حاتم في الزهد عن أَنس