12/42. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 1053a — Patience and Self-Restraint
The virtue of refraining from asking and being patient and content
Hadith About Patience and Refraining from Begging
Sahih Muslim : 1053a
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 1053a
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ، فِيمَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ اللَّيْثِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، أَنَّ نَاسًا، مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ سَأَلُوا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَعْطَاهُمْ ثُمَّ سَأَلُوهُ فَأَعْطَاهُمْ حَتَّى إِذَا نَفِدَ مَا عِنْدَهُ قَالَ " مَا يَكُنْ عِنْدِي مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَلَنْ أَدَّخِرَهُ عَنْكُمْ وَمَنْ يَسْتَعْفِفْ يُعِفَّهُ اللَّهُ وَمَنْ يَسْتَغْنِ يُغْنِهِ اللَّهُ وَمَنْ يَصْبِرْ يُصَبِّرْهُ اللَّهُ وَمَا أُعْطِيَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ عَطَاءٍ خَيْرٌ وَأَوْسَعُ مِنَ الصَّبْرِ " .
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported that some people from among the Ansar begged from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he gave them. They again begged him and he again gave them, till when what was in his possession was exhausted he said: Whatever good (riches, goods) I have, I will not withhold it from you. He who refrains from begging Allah safeguards him against want. and he who seeks sufficiency, Allah would keep him in a state of sufficiency, and he who shows endurance. Allah would grant him power to endure, and none is blessed with an endowment better and greater than endurance.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1053aIn-book reference : Book 12, Hadith 161USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 5, Hadith 2291
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 1053a
This hadith about patience and refraining from begging begins with some people from the Ansar asking the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم, and he gave them. They asked again, and he gave again, until what he had was finished. Then he said that whatever good he had, he would not withhold from them. After that, he taught a wider lesson. Whoever refrains from begging, Allah safeguards him against want. Whoever seeks sufficiency, Allah keeps him in sufficiency. Whoever shows patience, Allah grants him power to endure. The hadith ends by saying that no one is given a gift better and wider than patience. The lesson is warm and practical: ask when needed, but build self-restraint, sufficiency, and endurance.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم gave until what he had was exhausted.
- Refraining from begging is linked with Allah’s protection from want.
- Seeking sufficiency is linked with being kept sufficient.
- Patience is described as a very great gift.
