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tirmidhi:2327Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Sufyān > Manṣūr And al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > Jāʾ Muʿāwiyah > Abū Hāshim b. ʿUtbah Wahū Marīḍ Yaʿūduh

"Mu'awiyah came to Abu Hashim bin 'Uthbah to visit him when he was ill (and dying). He said: 'O Uncle! Why do you cry? Is it from the pangs of death or desire for this world?' He said: 'Neither of these. But the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had commissioned me with an obligation that I did not abide by. He ﷺ said: "It suffices you to gather the wealth of a servant or a rider in the cause of Allah." And (it is only) today I find that I have gathered it.'"  

الترمذي:٢٣٢٧حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ وَالأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ قَالَ جَاءَ مُعَاوِيَةُ إِلَى أَبِي هَاشِمِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ وَهُوَ مَرِيضٌ يَعُودُهُ فَقَالَ

يَا خَالُ مَا يُبْكِيكَ أَوَجَعٌ يُشْئِزُكَ أَمْ حِرْصٌ عَلَى الدُّنْيَا قَالَ كُلٌّ لاَ وَلَكِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَهِدَ إِلَىَّ عَهْدًا لَمْ آخُذْ بِهِ قَالَ إِنَّمَا يَكْفِيكَ مِنْ جَمْعِ الْمَالِ خَادِمٌ وَمَرْكَبٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَأَجِدُنِي الْيَوْمَ قَدْ جَمَعْتُ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَقَدْ رَوَى زَائِدَةُ وَعَبِيدَةُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ سَهْمٍ قَالَ دَخَلَ مُعَاوِيَةُ عَلَى أَبِي هَاشِمٍ فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ بُرَيْدَةَ الأَسْلَمِيِّ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ

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Collected by Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
ahmad:15664Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash

[Machine] "Muaawiya does it make you cry, O paternal uncle? Does it pain you or is it greed for the world that drives you? He responded, saying: "Neither, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ entrusted us with something. He said: 'O Abu Hashim, perhaps you will accumulate wealth that will be given to others. What suffices you in gathering wealth is having a servant and a conveyance in the way of Allah, the Blessed and Exalted. And indeed, I see that I have accumulated.'"  

أحمد:١٥٦٦٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ شَقِيقٍقَالَ دَخَلَ مُعَاوِيَةُ عَلَى خَالِهِ أَبِي هَاشِمِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ يَعُودُهُ قَالَ فَبَكَى قَالَ فَقَالَ

لَهُ مُعَاوِيَةُ مَا يُبْكِيكَ يَا خَالُ؟ أَوَجَعًا يُشْئِزُكَ أَمْ حِرْصًا عَلَى الدُّنْيَا؟ قَالَ فَقَالَ فَكُلًّا لَا وَلَكِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَهِدَ إِلَيْنَا فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا هَاشِمٍ لَعَلَّكَ أَنْ تُدْرِكَ أَمْوَالًا يُؤْتَاهَا أَقْوَامٌ وَإِنَّمَا يَكْفِيكَ مِنْ جَمْعِ الْمَالِ خَادِمٌ وَمَرْكَبٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى وَإِنِّي أُرَانِي قَدْ جَمَعْتُ  

ahmad:22496Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr > Zāʾidah > Manṣūr > Shaqīq > Samurah b. Sahm

“We stopped with Abu Hashim bin ‘Utbah, who had been stabbed, and Mu’awiyah came to visit him. Abu Hashim wept and Mu’awiyah said to him: ‘Why are you weeping, O maternal uncle? Is there some pain bothering you, or is it because of this world, the best of which has already passed?’ He said: ‘It is not for any of these reasons. But the Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave me some advice and I wish that I had followed it. He ﷺ said: “There may come a time when you will see wealth divided among the people, and all you will need of that is a servant and a mount to ride in the cause of Allah.” That time came, but I accumulated wealth.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4103)   

أحمد:٢٢٤٩٦حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ حَدَّثَنَا سَمُرَةُ بْنُ سَهْمٍ قَالَ نَزَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي هَاشِمِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ وَهُوَ طَعِينٌ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ مُعَاوِيَةُ يَعُودُهُ فَبَكَى فَقَالَ

لَهُ مُعَاوِيَةُ مَا يُبْكِيكَ؟ أَوَجَعٌ يُشْئِزُكَ أَمْ عَلَى الدُّنْيَا؟ فَقَدْ ذَهَبَ صَفْوُهَا فَقَالَ عَلَى كُلٍّ لَا وَلَكِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَهِدَ إِلَيَّ عَهْدًا فَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي اتَّبَعْتُهُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَعَلَّكَ أَنْ تُدْرِكَ أَمْوَالًا تُقْسَمُ بَيْنَ أَقْوَامٍ وَإِنَّمَا يَكْفِيكَ مِنْ جَمْعِ الْمَالِ خَادِمٌ وَمَرْكَبٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ فَوَجَدْتُ فَجَمَعْتُ  

tabarani:7199Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr al-Azdī > Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr > Zāʾidah > Manṣūr > Shaqīq > Samurah b. Sahm > Nazalt

