Part A Ahadeeth Pertaining to Transactions, Earnings & Zuhd
Taken from
Silsilah Ahadeeth As-Saheehah
of
Shaykh Al-Albaani
Translated by
Abbas Abu Yahya
1 – 1189 – From Abul-Darda who said: the Messenger of Allaah –sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam– came out to us while we were talking about poverty and we feared it. So the Messenger -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- said:
‘Is it poverty that you fear?! I swear by Him in whose Hand is my life; the world will be excessively poured upon you, to the extent that one of your hearts will not excessively deviate except due to the Dunyaa. Verily I swear by Allaah that I indeed left you upon clarity, its night and day are equal.’
Abul- Darda said:
‘I swear by Allaah – that the Messenger of Allaah –sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam– left us, – I swear by Allaah – upon clarity. Its night and day are equal.’
No. 688
2- 1190 – From ‘Aeysha that the Messenger of Allaah –sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam– said to Umm Hani:
‘Acquire sheep since indeed they have blessings.’
No. 773
3 – 1192 – From Mahmood bin Labeed from the Messenger -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam-:
‘There are two things, which the son of Adam dislikes: he dislikes death, and death is better for a believer than Fitna (trials and tribulations). He dislikes having a little wealth, however, having a little wealth is lesser in taking into account.’
No. 813
4 – 1193 – From a man from the al-Ansaar who said: ‘we went with the Messenger of Allaah –sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam– for a funeral for a man from the Ansaar. When we had finished from it, we met a person who was inviting people for a woman of the Quraish, who said: ‘Indeed such and such woman invites you and those with you to have some food. So the Messenger -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- went and sat down and we also sat down with him and the food was brought, the Prophet -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- placed his hand in the food and the people placed their hands in the food. They looked at the Prophet -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- and the food was in his mouth but he did not swallow the food, so they moved their hands away so they could see what the Messenger of Allaah –sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam– was going to do. Then the Messenger -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- took that morsel of food and spat it out and said:
‘I find that the meat of this sheep was taken without permission of its owner, feed it to the prisoners.’
No. 754
5 – 1194 – From Abu Humaid as-Sa’idee who said: the Messenger of Allaah –sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam– said:
‘Be comprehensive in your search / seeking for the Dunyaa; since everyone is created for what is easy for him.’
No. 898
6 – 1196 – From Mus’ab bin Sa’ad who said: the Messenger of Allaah –sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam– said:
‘Be careful of the Dunyaa since it is green and sweet.’
No. 910
7 – 1197 – From Zeyaad bin al-Hussain, from his father Hussain bin Qayys that he carried some food to Madinah, and he met the Messenger of Allaah –sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam– who said to him:
‘What are you carrying O Bedouin?’
He answered: ‘Wheat.’
The Messenger -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- asked:
‘What do you intend to do with this?’
He replied: ‘I intend to sell it; and the Messenger -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- stroked my head and said:
‘Be good to what the Bedouin sells.’
No. 3235
8- 1198 – From Jabir who said: My aunt was given the third divorce. She went out to cut fruit from a date tree which belonged to her. She met a man on the way who prohibited her from doing so. So she came to the Prophet -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- and she mentioned that to him, so he said to her:
‘Go out and cut fruit from your date tree, perhaps you will give Sadaqah from it or you will do some good.’
The Messenger -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- has said this to a woman who had been given the third divorce, and she was in her waiting period (after the final divorce).’
No. 723
9 – 1199 – From Abu Hurairah – Radi Allaahu anhu – from the Prophet -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam-:
‘Fulfil the trust to the one who entrusts you, and do not cheat/ deceive the one who deceives you.’
No. 423