26/78. Chapter:
Mishkat al-Masabih 5240 — (Ar-riqaq) Words that soften the heart
Believer Does Not Crave for the Temporal
Mishkat al-Masabih : 5240
Mishkat al-MasabihHadith Number 5240
وَعَن عمر قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَإِذَا هُوَ مُضْطَجِعٌ عَلَى رِمَالِ حَصِيرٍ لَيْسَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهُ فِرَاشٌ قَدْ أَثَّرَ الرِّمَالُ بِجَنْبِهِ مُتَّكِئًا عَلَى وِسَادَةٍ مِنْ أَدَمٍ حَشْوُهَا لِيفٌ. قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ: ادْعُ اللَّهَ فَلْيُوَسِّعْ عَلَى أُمَّتِكَ فَإِنَّ فَارِسَ وَالرُّومَ قَدْ وُسِّعَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَهُمْ لَا يَعْبُدُونَ اللَّهَ. فَقَالَ: «أَوَ فِي هَذَا أَنْتَ يَا ابْنَ الْخطاب؟ أُولئكَ قوم عجلت لَهُم طيبتاتهم فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا» . وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ: «أَمَا تَرْضَى أَنْ تَكُونَ لَهُمُ الدُّنْيَا وَلَنَا الْآخِرَةُ؟» . مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ
'Umar Narrated from:
I went to visit Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم. He was lying on a reed mat. There was no sheet (or bedding) between him and it (so that) the marks of the mat were impressed on his side. He had a leather pillow stuffed with palm fibres (under his head). So, I submitted, O Messenger of Allah, why not supplicate Allah to enrich your ummah ? How has He enriched the Persians and the Byzantines though they do not worship Allah!He said, "O Ibn Khattab, what is it that you say? They are a people to whom their good things have been given early in the life of this world." According to another version: "Are you not happy that they have been given this world while we get the hereafter?" [1]
[1] Bukhari # 4913, Muslim # 30. 1479.Reference : Mishkat al-Masabih 5240In-book reference : Book 26, Hadith 86
Translation source
- Compiler:
- Al-Khatib at-Tabrizi
- Translator:
- James Robson
- Publisher:
- Darussalam Publication
