36/36. Chapter:
Jami at-Tirmidhi 2350 — Loving the Prophet and Hardship
What Has Been Related About The Virtue Of Poverty
Hadith About Loving the Prophet and Preparing for Poverty
Jami at-Tirmidhi : 2350
Jami at-TirmidhiHadith Number 2350
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ نَبْهَانَ بْنِ صَفْوَانَ الثَّقَفِيُّ الْبَصْرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ، حَدَّثَنَا شَدَّادٌ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ الرَّاسِبِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي الْوَازِعِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُغَفَّلٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَجُلٌ لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لأُحِبُّكَ . فَقَالَ " انْظُرْ مَاذَا تَقُولُ " . قَالَ وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لأُحِبُّكَ . فَقَالَ " انْظُرْ مَاذَا تَقُولُ " . قَالَ وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لأُحِبُّكَ . ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَقَالَ " إِنْ كُنْتَ تُحِبُّنِي فَأَعِدَّ لِلْفَقْرِ تِجْفَافًا فَإِنَّ الْفَقْرَ أَسْرَعُ إِلَى مَنْ يُحِبُّنِي مِنَ السَّيْلِ إِلَى مُنْتَهَاهُ " . حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، عَنْ شَدَّادٍ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ، نَحْوَهُ بِمَعْنَاهُ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ . وَأَبُو الْوَازِعِ الرَّاسِبِيُّ اسْمُهُ جَابِرُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو وَهُوَ بَصْرِيٌّ .
'Abdullah bin Mughaffal Narrated from:
A Man Said To The Prophet (S.A.W): 'O Messenger Of Allah! By Allah! Indeed I Love You!' So He Said: 'Consider What You Say.' He Said: 'By Allah! I Indeed Love You!' Three Times. He Said: 'If You Do Love Me, Then Prepare And Arm Yourself Against Poverty. For Indeed Poverty Comes Faster Upon Whoever Loves Me Than The Flood To Its Destination.'
Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2350In-book reference : Book 36, Hadith 47English translation : Vol. 4, Book 10, Hadith 2350
Summary of Jami at-Tirmidhi Hadith 2350
This hadith about loving the Prophet (s.a.w) shows a serious conversation. A man said three times, by Allah, that he loved the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w). Each time, the Prophet (s.a.w) told him to consider what he was saying. Then he said that if the man truly loved him, he should prepare and arm himself against poverty, because poverty comes quickly to whoever loves him, like a flood moving to its end. The hadith does not present love as only a claim of the tongue. It presents it as something that may come with hardship, patience, and readiness.
What we learn from this hadith
- Claims of love for the Prophet (s.a.w) should be spoken with care.
- The Prophet (s.a.w) asked the man to consider what he was saying.
- The hadith connects that love with readiness for poverty and hardship.