“We stopped with Abu Hashim bin ‘Utbah, who had been stabbed, and Mu’awiyah came to visit him. Abu Hashim wept and Mu’awiyah said to him: ‘Why are you weeping, O maternal uncle? Is there some pain bothering you, or is it because of this world, the best of which has already passed?’ He said: ‘It is not for any of these reasons. But the Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave me some advice and I wish that I had followed it. He ﷺ said: “There may come a time when you will see wealth divided among the people, and all you will need of that is a servant and a mount to ride in the cause of Allah.” That time came, but I accumulated wealth.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4103)   

الطبراني:٧١٩٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ثنا زَائِدَةُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ ثنا سَمُرَةُ بْنُ سَهْمٍ قَالَ نَزَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي هَاشِمِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ وَهُوَ طَعِينٌ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ مُعَاوِيَةُ يَعُودُهُ فَبَكَى فَقَالَ

لَهُ مُعَاوِيَةُ ؓ مَا يُبْكِيكَ أَوَجَعٌ يَشْمَئِزُّكَ؟ أَمْ عَلَى الدُّنْيَا؟ فَقَدْ ذَهَبَ صَفْوُهَا فَقَالَ عَلَى كُلٍّ لَا وَلَكِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَهِدَ إِلَيَّ عَهْدًا فَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي اتَّبَعْتُهُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَعَلَّكَ تُدْرِكُ أَمْوَالًا تُقَسَّمُ بَيْنَ أَقْوَامٍ وَإِنَّمَا يَكْفِيكَ مِنْ جَمْعِ الْمَالِ خَادِمٌ وَمَرْكَبٌ» فَوَجَدْتُ فَجَمَعْتُ  

tabarani:7200ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Saʿīd b. Abū Maryam > Muḥammad b. Yūsuf al-Firyābī > Sufyān > Manṣūr > Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar b. al-Ṣabbāḥ al-Raqqī > Abū Ḥudhayfah > Sufyān > Manṣūr And al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil

"Mu'awiyah came to Abu Hashim bin 'Uthbah to visit him when he was ill (and dying). He said: 'O Uncle! Why do you cry? Is it from the pangs of death or desire for this world?' He said: 'Neither of these. But the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had commissioned me with an obligation that I did not abide by. He ﷺ said: "It suffices you to gather the wealth of a servant or a rider in the cause of Allah." And (it is only) today I find that I have gathered it.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2327)   

الطبراني:٧٢٠٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْفِرْيَابِيُّ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ وَحَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الصَّبَّاحِ الرَّقِّيُّ ثنا أَبُو حُذَيْفَةَ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ وَالْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ قَالَ دَخَلَ مُعَاوِيَةُ عَلَى خَالِهِ أَبِي هَاشِمِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ وَهُوَ مَرِيضٌ يَبْكِي فَقَالَ

يَا خَالُ مَا يُبْكِيكَ؟ أَوَجَعٌ يَشْمَئِزُّكَ؟ أَمْ حِرْصٌ عَلَى الدُّنْيَا؟ قَالَ كُلٌّ لَا وَلَكِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَهِدَ إِلَيَّ عَهْدًا لَمْ آخُذْ بِهِ فَقَالَ «يَا أَبَا هَاشِمٍ سَتَرَى أَمْوَالًا يُؤْتَاهَا أَقْوَامٌ وَإِنَّمَا يَكْفِيكَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ الدُّنْيَا خَادِمٌ وَمَرْكَبٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ» فَأَرَانِيَ الْيَوْمَ قَدْ جَمَعْتُ  

nasai-kubra:9724Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Sufyān > Manṣūr And al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil

"Mu'awiyah came to Abu Hashim bin 'Uthbah to visit him when he was ill (and dying). He said: 'O Uncle! Why do you cry? Is it from the pangs of death or desire for this world?' He said: 'Neither of these. But the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had commissioned me with an obligation that I did not abide by. He ﷺ said: "It suffices you to gather the wealth of a servant or a rider in the cause of Allah." And (it is only) today I find that I have gathered it.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2327)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٧٢٤أَخْبَرَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ وَالْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ قَالَ دَخَلَ مُعَاوِيَةُ عَلَى أَبِي هَاشِمِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ وَهُوَ مَرِيضٌ يَعُودُهُ فَقَالَ

يَا خَالِي مَا يُبْكِيكَ أَوَجَعٌ يُشْئِزُكَ أَمْ حِرْصٌ عَلَى الدُّنْيَا؟ قَالَ كُلٌّ لَا وَلَكِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَهِدَ إِلَيَّ عَهْدًا لَمْ آخُذْ بِهِ قَالَ «إِنَّمَا يَكْفِيكَ مِنْ جَمْعِ الْمَالِ خَادِمٌ وَمَرْكَبٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ» فَأَجِدُنِي الْيَوْمَ قَدْ جَمَعْتُ